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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the arts of China¿ceramics, bronzes, sculpture, painting and architecture¿from the Neolithic period to the Qing dynasty, focusing on stylistic development and thematic concerns.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of Japanese art from prehistoric Jomon pottery through 19th-century ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Special attention to the evolution and pattern of Japanese art in regard to religion, philosophy, and outside influence.
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3.00 Credits
study of Korean art¿metalwork, sculpture, lacquer, ceramic, and painting¿from the Neolithic period to the twentieth century, examining the development of these arts in the context of the country¿s politics, religion, and relationships with China and Japan.
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3.00 Credits
Buddhist art and architecture from India, China, Korea, Japan as well as Southeast Asian countries including Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, and Indonesia, emphasizing the cultural and artistic links between the predominantly Buddhist countries.
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3.00 Credits
Chinese painting from its origin and techniques to political symbolism and stylistic variety. Particular attention is given to philosophical considerations of the early masters, Neo-Confucian cosmology and Song monumental landscape, literati painting theory and practice, and the rise of Ming-Qing individualism as a response to nature, society, and tradition.
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3.00 Credits
Painting, sculpture and architecture from Pre-Columbian Mexico (1500 BCE to 1521 CE), with particular attention to the Olmec, Maya, Aztec and Teotihuacan cultures, along with their writing, calendars, and belief systems.
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3.00 Credits
survey of ceramics, textiles, metalwork and monumental sculpture and architecture produced in the Andean region (mainly modern-day Peru) from c. 2500 BCE until the Spanish Conquest in the 15th century CE. Covers the Chavin, Moche and Inca cultures, among others.
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3.00 Credits
The arts of Mexico, Central America, and South America from the era of Columbus to the present, with attention to the dynamic tension between surviving native artistic traditions and the styles and subjects imported by Europeans. Covers both the hybrid art of the period of colonization, and the development of various national schools after political independence was achieved beginning in the early 19th century.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the principal areas of cultural creativity on the African continent and their distinctive styles and beliefs, from early tribal civilizations through the arrival of Islam, the rise of centralized states, and the encounter with European colonists.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to both the practical methods of research and writing in art history and to the range of intellectual approaches to the interpretation of works of art, including style and connoisseurship, iconography, and psychological and sociological methods. Emphasis is on reading and class discussion, and on a series of exercises to develop techniques for effective presentation of ideas in both written and oral form, culminating in an illustrated lecture.
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