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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
Laboratory, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 005A, BIOL 005B, BIOL 005C, or equivalents; concurrent enrollment in BIOL 134/PLPA 134; or consent of instructor. Introduces fundamentals in the use of laboratory instruments and techniques for the isolation, cultivation, and identification of representatives of the major taxa of fungi. Cross-listed with BIOL 134L. Adaskaveg
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): none. An introduction to artistic achievements of the world's cultures and ways in which they can be viewed. Considers such issues as the use of artworks as historical documents; connections between "high art" and popular culture; and therelationship between artist, viewer, artistic tradition, and society.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. Focus is on broadly defined cultural practices, including painting, photography, video, architecture, and film. Introduces major historical, aesthetic, and theoretical issues in twentieth-century visual culture with an eye toward political and social themes relevant to contemporary life. Cross-listed with MCS 008. Kotz
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; outside research, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): none. A survey of the major monuments and themes of the visual arts of India, China, and Japan. Topics include recent archaeological discoveries, Buddhist art, Hindu sculpture and architecture, Zen in art, and the development of Asian pictorial art.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): none. A survey of the visual arts of the ancient Near East and Egypt, the Greek world, and the Roman and Byzantine empires. Topics include the growth of urbanism, art as an expression of religious and political beliefs, and cultural contact as a source of artistic change.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): none. A survey of the visual arts of Europe in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Topics include the religious and political functions of art in the reestablishment of high civilization and the increased status of the individual artist. Rudolph
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): none. A survey of the visual arts of Europe and America from 1600 through the present. Topics include the religious and political roles of art, the rise of secular imagery, the increased role of women in the arts, and the impact of popular culture and photography, and the other new media in the visual arts.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 2 hours; written work, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. An introduction to Chinese calligraphy and painting, focusing on their development in history and their practice in Chinese society. Topics include the development of writing technique and style, the integration of writing and painting, and the world around the Chinese artist. Cross-listed with AST 018. Hsu
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. An introduction to the impact of media technology on the visual arts, from photography to the Internet. Addresses mechanical reproduction, perception, gender, sexuality, identity, interactivity, cybernetics, and popular culture. Cross-listed with MCS 023.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. An introduction to the built environment including buildings, gardens, and cities, examined in terms of historical, cultural, social, technological, and political factors. Emphasis is on examples from Southern California. Cross-listed with URST 021. Morton
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