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  • 4.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. Four hours lecture, one additional hour to be arranged. An introduction to the discipline of art history through analysis of images, objects, and works of architecture produced from the prehistoric period of European history through approximately the year 600 C.E., including discussion of Stone Age, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek, Etrurian, Roman, and Byzantine cultures. (ARTS 2A + 2B = CAN ART 2) (ARTS 2A + 2B + 2C = CAN ART SEQ A)
  • 4.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. Four hours lecture, one additional hour to be arranged. An introduction to the discipline of art history through analysis of images, objects and works of architecture produced from approximately 600 through 1600 C.E., including discussion of Islamic and European cultures during the Middle Ages and the art of the Renaissance (including Mannerism) in both northern and southern Europe. (ARTS 2A + 2B = CAN ART 2) (ARTS 2B + 2C = CAN ART 4) (ARTS 2A + 2B + 2C = CAN ART SEQ A)
  • 4.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. Four hours lecture, one additional hour to be arranged. An introduction to the discipline of art history through analysis of images, objects, and works of architecture produced in Europe from c. 1600 through the 1880s, including discussion of both northern and southern European cultures. (ARTS 2B + 2C = CAN ART 4) (ARTS 2A + 2B + 2C = CAN ART SEQ A)
  • 4.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as Intercultural Studies 5. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture, one additional hour to be arranged. A cross-cultural history of American art history which includes interdisciplinary analysis of diverse art forms generated by artists of color, including African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, Latina(o)s/Chicana(o)s, and Americans of non-European heritage. Significant attention will be given to issues related to race, gender, and social class as the traditions, values, and cultural expressions of diverse societies and their contributions to American visual culture are explored.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as International Studies 10. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture, one additional hour to be arranged. A general introduction to art through major Asian artistic traditions. Focuses upon paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and architecture and their religious, cultural, historical, and social contexts. Examines arts from China, Japan, India, Central Asia, Himalayas, and Southeast Asia and assesses the contributions of Asian art in a global context.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (Formerly Arts 67.) (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as International Studies 21. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture. A general introduction to the visual arts of the indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica, an area extending from northern Mexico through Central America, and the Andean region of South America. This course covers diverse art forms, including architecture, ceramics, weaving, painting and sculpture from antiquity to the present. Topics addressing the religious, cultural, social, economic and political contexts of the art will be explored. Compares indigenous arts of the Americas to other world art traditions and assesses the contributions of indigenous cultures in a global context.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as International Studies 22. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture. A general introduction to some of the many indigenous art traditions around the world, with emphasis placed upon traditional arts created for use in small-scale communities from the Americas, South Pacific region and Africa. Diverse art forms covered will include sculpture, painting, performance, ceramics, textiles and architecture from antiquity through the colonial period to the present. Topics addressing the religious, cultural, social, economic and political contexts of the art will be explored. Compares arts from indigenous peoples to other world art traditions and assesses the contributions of indigenous arts in a global context.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as International Studies 23. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture. An exploration of the visual arts of Islam in a global context, including comparative analysis of the arts from diverse regions of the Islamic world. Examines artistic traditions of calligraphy, miniature painting, textiles, decorative arts and architecture from the beginnings of the Islamic faith to the present, and Islamic contributions to world art history. Includes interdisciplinary analysis of Islamic visual arts, emphasizing the cultural and religious contexts, as well as issues related to gender and social class.
  • 4.00 Credits

    (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5. (Also listed as International Studies 24. Student may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.) Four hours lecture. A general introduction to the visual arts of Africa, covering diverse art forms, including sculpture, painting, performance, ceramics, textiles and architecture from antiquity through the colonial period to the present. Topics addressing the religious, cultural, social, economic and political contexts of the art will be explored. Compares arts from Africa to other world art traditions and assesses the contributions of African arts in a global context.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Advisory: English Writing 200 and Reading 200 (or Language Arts 200), or English as a Second Language 261, 262 and 263; Mathematics 210 or equivalent; Arts 10A. Six hours lecture-laboratory. (Any combination of Arts 37A, 37B, and 37C may be taken up to six times, not to exceed 18, units for the family of courses as long as the topics are different each time.) Beginning sculpture, with an emphasis on idea development, visual investigation and the sculpture making process, including construction, carving, casting and mixed media. Assignments will vary according to the quarter. (ARTS 37A + ARTS 37AL = CAN ART 12)
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