ART1206 - 01 - Art From Across the Globe

(VCI) Visual & Creative Inquiry (AI-A) Aesthetic Inquiry Art

This course is a survey of art from around the globe, specifically the art of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The art of indigenous people, with a focus on the Americas and Australia, will also be explored. For each culture under consideration, we will examine traditional art objects that form the foundation for art practices that have continued into the present, paying close attention to how these art practices have changed over time. Grounded in the interdisciplinary approach that defines art historical analysis, the course will consider social, political and religious circumstances that help us to understand art created at particular moments in history and in relation to specific cultural traditions. Bringing the material into the twenty-first century, the course will consider contemporary art that engages or responds to traditional art practices from the cultures we have examined.