Description
A survey of world art from 30,000 B.C.E. through 1250 C.E., this course addresses art from Europe, the Mediterranean Basin, the Ancient Near East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and India, as well as the Islamic world. Special attention is paid to the relation a work of art has to the culture that produced it, and to the complex roles these objects play in contemporary society. This course has a World Culture designation in the Core Curriculum.