Description
A survey of world art from 30,000 B.C.E. through 1250 C.E., addressing art from Europe, the Mediterranean Basin, the Ancient Near East, Sub-Saharan Africa, India, as well as the Islamic world. Students are introduced to a variety of methods and techniques employed by art historians as they work to understand an art object. 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. Open to non-majors with permission.