Register by January 10
This class essentially covers world art chronologically from the earliest traces of human creativity until the Fourteenth century. While art theory will be discussed in class in connection with the cultural and historical contexts of each art piece, the focus of the course will be to visually deconstruct the artworks presented in class. The course will begin with the introduction of cave paintings as one of the earliest forms of western art, followed by art of the Ancient Near East, Egyptian, Aegean, Ancient Greece, Etruscan, Roman, Jewish, Early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, South and South East Asia, Chinese, Korean, Japanese Art, Art of the Americas, Art of Ancient Africa, Early Medieval Art in Europe, Romanesque Art, Gothic Art of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, and Fourteenth-Century Art in Europe. A series of images will be presented every class in conjunction with a list of terms corresponding to the art period being studied. Students will engage in class discussion regarding each presented piece.
Instructor: Jorge Costa
Fridays, 12:30-2 pm
Six classes: January 12, 19, 26, February 2, 9 and 16
