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COURSES FALL 2007

Histart 10

INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ART, ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL (4 UNITS) Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30-11:00 160 Kroeber, CCN 05427 Rebecca S. Martin

This introduction to the art and architecture of the ancient Near East, Greece, Rome, and Medieval Europe is designed for newcomers to the history of art and/or to the study of these cultures.  The lectures will survey 5000 years of ancient and medieval art both chronologically and thematically.  Participants will learn to acquire the historical, perceptual, and critical skills necessary to analyze, understand and interpret the artworks in their historical, religious, and socio-political contexts.  Sections run by graduate student instructors will discuss and analyze selected works in greater depth, and will encourage students to develop their own historical, perceptual, interpretive and critical skills.  Whenever possible, new discoveries will be illustrated and discussed.

Rebecca Martin is a Ph.D candidate in Ancient Mediterranean Art and Archaeology in the Departments of History of Art.

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