AH 342 - Arts of the Americas

Upper Division

This course is a comprehensive survey of the art and visual culture of the Americas from the pre-contact (with the European colonialists) to the colonial period up to the present. Diverse and focused readings will guide the students through the culture, art, design, and architecture of early Mesoamerican, Andean, and North American civilizations like Olmec and Paracas to later empires like Aztec and Inca in the 14th and 15th centuries to the hybrid culture that emerged during the colonial period to a brief consideration of the modern and contemporary periods. While European (as well as African and Asian) influences on these arts and culture of the Americas will be a constitutive aspect of this course, the primary emphasis will be on indigenous art and design practices. The structure of the course will be a combination of regional and chronological approaches. There will be an attempt to include as many of indigenous views in the viewing assignments as possible.

Core Curriculum Designation(s)
ACP, ARTS, HUM, HSP - Arts and Humanities Analysis and Practice, GIP - Global Issues and Perspectives

Repeatable
Yes

Fee
$50

Additional Notes
Previous course number: AH 144

Course credits: 4