ART-141 Introduction to Non-Western Visual Art

Introduction to Non-Western Visual Art offers a visual introduction with the cultural and historical heritage of selected Non-Western societies from ancient times to the present, providing students with a “global perspective” to art and new ideas, values and aesthetic insights that differ from Western culture. Non-Western cultures are those that early on were considered to have initially developed outside the realm of Western culture. Students will study examples of paintings, sculptures, architecture and other art forms of non-western cultures such as the Islamic world, India, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, the Pacific, Africa and the pre-conquest and indigenous Americas.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

None

IAI Code:

F2 903N

PCS Code:

1.1

Lecture:

3

Lab:

0