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ANTH 3739

Anthropology of Art

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Winter 2026

Topics

  • The Story of Art
  • Introduction: On Art and Artists
  • Strange Beginnings: Prehistoric Peoples and Ancient America
  • Art for Eternity: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete
  • The Great Awakening: Greece, seventh to fifth century BC
  • The Realm of Beauty: Greece and Greek World, fourth century BC to first
  • century AD
  • Pagans
  • Goddesses and Gods
  • World Conquerors: Romans, Buddhists, Jews and Christians, first to fourth
  • Looking Eastwards: Islam, China, second to thirteenth century
  • The Power of Art
  • Babylon: Resilience
  • Jerusalem: Faith
  • Rome: Self-Belief

Readings

  • Required: The Power of Art: A World History in Fifteen Cities by Caroline Campbell.
  • Required: The Story of Art by E.H. Gombrich
  • Required: Pagans: The Visual Culture of Pagan Myths, Legends and Rituals. Ethan Doyle White.
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