World Art I: Visual Culture of the Ancient World

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This survey course focuses on the art, archaeology and architecture of the Mediterranean world, roughly between 2500 BC - AD 300. The course investigates the material culture of the diverse cultural groups that shaped this cosmopolitan world: Sumerians, Assyrians,Minoans Mycenaeans, Egyptians, Greeks, Etruscans, Persians, Italics and Romans. Special attention will be given to the interconnectivity anddynamic relationship of inspiration between these cultures. The aim is for a firm contextual understanding of the works examined, and of thecultural, political and historical aspects that shaped these. The course will also assist students in cultivating basic art historical skills, inparticular description, stylistic analysis, and iconographic and iconological analysis