Section Info: ARTH-102-01

Course Title: Art in the Premodern World

Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024

Term: Fall Semester 2024

Description: If creativity is what makes us human, then art has special power to connect us to people of the distant past. This course traces key instances of creative expression from antiquity through the Middle Ages, when art as such was not yet a distinct concept and museums did not exist. Instructors choose case studies from different cultures and periods that touch on fundamental themes of human experience such as ritual, belief, and death. Students learn to analyze objects, images, and built environments in light of their visual and material properties, social contexts, and place in the larger history of human creativity.

Distribution(s): I - Humanities

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Samuel Barber		sbarber@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024	Lecture	Tuesday and Thursday	03:15PM - 04:30PM	ART - Art	106A	Weekly

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Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted	Capacity: 38	Enrollment: 37	Available: 0	Waitlist: 4

Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

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Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
No book purchases are required/recommended for this class.

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