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BLKS 315
The Arts of African and New World Culture
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The historical survey of ethnographic arts includes two diasporas: 1) African art and the influences of Africans on the arts of new world cultures (in Brazil, Surinam, Cuba, Haiti, and the United States); and 2) Meso-American art and the influence of Meso-Americans on the arts of the Native North American cultures. Emphasis us placed on interdisciplinary theoretical approaches drawn from Art History, Anthropology, and folklore, as well as the importance of geography and trade. These ethnographic arts are examined from aesthetic, political, religious, and economic perspectives, in comparison with arts made in these countries in Western European traditions, including the cross-cultural impact that these various art traditions have on each other. This course satisfies the College requirement for a course in cultural perspectives. Cross-listed with Art-Hist 315.
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Faculty:
College of Arts & Sciences
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Department:
KA&S - General
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