Persp World Art & Design 1

PLAH 1000 | Fall 2011 | Faculty: John Angeline, Jaime Arredondo, Raffaele Bedarida, Andrianna Campbell, Andrew Cappetta, Marianne Eggler-Gerozissis, Nurit Einik, Eve Eisenstadt, Sharyn Finnegan, Nancy Grove, Jee Hyun Kim, Marisa Lerer, Jonathan Mann, Jane Necol, Romy Silver-Kohn, Maria Steverlynck Salaberry, Alice Walkiewicz, Leon Waller, Rachel Youens, Raul Zamudio, Mary Zawadzki

This is the first semester of the two-semester foundation course Perspectives in World Art and Design. Students will become familiar with core examples of Western and non-Western material culture, art, design, and architecture emerging out of Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa from the Paleolithic era to the 15th century in semester one (PWAD I), and from the 15th century to the 21st century in semester two (PWAD II). Students will consider the crucial role of these images and objects in the formation of their respective historical and cultural context. Through museum visits, readings, class discussions and writing assignments, students will explore the following questions: What is art? What is design? Is the appearance, or form of an art or design object its most important element? Is iconography an essential component? What role does religion, biography, psychology, philosophy, society and politics play in the production of material culture, artmaking, design, and perception? Students will further develop their critical understanding of this information through the development of research methods. Pathway: Art and Design History