ARTH 310

Fall 2018 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 27-Dec 12

African Art and Society I

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Credit: 3 hours.

Introduces the arts of Black Africa, i.e., dance, drama, songs, and poetry, as expressed in a multi-media framework and a social-religious context; surveys the art styles of the Dogon, Senufo, Mende, and Ashanti peoples.

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ARTH 310 class schedule data for fall 2018
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	54086	Lecture	PM	1:00PM -2:20PM	MW	Art and Design Building	Sims, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/27/18-12/12/18 Section Info: Topic: African Art in the Atlantic World. This course will consider how political, economic, and cultural relationships across the Atlantic Ocean have shaped artistic practices, both within Africa and throughout the African diaspora, from the early modern period to the present day. Our topics will include: arts of trade and diplomacy between Africa and Europe during the Age of Discovery; African artistic responses to the trans-Atlantic slave trade; transmissions of African aesthetics across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States; sacred arts of the Black Atlantic, such as those associated with Santería, Vodun, and Carnival; African and diasporic artists’ contributions to global modernist movements; and contemporary artists’ engagement with issues of heritage and diaspora.