VCULT 201Global Histories of Art 1500-1800 C.E.

This course takes a survey approach to examining the role of the art object as a means of communication within the history of global visual culture. Students will study key examples of art, spanning the 16th to the 19th centuries, and will achieve a thematic comprehension of art’s role in shaping political structures, social mores, cultural discourses, and cosmological beliefs. Particular attention will also be paid to the unique properties of a range of diverse media, both traditional and new.