VART 237 - Asian Art

CR: 3
Prerequisite: First-year students with permission. A survey of the arts of Asia, including architecture, sculpture, ceramics, metalwork, painting, printmaking, and calligraphy from the neolithic to the modern period. While the class will chart the course of technical and stylistic developments in these media, the primary focus will be on understanding the cultural and social context in which these arts developed. Offered alternate years. V.4, V.6a