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2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ART* E203 - Introduction to African Art (3 credits)


Previously AR 241

Code(s): AESX, FINA
Prerequisite(s): ENG* E101  
 
An introduction to the art of Africa. The course is intended to develop an understanding of African art on its own terms: its sources and meanings; its cultural and intellectual perspectives; its connections with the larger society and modernism. The course will conclude with a preview of contemporary African art and translations of African art in the visual traditions of blacks in the Diaspora (the Americas and the Caribbean). Course Outline: ART 203