This course emphasizes the intellectual, cultural, and political traditions from the biblical period and classical antiquity to the mid-seventeenth century. Texts studied are related to changing social and historical contexts. Primary sources may include Plato, Marcus Aurelius, Thomas Aquinas, and Machiavelli. I A study of major literary , religious, and philosophical traditions, involving the reading of texts from antiquity to the mid-seventeenth century.
Emphasis is placed on development of writing skills and interpretive analysis.
Primary texts include Homer, Plato, Augustine, Dante, and Racine. This course is an integrated study of the nature of the visual arts, from antiquity to the mid-seventeenth century. Artistic expression is examined through chronological and thematic approaches, with attention to the relation between art, music, and society. This course emphasizes the intellectual, cultural, and political traditions from the mid-seventeenth century to 1914. Texts studied are related to changing social and historical contexts.