Navigating the course of art and culture along the historic Spice Route as Indian merchants, monks, and artisans followed the lure of precious metals and spices to exotic Southeast Asia. An examination of the golden ages of visual arts and dynamic creativity that brought Japan to high international status in the 20th century. Emphasis will be on the development of printmaking techniques and the social functions that make graphics unique among the visual arts. The dissemination of this approach and associated styles in other periods demonstrates the effectiveness and longevity of such an approach. The development of the visual arts from the late Roman period to the late Gothic of the 15th century.
Special emphasis is on the establishment of Christian iconography and the evolution of church types.
Emphasis will be on such masters as Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, and Titian. The development of modern painting, sculpture, and architecture from PostImpressionism through such movements as Cubism, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism. Special emphasis is on major figures including Matisse and Picasso. Subjects of study will vary. Required for art history major but open to qualified advanced general students, with permission of instructor.