Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0184 - East-West: Asian Visual Cultur

This course is a comparative inquiry into cultural exchanges between Europe, North America, and Asia from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. Examples of topics covered include the impact of Chinese art and architecture on the design of European gardens and interior spaces, the appropriation of Japanese woodblock prints by European and American artists, East Asian artists' interpretation of Western oil painting tradition, and the tension between tradition and modernization in East Asian art scene. Students will relate the creation of art works to specific historical, social and political contexts and cross-cultural contact and exchange; identify and analyze the imitation, appropriation, assimilation and transformation of art within these contexts; and evaluate the exchanges between Europe and Asia that transformed the production and consumption of art during the ancient to early modern periods.

Culture, Humanities, and Languages Independent Work Multiple Cultural Perspectives Writing and Research In this course students are expected to spend seven hours weekly on preparation and work outside of class time.