ART 31012 Arts of Africa: An Introduction
Artists from Africa and African diasporas have historically created vibrant and diverse arts that shape and are shaped by local and global politics as well as social and religious experiences. In this introductory course, students examine a broad range of arts and cultures linked to the continent and consider how arts and artistic practices move. To understand how knowledge about African arts has formed and changed, students investigate categories used to classify African arts and ways people have studied such arts.
Contact Hours
3 hr./wk.