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ARTS 309 - The Ancient Near East


Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3HU
This course is canceled effective 09.01.10.

An introduction to ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern (primarily Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and Persia) civilizations from the perspective of their visual arts and architecture. Topics to be discussed include the basic tenets of their religious beliefs, their social forms and organizations, the conventions and achievements of their art, and the forms of their major buildings and monuments. The course will also assess how scholars have used textual and archaeological remains to reconstruct these cultures.

 
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: S. Kane
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: A 200 level art history class.


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