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Humanities

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Status: Active
SUNY ID: 1322
Full Title: Western Art: Ancient and Medieval
Level: Lower Division (UG)
CIP: 5007 Fine and Studio Arts

ART 137
Western Art:Ancient & Medieval

3 credits

This course surveys important developments in western art during Antiquity and the Middle Ages. It covers the visual arts and architecture of ancient Mesopotamia, Persia, and Egypt; Classical Greece and Rome; and the medieval period in western Europe and Byzantium. Particular emphasis is placed on architecture, freestanding and relief sculpture, fresco painting, and illuminated manuscripts.Liberal ArtsSemester(s) Offered: Fall.