Spring 2017  |  ARTH 3182 Section 001: Egypt and Western Asia: Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt and Western Asia (67201)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:
CNES 3182 Section 001
RELS 3182 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 230
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course will provide students with foundational knowledge in the art, architecture, and archaeology of Egypt, East Africa, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Iran and Central Asia from the Neolithic through Late Antiquity (ca. 7,000 B.C.E. - 650 C.E.). Students will gain an understanding of the relationship between the visual material and the social, intellectual, political, and religious contexts in which it developed and functioned. In this regard, students will also gain an understanding of the evolution of, and exchanges and differences among, the visual cultures of these time periods and regions. It will also expose them to the preconditions for contemporary geopolitics in the region.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mpcanepa+ARTH3182+Spring2017
Class Description:
This course explores the fascinating world of pyramids, ziggurats and the world's first cities from the dawn of civilization to end of the ancient world. It will provide students with foundational knowledge in the art, architecture and archaeology of Egypt, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Iran and Central Asia from the Neolithic through Late Antiquity (ca. 12,000 B.C.E. - 650 C.E.). Instead of stopping at the invasions of Alexander, the traditional endpoint in most surveys of ancient Egypt and Western Asia, this course provides students a view of the intriguing world of Hellenistic Asia and the rise of the last Iranian dynasties before Islam. Students will gain an understanding of the relationship between the visual material and the social, intellectual, political and religious contexts in which it developed and functioned. In this regard, students will also gain an understanding of the evolution of, and exchanges and differences among, the visual cultures of these time periods and regions.
Grading:
50% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
15% Reports/Papers
5% Attendance Other Grading Information: Two midterms (25% each); one final (30%). Two short (4 page) papers closely describing a work of art in a local collection like the MIA.
Exam Format:
Vocabulary, short answer; majority essay.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67201/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
22 November 2011

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