AHS 016: Introduction to the Body in Western Art

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours

Catalog page 116

Prerequisites: none

Description: Introduces questions of the human body and how it was depicted and interpreted in works of art from Roman Antiquity to the present, familiarizing them with a broad range of artworks in their specific historical, cultural, medical, social, religious, political and intellectual contexts.

Credit: Credit is awarded for only one of AHS 016 or AHS 133/ANTH 161/ DNCE 129/GSST 130/HISE 149.