VIS 117EProblems in Ethnoaesthetics
This seminar will address and critique various approaches to studying the art of non-Western societies with respect to their own aesthetic and cultural systems. Students are encouraged to explore comparative philosophies of art and test paradigms of Western aesthetic scholarship. Recommended preparation: VIS 21A or 21B or 112 or two upper-division courses in art history strongly recommended.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “upper-division standing.”