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FIAR 269 - Latin American Art


3 Credits
This course will present a broad, artistic, cultural, and historical study of the continuous development of architecture, sculpture, painting, and decorative arts of selected Latin American countries from 1,500 BCE to the present. An emphasis will be placed on the influence and impact of Olmec, Maya, Aztec, 16th century European contact art upon the modern art of the Mexican Muralists, Kahlo, Tamayo, Pacheco, Vazquez, Botero, Acuna, and other artists from Columbia, Brazil, Venezuela, etc. The interaction between politics, society, and the arts will be investigated. Selected archaeological sites of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, Belize will also be examined and incorporated into the study. (LAS) (HE) (WR)



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