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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 develoment 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 inflluence and impact of Olmec, Maya, Aztec, 16th centrury European contact art upon the modern art of the Mexican Muralists, Kahlo, Tamayo, Pecheco, 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, etc. will also be examined and incorporated into the study. (LAS) (HE) (WR)



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