Topics in Art and Society

CAS AH 527

May be repeated for credit as topics change. Two topics are offered Fall 2017. Section A1: American Art and the Civil War. Explores the ways that Northern and Southern painters, sculptors, photographers, illustrators, and popular image makers interpreted slavery and sectional strife in the years surrounding the Civil War. Section C1: Global Heritage Conservation. Examines global approaches towards heritage conservation guidelines and philosophies together with conservation practice case studies from around the world. Focus on themes such as world heritage, underwater cultural heritage, contemporary architecture at historic and ancient sites.