ARTH 24 - INDIGENOUS ARTS OF THE AMERICAS

    Recent Professors
    T. O'Leary
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2025, Fall 2024
    Class Size
    40–45 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2025 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1
    Description
    Survey of the indigenous artistic traditions of Meso, Central, and South America extending from Mexico through Peru from circa 1000 BC to the Conquest. Addresses historical and contemporary cultures of the Western hemisphere (pre-Columbian) from a historical and ethnographic context, examining the formal elements of painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, and textiles in the context of native socio-political systems and religious beliefs. Field trips may be required.