This course is to focus on the history of the use and function of art in global perspective. Images, with symbolic meanings and particular style, can be powerful visual language that speaks to the viewers directly. Art has been a meaningful endeavour that deals with basic human concerns from the dawn of civilization to the present day. In this course, art works are discussed in context with human survival, religion, politics, sexuality, technology, culture transmission and globalization. This course examines essential art ideas and makes them concrete using examples from around the world, and relates them to contemporary issues.

CILO-1: Articulate the knowledge of recognizing and appreciating art works across time and space. CILO-2: Describe and explain the similarities and differences of different cultures, as well as the transmission and globalization of certain images or certain ways of using images. CILO-3: Explain the world today and an appreciation for the importance of history in that understanding.