ARTH 054. Survey of Latin American Arts

This course provides an overview of the rich tradition of visual arts within Latin America, beginning with the Pre-Columbian period, moving through the arts of the Spanish Viceroyalties, and concluding with the contemporary artistic landscape both in Latin America and the United States. The course focuses on key artworks, artists, and artistic movements from the region, providing students with the visual literacy to understand and the vocabulary to analyze the region's cultural production from a variety of methodological perspectives. The course situates key artworks within distinct historical moments, allowing students to concentrate on the social and cultural influences that led to their production. We will address several themes central to Latin American history, including: the rise of the Aztec and Inca empires, the role of art in the conquest and colonization of the Americas, modernism in the global South, political art and activism in the face of dictatorship, and Latin America's place within the contemporary art world and an increasingly interconnected globe
Humanities
1 credit.
Catalog chapter: Art and Art History: Art History
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art

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