ARTH-A 487 CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICAN ART: EMPIRE, IDENTITY, AND SOCIETY (3 CR.)
Focuses on the emergence of an African aesthetic and its conceptual principles, from the first stirrings in the 16th century of Africans dislocated through the slave trade to the early 20th century, when most African artistic and cultural expressions were fully developed and firmly rooted throughout the Americas.
1 classes found
Fall 2025
| Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEC | 3 | 33577 | Open | 2:20 p.m.–4:50 p.m. | M | FX 150 | Martinez-Ruiz B |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
LEC 33577: Total Seats: 20 / Available: 15 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Cultr
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inq
- Above class meets with ARTH-A 587
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
- COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Culture credit
The class will focus on the emergence of African aesthetic and conceptual principles by collecting and analyzing evidence across academic disciplines and linguistic cultures (Spanish, Dutch, French, English). The class will consider a wide range of material, from the first stirrings in the early 16th century of Africans dislocated through the slave trade to the early 20th century, by which time most of the African artistic and cultural expressions were fully developed and firmly rooted throughout the Americas. The project brings together historic travel narratives and epistles, paintings, prints, maps and other traditional art forms with contemporary work by artists throughout the Caribbean. It traces the development of a spatial and conceptual framework of African artistic practices and how they inform Caribbean artistic traits. Furthermore, it examines the location of the Afro Latin American and the Caribbean in the historical and contemporary global visual scene. The course will include close visual analysis of works at the Herman B. Wells and Lilly Libraries at Indiana University.
The College of Arts