This course examines human aesthetic responses and our capacities to interpret diverse forms of cultural expressions. Students will study some of the following: literary and/or religious texts, paintings, sculpture, architecture, music, film, dance, opera the decorative arts, as well as other forms of aesthetic expression. Students will critically explore the values, beliefs and ideas that shape, and are shaped by human experience, and are expressed by individuals, communities, and societies, through their art and cultural expression. Students will also explore the various media through which cultural expression takes place. NOTE: Students cannot receive credit for both GNED 221 and GNED 1201.
Credits: 3.00