Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: THE MAKING OF THE ORIENT

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: The Making of the Orient in the 18th-20th Century Europe focuses on the construction of the image of the Orient in the age of European colonial expansion. Through critical analysis of texts, images, and cultural practices (painting, photography, architecture, city planning, music, fiction, and travel literature) and key theoretical works, this course examines issues of production and codification of knowledge, politics of representation, and identity construction in and beyond the colonial period. Cross-list: ARCH 422.