A survey of the art created within the special context of traditional cultures. The art of traditional cultures will be examined in terms of formal visual and material elements and aesthetic quality within Western understanding as well as the meanings and implications of art within its own culture. Areas of investigation will include tribes of Africa, Oceania and the Native American Indian. Actual art objects will be presented as well as music and recent videos of ritual, ceremony, dance and interviews with tribal people. (class will be helod on Tuesday, July 3)

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