Course Description
Interdisciplinary study of art, architecture, music, literature, history, and philosophy reflecting the cultural identity of African Americans. IAI: HF 906D.
Prerequisite(s)
Appropriate assessment score or ENGL 1422 with a grade of C or better - Must be taken either prior to or at the same time as this course.
Topical Outline
1. Getting Started and Living with Art
2. African Migration of a People and Their Culture: Skills, Values, Secret Scripts and Charms
3. Plantation Slave Artists and Craftsmen: The Cultural context of Transcendance
4. Black Visionaries and Recorded History
5. Reconstruction and Emergence of Fine Art
6. 20th c. America: The Evolution of a Black Aesthetic
7. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: The Path from Segregation to Integration and Cultural Accepters
2. African Migration of a People and Their Culture: Skills, Values, Secret Scripts and Charms
3. Plantation Slave Artists and Craftsmen: The Cultural context of Transcendance
4. Black Visionaries and Recorded History
5. Reconstruction and Emergence of Fine Art
6. 20th c. America: The Evolution of a Black Aesthetic
7. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: The Path from Segregation to Integration and Cultural Accepters