COURSES – FALL 2026 / Art and Music / ART OF THE WORLD I: GLOBAL PREHISTORY THROUGH GOTHIC ART

Coordinators: Linda Downs, Lynnel Garabedian, Bob Reiss, Ellen Shapiro

Explore major art works across the ages and throughout the world from the Old Stone Age to the present in three semesters.

This first semester will cover prehistoric creations throughout the world to Medieval Europe.

Discover the latest interpretations of the Lascaux cave paintings to the extraordinary embroidered Bayeux Tapestry, recording events that led to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.

B WEEK / TUESDAY / 10:30 – NOON / HYBRID / AUDITORIUM


The World of Art I: Global Prehistory through Gothic Art
DatePresenterTitle
Sep 15Nancy SengFirst Masters: Global Prehistoric Art
Sep 29Susan DiehlAncient Near East: The Beginnings
Oct 13Bob ReissAncient Egyptian Art
Oct 27Linda Downs –
Joyce West –
Ancient Greek Art: Quest for Perfection
Etruscan and Early Roman Sculpture
Nov 10Guest LectureArchitecture of Ancient Rome and Pompeii
Dec 01James SykesEarly Europe
Dec 15Ann GoertEastern Influences Transform Western Art



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