AHI 206 AFRICAN ART

Art and aesthetics of Africa and the African diaspora, with emphasis on the social function of objects in different contexts of creation, use, and display. Topics include art in the cycle of life, masquerades, status and display, gender, Islam and Christianity, the cult of Mami Wata, popular and contemporary painting, sacred arts of Haitian Vodou, and the history of collecting and exhibiting African art.