Like many others, I was fascinated when I first saw the King Tut Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art […] Read More
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PG-13 – 1801 – Repatriation/Antiquity – 220yrs Following the events of French and British occupation in Egypt (turn of the […] Read More
Today we will look closely at two more monuments intended to glorify kings, created about 500 years apart. Building on […] Read More
Why are so many of the objects we studied in this unit in European or American museums? Readings: Neil MacGregor, […] Read More
Why did millions of Americans stand in line for up to five hours to catch a glimpse of an ancient […] Read More
Everyone loves mummies. But mummies only exist because of the ancient Egyptians’ deeply felt religious beliefs about the afterlife – […] Read More
How did Christianity go from being the despised, persecuted religion of perhaps 5% of the Roman Empire to being the […] Read More
One of the most innovative and beautiful buildings in the world has meant many things to many people over the […] Read More
Similarities and differences in how Christianity and Islam aestheticize the written word in sacred books produced between the 7th and […] Read More
Another one of the world’s most spectacular buildings, that is also hotly contested. How is this debate similar to, and […] Read More
This course is predicated on a number of questionable assumptions — a coherent thread that ties together artistic production and […] Read More
