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See how art became the great interface when distant cultures met for the first time.
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Travel east and west— to Renaissance Italy and the contemporaneous Islamic empires.
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Consider how religion has inspired art and art has inspired divine representation.
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Explore how we look at the human body in art.
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Examine the formative role of art and the creative imagination in forging of humanity.
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Examine the formative role of art and the creative imagination in forging of humanity.
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Examine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology.
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Albrecht Altdorfer sidesteps religious conflict by using nature.
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In Li Cheng's landscape art escapes the natural world.
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In Islamic architecture, landscapes reflect a mastery over the natural world.
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Mimar Sinar always felt destined for something greater than building bridges.
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"Cracked Ice" combines everything Okyo knew from both Eastern and Western traditions.
