1st 8 weeks only

This course explores some of the most stunning, dramatic, complex
and subtle art the world has ever seen.  From the Olmecs to the
Aztecs it moves through hundreds of years of profoundly thought-
provoking sculpture, architecture, ceramics and paintings, with
the goal of understanding the aesthetics, philosophy and social
realities that brought the art into being.  Some have asked how
societies that allegedly practiced human sacrifice could create
things of such deep and abiding beauty.  The answer can be found
in this intensive 8 week course.