Where my $450.00 dollars went after buying textbooks for September.
Courses and their texts:
HIST 434A: Late Imperial China
A study of politics, society, economy and culture in late imperial China between 1600 and 1912. Focuses on historical continuity and change within the dynamic interactions between tradition and modernity, the state and society, the Chinese and ethnic minorities, as well as China and foreign powers.
- The Search for Modern China by Jonathan Spence
HIST 360: The Renaissance
A study of the conditions, ideas, and people involved in the intellectual quickening that ushered in the early modern period of European history.
- A History of Florence 1200-1575 by John Najemy
- The Art of the Renaissance in Rome 1400-1600 by Loren Partridge
- Woman, Family, and Ritual in Renaissance Italy by Christiane Klapisch-Zuber
- The Renaissance Philosophy of Man (source book) ed. Cassirer/Kristeller/Randall
PHIL 240: Philosophy of Art
An introduction to philosophy of art. Questions to be addressed include: What is art? What makes art valuable? How is art to be evaluated? Is the value of art relative to audiences? Is art a source of knowledge? What moral issues arise in connection with the arts?
- Aesthetics in Perspective by Kathleen Higgens
- Puzzles about Art by Battin/Fisher/Moore/Silvers
