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By Sea, Sand, and River: Medieval and Early Modern Artistic Cross Currencies in Africa and Europe

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AFRAMER 174 - The African City

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Suzanne Blier Mondays, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm This seminar investigates critical issues in Africa's rich urban centers. Architecture, city planning, spatial framing, popular culture, and new art markets will be examined.

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HAA 193X - African Architecture

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Suzanne Blier This class explores key forms of African architecture historically and into the present, with an emphasis on comparative issues of materials and technology, rural dwelling compounds (form, use, and adaptation), nomadic architecture, West...

HAA 193X - African Architecture

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Suzanne Blier This class explores key forms of African architecture historically and into the present, with an emphasis on comparative issues of materials and technology, rural dwelling compounds (form, use, and adaptation), nomadic architecture, West...

AFRAMER 171X - African Art and Religion

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Suzanne Blier Monday, 3:00PM - 5:45pm African art and architecture frequently engage, represent, connect to, or communicate with spiritual forces. A wide variety of religious beliefs, including an array of both local traditions and broader regional and...

Picasso's Demoiselles: The Untold Origins of a Modern Masterpiece

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In Picasso's Demoiselles, eminent art historian Suzanne Preston Blier uncovers the previously unknown history of Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, one of the twentieth century's most important, celebrated, and studied paintings. Drawing on her...

Professor Suzanne Blier -- Picasso's Demoiselles: Africa, Sex, and Origins

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Wampler Distinguished Professorship Lecture Series

HAA 194W - World Fairs

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Suzanne Blier This seminar addresses questions of cultural display through the art and architecture of world fairs, mid-nineteenth century to present. Students are introduced to the seminal fair events beginning with the Crystal Palace in London, and...

HAA 194W - Worlds Fairs

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Suzanne Blier Monday, 12:00pm - 2:45pm This seminar addresses questions of cultural display through the art and architecture of world fairs, mid-nineteenth century to present. Students are introduced to the seminal fair events beginning with the Crystal...