IDST 2310: The Fine and Applied Arts in Civilization is an introduction to the contributions of the world's civilizations to the fine and applied arts, including painting, sculpture, textile arts, pottery, art history, architecture, music, drama, literature, poetry, philosophy, and other disciplines. The course also introduces students to several aesthetic schools of thought. In the links found here, students will find in-depth materials on our course topics. The navigation bar on the bottom of each page is an interactive menu. Clicking on the menu items will bring up the course chapters and other information. Viewers must have java-enabled browsers to use the menu.

To begin your journey through the Fine and Applied Arts in global civilizations, try exploring some of the world's great art, architecture, literature, theater and music by clicking on the "resources" item on the navigation bar. Enjoy the wide array of online web museums and digital art collections.

Project Credits: This website is a mirror site for the IDST 2310 WEBCT course package. Funding for thsi site was provided by a Model Technology Infused Course Development grant from the Board of Regents' Office of Information and Instructional Technology of the University System of Georgia. Partial funding and other support for Dr. Deborah Vess's contributions was provided by the Pew National Scholarship Program for Carnegie Fellows through the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. This site is a component of Dr. Vess's course portfolio project, Explorations in Interdisciplinary Learning. This project was undertaken during her tenure as a Carnegie Scholar 1999-2000 and also submitted in partial fulfillment of a CASTL seed grant received from The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and The American Association of Higher Education.

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Dr. Deborah Vess,
Director of the grant project/Professor of History and Interdisciplinary Studies

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