Avoiding traditional binaries such as East vs. West or fine art vs. decorative art, Professor Cooke will sketch in the principles of a new introductory art history course. Instead of categorizing art by region or era, these principles are driven by the objects themselves, drawing on analyses of the materials, process of realization, function, and experienced meaning of clay, fiber, wood, and base metals. This way of looking at objects points the way to an interconnected global history of art.