这门课程在探讨过去和现在人们选择、评估和使用天然材料，改变材料使用的文化。举例来说∶古埃及和罗马的玻璃; 中美洲(Mesoamerica) 强烈的金属音响和色彩；印加(Inca)帝国的布和纤维技术。它也探索在材料发展过程中对思想和审美标准的影响力。 实验室／工作坊提供课堂中所讨论的实做经验。 这门课针对课程3.091加以补充。
This course examines the ways in which people in ancient and contemporary societies have selected, evaluated, and used materials of nature, transforming them to objects of material culture. Some examples are: glass in ancient Egypt and Rome; sounds and colors of powerful metals in Mesoamerica; cloth and fiber technologies in the Inca empire. It also explores ideological and aesthetic criteria often influential in materials development. Laboratory/workshop sessions provide hands-on experience with materials discussed in class. This course complements
3.091.
