Art History

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement (FSHT)

Survey of Western art, with some attention given to non-Western art, from prehistoric times through the Middle Ages. Intended as introductory course for general student as well as art majors and minors. 121 and 122 may be taken independently and in any sequence.

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement (FSHT)

Survey of Western art from the Renaissance in the 15th century to the late 20th century. Introduces basic historical and formal methodologies for general student and art major.

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement (FSHT)

Surveys artistic developments in the Mediterranean basin from the first to eighth centuries. Concerned with continuities as well as changes and innovations in visual culture associated with the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire.

Units: 1

Examines the production of art and architecture from the eighteenth through the nineteenth centuries. Considers city plans, buildings, paintings, sculpture and other objects as works created under specific historical, social and cultural conditions.

Units: 1

Overview of the major artistic developments of the period, yet allows for closer study of particular issues. For example, how does a work of art become politically charged? How does a landscape painting become a religious painting? Why are the most famous artists male?

Units: 1

Studies the major movements and developments of modern art in Europe and America. Examines the theoretical bases of modern art, such as the concept of the avant-garde, and considers the public's relationship to modern art.

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Combines a chronological survey of the developments in photography since its invention in 1839 with an examination of issues dealing with how photography has informed modern attitudes and perspectives. It carefully considers certain claims made on behalf of photography, such as its objectivity, truthfulness, and ability to be an agent of social change.

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement (FSHT)

Art, architecture, and material cultures of South, Southeast, and East Asia--premodern and modern. Provides an overview of the vast artifactual record of this segment of the world and engenders a series of fundamental art-historical skills such as description, compare-and-contrast, critical viewing, slow looking, and close reading. Calls into question the Euro-centrism of "art" and its histories. No prior coursework or experience is necessary.

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement (FSVP)

A chronological introduction to the art and culture of Japan beginning with the prehistoric period, moving through the introduction to Buddhism and varieties of Buddhist art, the influence of China and Korea, the art of the court, the art of samurai, the art of townsmen (such as Japanese prints), and finally a look at contemporary trends in Japanese culture. Social and historical elements will be integrated with specific studies of visual arts, and literature will also be examined in context. Assignments will include creative work.

Units: 1

Fulfills General Education Requirement (FSHT)

Representation, construction, and politics of gender in the visual and performing arts of Japan. Topics of analysis include medieval stories of gender transformation, gender's relationship to Buddhist salvation, the patronage and artistic practice of women, the gendering of script and clothing, the inter-war visual culture of hyper-masculinity, and the theatricality of gender performance in kabuki. Also addresses the gendering of abstract concepts--especially that of the nation state--in modern discourse. Concludes with a look at the stakes of gender in postwar and contemporary Japanese art. No previous experience with Japan, art, feminist theory, or gender theory is necessary.

Units: 1

Addresses the long history of image-making in two dimensions in Japan--a field of inquiry that includes calligraphy, painting, rubbing, print-making, book-making, manga, photography, film, and new media. A unifying theme throughout will be the intersections of words and images (i.e., depicting and inscribing) in Japanese visual culture. Begins in the Heian court and ends in postmodernity. No prior coursework or experience is necessary.

Units: 1

Examples include African art, history of architecture, and other specialized topics. May be repeated for credit if topics differ.

Units: 1

Focuses on role of the panel painted image in Medieval world. Explores the conventions, aesthetics, and ideology of Medieval images, as well as their production, use and restoration. Provides introduction to techniques of medieval panel painting, and asks students to try their hand at the creative process.

Units: 1

Surveys the rich and varied production of visual culture in Western Europe from early Middle Ages to beginning of the Renaissance. Considers the changing visual experiences associated with the Early Medieval, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic periods.

Units: 1

A survey of Italian painting, sculpture, and architecture between 1250 and 1500, with emphasis on the historical context of particular objects or monuments. Students will examine primary sources whenever possible and consider issues related to the systems of patronage, spirituality, intellectual life, and art criticism of the period.

Units: 1

Beginning with the Italian High Renaissance and ending with baroque art in early 17th-century Europe, this course considers artistic production during a period of religious, political, and cultural crisis. Lectures, readings, and discussions evaluate the agents, ideas, and circumstances that brought about the practical and theoretical developments in the art of the period.

Units: 1

Highly focused in-depth studies on topics of art history related to departmental course offerings. Topics to be chosen by instructor. Representative topics: Zen art, Surrealism, Artists' Biographies and Art Criticism in early Modern Europe. May be repeated for credit if topic differs.

300-level art history course in the area of the seminar or permission of instructor.

Units: 1

History, philosophy, functions, and future of museums; collection research, evaluation, publications, and museum procedures and education. Does not satisfy major or minor requirements.

Units: 1

Survey of strategies, tools and techniques involved in generating contributed income for arts organizations from private individuals, foundations, corporations, business, and government agencies. Central issues include underlying psychological and practical bases of fundraising in the arts and exposure to research and methods involved in developing donor prospects. Fundraising techniques, including direct mail, telemarketing, grant writing, personal appeals, major gift solicitation, special events, capital campaigns, endowment campaigns, sponsorships, and planned giving. Does not satisfy major or minor requirements. (Same as Music 345; same as Theatre 345.)

ARTH 322 or permission of the instructor.

Units: 1

Study of theoretical approaches and methods used in discipline of art history. Required for art history majors, recommended before the senior year.

Permission of instructor required for non-art history majors.

Units: .25-1

Supervised work experience at approved museum, gallery or other art institutions. May be repeated for credit at a different institution. No more than 1.5 units of internship in any one department and 3.5 units of internship overall may be counted toward required degree units.

Permission of instructor and departmental approval.

Units: .25-1

Individually designed program under faculty supervision. Independent studies cannot be substituted for required courses in the art history major.

Permission of instructor.

Units: 0

Documentation of the work of students who receive summer fellowships to conduct research [or produce a creative arts project] in the summer. The work must take place over a minimum of 8 weeks, the student must engage in the project full-time (at least 40 hours per week) during this period, and the student must be the recipient of a fellowship through the university. Graded S/U.

Approval for summer Arts and Sciences fellowship by faculty mentor

Units: 1

The first half of a one-year capstone experience for the senior major in art history. Serves to strengthen those research and critical thinking skills introduced in First Year Seminars and further developed in upper-level seminars in art history. Assignments center on identifying, evaluating and presenting primary and secondary sources for the senior thesis proposed during the preceding spring term. Completion of thesis research, production of annotated bibliography and beginning of thesis draft for the spring semester seminar, ART 466.

ARTH 365

Units: 1

Required for art history majors in their senior year.

ARTH 465.