Course Descriptions

ArtH 1111 - Ancient to Medieval Art. (FA; 4 cr; fall, every year)

Origins of art in the Paleolithic period; survey of monuments of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome as well as the Early Christian, Romanesque, and Gothic styles of western Europe. Also treatment of non-western traditions in ancient and medieval periods.

ArtH 1121 - Renaissance to Modern Art. (FA; 4 cr; spring, every year)

Survey of the major works of art of western Europe and the United States from 1400 to the present.

ArtH 3101 - Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece. (FA; 4 cr; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #; most often offered in fall, odd years)

Beginning with the Bronze Age civilization of the Aegean, Minoan, Cycladic, and Mycenaean, this course will follow the development of painting, sculpture, and architecture of ancient Greece, concentrating on the classical period in Athens and the Hellenistic period in the Mediterranean.

ArtH 3111 - Art and Archaeology of Ancient Rome. (FA; 4 cr; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #; not offered 2006-07; most often offered in spring, odd years)

In-depth study of Roman art and archaeology beginning with the Villanovans and Etruscans who preceded the Romans and ending with the rise of Early Christian art. Concentration of the public and political art of the various emperors.

ArtH 3112 - Byzantine Art and Empire. (FA; 4.0 cr; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #; most often offered in fall, even years)

A chronological and socio-political exploration of the development of art within the Byzantine Empire. The various roles that this art took within and beyond the borders of Byzantium.

ArtH 3113 - Islamic Art and Culture. (FA; 4.0 cr; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #; most often offered in spring, odd years)

An investigation of Islamic art and architecture in both the secular and religious realm. Examination of these works in the context of the cultures and historical periods that produced them. Begins with the birth of Islamic art and continues up until today.

ArtH 3121 - Medieval Italian Art. (FA; 4 cr; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #; most often offered in spring, even years)

Painting, sculpture, and architecture of Italy, notably Tuscany, from the 12th to 14th centuries, with attention to the influence of the mendicant monastic orders of the Franciscans and the Dominicans on the art of the period.

ArtH 3142 - Art of the Italian Renaissance, 1300-1520. (FA; 4 cr; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #; most often offered in spring, odd years)

A variety of methods (including stylistic, gender, and contextual theories) are used to explore the painting and sculpture of such artists as Giotto, Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo.

ArtH 3161 - 16th-Century Italian Art. (FA; 4 cr; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #; most often offered in fall, odd years)

This course will focus on the stylistic and theoretical differences evidenced in the fascinating trends of Mannerism and Venetian Renaissance art.

ArtH 3171 - Baroque Art. (FA; 4 cr; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #; most often offered in fall, even years)

A sociohistorical consideration of the stylistic and thematic diversity present in the works of such 17th-century masters as Caravaggio, Bernini, Velazquez, Rembrandt, and Vermeer.

ArtH 3191 - American Art to 1900. (FA; 4 cr; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #; most often offered in fall, odd years)

A thematic exploration of the role of painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts in American society, from colonial times to 1900. Topics include the landscape and Manifest Destiny, American icons, folk art, and the representation of Native Americans, African Americans, and women.

ArtH 3201 - 19th-Century European Art through Post-Impressionism. (FA; 4 cr; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #; most often offered in fall, odd years)

Survey of major movements from Neoclassicism through Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism to Post-Impressionism. Attention is given to iconographical and formal analysis as well as to the social conditions in which artists lived and worked.

ArtH 3211 - Early Modern Art: Symbolism to Surrealism. (FA; 4 cr; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #; most often offered in spring, even years)

Survey of the major early modern movements from Symbolism through Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, Constructivism, De Stijl, and the Bauhaus to Surrealism. Attention is given to theories of modern art as well as to formal and iconographical analyses and to the social conditions in which modern art was created and experienced.

ArtH 3221 - 20th-Century American Art: 1945 to the Present. (FA; 4 cr; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #; most often offered in fall, even years)

An examination of selected artists and movements from the 1940s through the present. Equal emphasis is given to the art and the social context in which it was made and experienced, and to modernist and postmodernist aesthetic and critical thought.

ArtH 3231 - History of Photography. (FA; 4 cr; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #; most often offered in spring, even years)

Survey of European and American photography from the period of invention to the present. Major artists and movements are examined in the context of a variety of aesthetic, social, and technical issues.

ArtH 3241 - African American Art. (FA; 4 cr; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #; most often offered in spring, odd years)

Survey of African American art from colonial times to the present, focusing on social context and aesthetic and biographical issues.

ArtH 3261 - Chinese Art. (FA; 4 cr; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #; most often offered in fall, even years)

Survey of Chinese arts from the Neolithic times to the 20th century, presented in the context of Chinese culture.

ArtH 3281 - Women and Art. (FA; 4 cr; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #; most often offered in fall, even years)

A historical survey of women's roles as creators and patrons of the visual arts in Western European and American societies, from antiquity to the present.

ArtH 3291 - Facing the Past: Portraiture and Social History. (FA; 4 cr; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #; most often offered in fall, even years)

This seminar examines functions and formats of portraits created primarily in Western Europe between 1400-1800, in order to gain greater insight as to how various social identities (such as that of husband and wife, child, friend, and freak of nature) were visually constructed and verbally interpreted.

Offered Through Continuing Ed: ArtH 3311 - Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art in Context. (1 cr; offered when feasible; spring)

An opportunity to view and interpret art of the Renaissance and Baroque periods (c.1400-1700) in its original contexts in Italy and to better comprehend how powerfully art can affect a viewer.

ArtH 3993 - Directed Study. (1.0 - 5.0 cr [max 10.0 cr]; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH class or jr status, approved directed study form; fall, spring, every year)

Content and nature of the course to be determined by faculty and student consultation. May include individual research and writing, working in the Art Gallery program, or travel and study abroad.

ArtH 4901 - Capstone Assessment of Student Experience in Art History. (1.0 cr; Prereq-ArtH major, #; S-N or Aud, fall, spring, every year)

Allows students majoring in art history to reflect on the connections among the different courses and experiences they have had in the discipline by compiling a portfolio of their work, writing a short paper, and discussing their experiences with the faculty and other majors.

ArtH 4993 - Directed Study. (1.0 - 5.0 cr [max 10.0 cr]; Prereq-any 1xxx ArtH class or jr status, approved directed study form; fall, spring, every year)

Content and nature of the course to be determined by faculty and student consultation. May include individual research and writing, working in the Art Gallery program, or travel and study abroad.