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FACULTY UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM GRADUATE PROGRAM COURSES
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COURSES : DESCRIPTIONS For a schedule of courses (recent, current and upcoming), go to the heading COURSES on the side bar, and then click on Class Schedules. DESCRIPTION OF ART HISTORY COURSES (ARH): Undergraduate courses are numbered in the100 to 400 range. Graduate courses are numbered in the 500 to 600 range. 199 Special Studies: [Topic] (1-5R) 204, 205, 206 History of Western Art I,II,III (4,4,4) Historical survey of the visual arts. Selected works of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other arts studied in relation to the cultures producing them. 204: Ancient. 205: Medieval to Early Renaissance. 206: Renaissance to Modern. Harper, Hurwit, Nicholson, Simmons, Staff. 207 History of Indian Art (4) Historical survey of the visual arts of India. Selected works of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other arts studied in relation to the culture in which they were produced. Jacobson-Tepfer, Lachman. 208 History of Chinese Art (4) Historical survey of the visual arts of China. Selected works of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other arts studied in relation to the culture in which they were produced. Jacobson-Tepfer, Lachman, Thompson. 209 History of Japanese Art (4) Historical survey of the visual arts of Japan. Selected works of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other arts studied in relation to the culture in which they were produced. Lachman, Thompson. 300 Critical Approaches to Art-Historical Study (4) Methodologies used to study art history (historic, iconographic, formal). Materials drawn from Asian and Western artistic traditions; bibliography, oral presentations, and papers. Prereq: junior or senior major status. Dolezal. 314, 315 History of Western Architecture I,II (4,4) Survey of architectural developments in the West from ancient Egypt to modern times. 314: Ancient to Gothic. 315: Renaissance to Modern. Morrogh, Roth, Sundt. 322 Art of Ancient Greece (4) Introduction to major traditions, functions, and styles of Greek art from the Bronze Age through the Archaic to the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Hurwit. 323 Art of Ancient Rome (4) Introduction to major traditions, functions, and styles of the art of ancient Italy and the Roman Empire, from the Etruscans through the Republic to the art of Constantine the Great. Hurwit. 324 Art and Politics in the Ancient World (4) Use of art and architecture by leading figures and states to shape and express the political environment and ideologies of the ancient world. Propagandistic art from Egypt to Rome. Hurwit. 326 The Acropolis of Athens (4) The principal architectural and sculptural monuments of the Athenian Acropolis. Emphasis on works from the Age of Pericles. Selected literary texts read in translation. Hurwit. 341 Italian Renaissance Art (4) Painting and sculpture of the Renaissance and mannerist periods analyzed in terms of style, iconography, theory, patronage, and social context. Harper. 342 Southern Baroque Art (4) Italian and Spanish art of the late 16th and the 17th centuries. Focus on Caravaggio, Carracci, Bernini, Vel½zquez, other leading artists. Harper. 343 Northern Renaissance Art (4) Painting and graphic arts in the Netherlands, Germany, and France in the 15th and 16th centuries. Van Eyck, Durer, Holbein, other leading artists. Harper. 344 Northern Baroque Art (4) North Netherlandish, Flemish, and French art of the late 16th and 17th centuries. Changes in patrons, markets, and meaning for art. Rembrandt, Vermeer, Rubens, Poussin, other leading artists. Harper. 348 Rome in Age of Bernini (4) Painting, sculpture, architecture, urbanism in 17th-century Rome with special reference to Bernini, the dominant figure. Patronage and society in the city of the popes. Harper, Morrogh. 349 History of Prints (4) Western printmaking, from the 15th century to the present, focused on major artists (Durer, Rembrandt, Goya, Johns). Development of print media; changing goals of printmakers. Harper. 351 19th-Century Art (4) Introduction to artistic movements in Europe from 1780 to the 1880s including neoclassicism, romanticism, realism, and impressionism. Nicholson, Simmons. 352 Twentieth -Century Art (4) Introduction to artistic movements in painting, sculpture, and graphics from postimpressionism to the present. Nicholson, Simmons. 358 History of Design (4) Design from the late-18th century to the present--considered in relation to social, political, and technological developments. Simmons. 359 History of Photography (4) Photography from the early 19th-century to the present, aesthetics of the medium, its relationship to painting and the graphic arts, and its social role. Nicholson. 381 Nomadic Art of Eurasia (4) Art of the Scytho-Siberian nomads
and its relation to the art of Greece, the ancient Near East, and China,
7th to 2nd centuries BC. Jacobson-Tepfer. 384, 385, 386 Chinese Art I, II, III (4,4,4) The major Chinese arts, including bronzes, sculpture, painting, and architecture, from the Shang through the Ch'ing dynasties. Lachman. 387 Chinese Buddhist Art (4) Introduction to selective aspects of the history of Buddhist art in China. Emphasis on sculpture and painting. Lachman. 391, 392 Art of the Pacific Islands I, II (4,4) Art and architecture of the Pacific Islands considered in terms of style and as vehicles of social and religious expression. 391: Melanesia, with focus on the island of New Guinea. 392: Polynesia and Micronesia. Sundt. 394, 395, 396 Japanese Art I, II, III (4,4,4) Major Japanese arts, Jomon through Edo periods. Includes sculpture, ceramics, painting, architecture, gardens, and calligraphy. 394: Paleolithic to 10th century. 395: 10th to 16th centuries. 396: 16th to 20th centuries. ARH 209 recommended. Thompson. 397 Japanese Buddhist Art (4) Major types and periods of Buddhist art and architecture in Japan. Includes painting, sculpture, gardens, monastic buildings and plans, ritual implements, and calligraphy. Emphasizes form and function. Thompson. 399 Special Studies: [Topic] (1-5R) Departmental offerings vary from year to year and reflect the interests of faculty members. 401 Research: [Topic] (1-5R) 403 Thesis: [Topic] (1-6R) Prereq: ARH 401. Departmental honors majors only. 405 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1-5R) 406 Field Studies: [Topic] (1-5R) 407 Seminar: [Topic] (1-5R) 408 Workshop: [Topic] (1-5R) 409 Practicum: [Topic] (1-9R) 410/510 Experimental Course: [Topic] (1-5R) Departmental offerings vary from year to year and reflect the interests of faculty members. Some recent offerings include: Judaic Art, Medieval Art in Spain, Art and Conservation, Spain and Latin America. 411/511 Museology (4) Theories and techniques in the operation of art museums. Prereq: advanced course work in art history or equivalent professional experience or instructor's consent. Museum Staff. 423/523 Archaic Greek Art (4) Development of Greek art in the geometric and archaic periods (900-480 b.c.). Focuses on such issues as the origin and tactics of mythological narrative art. Prereq: ARH 204 or 322 or instructor's consent. Hurwit. 424/524 Classical Greek Art (4) Greek art in the 5th and 4th centuries b.c. Emphasizes major artistic programs of Olympia and Athens and classical attitudes toward the representation of the human form. Prereq: ARH 204 or 322 or instructor's consent. Hurwit. 427/527 Greek Architecture (4) Origins of the Greek Orders; the architecture of temples and sancturaries, ca. 900 to 400 B.C.; relationship between architecture and ritual and/or socio-political functions. Prereq: ARH 204 or 314 or instructor's consent. 428/528 Roman Architecture (4) Architecture and building technology during the republican and imperial periods (through Hadrian); architectural form and its relation to function. Prereq: ARH 204 or 314 or instructor's consent. 430/530 Early Christian Art (4) Early Christian art from the 3rd century to Iconoclasm. Prereq: ARH 205 or instructor's consent. Dolezal. 431/531 Byzantine Art (4) Byzantine art after Iconoclasm, A.D. 843-1453. Prereq: ARH 205 or instructor's consent. Dolezal. 432/532 Romanesque Sculpture (4) Development and function of monumental sculpture in the 11th and 12th centuries. Focuses primarily on various regions of France with some attention to Spain, Italy, and England. Prereq: ARH 205 or instructor's consent. Dolezal. 433/533 Gothic Sculpture (4) Examination of European sculpture, ca. 1140 to 1400. Emphasizes the function of sculpture in various contexts and the changing role of the patron and artist in its production. Prereq: ARH 205 or instructor's consent. Dolezal. 435/535 Text and Image: Medieval Manuscripts (4) Examines the relationship between the written word and pictorial expression as a reflection of late-medieval (ca. 1200-1500) culture. Considers social issues, gender issues, and patronage. Prereq: ARH 205. Dolezal. 437/537 Romanesque Architecture (4) Architecture in Western Europe ca.1000 to 1200. Focus on the architecture produced for monasteries and pilgrimage, with emphasis on form, structure and function (ritual/religious and socio-political). Prereq: ARH 205 or 314 or instructor's consent. Sundt. 438/538, 439/539 Gothic Architecture I,II (4,4) Architecture in Western Europe ca. 1130 to 1500. These courses examine the socio-religious context of Gothic cathedrals and large scale churches, as well as the relationship of architectural form to structure and function. 438/538: emphasis on northern France. 439/539: emphasis on England, Germany, and the area outside northern France. Prereq: ARH 205 or 314 or instructor's consent. Sundt. 441/541 Renaissance and Baroque Problems: [Topic] (4R) In-depth examination of careers of major artists or issues relevant to art of the period. Topics vary. Prereq: ARH 341 or 342 or 343 or 344 or instructor's consent. R once when topic changes for maximum of 8 credits. Harper, Morrogh. 442/542 Venetian Renaissance Art (4) Painting, sculpture, and prints in and around Venice ca. 1400-1590. Emphasis on works of Mantegna, Bellini, Giorgione, Titian. Prereq: ARH 206 or 341 or instructor's consent. Harper, Morrogh. 448/548 Renaissance Architecture (4) Examines significant developments in architecture in Italy and the rest of Europe, 1400-1585. Prereq: ARH 206 or 315 or instructor's consent. Morrogh. 449/549 Baroque Architecture (4) Examines significant developments in architecture in Italy and the rest of Europe, 1585-1750. Prereq: ARH 206 or 315 or instructor's consent. Morrogh. 451/551 Romanticism (4) The romantic era in European art, 1789-1848, centering on Goya, Blake, Turner, and others. Prereq: ARH 351 of instructor's consent. 452/552 19th-Century Problems: [Topic] (4R) Changing topics in the areas of realism through impressionism. Major artistic movements in Europe, 1848-80. Prereq: ARH 351 or instructor's consent. Nicholson. Repeatable once when topic changes for maximum of 8 credits. 453/553 20th-Century Problems: [Topic] (4R) Changing topics in European art, 1880-1940. Prereq: ARH 352 or instructor's consent. Simmons. Repeatable once when topic changes for maximum of 8 credits. 454/554 Modern German Art (4) Changing topics in German modernism from the founding of the secession to national socialism. Prereq: ARH 352 or instructor's consent. Simmons. 455/555 Contemporary Art (4) Changing topics in art and critical theory in Europe and the United States from 1940 to the present. Prereq: ARH 352 or instructor's consent. Simmons. 460/560 18th-Century Architecture (4) Development of modern architecture including the rise of archaeology, the impact of new technologies, and the appearance of the professional architect. Prereq: ARH 206 or 315 or 449. Roth. 461/561 19th-Century Architecture (4) Developments in architecture in Europe, 1800-1900. Emphasis on such topics as the impact of eclecticism, industrialization, and urban growth. Prereq: ARH 206 or 315 or instructor's consent. Roth. 462/562 20th-Century Architecture (4) Developments in architecture in Europe, 1890 to the present. Topics include the theory of international modernism and the rise of ethnic traditions. Prereq: ARH 206 or 315 or instructor's consent. Roth. 463/563 Native American Architecture (4) Examination of building traditions among native peoples of North America. Explores cosmological symbolism, building techniques, materials, settlements, and influences of culture and climate. Roth. 464/564, 465/565, 466/566 American Architecture I, II, III (4,4,4) Major developments in American architecture. 464/564: 1600-1800, includes vernacular traditions, late-baroque transplantations, and the effort to create national symbols. 465/565: 1800-1900, includes the rediscovery of national symbols, the impact of industry, and the national focus on the single-family residence. 466/566: 1885 to the present, emphasizes academicism, the impact of international modernism, and the rediscovery of eclectic symbolism. Prereq: ARH 206 or 315 or instructor's consent. Roth. 467/567 Chicago Architecture (4) The development of architecture in this especially American city, focusing on the invention of the skyscraper and the suburban family home. Prereq: ARH 313 or 465 or 466 or instructor's consent. Roth. 468/568 Oregon Architecture (4) Exploration of the development of architecture in the Oregon territory from prehistoric times to the present. Includes settlements, building types, urban planning, and civil engineering. Prereq: ARH 315 or 465 or 466 or instructor's consent. Roth. 474/574, 475/575, 476/576 History of Interior Architecture I, II, III (3,3,3) Interior architecture as artistic expression. Includes the study of furnishings, textiles, and other interior traditions. Beecher, Hawn. 477/577, 478/578 History of Landscape Architecture I,II (4,4) History of landscape architecture focusing on the garden and public open spaces.477/577: development of the garden from origins to the 17th century.478/578: landscape design of the 18th to 20th centuries, emphasizing the design of public open spaces and the Anglo-American tradition. 484/584 Problems in Chinese Art: [Topic] (4R) Topics vary from year to year. Prereq: ARH 208, ARH 384 or 386 or instructor's consent. Lachman. Repeatable once when topic changes for maximum of 8 credits. 488/588 Japanese Prints (4) The woodblock print in Japan as part of the cultural, social, and political conditions. Prereq: ARH 209 or instructor's consent. Thompson. 490/590 Islamic Art and Architecture (4) Examines the formation of Islamic art and its development from the 7th century to the mid-13th century (Mongol Conquest). Prereq: ARH 205 or instructor's consent. Dolezal. 503 Thesis (1-9R) 601 Research: [Topic] (1-5R) 603 Dissertation (1-9R) 605 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1-5R) 606 Field Studies: [Topic] (1-5R) 607 Seminar: [Topic] (1-5R) Departmental offerings vary from year to year and reflect the specialized interests of faculty members. 608 Workshop: [Topic] (1-5R) 609 Practicum: [Topic] (1-9R) 610 Experimental Course: [Topic] (1-5R) 611 Graduate Studies in Art History (4) Introduction to bibliographic resources, research methodology, and critical issues in art history. Prereq: graduate standing in art history. Nicholson, Simmons. |
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