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| ART HIS 40A | HISTORY WESTERN ART | MILES, M.M. | The first quarter of a year-long course, "History of Western Art" provides an overview of art in its various forms within the context of Western civilization, from the prehistoric period to the present. 40A surveys prehistoric art, the art of ancient Egypt, the Near East, Greece and Rome. We will consider how and why the peoples of antiquity created art and architecture, the significance of art within its social, religious and historical context, how the visual arts can illuminate cultural issues, and how ancient art takes on various meanings to us today. One mid-term examination, one paper based on a visit to a museum, quizzes in discussion sections, final examination. No prerequisite.
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| ART HIS 42A | HISTORY OF ASIAN ART | BANERJI, D. | This survey course is concerned with the artistic contributions of South Asian civilization and looks at works of South Asian art from the proto-historic through the modern periods. Focusing primarily on the visual arts and encompassing study in the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture and the decorative arts, the class will address the social background of artistic representation and the manner in which it is used to express, document and interpret the human experience in a given cultural context.
Assessment: There will be a total of three tests which will include one non-comprehensive final exam. Each test will include only the information covered since the previous test and should be viewed as a learning tool to help gauge and reinforce mastery of each subject area before moving on to the next. Tests will be worth 100 points each and will include three sections: (1) slide identification (35 points), vocabulary (30 points) and essay question (35 points).
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| ART HIS 114 | GOTHIC ART | GONOSOVA, A. | This course will examine the flourishing of religious and secular art (painting, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts) in the European Middle Ages in the 13th through the early 15th centuries, both in the context of the institutional use of art by the Church, royalty and rising urban governments, and in the context of the private devotional and cultural use. Course requirements include short quizzes, mid-term and final examinations, and two short papers.
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| ART HIS 134C | EUROP ART 1851-1907: IMPRESSION & SYMBOLISM | HERBERT, J. | This class takes as its subject from the cultural and political crucible of Paris and its surrounds during the second half of the mid-nineteenth century. The fine art of painting, at the time a highly privileged medium for the formulation and expression of ideas, will deservedly receive a great deal of our attention, but we will also investigate urban planning, drawing and printing, and sculpture. We will analyze the engagement of many of these visual artifacts in the cultural and social battles of their day during a contentious period of French history. Artists studied include Manet, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Morisot, Cassatt, Seurat, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Rodin, and Matisse.
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| ART HIS 140A | ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM TO THE PRESENT | DAWSEY, J. | This class will examine major figures, movements, and concepts of American and European Art from World War II to the present. Offering a general art historical overview, we will pay special attention to topics including the ideology and aesthetics of high modernism, the relationship between art and popular culture, the death of painting, questions of postmodernism, the emergence of identity politics, and dominant strategies and trends in art today. Key artists: Pollock, Stella, Johns, Warhol, Rainer, Hesse, Smithson, Serra, Piper, Kruger, Sherman, Richter, Hirschhorn.
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| ART HIS 162B | JAPANESE ART:1868-1945 | WINTHER, D. | This course examines developments in the visual arts in Japan from the middle of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century. In this turbulent period of modern Japanese history, such forces as imperialism and war had a tremendous impact on art. Topics of two sorts will be addressed: 1) artistic media, such as painting, print-making, poetry, photography, architecture; and 2) social and historical issues such as the emperor and the arts, depictions of women, and the impact of war on art (the Sino-Japanese War, Russo-Japanese War, and Fifteen Year War). There will be a mid-term exam, writing assignment, and final exam.
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| ART HIS 165B | AMERICAN ART:1800-1900 | WHITING, C. | Spanning the period from the beginning of the Civil War until the end of the nineteenth century, this course covers artists such as Winslow Homer, who were closely associated with certain regions of the United States, and artists such as Mary Cassatt, who spent most of their careers abroad. We consider how artists were educated in the United States, why they traveled to Europe and even chose to live permanently abroad, and how some of them became public celebrities. At the same time we will consider patrons of the arts, including those who collected art and those who helped establish the first art museums in the United States. The emergence of art museums, galleries, auction houses and critics and their conflicting commercial and educational goals will also be discussed. A midterm and final examination. |