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| ART HIS 40A | HISTORY WESTERN ART | LENAGHAN, J | 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 | HIST OF ASIAN ART | PATEL, A. | This course will present the art and architecture of India and South Asia from the 1st through the 18th centuries CE, with references to prehistoric periods. Surveying objects and buildings primarily from the ancient through the Mughal periods, we will explore the constantly shifting boundaries between what is defined as Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, and Islamic in the post-Partition subcontinent.
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| ART HIS 100 | WOMEN/CLASSICAL ART | LENAGHAN, J | In this course we will study the changing roles and positions of women in antiquity as they are represented in Greek and Roman art; archaeological finds that supplement the visual imagery; and the interaction between literary, epigraphical and archaeological evidence for these issues, including evidence for women as patrons, artists and artisans. We will study not only the lives of ancient women, but also the ways that ancient societies constructed and perpetuated their ideals of behavior through image-making and literary traditions. |
| ART HIS 110 | THE MEDIEVAL CITY | GONOSOVA, A. | The subject of this course will be the study of the relationship between the built environment of medieval cities and medieval urban society and its institutions between ca. 900 and 1400 in Western Europe. History and theory of medieval urbanism will be applied to the investigation of major categories of urban formation, such as royal cities, cathedral cities, free cities and city-republics. Furthermore, the course will also examine the interaction between medieval urban society and the major categories of urban architecture and structures (walls and gates, squares and streets, castles, religious buildings, town houses and urban palaces, town halls, etc.). Short class quizzes, three short papers, final examination. |
| ART HIS 112 | BYZANTINE ART | GONOSOVA, A. | This course will examine the art in the service of the state and the church in the Medieval Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) from the defeat of iconoclasm in the 9th century to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Short class quizzes, three short papers, final examination.
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| ART HIS 121 | ITALIAN RENAISSANCE | MASSEY, L. | Focusing on the art and architecture of the Italian Renaissance (ca.1300-1550), this course will examine the ways in which the arts contributed to and interacted with the political, social and cultural life of the important urban centers of Italy (Siena, Florence, Milan, Rome, Venice, etc.). Themes that will be covered during the quarter will include: 1) the role played by art and architecture in the political and social self-fashioning of the Renaissance city, 2) the perceived relationship between what we would now call science and developments in the visual arts, 3) the relationship between art and piety, 4) the complexities of gender and sexuality in the production, patronage and consumption of art. Course requirements will include a midterm, final and short paper.
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| ART HIS 140C | HISTORIES OF CONTEMPORARY ART: PERFORMANCE ART | BRYAN-WILSON, J. | Starting with early 20th century radical theater and ending with contemporary body art, this lecture course provides an overview of the histories, theories, and genres of performance art. We will examine the ethics of audience participation, the uncertain status of documentation, and the political possibilities of liveness. While we will look at examples from around the globe, special emphasis will be given to southern California as an important catalyst for performance art.
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| ART HIS 154 | CHINESE ART 1850-2000 | WUE, R | This course is a survey of modern visual culture in China and the Chinese diaspora, from the mid-19th century through the tumultuous 20th century. It will begin with the introduction of Western art media and institutions to China and the survival of traditional brush-and-ink painting, continue with Communist uses of art to serve a broad Chinese public, and conclude with the recent explosion of contemporary art in China. A major theme of the course will be the ongoing exploration of Chinese identity and specifically Chinese forms of modernity in the past 150 years. Requirements include a mid-term and final exam and a research paper.
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| ART HIS 162B | JAPNS ART:1868-1945 | WINTHER, D. | This course explores painting, architecture, woodblock prints, photography, satirical cartoons, and the decorative and industrial arts during the Meiji (1868-1912), Taishô (1912-26) and the early Shôwa (1926-1945) Periods. Topics to be considered include the revival of premodern traditions, artists' sojourns in Europe, Japanese perspectives on modernism, craft objects designed for export, the graphics of war, and the development of indigenous signifiers of Japanese culture. Students are responsible for an assignment, midterm exam, and final exam.
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| ART HIS 190W | PRACTCUM FOR MAJORS | COOKS CUMBO, B. | A required course for junior and senior art history majors, the practicum cultivates basic skills and knowledge necessary for specialized study in art history. We shall concentrate on basic bibliographic research skills and analytic reading skills in the field, while constantly honing skills in writing about art, and writing about writing on art. Accordingly, students should expect to write, edit, and revise numerous descriptive, technically oriented, and analytically oriented reading and research assignments.
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