| Course | Title | Instructor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART HIS 40A | ANCIENT GREECE ROME | CANEPA, M. | This course will provide an introduction to the art, architecture and archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean from the formation of the Greek city states at the beginning of the first millennium BCE to the transformation of Roman visual culture in the fourth century CE with coming of Christianity. The first half of the course will concentrate on the main developments of Greek art within city states such as Athens and Sparta and its later transformation under Alexander the Great and his Successors. The second half will survey the development Roman art from its early Italic and Etruscan origins, through the rise of the empire under Augustus, Hadrian and Trajan to Constantine the Great. In addition, this course considers the changes Greek and Roman visual cultures underwent as they served non-Greek peoples, including the impact of Greek visual culture on Mesopotamia, Iran and India after Alexander through both conquest and trade. No background in the time period or discipline is expected and therefore this class will also serve as an introduction to interdisciplinary study of art history, archaeology, mythologies and religions of the Classical World. A number of art historical methodologies will be introduced in order to provide students the tools to think as art historians and incorporate related visual and textual evidence meaningfully into their writing. |
| ART HIS 44 | IMAGE COLLISION | VOLZ, S | What is an image? In what ways do we see images? And what shapes our looking? This course provides a critical introduction to the study of visual culture, focusing on the relationship between ways of seeing, visuality, and structures of power, domination, and control. We will consider how the act of looking is conditioned by institutional systems and cultural forces, and we will also consider how artists use creative methods to critique normative visual practices in order to see the world differently. Examining key theoretical concepts, texts, and historical developments, the course situates contemporary art and culture alongside the rise of the modern image society and its historical links to settler colonialism, chattel slavery, imperial militarism, and the prison-industrial complex. By taking this course, students will learn how to perform a critical visual analysis, will understand how culture and history influence sensory perception, and will learn about contemporary artists working with these themes. |
| ART HIS 140B | DISSOLVE | COOKS, B. | This course explores the history of California art through the Langson IMCA exhibition Dissolve at the University Art Gallery. Students will learn about art movements unique to the state from California Impressionism, Light and Space, and environmental art. The course examines how California artists address the dissolution of the environment, cultural identity, light, and interpersonal personal relationships in their work. |
| ART HIS 145C | LA ARCHITECTURE | MASSEY, L. | This class will cover the architecture and urban environment of Los Angeles, from ca. 1900 to the present. On the one hand, we will explore various architectural movements specific to LA (Greene and Greene art nouveau, West Coast Art Deco, Frank Lloyd Wright’s textile block designs, mid-century modernism). On the other, we will also examine the long history of cultural diversity and ethnic bias that tracked the city’s development. Looking at Latinx, Asian and African-America neighborhoods, we will explore the history of redlining, appropriation and confiscation (such as the case of Bruce’s Beach, the early 20th century Black-owned beach resort in Manhattan Beach that was seized through eminent domain, but is now in the process of being restored to the original owners’ heirs). Course includes field trips. |
| ART HIS 150 | EAST ASIAN PHOTO | WUE, R. | 150: Photography in East Asia This course investigates the history and uses of photography in east Asia, from photography’s arrival in the mid-19th century through to the 20th century. We will examine photography as used in the service of journalism, ethnography and geography, commemoration, propaganda, tourism, entertainment, and of course, art. Beginning with the introduction of photography to Asia and western photographers’ images of a distant “Orient,” this course will conclude with contemporary and experimental photography in Asia. |
| ART HIS 185 | EARTHWORKS | STAFF | From monumental pre-modern structures to contemporary land-based art practices, this course considers how civilizations, empires, and individual artists work with and relate to the earth to define humanity’s place in the world. Thinking comparatively across time and location, this course examines monumental earth-shaping projects and cultural understandings of nature, the cosmos, sacred places, plant-human relationships, and human perceptions of the earth. Contemporary examples from the American land art movement, land restoration projects, and eco-art practices from the 1960s to the present are put into conversation with pre-modern and early modern monuments, architectural structures, and landscape and garden designs from the Americas, Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa. The course will draw from art historical and archeological scholarship and artists’ writings, while also critiquing historical frameworks for approaching public landscapes and seeking more just and expansive alternatives that preface Indigenous land sovereignty and cultural heritage rights. |
| ART HIS 198 | LA ABSTRACT&SCIENCE | STAFF | In this seminar, we will examine the interconnected histories of abstract artwork and scientific experimentation in postwar Los Angeles. Focusing on the visually abstract artwork of practitioners concerned with scientific concepts, theories, and technologies, this course will explore the larger cultural framework surrounding artistic production in Southern California. Students will investigate how branches of scientific research including astronomy, particle physics, and aerospace engineering contributed to diverse styles of artistic abstraction produced in Los Angeles over the second half of the twentieth century. |
| ART HIS 198 | VISIONS OF CHINA | WUE, R. | 198/298: Visions of China How is Chineseness represented outside of China? In this seminar, we will examine the symbols, tropes, and media employed in representations of China and the Chinese in the west from the eighteenth century onwards. Whether through motifs such as pagodas, queues, or Asian sages and beauties, or materials such as silk and porcelain, we will consider the uses of these representations in picturing China. |
| ART HIS 298 | VISIONS OF CHINA | WUE, R. | |
| ART HIS 298 | LA ABSTRACT&SCIENCE | STAFF | |
| ART HIS 299 | MA THESIS RESEARCH | STAFF | |
| ART HIS 299 | MA THESIS RESEARCH | STAFF | |
| ART HIS 299 | MA THESIS RESEARCH | WUE, R. | |
| ART HIS 299 | MA THESIS RESEARCH | WINTHER TAMAKI, B. | |
| ART HIS 299 | MA THESIS RESEARCH | PATEL, A. | |
| ART HIS 299 | MA THESIS RESEARCH | NISBET, J. | |
| ART HIS 299 | MA THESIS RESEARCH | MASSEY, L. | |
| ART HIS 299 | MA THESIS RESEARCH | DIMENDBERG, E. | |
| ART HIS 299 | MA THESIS RESEARCH | CANEPA, M. | |
| ART HIS 299 | MA THESIS RESEARCH | BETANCOURT, R. | |
| ART HIS 299 | MA THESIS RESEARCH | COOKS, B. | |
| ART HIS 399 | UNIVERSITY TEACHING | CANEPA, M. | |
| ART HIS 399 | UNIVERSITY TEACHING | STAFF |