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ART HIS 40AANCIENT GREECE ROMECANEPA, M.
ART HIS 44IMAGE COLLISIONSTAFF
ART HIS 101PYRAMIDS & POWEROSORIO G. SILV, L.Power in ancient Egypt had many different forms and could be wielded by a variety of actors: not only human and alive, but also divine and dead. This course offers an overview of distinct manifestations of power across a considerable portion of ancient Egyptian history (from the Predynastic period through the New Kingdom), primarily focusing on monuments of kings and gods. Beyond the famous Pyramids of Giza, we will think about the evolution of royal funerary structures over time, starting with very early burials surrounded by human sacrificial victims, to later tombs decorated with elaborate paintings and texts. By analyzing archaeological, art historical, and textual evidence, we will consider how these royal constructions worked alongside temples built for major gods and goddesses across periods—as well as how the distinction between “temple” and “tomb” is often much blurrier than we might think. Rather than simply examining these monuments on their own, we will think together through how they might have been experienced by distinct audiences: including not only kings and gods, but also non-royal Egyptians. 
ART HIS 140BENVIRONMENTAL ARTSTAFF
ART HIS 150KOREAN ARTSTAFF
ART HIS 150JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHWINTHER TAMAKI, B.Photography has served as an extremely versatile and expressive medium of Japanese visual culture.  We will study photographic responses to and documentation of such varied phenomena as surrealism, war, and environmental pollution. Photography itself underwent dramatic transformations in Japan from the daguerrotype to the digital, and Japanese corporations were at the forefront of many of these technological developments. Focusing on Japanese photography from the end of WWII to the present, this course emphasizes the role of photographic imagery in shaping Japanese social and aesthetic experience.
ART HIS 164DAFAM WOMEN IN ARTCOOKS, B.
ART HIS 165AEARLY AMERICAN ARTROBEY, E.
ART HIS 181THE ART MUSEUMCOOKS, B.
ART HIS 185ARTISTS ON THE MOVESTAFF
ART HIS 185HIS MODERN DESIGNSTAFF
ART HIS 190WART HISTORY METHODSROBEY, E.
ART HIS 197AH SOCIAL HOURNISBET, J.
ART HIS 198FROM DIG TO MUSEUMOSORIO G. SILV, L.Ancient Egyptian objects are common fixtures of modern art museums—but how did they get there? In this seminar, we will investigate the histories of Egyptian images in primarily modern American museums by tracing their journey from excavation, to study, to display. Both the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston house extensive collections of objects from Egypt actually discovered by the museums’ archaeological teams during work at a variety of sites, including the necropoleis of Giza and Thebes, in the 1900s. What is involved in the process of excavation? How are objects recorded, and what do those archives look like now? How have the meanings of those objects changed over time, and what do they mean now in the modern museum? What about those objects that do not come from secure excavations—how can we place them back in their ancient contexts? This class will feature a field trip to the east coast so that students can visit the Egyptian collections in the Met and the MFA, as well as other local museums, to better understand the place of ancient art in the modern world.
ART HIS 199INDEPENDENT STUDYWINTHER TAMAKI, B.
ART HIS 199INDEPENDENT STUDYWUE, R.
ART HIS 199INDEPENDENT STUDYPATEL, A.
ART HIS 199INDEPENDENT STUDYBETANCOURT, R.
ART HIS 199INDEPENDENT STUDYACOSTA, C.
ART HIS 199INDEPENDENT STUDYCANEPA, M.
ART HIS 199INDEPENDENT STUDYLAPIN DARDASHT, A.
ART HIS 199INDEPENDENT STUDYOSORIO G. SILV, L.
ART HIS 199INDEPENDENT STUDYMASSEY, L.
ART HIS 199INDEPENDENT STUDYNISBET, J.
ART HIS 199INDEPENDENT STUDYCOOKS, B.
ART HIS 199INDEPENDENT STUDYJUNG, G.
ART HIS 298ADVANCED SEMINAROSORIO G. SILV, L.
ART HIS 299MA THESIS RESEARCHCOOKS, B.
ART HIS 299MA THESIS RESEARCHWINTHER TAMAKI, B.
ART HIS 299MA THESIS RESEARCHWUE, R.
ART HIS 299MA THESIS RESEARCHPATEL, A.
ART HIS 299MA THESIS RESEARCHOSORIO G. SILV, L.
ART HIS 299MA THESIS RESEARCHNISBET, J.
ART HIS 299MA THESIS RESEARCHMASSEY, L.
ART HIS 299MA THESIS RESEARCHLAPIN DARDASHT, A.
ART HIS 299MA THESIS RESEARCHJUNG, G.
ART HIS 299MA THESIS RESEARCHCANEPA, M.
ART HIS 299MA THESIS RESEARCHBETANCOURT, R.
ART HIS 299MA THESIS RESEARCHACOSTA, C.
ART HIS 399UNIVERSITY TEACHINGCANEPA, M.
ART HIS 399UNIVERSITY TEACHINGSTAFF