| Course | Title | Instructor | Description |
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| ART HIS 40C | HISTORY OF WESTERN ART | HERBERT, J. | Less a comprehensive survey than a collection of historical vignettes, this segment of the Art History 40-series explores the meaning and function of works of art--painting, sculpture, architecture--in Europe and America at various moments in time from the mid-seventeenth century to the late-twentieth century. In each case study, we will examine the mechanisms through which works of art formulated, preserved, and propagated certain ideas, social and political as well as artistic. The series-long textbook will be supplemented by a course packet of additional readings. In addition to mid-term and final examinations, students will write a four-page paper. |
| ART HIS 42C | HISTORY OF ASIAN ART | WINTHER-TAMAKI, D.E. | This course presents an overview of developments in art in the Japanese archipelago from ancient times to the present day. Focus will be placed on religious expression, artistic technologies, urban design, painting formats, political functions of art, and art historical methodology. Topics include the transmission of continental culture to Japan, castles and other monuments of the age of the warrior, mass print culture of the 17th and 18th centuries, and modern developments of visual culture of the 19th and 20th centuries. |
| ART HIS 107 | ANCIENT ROME | MILES, M.M. | In this course we will study the art and architecture that illustrates the development of the city of Rome, from the period of the Etruscan kings to the reign of Constantine. Sculpture, painting, monuments, and artifacts of everyday life will be studied together with remarks and descriptions of ancient authors for an understanding of Rome's development, customs, and contributions to western civilization. Requirements include one mid-term examination, one research paper, and a final examination. Suggested prerequisite: Art History 40A or background in Classics. |
| ART HIS 163 | ASIAN AMERICAN ARTISTS | WINTHER-TAMAKI, D.E. | This course investigates a broad selection of Asian American art from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. Moving roughly in chronological order, focus will be placed on a series of artists working in a wide range of media, and representing diverse Asian American identities. Many of these individuals are/were remarkable for their extraordinary accomplishments, exceptional life stories, and privileged backgrounds. But while spotlighting these exceptional artists' contributions to American culture, their broader social context in Asian American history will also be taken into account. |
| ART HIS 165B | AMERICAN ART: 1800-1900 | WHITING, C., ROWE, S. | This course will cover American art and visual culture of the nineteenth century. Paying special attention to the role that visual media played in shaping the popular imagaination of the nation, we will explore the ways in which forms such as photography, sculpture, painting, printed media, and fairs and exhibitions contributed to popular discourse regarding race, class, gender, and regional identity. At the same time, we will consider what effect these subjects continue to have upon our conception of national identity. By tracing the emergence of cultural forms such as the modern corporation, national parks, and the artist as celebrity, we will work to understand the continuing influence of nineteenth century thought upon our daily lives. An essay and midterm and final examinations will be required. |
| ART HIS 165D | MODERN LATIN AMERICAN ART | KRANZ, T. | This course will introduce students to the multiplicity of art historical narratives for the region known today as Latin America. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the class will examine specific indigenous art forms from major cultures in Mesoamerica and the Andes prior to the conquest by the Spaniards in the early sixteenth-century. Students will then evaluate arguments for how visual expression in the colonial period reveals stratagems used by different ethnic groups to serve their partisan interests. The course will emphasize modern and contemporary art with works addressing identity, often alluding to earlier art tradtions, and responding to new forms of foreign intervention that continue today. This approach will seek to challenge totalizing characterizations of the art from this region, while at the same time enable an investigation of the shared experiences of these cultures. Requirements include a written paper (5-7 pages) on a topic of Latin American art, and mid-term and final examinations. |
| ART HIS 190W | PRACTICUM FOR MAJORS | STEIN, S. | As 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. |