| Course | Title | Instructor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART HIS 40C | MODERN ART EUR&AMER | HERBERT, J. | Less a comprehensive survey than a collection of historical vignettes, this segment of the course explores the meaning and function of works of art--painting, sculpture, architecture--in Europe and America at various moments in time from the dawn of the seventeenth century to the beginning of twenty-first 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. |
| ART HIS 42C | ARTS OF JAPAN | WINTHER-TAMAKI, B | This course examines compelling images and objects of spirit and power created in Japan over many centuries, presenting an overview of developments in art in the Japanese archipelago from the prehistoric period to the present day. Topics include Buddhist icons, narrative illustration, popular prints, architecture, manga, and the avant-garde. Japanese interactions with Korea, China, and Europe are emphasized. This course fulfills General Education Requirements IV (Arts and Humanities) and VIII (International/ Global Issues). |
| ART HIS 55 | DISNEYLAND | BETANCOURT, R. | From Dole Whips to roller coasters, this course focuses on the innovations in industrial automation and manufacturing that made Disneyland’s attractions possible. Attention will be paid to fandom, guest experiences, operating procedures, technical and design patents, and how rides work. (Satisfies GEs II and IV) |
| ART HIS 125 | BAROQUE ART | MASSEY, L. | This course covers the art and architecture of Catholic Europe after the Reformation and during the period referred to as the Baroque. It was during this period (roughly 1543-1690), that the Catholic Church made Rome into the seat of a new, grandiose cultural revival under the papacy of Pope Urban VIII. Church architecture and decoration proliferated, exhibiting an exuberance and expansiveness that surpassed that of the High Renaissance (which peaked one hundred years earlier). In other parts of Europe, particularly France and Spain, Catholic monarchs such as Louis XIV and Phillip IV built similarly lavish courts filled with art dedicated to the propaganda of absolutism, as well as monuments to Roman Christianity. This flurry of artistic activity produced what the art historian Erwin Panofsky has called “a lordly racket, so to speak: unbridled movement, overwhelming richness in color and composition, theatrical effects produced by a free play of light and shade, etc.” |
| ART HIS 134D | CUBISM TO SURREALSM | HERBERT, J. | The beginning of the twentieth century witnessed major shifts in the cultural hierarchies of Europe inherited from the nineteenth century. The status of Paris as the cultural capital of Europe began to face serious challenges from other European artistic centers. The privileged standing of painting??and even of high art??came under question. The upheavals of the First World War and the Russian Revolution opened new possibilities for art overtly engaged in social engineering. This lecture course will trace these developments in painting, sculpture, photography, and the decorative arts from the turn of the century to the beginning of the Second World War. |
| ART HIS 145C | THE CITY IN HISTORY | DIMENDBERG, E. | According to the United Nations, two thirds of the world's population will live in cities by 2050. Many people will occupy mega-cities of unprecedented size. This class provides a cross cultural survey of urban form from antiquity to the present. Our emphasis will be on the design of cities, their circulation patterns, symbolic structures and monuments, residential neighborhoods, and schools and parks. We will consider cities in Europe, Asia, North America, South America, and Africa. Questions of sustainability, public space, urban aesthetics, mass transportation, infrastructure, historic preservation, the provision of clean air and war, and urban toxicity will be addressed. Assignment structure: take-home midterm and final research paper. Instructor: Edward Dimendberg |
| ART HIS 164E | AFAM & PHOTOGRAPHY | COOKS CUMBO, B. | Explores depictions of and by African Americans through photography. Examines the history of photography in relationship to African American culture through a variety of media from early daguerreotype processes to digital imagery. |
| ART HIS 165B | 19TH CENT AMER ART | 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/or chose to live permanently abroad, and how some of them became public celebrities. At the same time we will discuss 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 analyzed. |
| ART HIS 190W | ART HISTORY METHODS | COOKS CUMBO, B. | A required course for all art history majors, this course cultivates basic skills and knowledge necessary for specialized study in art history. Students focus on analytic reading and research skills in the field, while learning methodological approaches to writing about art. Accordingly, students write, edit, and revise numerous formal analysis and research assignments. |
| ART HIS 298 | MEDIEVAL MODERN | BETANCOURT, R. | |
| ART HIS 399 | UNIVERSITY TEACHING | HERBERT, J. | |
| ART HIS 399 | UNIVERSITY TEACHING | WINTHER-TAMAKI, B. | |
| ART HIS 399 | UNIVERSITY TEACHING | BETANCOURT, R. |