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| ART HIS 40B | HISTORY OF WESTERN ART | BAUER, G. | The History of Western Art is a year-long introductory survey of art and culture in the West from prehistory to the present. In Winter Quarter, the course focuses on the long period that extends from the end of the Roman Empire through its revival in the Renaissance. By means of movements, monuments, and artists, it will examine the cultural identities of and the interrelations between the Christian, Islamic, and Early Modern worlds. |
| ART HIS 42B | HISTORY OF ASIAN ART | HO, J.C. | This course surveys the traditions of architecture, ceramics, painting, and other media in relation to the social, political, and economic environments of China from the 7th through the 20th centuries. Written work includes a mid-term examination, final examination, and short essays with emphasis on both reading and visual analysis. Regular attendance at lectures and discussion sessions are required. |
| ART HIS 103 | AGE OF ALEXANDER | MILES, M.M. | Alexander the Great created an empire that stretched from northern Greece to the areas covered by modern Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and a slice of western India. After his death in 323 BCE, this huge empire was broken up into several Hellenistic kingdoms. The new Hellenistic kingdoms, especially Pergamon and Alexandria in Egypt, became the new cultural leaders of the Mediterranean world. In this course, we will study the impact of Alexander and Greek culture, with special attention to developments in sculpture and architecture. In Hellenistic Egypt, we will study how the Ptolemaic rulers used both Egyptian and Greek types for their buildings and monuments, with emphasis on the last of the Ptolemies, Cleopatra. Requirements include one mid-term examination, one research paper, and a final examination. Suggested prerequisite: Art History 40A or background in Classics. |
| ART HIS 112 | MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE 1000-1200 | GONOSOVA, A. | This course examines the dramatic development of architecture during the Central Middle Ages in Western Europe - from cathedrals to pilgrimage churches, and from monastic complexes to Crusader castles. Requirements include short class quizzes, two short papers, mid-term and final examinations. |
| ART HIS 125 | ITALIAN BAROQUE ART | BAUER, G. | This lecture course on 17th-century Italian art examines some of the ways in which the making and use of art were shaped by the centralized authority of the Baroque Church and State. It will include both transgressors, like Caravaggio and Borromini, who nevertheless find ways to articulate the new, cultural exigencies, and transformers, like Bernini and Cortona, who adapt tradition to the new ideal of absolute power. In addition to mid-term and final examinations, students will be required to write a short paper. |
| ART HIS 145C | 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE | SCOTT, F. | This course will cover key developments in American Architecture during the twentieth century including: the Prairie house of Frank Lloyd Wright and work of his later followers such as Bruce Goff and Herb Greene; the importation of European modernism, its impact on American pedagogy and transformation into many distinctly American idioms; regional practices like the \"Bay Area style\"; experimental and alternative work such as Ant Farm, the Whole Earth Catalog, and the dome-building commune Drop City; and the postmodern turn of the late 1960\'s and \'70s, from the work of Charles Moore to Peter Eisenman. Looking both at the many fascinating approaches to technology, and at the important cultural and social (often utopian) ideals which emerged during this period, we will investigate a wide range of practices which have helped shape and define American architecture (as well as its perception by Europeans such as Le Corbusier, Sigfried Giedion, Reyner Banham, and Rem Koolhaas). In addition to attendance at lectures, students will be expected to complete a short writing assignment, along wtih a mid-term and final examination. |
| ART HIS 154 | SELF/SPIRIT IN CHINESE ART | HO, J.C. | The subject of this course is Chinese aesthetics, painting, calligraphy, garden design, and issues of self and representation in the late Ming (1368-1644) and Quing (1644-1912) dynasties. Interactive learning is emphasized, and regular attendance and class participation are required. Written work includes weekly assignments, two slide quizzes, and a term paper. |
| ART HIS 190W | PRACTICUM FOR MAJORS | WILSON, J.A. | Theory and practice of art history with emphasis on formal and social models of analyzing and writing about art. Prerequisite: Art History major, junior standing, and completion of the lower-division writing requirement. |