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| ART HIS 40B | HISTORY OF WESTERN ART | TRONZO, WILLIAM | 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 | WOLFGRAM, JULIANN | 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 imperial era through the 20th century. Written work includes a midterm, final examination and short essays with emphasis on both reading and visual analysis. Regular attendance of lectures and discussion sessions are required.
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| ART HIS 112 | LATE ROMAN/EARLY BYZANTINE | GONOSOVA, A. | Same as ArtsHum 101, Lect A, Human 110, Lec A, and HumArts 101, Lec A. This course will examine the effects of art and architecture of political, religious, and social changes that took place within the confines of the late Roman and Early Byzantine Empires in the period between ca. 270 and 600. Course requirements include two short papers, class quizzes, mid-term and final examinations. |
| ART HIS 140B | SEXUALITIES IN ART | BRYAN-WILSON, J. | Same as Womn St 174. This lecture course considers how shifting definitions of sex and gender have informed the production and reception of art over the past forty years. This class proceeds historically, beginning with the impact of second-wave feminism and the emergence of new forms of queer visibility after the 1969 Stonewall riots, and concluding with current debates about the legibility of transgenderism. Topics include the bodily abstraction of artists such as Eva Hesse and Louise Bourgeois, the censorship of “dirty pictures,” the gendering of craft and the handmade, masculinity and machismo in art, and the flourishing of gender-ambiguous online personas. Paying special attention to intersections with race, nationality, and class, we will look at the political, theoretical, and social dimensions of sexuality in art, as well as focus on specific historical moments in which these issues became explosive (e.g. art exhibitions and court cases). |
| ART HIS 150 | ART & GLOBALIZATION | WINTHER, D. | Same as Glbl Clt 103B. This course applies recent globalization theory to developments of modern and contemporary art in India, Japan, and Mexico from the sixteenth century to the present day. Art is seen as a cause and expression of an increasing density of contacts between cultures. Topics to be considered include the regionalization of the European medium of oil painting; indigenizing art movements; the symbolism and function of national capitol architecture; the diffusion of modernist painting; the embodiment of national culture by women artists; and the global career itineraries of contemporary artists. These topics will be studied comparativistically in Indian, Japanese, and Mexican contexts. Students will be responsible for a midterm exam, written assignment, and final exam. |
| ART HIS 164C | AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN VISUAL ARTS | COOKS CUMBO, B. | Same as AfAm 128 and Womn St 189. The historical depictions of African American women in American art and popular culture. Students will explore the history of visual art created by African American women from the 19th century through contemporary art in a variety of media including textiles, painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and performance. The course focuses on African American women's experiences, perspectives, and strategies for self-representation in the visual arts. Students will use course readings and class discussions as the primary means of investigating the ideas discussed. |
| ART HIS 165B | AMERICAN ART:1800-1900 | 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 even chose to live permanently abroad, and how some of them became public celebrities. At the same time we will consider 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 discussed. |
| ART HIS 190W | PRACTICUM FOR MAJORS | STEIN, S. | A required course for junior and senior AH majors, the practicum cultivates basic skills and knowledge necessary for specialized study in AH. 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. The required prerequisite for this course is satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement.
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