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| ARTH 175 - Introduction to Ancient and Medieval Art (3). |
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Description: This course introduces students to the visual cultures of ancient and medieval civilizations. The course examines representations of gender, class, and ethnicity; strategies of depicting the human form across cultures over time; architecture, ornament, and the production of urban space; and links between materials, meaning, and patronage across a broad range of media. Students learn to classify and analyze ancient and medieval works of art based on style, form, technique, and iconography while developing an understanding of the historical, cultural, religious, and social contexts surrounding their production and reception. No prerequisites or prior knowledge of art history required.
Notes: Offered in fall and spring.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 175H - Introduction to Ancient and Medieval Art (3). |
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Description: This course introduces students to the visual cultures of ancient and medieval civilizations. The course examines representations of gender, class, and ethnicity; strategies of depicting the human form across cultures over time; architecture, ornament, and the production of urban space; and links between materials, meaning, and patronage across a broad range of media. Students learn to classify and analyze ancient and medieval works of art based on style, form, technique, and iconography while developing an understanding of the historical, cultural, religious, and social contexts surrounding their production and reception. No prerequisites or prior knowledge of art history required.
Notes: Offered in fall and spring.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 176 - Introduction to Art History from the Renaissance to the Present (3). |
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Description: Survey of art and architecture in Western Civilizations, from the Renaissance to the present.
Notes: Offered in fall and spring.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 176H - Introduction to Art History from the Renaissance to the Present (3). |
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Description: Survey of art and architecture in Western Civilizations, from the Renaissance to the present.
Notes: Offered in fall and spring.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 199 - General Art History Elective |
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3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 299 - General Art History Elective |
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3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 300 - Methods and Theories of Art History (3). |
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Description: Study of the methods, theories, research techniques, literature, and resources used in art historical inquiry and writing, with an emphasis on the application of these methods and theories to relevant topics in art history.
Prerequisite: ARTH 176 or permission of instructor.
Notes: Only offered in spring term of even years. Previously offered as ARTH 451.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture, Seminar/Recitation Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 340 - Internship Education Experience (3:1:3). |
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Description: An internship education experience to provide training for the Art History major in a professional environment. A maximum of 6 hours of internship education may be applied toward the Bachelor of Arts degree.
Notes: Offered in spring and as needed.
Prerequisites: ARTH 175 and ARTH 176 or special permission of the Chair of Fine Arts.
3.000 Credit hours 1.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Internship, Practicum/Cooperative edu Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 341 - Ancient Greek and Roman Art (3). |
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Description: Study of ancient Greek and Roman art and architecture from the Bronze Age through the Late Roman Empire. Sculpture, painting, public and private architecture, and small-scale arts will be considered within their social, cultural, and historical contexts. Contemporary issues related to the preservation and conservation of antiquities, such as looting, forgeries, the art market, and international debates about ownership, will also be explored.
Notes: Offered periodically.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 341H - Ancient Greek and Roman Art (3). |
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Description: Study of ancient Greek and Roman art and architecture from the Bronze Age through the Late Roman Empire. Sculpture, painting, public and private architecture, and small-scale arts will be considered within their social, cultural, and historical contexts. Contemporary issues related to the preservation and conservation of antiquities, such as looting, forgeries, the art market, and international debates about ownership, will also be explored.
Notes: Offered periodically.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 342 - Medieval European Art and Architecture (3). |
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Description: Study of medieval art and architecture of Europe from the Early Christian through the Gothic periods. The architecture of great churches, sculpture, stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, textiles, and metalwork are considered within their social, historical, and religious contexts. Topics such as medieval visuality, cross-cultural exchange, monasticism and pilgrimage, and the technical development of Gothic architecture will be explored.
Notes: Offered periodically.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 342H - Medieval European Art and Architecture (3). |
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Description: Study of medieval art and architecture of Europe from the Early Christian through the Gothic periods. The architecture of great churches, sculpture, stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, textiles, and metalwork are considered within their social, historical, and religious contexts. Topics such as medieval visuality, cross-cultural exchange, monasticism and pilgrimage, and the technical development of Gothic architecture will be explored.
Notes: Offered periodically.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 344 - European Renaissance Art (3). |
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Description: Study of the art and architecture of Italy and Northern Europe during the Renaissance period.
Notes: Offered periodically.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 346 - Global Baroque (3). |
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Description: This course examines Baroque and Rococo art from a global perspective. It addresses the origins of Baroque art and architecture in Italy and its spread across Europe to Spain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria, as well as the circulation of the style beyond Europe to places such as India, China, the Philippines, Turkey, and the Americas. Themes such as colonialism and westernization, global trade networks and commerce, religion and religious reform, intercultural dialogues, and the hybridization of local styles with international artistic currents in the 17th and 18th centuries will be explored.
Notes: Offered periodically.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 347 - Art in the Age of Revolution (3). |
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Description: This course examines the art and architecture of the 18th and 19th centuries, concentrating on the years 1750 to 1850. It investigates artistic responses to significant upheavals including the Industrial Revolution (1760-1820), the American Revolution (1776), and three French Revolutions (1789, 1839 and 1848). Major western artistic movements like Neoclassicism and Romanticism will be considered in relation to globalizing tendencies in the visual arts and related social, political, and economic issues (e.g., colonialism, modernization, international trade and diplomacy, and race and ethnicity).
Notes: Offered periodically.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 348 - Modernism (3). |
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Description: Study of the art and architecture of Europe and America from 1850 through 1960.
Notes: Offered once a year.
Prerequisites: ARTH176 or permission of instructor.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 348H - Modernism (3). |
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Description: Study of the art and architecture of Europe and America from 1850 through 1960.
Notes: Offered once a year.
Prerequisites: ARTH176 or permission of instructor.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 350H - History of Photography (3). |
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Description: This course surveys the history of photography from its technical origins up to contemporary times, tracing its perception as a purely mechanical or documentary process in the early 19th century, through its elevation to the status of 'fine art' today. Class discussions on topics related to the course material and guest lectures by practicing photographers will be included as time permits.
Notes: Offered once every two years.
Prerequisites: ARTH 176.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 351 - Arts of Africa (3). |
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Description: A survey of the visual arts and architecture of Africa framed within a global context, including art forms produced in Africa, in addition to those produced by the African diaspora in communities around the world.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 352 - Arts of the Americas (3). |
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Description: A survey of the visual arts and architecture of the Americas framed within a global context, including art forms produced by the indigenous cultures of ancient Mesoamerica and North America.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 352H - Arts of the Americas (3) |
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Description: A survey of the visual arts and architecture of the Americas framed within a global context, including art forms produced by the indigenous cultures of ancient Mesoamerica and North America.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 353 - Arts of Oceania (3). |
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Description: A survey of the art and architecture of Oceania framed within a global context, including art forms produced in Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia, and Aboriginal Australia.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 353H - Arts of Oceania (3). |
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Description: A survey of the art and architecture of Oceania framed within a global context, including art forms produced in Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia, and Aboriginal Australia.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 357 - Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture (3). |
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Description: An examination of 3,000+ years of art and architecture in ancient Egypt from the Neolithic through the Late Period. The approach will be roughly chronological. Emphasis will be placed on examining singular monuments or objects in their historical context. Through lecture and directed readings, students will also discover ancient myths and religious beliefs, and explore the political and cultural constructs of the ancient Egyptian civilization.
Notes: Offered periodically.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 358 - Art and Architecture of the Islamic World (3). |
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Description: This course provides a chronological overview of the art and architecture of the Islamic worlds. Students are introduced to the visual cultures of the major ruling dynasties in the Middle East, North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, and Central Asia. The course culminates in a comparative survey of the art and architecture of the three early modern “gunpowder” states: the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals. Critical contemporary issues, such as warfare and the destruction of cultural heritage, are also highlighted.
Notes: Offered periodically.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 358H - Art of the Islamic World (3). |
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Description: This course provides a chronological overview of the art and architecture of the Islamic worlds. Students are introduced to the visual cultures of the major ruling dynasties in the Middle East, North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, and Central Asia. The course culminates in a comparative survey of the art and architecture of the three early modern “gunpowder” states: the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals. Critical contemporary issues, such as warfare and the destruction of cultural heritage, are also highlighted.
Notes: Offered periodically.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 380 - The Rise of Modernism |
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3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Art and Design Department |
| ARTH 380H - The Rise of Modernism |
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3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Art and Design Department |
| ARTH 380X - Special Topics in Art History (3). |
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Description: Study of a special problem in the history of art.
Prerequisite: CRTW 201.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 381 - Transgender and Non-Binary Art Histories |
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Description: A survey of the visual arts and architecture of Africa from pre-historic times to the present, with an emphasis on placing the arts within their social and cultural context.
Notes: Offered once per year.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| ARTH 381H - Arts of Africa |
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3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 399 - General Art History Elective |
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3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 401 - Art History Senior Presentation (0). |
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Description: Final capstone presentation of student proficiency in B.A. in Art History. B.A. in Art History students must enroll in and successfully complete ARTH401 prior to graduation.
Notes: Offered in fall and spring.
0.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Seminar/Recitation Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Research/Creative Scholarship |
| ARTH 421 - Visual Culture of Medieval Pilgrimage (3). |
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Description: This seminar investigates the origins and growth of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages. We’ll explore the factors that motivated pilgrims to undertake such lengthy journeys, survey the variety of Romanesque monuments and sculptures pilgrims encountered along the way, and analyze the legendary stories about saints and miracles that circulated on the trail. This course may require the use of AR/VR headsets and/or creative digital media visualization technologies.
Prerequisite: HMXP 102 or HMXP 102H or HXCT 301 with a C- or higher or permission of instructor.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture, Seminar/Recitation Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts, Research/Creative Scholarship |
| ARTH 422 - The Medieval City (3). |
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Description: This seminar examines life in the medieval city as it has been documented, studied, and imagined over time. Streets, daily life, guilds, governance, trade fairs, Gothic cathedrals, sculpture, painting, processions, hospitals, plagues, cemeteries, and revolts will be among the topics surveyed. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the impact that historical, social, political, and economic processes and events had on shaping the fabric of medieval cities and the experience of the urban environment.
Prerequisite: ARTH 175 or ARTH 342 or MDST 300 or permission of instructor.
Notes: Offered periodically.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture, Seminar/Recitation Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts, Research/Creative Scholarship |
| ARTH 422H - The Medieval City (3). |
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Description: This seminar examines life in the medieval city as it has been documented, studied, and imagined over time. Streets, daily life, guilds, governance, trade fairs, Gothic cathedrals, sculpture, painting, processions, hospitals, plagues, cemeteries, and revolts will be among the topics surveyed. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the impact that historical, social, political, and economic processes and events had on shaping the fabric of medieval cities and the experience of the urban environment.
Prerequisite: ARTH 175 or ARTH 342 or MDST 300 or permission of instructor.
Notes: Offered periodically.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture, Seminar/Recitation Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts, Research/Creative Scholarship |
| ARTH 449H - Honors Thesis Preparation (1). |
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Description: Independent study, reading, and research in preparation for writing an honors thesis in art history. The course will assist students with the process of determining readers for their thesis committee, writing a proposal where they work towards specifying their research question and initial (hypo)thesis, and completing an annotated bibliography. Good Standing in the University Honors Program required.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor required.
Notes: Offered periodically. This course must be taken no later than the semester prior to the writing of the Honors Thesis. Students cannot receive credit for both ARTH 449H and HONR 449H.
1.000 Credit hours 1.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 450H - Honors Thesis in Art History (3). |
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Description: This course is intended as the culminating academic experience for art history majors in the University Honors Program. It will require the completion of an undergraduate thesis in art history. A grade of B or higher in ARTH 450H is required to count towards the completion of an Honors Program Degree.
Prerequisite: ARTH 449H or HONR 449H strongly recommended; permission of instructor.
Notes: Offered on request. Students cannot receive credit for both ARTH 450H and HONR 450H.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 452 - Women in Art (3). |
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Description: Consideration of the images of women portrayed through art. The impact of feminism on art, and contributions of women artists, designers, and architects to the history of art.
Prerequisite: ARTH 176 or WMST 300 or permission of instructor.
Notes: Offered in fall and spring.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture, Seminar/Recitation Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Humanities and Arts, Research/Creative Scholarship |
| ARTH 454 - Contemporary Art and Criticism (3). |
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Description: An intensive writing course on the art, art theory and criticism in Europe and America from 1960 to the present.
Notes: Intensive Writing Course. Offered every semester.
Prerequisites: ARTH 175, 176, CRTW 201.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture, Seminar/Recitation Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Humanities and Arts, Intensive Writing, Research/Creative Scholarship |
| ARTH 455 - Art Crime and Cultural Heritage (3). |
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Description: This seminar explores the social and political dimensions of art crime and cultural heritage. Art theft and issues such as repatriation, the destruction and looting of monuments and artifacts, fakes and forgeries, the politics of display, collecting practices, and the function(s) of the museum will be among the topics investigated. The course will examine art crimes such as the case of Nazi forces, in their quest to manipulate and control cultural heritage, stealing the so-called Lady in Gold portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt from a Jewish family in 1941. The original owner’s niece, inherited this portrait of her aunt in 2006 after a series of international legal battles in one of the most famous cases of justice and redemption involving works of art plundered during WWII.
Prerequisite: HMXP 102 or HXCT 301 with C- or higher or permission of instructor. Previous coursework in art history or museum studies is suggested but not required.
Notes: Offered periodically. No exams. Lab fee: $25
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Seminar/Recitation Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts, Research/Creative Scholarship |
| ARTH 455H - Art Crime and Cultural Heritage (3). |
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Description: This seminar explores the social and political dimensions of art crime and cultural heritage. Art theft and issues such as repatriation, the destruction and looting of monuments and artifacts, fakes and forgeries, the politics of display, collecting practices, and the function(s) of the museum will be among the topics investigated. The course will examine art crimes such as the case of Nazi forces, in their quest to manipulate and control cultural heritage, stealing the so-called Lady in Gold portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt from a Jewish family in 1941. The original owner’s niece, inherited this portrait of her aunt in 2006 after a series of international legal battles in one of the most famous cases of justice and redemption involving works of art plundered during WWII.
Prerequisite: HMXP 102 or HXCT 301 with C- or higher or permission of instructor. Previous coursework in art history or museum studies is suggested but not required.
Notes: Offered periodically. No exams. Lab fee: $25.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Seminar/Recitation Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Global Perspective, Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts, Research/Creative Scholarship |
| ARTH 480 - Special Topics in Art History (3). |
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Description: Study of a special problem in the history of art from antiquity to modern times, such as the individual artist, genre, theme, artistic movement or museum studies.
Notes: Offered periodically.
Prerequisites: WRIT 101 or 12 earned hours.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Research/Creative Scholarship |
| ARTH 480H - Special Topics in Art History (3). |
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Description: Study of a special problem in the history of art from antiquity to modern times, such as the individual artist, genre, theme, artistic movement or museum studies.
Notes: Offered periodically.
Prerequisites: WRIT 101 or 12 earned hours.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 481 - Special Topics in Art History |
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Approved Titles:
Gender Issues in Art
Women's Art Trad Around World
Women in Film
Exhibition Publication
Egyptian Arman Period Art
The Work of Marc Chagall
Michelangelo
Renaissance Rivals:Michelango
Hist of Graphic Design & Illust
Museum Research on Fold Art
Study of Art in Chiete, Italy
Travel/Study Art/Arch in Rome
The Art of the Book
Bernini & the Borghese Family
Curatorial Study
Surrealism
Iconography
Art of Greece
Research on Contemp Public Sculp
Contemporary Art-1960-Present
Art & Thought of Ancient Greece
Inside Outsider Art
Book Illstratn 19th-20th Century
Contemporary Book Artists
Early Modernist Women Artists
Art of the City:20th C Architecture & Urban Models
A History of American Studio Craft
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Research/Creative Scholarship |
| ARTH 482 - Special Topics in Art History |
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Approved Titles:
Romanticism
Iconography
History of Design Technologies
Films of Orson Welles
Modern Art
Fabric Sculpture
Marriage Rituals:Med & Ren Italy
Michelangelo
Gothic Architecture & Reg Diff
Arts of China, Japan, India
Research of Regional Arth
Arts & Theatre
Art History Study in Nyc
Baroque Art of Spain & Portugal
Art of the Book
Baroque and Rococo Art
Insid Outsider Art
Bonheur, Laurencin & Ringgold
Aesthetics, Theory, & Criticism
Medieval Art
Byzantine Mosaics
African Art and the Parisian Avant-Garde
Botanical Illustration
Modern Art of Spain and Portugal
Art History in Tuscany
Major Art Movements of the 20th Century
G. Flaubert's Madame Bovary & France 19th Century
Women of the French New Wave
Art & Culture of Central Europe
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Humanities and Arts, Research/Creative Scholarship |
| ARTH 483 - Special Topics in Non-Western Art (3). |
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Description: Specialized study in one or more of the following: The visual arts of Africa, Oceania, the Americas, Japan, China, India, or any other non-Western culture.
Notes: Offered in fall, spring and summer.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Research/Creative Scholarship |
| ARTH 483H - Special Topics in Non-Western Art (3). |
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Description: Specialized study in one or more of the following: The visual arts of Africa, Oceania, the Americas, Japan, China, India, or any other non-Western culture.
Notes: Offered in fall, spring and summer.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 484 - Special Top in Non-Western Art |
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Description: Specialized study in one or more of the following: The visual arts of Africa, Oceania, the Americas, Japan, China, India, or any other non-Western culture.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Research/Creative Scholarship |
| ARTH 485 - Special Top in Non-Western Art |
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Description: Specialized study in one or more of the following: The visual arts of Africa, Oceania, the Americas, Japan, China, India, or any other non-Western culture.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department Course Attributes: Research/Creative Scholarship |
| ARTH 485H - Special Top in Non-Western Art |
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Description: Specialized study in one or more of the following: The visual arts of Africa, Oceania, the Americas, Japan, China, India, or any other non-Western culture.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 580 - Special Topics in Art History (3). |
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Description: Extends individual opportunities for study of Art History beyond existing departmental curriculum limits.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture, Seminar/Recitation Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 680 - Graduate Art History (3) (3). |
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Description: Graduate art history study for scholarly research and discussion of specific issues; i.e. prehistoric art, ancient art, classical art, medieval art, Renaissance art, modern art, interior design, photography, etc.
Notes: Offered in fall, spring and summer.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 681 - Graduate Art History |
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Approved Titles:
Art & Aesthetics in West Africa
Art & Architecture of Japan
20th Century Art & Beyond
Arts of Oceania
Medieval Art
Design History
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 682 - Graduate Research in Art History and Visual Culture |
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Description: An opportunity for graduate students to engage in intensive independent study, reading, and research in art history and visual culture under the guidance of a member of the art history faculty. Requires approval of Instructor and Department Chair.
Notes: May be repeatable for a total of 9 credits.
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 683 - Seminar in Aesthetics, Theory and Criticism of Art (3). |
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Description: An advanced, detailed study of selected topics in aesthetics, art theory and criticism in a seminar situation.
Notes: Offered in fall, spring and summer.
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Seminar/Recitation Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 690 - Special Topics in Art History (3). |
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Description: Extends individual opportunities for study in art history beyond existing departmental curriculum limits.
Notes: Offered in fall, spring and summer.
Prerequisites: Permission of chair, Department of Fine Arts
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 691 - Special Topics in Art History |
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Approved Titles:
Ephemeral Sculpture
Arts of Niger
Paul Klee
Arts of Oceania
Contemporary Women's Art
Art of the Book
Arts of the Americas
Theme of Transfmatn Abstract Art
Baroque Art of Spain & Portugal
History of Jewelry
Arts of Peru
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 692 - Special Topics in Art History |
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Approved Titles:
Films of Orson Welles
Aesthetics, Theory, Criticism
Exhibition Catalog Design
North European Art
Modernism & Craft:Albers,Bah,Bmt
Crusader Art
Major Art Movements of the 20th Century
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research Fine Arts Department |
| ARTH 699 - Art History Elective |
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3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Fine Arts Department |
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