300 The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece. (Crosslisted with Classics) 3-4 cr. Explores the art and archaeology of ancient Greece from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period. P: Open to all Undergrads.
301 Greek Painting. 3-4 cr. Problems of techniques, style and iconography in wall and vase painting from Geometric to 403 B.C. P: So st & Art Hist 201 or 300 or cons inst.
302 Greek Sculpture. 3-4 cr. Problems in style, techniques and reconstruction of glyptic sculpture, koroplastics and bronzes from the Late Bronze Age through fifth century B.C. P: So st & Art Hist 201 or 300 or cons inst.
303 Hellenistic Art. 3-4 cr. The artistic traditions in painting, minor arts, sculpture and architecture from the Peloponnesian Wars to the reign of Augustus, 400 B.C. to 27 B.C. P: So st & Art Hist 201 or 300 or cons inst.
304 The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Rome. (Crosslisted with Classics) 3-4 cr. Explores the art and archaeology of ancient Italy, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire from the Iron Age to Late Antiquity. P: Open to all Undergrads.
308 Later Chinese Art: From the Tenth Century to the Present. 3 cr. Traces the evolution of art forms and concepts from mid-10th century onward, and examines their transformations in modern and contemporary China. Organized chronologically, the course presents developments in painting, calligraphy, woodblock printing, ceramics, architecture, and multimedia installations. P: Open to Fr.
310 Early Christian and Byzantine Art. 3-4 cr. Evolving forms of the arts in the period of the first great Christian era. P: So st or cons inst.
318 Romanesque and Gothic Art and Architecture. 3-4 cr. Art and architecture of Western Europe, ca. 1000 to ca. 1350. Particular emphasis on the relaionship of the arts to theology, ritual, concepts of the body, rulership and courtliness. P: Art Hist 201. Open to Fr.
319 Gothic Architecture. 3-4 cr. Architectural development in the high Middle Ages. P: So st or cons inst.
320 Italian Renaissance Art. 3-4 cr. Painting, sculpture, and architecture. P: So st or cons inst.
321 Italian Art: 1250-1400. 3-4 cr. Developments in the arts within the broader historical and cultural context: issues of artistic style, patronage, the artist's emerging self-consciousness. Major artists include Giotto, Duccio, the Pisani, Simone Martini, and Altichiero. P: So st or cons inst.
322 Italian Art from Donatello to Leonardo da Vinci, 1400-1500. 3-4 cr. Stylistic analysis of 15th century art in Florence and other regional centers. Emphasis on the relationship between the arts and the historical/cultural context. P: So st or cons inst.
323 From Michelangelo & Raphael to Titian: The Arts in 16th Century Italy. 3-4 cr. P: So st or cons inst.
330 The Painting & Graphic Arts of Germany 1350-1530. 3-4 cr. Leaders in German painting and graphics including Stephan Lochner, the Master ES, Durer, and Grunewald. P: So st & Art Hist 202 or cons inst.
331 Netherlandish Painting of the 15th Century. 3-4 cr. Masters of Netherlandish art, including the van Eycks, van der Weyden, Bouts, van der Goes, and Memling. P: So st or cons inst.
332 Northern Painting and Graphics from Bosch and Holbein to Bruegel. 3-4 cr. Late Renaissance and Mannerism in the Netherlands and Germany. Includes Bosch, Bruegel, Cranach, Holbein. P: So st & Art Hist 202 or cons inst.
333 Netherlandish Painting of the 17th Century. 3-4 cr. Masters of landscape, genre, religious painting, and portraiture of the Low Countries, including Rubens, Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer. P: So st & Art Hist 202 or cons inst.
341 Italian Baroque Art. 3-4 cr. Italian painting, sculpture, architecture, and the graphic arts between 1600 and 1750 with emphasis on Caravaggio, the Carracci, Artemesia Gentileschi, Bernini, Algardi, Borromini, the Tiepolo family, and Piranese. P: So st or cons inst.
348 European Architecture: The Eighteenth Century. 3-4 cr. Architecture of the 18th century in England, France, Spain, Italy, and Germany. P: So st or cons inst.
349 The Architecture and Art of Cuba. 3 cr. A history of the architecture and art of Cuba from 1519 to the present. P: Cons inst.
350 19th Century Painting in Europe. 3-4 cr. History of European painting from 1800 to 1900. P: So st or cons inst.
351 20th Century Art in Europe. 3-4 cr. Major artists and movements from 1880 to 1950. P: So st & Art Hist 202 or cons inst.
352 German Art of the 19th Century. 3-4 cr. Art from the period of Winckelmann to the origins of Expressionism, 1750-1905. Emphasis on major figures and trends and on relations to contemporary European developments. P: So st & Art Hist 202 or cons inst.
353 Twentieth Century Women Artists in Europe and America. 3-4 cr. A study both of major figures and of group developments in historical context. The course will give special consideration to conditions that influenced and are often reflected in artists' particular use of certain styles, modes, and imageries, and to larger issues raised by the works and by the artists' critical and professional reception. P: So st & Art Hist 201 or 202 or cons inst.
354 Cross-Cultural Arts Around the Atlantic Rim: 1800 to the Present. 3-4 cr. Interdisciplinary study of cross-cultural exchange and conflict, focusing on the visual arts, with sections on literature, film and music from the Americas, Africa and Europe. P: So st or cons inst.
355 History of Photography. 3 cr. European and American photography from its invention to the challenge of electronic media, emphasizing the student's development of a critical approach to the medium. P: So st & Art Hist 202 or cons inst.
357 European Architecture: The Nineteenth Century. 3-4 cr. Architecture of the 19th century in France, Britain, Germany, and Spain. P: So st or cons inst.
358 European Architecture: The Modern Movements. 3-4 cr. Major architectural trends in Europe from 1900 to 1939. P: So st or cons inst.
362 Arts of India. (Crosslisted with LCA) 3-4 cr. A general survey of Indian sculpture, architecture and painting. P: Open to Fr.
363 American Decorative Arts and Interiors: 1620-1840. (Crosslisted with DS) 3-4 cr. Interdisciplinary study of the design, production, and consumption of household objects and their American domestic settings, 17th through the early 19th centuries. P: So st or cons inst.
364 History of American Art, 1607-Present. 3-4 cr. Explores American art and material culture between 1607 and the present; works of painting, sculpture, architecture, and the decorative arts are examined within the broader social, historical, and cultural contexts that give them form and meaning. P: Art Hist 202.
365 Survey of American Art Since 1945. 3-4 cr. An introduction to American art from the middle of the twentieth century to the present, surveying the major movements, artists, and aesthetic theories of this period. P: Art Hist 202. Open to freshmen.
367 American Architecture: Colonial and Federal. 3-4 cr. American architecture from the sixteenth through the early nineteenth centuries, covering English, Spanish, Dutch and French colonial styles and the Federal period. P: So st or cons inst.
368 American Architecture: The 19th Century. 3-4 cr. Major architects and trends in American architecture from the Greek Revival to the Chicago School. P: So st or cons inst.
371 Chinese Painting. 3-4 cr. A survey of Chinese painting from the third contury B.C. to the 18th century, introducing the important masters of each period and discussing the esthetic concepts and theories that underlie traditional connoisseurship. P: So st or cons inst.
372 Arts of Japan. 3-4 cr. A survey of Japanese art, including painting, sculpture, architecture, woodblock prints and various crafts. P: So st or cons inst.
375 Later Japanese Painting and Woodblock Prints. 3-4 cr. An introduction to the history and aesthetics of Japanese painting and woodblock prints from 1600 to 1900. P: So st or cons inst.
377 African Art: Paleolithic to the Rise of West African Empires. 3-4 cr. Study of African art history from Paleolithic to the rise of West African empires, including the rock paintings/engravings of the Sahara and southern Africa, and the art of Egypt, Nubia, Kush, Napata, Meroe, Axum, Nok, Leydenburg, and Igbo Ukwu. P: So st or cons inst.
378 African Art: W African Empires to the Start of the Colonial Era. 3-4 cr. Study of African art history from the rise of West African empires to the beginning of the Colonial era, including the sculpture, painting and architecture of Jenne, Tellem-Dogon, Kanem-Bornu, Sao, Sapi, Ife, Benin, Kongo, Kuba, Swahili Coast, and Zimbabwe. P: So st or cons inst.
405 Cities and Sanctuaries of Ancient Greece. 3 cr. Topics include urbanism in ancient Greece in theory and practice; the forms, technologies, patronage and use of buildings; the creation and conception of urban space; and the organization of religious sites, dedications, and rituals. P: Art Hist 201, 300, 301, 302, Classics 300, or cons inst.
406 Topics in American Art. 3 cr. An in-depth examination of special topics related to American art and visual culture from the colonial period through the present. Emphasis on interpreting art and visual culture in its historical and cultural contexts. P: Jr st & one Art Hist crse at 200 level & one at 300 level, or cons inst.
407 Topics in Nineteenth Century Art. 3-4 cr. An advanced lecture course, covering specific aspects of nineteenth century visual culture. Topics include: representations of race and gender; the history of photography; popular imagery and aspects of Modernism. P: Jr st & one art hist crse at 200 level & one at 300 level, or cons inst.
408 Topics in Twentieth-Century Art. 3-4 cr. Advanced lecture course on special topics of 20th-century art that focuses variously on Europe, England, America, or their international interaction. Emphasis on art in its historical and social context. P: Jr st; one art hist crse at 200 level; one art hist crse at 300 level; or cons inst.
411 Topics in Asian Art. 3-4 cr. In-depth examination of special topics related to Asian art, including South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia. P: So st.
423 Buddhist Iconography. (Crosslisted with LCA, Relig St) 3 cr. The history of Buddhist art and architecture in India, Tibet and China, with emphasis on the development of artistic form in relation to Buddhist philosophy and of architecture as a setting for monastic life and ritual. P: So st.
425 Race and Gender in Italian Early Modern Art. 3 cr. This course focuses on critical omissions in traditional characterizations of Italian Renaissance art. Gender and race issues created tensions between historical contexts and visual representations, often idealized or obscured. The course reevaluates imagery of nudes, witches, children, and material culture. P: One of the following: Art Hist 202, 320, 321, 322, 323, 341, 525 or 825.
430 Topics in Visual Culture. 3 cr. Introduces key issues, theories, and methods in visual cultures studies, emphasizing aspects that affect the practices of art history and providing a changing topical focus that addresses new research in this developing interdisciplinary area.
431 Topics in Theory. 3 cr. Introduces philosophy and theory relevant to the study of art history and visual cultures with a focus on a particular body of theoretical work and an organization in terms of key questions and concepts.
443 History of Painting in India. (Crosslisted with LCA) 3-4 cr. An introduction to the history of Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Islamic paintings of India. P: So st.
449 Topics in Architectural History. 3 cr. Assessment of how cultural phenomena help shape a given architectural development. P: Cons inst.
452 Art in Europe 1880-1914. 3-4 cr. Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, and Futurism and their roots in late nineteenth century art. P: Jr st; Art Hist 201 or 202; and at least one other upper-level crse in art hist or cons inst.
453 Art in Europe, 1915-1955. 3-4 cr. A survey of the major individuals, groups, and trends and their relation to the cultural and historical background. P: Jr st; Art Hist 201 or 202; and at least one other upper-level crse in art hist or cons inst.
454 Art in Germany, 1900-1945. 3-4 cr. Expressionism and its sources, with an emphasis on developments prior to World War I; the Bauhaus and the later careers of major figures. P: Jr st; Art Hist 201 or 202; and at least one other upper-level crse in art hist or cons inst.
457 History of American Vernacular Architecture and Landscapes. 3 cr. Survey of American vernacular buildings and landscapes from the colonial period to the present. Emphasis is on acquiring descriptive tools and developing interpretive frameworks to explore the significance that these vernacular environments have had for their makers and users. P: Jr st & at least one Art Hist crse, or cons inst.
463 Topics in American Material Culture. 3-4 cr. In depth examination of special topics related to material culture and the decorative arts, including craftsmanship, consumerism, representations of race, ethnicity, and gender, and museum histories and exhibition practices. P: So st.
464 Dimensions of Material Culture. (Crosslisted with DS, History) 3 cr. Approaches to the interdisciplinary study of the material world in order to analyze broader social and cultural issues. Guest speakers explore private and public objects and spaces from historic, ethnographic, and aesthetic perspectives. P: 1 crse 300 level or above from Art Hist or ETD, or cons inst.
467 Form and Content in American Architecture: 1855-1900. 3-4 cr. A study of the sources and the development of architecture in the United States during the second half of the nineteenth century. P: Jr st & one crse in architect hist or cons inst.
468 Frank Lloyd Wright. 3-4 cr. An analysis of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture and writings. P: Jr st & one crse in architect hist or cons inst.
469 Interdisciplinary Studies in the Arts. 1-4 cr. Guest artists will offer interdisciplinary courses on topics appropriate to their specializations. P: Consent of department.
472 Chinese Figure Painting. 3-4 cr. An intermediate/advanced lecture course examining major masters, styles, techniques, and critical theories of Chinese figure painting in the context of traditional Chinese culture, including its relationship to ancestor worship, Confucian moral philosophy, Buddhist religion, and the projection of imperial authority. P: Art Hist 203, 370, or 371; or cons inst.
475 Japanese Ceramics and Allied Arts. 3 cr. A history of Japanese ceramics and related topics such as Chinese and Korean ceramics and the tea ceremony. Emphasis placed on the technological, cultural, political, and economic, as well as aesthetic, dimentions of ceramic development. P: Undergrads: a prev crse in art hist or design & satisfaction of Com B requirement. Knowledge of Japan recommended.
478 Art and Religious Practice in Medieval Japan. (Crosslisted with Relig St) 3 cr. A study of spaces, objects, and images within the context of religious belief and practice in Japan between 1300 and 1600, when great Zen monasteries grew up alongside older Buddhist/Shinto religious "megaplexes," and new salvationist sects spread throughout Japan. P: Undergrads: a prev crse in art hist or relig studies & satisfaction of Com B requirement. Knowledge of Asian religion recommended.
479 Art and History in Africa. 3-4 cr. Selected African art traditions in their historical and cultural settings. P: Jr st & one crse in African art or cons inst.
500 Proseminar: Special Topics in Art History. 3 cr. P: Jr st & cons inst.
505 Proseminar in Ancient Art. 3 cr. P: Jr st & cons inst.
515 Proseminar in Medieval Art. 3 cr. P: Jr st & cons inst.
525 Proseminar in Italian Renaissance Art. 3 cr. P: Jr st & cons inst.
535 Proseminar in Northern European Painting. 3 cr. P: Jr st & cons inst.
545 Proseminar in Italian Baroque Art. 3-4 cr. P: Jr st & cons inst.
555 Proseminar in 19th Century European Art. 3 cr. P: Jr st & cons inst.
556 Proseminar in 20th Century European Art. 3 cr. P: Jr st & cons inst.
557 Proseminar in 19th and 20th Century European Architecture. 3 cr. P: Jr st & cons inst.
563 Proseminar in Material Culture. 3 cr. Interdisciplinary study of the way people use objects and environments to express identities and relationships in households, communities, and larger social/economic systems. P: So st.
565 Proseminar in American Art. 3 cr. P: Jr st & cons inst.
567 Proseminar in American Architecture. 3 cr. P: Jr st & cons inst.
569 Interdisciplinary Studies in the Arts. 1-4 cr. Guest artists will offer interdisciplinary courses on topics appropriate to their specializations. P: Consent of department.
575 Proseminar in Japanese Art. 3 cr. P: Any course treating Japanese art, or cons inst.
576 Proseminar in Chinese Art. 3 cr. P: Cons inst or any other crse in Chinese art or Art Hist 203.
579 Proseminar in African Art. 3 cr. Study of the art and architecture of a single African people in historical and cultural perspectives. P: Jr st & cons inst.
600 Special Topics in Art History. 3 cr. P: Jr st, or cons inst.
601 Introduction to Museum Studies I. 3 cr. History of museums and collecting; introduction to connoisseurship; studies and practices in art museum activities; experience in exhibition planning, research, cataloging, and installation. P: Sr or Grad st; cons inst; ltd enrollment.
602 Introduction to Museum Studies II. 3 cr. Continuation of 601. P: Art Hist 601 & cons inst.
669 Interdisciplinary Studies in the Arts. 1-4 cr. Guest artists will offer interdisciplinary courses on topics appropriate to their specializations. P: Consent of department.
699 Directed Study. 1-3 cr. P: Graded on a lettered basis; requires Jr or Sr st and cons inst.
700 The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece. (Crosslisted with Classics) 3 cr. Explores the art and archaeology of ancient Greece from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period. P: Cons inst.
701 Practicum in Art History: Bibliography, Historiography, Methods. 3 cr. Required methodology course for first-year graduate students in art history. Intensive work in critical analysis and research methods; introduction to the methods and historiography of art history; orientation to source work in the Elvehjem collection and in University libraries. P: First yr art hist grad stdt or cons inst.
704 The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Rome. (Crosslisted with Classics) 3 cr. Explores the art and archaeology of ancient Italy, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire from the Iron Age to Late Antiquity. P: Cons inst.
799 Independent Study. 1-6 cr. P: Grad st & cons inst.
800 Seminar: Special Topics in Art History. 3 cr. P: Grad st & cons inst.
805 Seminar-Ancient Art and Architecture. 3 cr. P: Grad st and cons inst.
815 Seminar-Medieval Art. 3 cr. P: Grad st and cons inst.
825 Seminar-Italian Renaissance Art. 3 cr. P: Grad st & cons inst.
855 Seminar-19th Century European Art. 3 cr. P: Grad st and cons inst.
856 Graduate Seminar in Twentieth Century European Art. 3 cr. P: Grad st.
857 Seminar-19th and 20th Century European Architecture. 3 cr. P: Grad st & cons inst.
865 Seminar-American Art. 3 cr. P: Grad st and cons inst.
867 Seminar-American Architecture. 3 cr. P: Grad st & cons inst.
875 Seminar in Japanese Art. 3 cr. P: Grad st, cons inst.
876 Seminar in Chinese Art. 3 cr. P: Grad st, cons inst.
879 Seminar in African Art. 3 cr. Critical examination of selected theoretical and methodological issues affecting the study of African art and architecture in their historical and cultural perspectives. P: Grad st & cons inst.
990 Research and Thesis. 3 cr. P: Cons inst.