Art Courses (ART) - Art History

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Courses For Undergraduates

100 Introduction to Art (3:3).

AULER/CLER: FA/CFA

Intensive study of selected works of art with an emphasis on formal analysis and the relationship between art and culture. (FA,SP)

101 Survey of Western Art (3:3).

AULER/CLER: FA/CFA

Major artists and periods starting with the ancient world through current times. (FA,SP)

102 The Black Atlantic: Cross-Cultural Representations (3:3).

AULER/CLER: NW/CNW

Course interprets visual constructions from the African, African-American, and European traditions as they relate to the history of slavery and the colonization of the New World.

200 History of Western Architecture (3:3).

Architecture in Europe and the U.S.A. from ancient Greece to the present.

201 Ancient Art (3:3).

Art and architecture of Ancient Greece and Rome from the Bronze Age through 337 A. D.

202 Medieval Art (3:3).

Art and architecture of Europe from Early Christian times through the late Gothic period ca. 1400 A. D.

203 Renaissance through Rococo (3:3).

Visual arts of Europe during the Renaissance, Mannerist, Baroque and Rococo periods. (FA)

204 Modern Art (3:3).

Visual arts in the West from ca. 1790 to the present. (SP)

300 Greek Art (3:3).

Pr. 100 or 101 or 201.

Architecture, sculpture, and vase painting from ca. 1000 B. C. to the end of the Hellenistic period.

301 Early Medieval Art (3:3).

Pr. 100 or 101 or 202.

Early medieval art of the Mediterranean World from ca. A. D. 300 to 1066 including Early Christian, Celtic, Carolingian, and Early Islamic periods.

302 Romanesque Art (3:3).

Pr. 100 or 101 or 202.

Romanesque Art throughout Europe from ca. 1050 to ca. 1180 A. D.: architecture, sculpture, manuscript illumination and mural painting.

303 Gothic Art (3:3).

Pr. 100 or 101 or 202.

Art in Europe from ca. 1160 to ca. 1400: architecture, sculpture, manuscript illumination and mural painting.

304 Italian Renaissance Art (3:3).

Pr. 100 or 101 and 203 or permission of instructor.

Art in Italy from ca. 1300 to ca. 1600; painting, sculpture, architecture. (FA)

305 Northern Renaissance Art (3:3).

Pr. 100 or 101 or 203.

Art in Europe north of the Alps from ca. 1400 to ca. 1560. Painting and graphic arts emphasized.

306 Baroque Art (3:3).

Pr. 100 or 101 and 203 or permission of instructor.

Seventeenth-century art in Europe: painting, sculpture, architecture and landscape architecture. (SP)

307 European Art in the Eighteenth Century (3:3).

Pr. 100 or 101 and 203 or permission of instructor.

A survey of European art media, practice, theory, and issues surrounding patronage during the century.

308 European Art in the Nineteenth Century (3:3).

Pr. 100 or 101 and 204 or permission of instructor.

Painting, sculpture, and architecture from 1800 to 1900.

309 Architecture in the Twentieth Century (3:3).

Pr. 100 or 101 or 200.

The components of style, theory, structure and material as embodied in the architecture of the century.

310 American Art (3:3).

Pr. 100 or 101.

Historical development of art in the United States including the colonial period. Painting and architecture emphasized.

311 Early Twentieth-Century Art (3:3).

Pr. 100 or 101 and 204 or permission of instructor.

Painting, sculpture, architecture and other media from 1900 to World War II.

312 Late Twentieth-Century Art (3:3).

Pr. 100 or 101 and 204 or permission of instructor.

Traditional and new media in the last half of the century.

313 History of Photography (3:3).

Pr. Art 100 or 101 or permission of instructor.

A lecture course in the exploration of the photographic image, how it was produced, how it has evolved and the work of the photographers who make it an art.

380 Experimental Course: Women in Photography (3:3).

A slide-lecture course in the special vision of women in photography and their decisive contribution to photography as art. (Offered SP'00)

400 Special Problems, Art History and Criticism (3:3).

Pr. 15 semester hours of art history and criticism and approval of instructor.

• May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.

Directed program of reading and research.

493 Honors Work (3-6).

See prerequisites under Honors Program

• May be repeated for credit if the topic of study changes.

497 Special Problems, Art History and Criticism (3).

Pr. prior approval of supervising instructor required.

• May be repeated for credit with permission of department head.

Independent work in art history adjusted to needs and interests of individual student. (FA,SP)

Courses For Advanced Undergraduates and Graduate Students

500 Traditions of Art Criticism (3:3).

Pr. junior standing or graduate status.

A study of the major critical traditions from the Italian Renaissance to the present, aiming to define the role of criticism in the production and reception of works of art.

501 Topics in the History of Art (3:3).

Pr. junior standing or graduate status.

• May be repeated when topic varies.

Special topics in the history of art, ancient to modern.