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art history courses
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105 History of Western Art I (3) (Writing Intensive) A survey of the visual arts and their relevance to their times from the Paleolithic period through the Gothic period.
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106 History of Western Art II (3) (Writing Intensive) A survey of the visual arts and their relevance to their times from the Renaissance to the present.
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322 Medieval Art & Architecture (3) (Prereq: Any 100 level Art History or History course.) A survey of the cultural and artistic trends from c. 300 to 1300, this course will focus on France, England, Germany, and Italy, but also examine important post-classical innovations in what are now Norway, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, and Syria. Much of the discussion will concern religious architecture, culminating in High Gothic cathedrals. Decorative arts such as illuminated manuscripts, mosaics, stained glass, and sculpture in wood, stone, bronze, and gold will also be central to the course content.
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323 Italian Renaissance Art & Architecture (3) (Prereq: Any 100 level Art History or History course.) This course surveys the painting, sculpture, and architecture of the Italian peninsula c. 1300-1550 and the revival of classical ideals and philosophies of visual representation, Focusing primarily on Florence, Venice, and Rome, the course examines the art and ideas of inspired, creative minds such as Giotto, Masaccio, Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Alberti, Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Palladio and many more.
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324 Baroque Art & Architecture (3) (Prereq: Any 100 level Art History or History course.) The 17th Century was a period of remarkable exploration, experimentation, and change. Those events were embodied in the painting, sculpture, and architecture of this Gilded Age. Focusing on the Netherlands and Flanders (modern Holland and Belgium), Rome, France, and Spain this course surveys the visionary ideas of Caravaggio, Carracci, Rembrandt, Rubens, Vermeer, Velasquez, Borromini, and Bernini among others.
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340 American Art (3) (Prereq: Any 100 level Art History or History course.) A survey of the fine arts, popular arts, architecture, and material culture of the United States, taking into consideration important events in social, political, and economic history from the time of British colonies to the mid twentieth century.
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341 Modern Art 1800-1940 (3) (Prereq: Any 100 level Art History or History course.) This course follows the development of a modern consciousness within the art of Europe and the United States from 1800 to 1940. The progressive advance of stylistic movements during a time of revolutions, industrial, change, and colonial expansion includes neoclassicism, romanticism, realism, impressionism, expressionism, cubism, surrealism, and others. The impact of non-European traditions on the growth of a modern aesthetic will be explored.
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342 Post Modern & Contemporary Art 1940 The Present (3) (Prereq: Any 100 level Art History or History course.) Study of the major trends in art and visual practices within the United States and Europe, since 1940 to the present in order to understand how artists engage a personal vision, political point of view, or intellectual goal in their interaction with the world.
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345 African American Art (3) (Prereq: Any 100 level Art History or History course.) An overview of the African-American presence in the fine arts, popular arts, architecture and material culture produced in the United States from the time of the transatlantic slave trade to the present. Study includes both the art created by African descendent Americans as well as the representation of African-Americans by Euro-Americans.
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350 Art and Ideas (3) (Prereq: Any 100 level Art History or Philosophy course, or permission of instructor.) An introduction to aesthetics, art theory, and art criticism. Students will read and discuss a variety of philosophical and critical writings that relate to the visual arts.
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355 American Film (3) (Prereq: Any 100 level Art History course, or consent of instructor) This course is an introduction to a preeminent visual art form of the 20th century - the motion picture. This course will give students a criteria for interpreting film within an historical context while introducing major genres, significant directors and influential screen actors from the formative years of this art.
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360 Gender and Ethnicity in Art (3) (Prereq: Any 100 level Art History course, or consent of instructor) (Writing Intensive) A critical examination of how gender and ethnicity have been represented in visual culture within the Western tradition. Cross-Listed with WOST 360
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392 Critiquing The Museum (3) (Prereq: None.) This course involves travel to museums and galleries in order to broaden our understanding about how viewers perceive and interact with art in various settings. We will consider how our responses are influenced by the manner of display, and the environment within which an exhibition is mounted. Travel destinations have includes New York and Paris, and may vary each time the course is offered.
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499 Special Topics in Visual Culture (3) (Prereq: Any 100 level Art History course, or permission of instructor) Topics in visual culture of special interests but which are too specific to be served by an established course. Topics may include but are not limited to more diverse imagery than traditionally offered in an art history survey course. May be taken more than once as the topic changes. Course fulfills upper level course requirement for Art Studio majors.
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