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  • ART H285: The Art of Asia

    3.00 Credits
    Framingham State University

    A contextual study of the arts of India, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia, spanning the ancient to post-modern worlds. The course explores major movements and schools of art, such as Buddhist sculpture, Chinese landscape painting, and Japanese prints. Readings and discussions focus on the interrelationships among art and religion, identity, and political authority. The course includes study of Western influences in Asia, and of the idea of the "Orient" in Western culture.
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  • ART H288: Latin American Art

    3.00 Credits
    Framingham State University

    A study of PreHispanic, Colonial, and Modern Latin American visual culture. Emphasis is placed on social context and politics of art, including issues of race, gender, and social class. Students write a research paper and make an oral presentation to the class. Note: Students cannot receive credit for both ARTH 288 Latin American Art and ARTH 389 Special Topics in Art History: Latin American Art.
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  • ART H290: Study Tour:Art & Architecture

    3.00 Credits
    Framingham State University

    A studio art or art history course taught through an extensive field trip or series of field trips, in addition to more traditional methods of teaching. Students gain direct experience of art and architecture in historic, social, and geographic contexts. The topics/locations may vary from year to year and are announced in the course schedule bulletin. This course, in a different topic/location, may be repeated for credit.
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  • ART H374: Art of the Renaissance

    3.00 Credits
    Framingham State University

    A study of the development of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the 14th through the 16th centuries, primarily in Italy. The achievements of major figures such as Masaccio, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo are explored in relationship to Renaissance humanism and the religious, political and social dynamics of the period. Extensive library research and a wide variety of readings will introduce students to a range of issues and art historical methodologies.
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  • ART H375: The Northern Renaissance

    3.00 Credits
    Framingham State University

    A contextual study of the visual culture of Northern Europe - the Low Countries, France, Germany, and England - from c. 1400-1600. The course investigates such artists as Van Eyck, Durer, Holbein, Bosch, and Bruegel in relation to the social, political, and religious events of the period. Other issues discussed are social class and gender as they relate to imagery, patronage, and artistic display as well as the unique technical and stylistic innovations of Northern artists.
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  • ART H376: Art of the Baroque Period

    3.00 Credits
    Framingham State University

    A survey of the arts of the 17th and early 18th centuries, which explores the achievements of Bernini, Caravaggio, Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Velazquez, as well as other gifted but lesser-known figures. The course relates the artistic contributions of the period to developments in political, religious, and intellectual history and considers the ways that images were produced, collected, and displayed.
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  • ART H380: From Romanticism Through Impressionism:The Origins of Modern Art

    3.00 Credits
    Framingham State University

    A survey of 19th-century European art from the 1780's to the 1880's, examining the visualarts within the context of 19th-century life and culture. This course explores the major artistic movements of this period and the innovations of such outstanding figures as Goya, David, Delacroix, Manet, Monet, and Van Gogh as well as their relationship to contemporary political and social developments. Readings cover such topics as the myth of the modern artist, art and political revolution, the representation of modern life, and the ways in which gender, sexuality, class, and modernity interrelate.
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  • ART H383: Postmodernism and Beyond:Art from 1960 to the Present

    3.00 Credits
    Framingham State University

    A study of artistic developments, primarily in Europe and the United States, in the postmodern era (1960 to the present). Consideration is given to the diversity of artistic expressions in this period within their cultural, theoretical, and political contexts. Particular attention is given to the impact on art of such late 20th- century cultural phenomena as feminism, identity politics, multiculturalism, environmental awareness, the AIDS epidemic, the explosion of the media and technology, and to the ways in which these phenomena have helped to spawn new artistic media, e.g. earth art, installation, video, performance, and Web-based art. Prerequisite: ARTH 273 Modern Art History.
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  • ART H389: Special Topics in Art History

    3.00 Credits
    Framingham State University

    A study of a special period or topic in art history. Specific topics are announced in the course schedule bulletin. The course explores the art in terms of its formal elements, iconography, and social context through extensive readings, lectures, writing, and discussion. Students write a research paper. This course, on a different topic, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: One art history course or permission of instructor.
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  • ART H483: Seminar in the History of Art

    3.00 Credits
    Framingham State University

    An intensive investigation into one particular period or theme in pre-Modern and/or non-Western art history. Extensive readings and discussions address current theoretical and methodological issues. The course is intended to give junior and senior level students the opportunity to conduct in-depth research, write a scholarly paper, and present their research and findings in a professional manner. No transfer course can fulfill this seminar requirement for Art History majors. Prerequisites: ARTH 271 History of Art I and ARTH 273 Modern Art History; or permission of the instructor.
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