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3.00 Credits
This survey covers the major developments in architecture, sculpture, and painting from the time of Homer to the collapse of the Hellenistic world.The course considers the formation of the Pan-Hellenic sanctuaries of Olympia and Delphi in the geometric and archaic periods and the rise of democracy under the leadership of Pericles in Athens, culminating in the Parthenon of the high classical period and the creation of an empire under Alexander the Great.Students explore the legacy of Greek achievement in the context of its impact on the Roman world and later art.The course emphasizes objects in area museums and includes field trips.Three credits.
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This course surveys the art of the Etruscans, predecessors to the Romans on the Italic peninsula, and its impact on the Roman Republic.The course traces the development of Roman art and archaeology from the Republic to the late empire, and from the center of Rome and the achievements of Augustus to the official recognition of Christianity by Constantine the Great.Students consider the influence of the Greek legacy and Roman developments.The course emphasizes objects in area museums and includes field trips.Three credits.
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This course, devoted to the history of ancient Egyptian art from the pre-dynastic period (4200 B.C.E.) to its last manifestation in the time of the Roman occupation (100 C.E.), focuses on major themes, important stylistic movements, and selected masterpieces of Egyptian architecture, sculpture, relief, painting, and minor arts.Students consider the formation of major arts in the pre-dynastic period; great monuments of the Old Kingdom such as Djoser, Khufu, and Khafre pyramid complexes; classical art of the Middle Kingdom with the royal temples, pyramids, and tombs at Lisht and Deir el Bahari; New Kingdom temples at Karnak and Luxor; and the splendor and revolution of Amarna art.The course emphasizes objects in area collections, especially in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Three credits.
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This course comprises a chronological survey of the physical remains of the ancient city of Athens and the Attic peninsula from the Prehistoric age through the Late Roman period (30,000 B.C.- 6th century A.D.).Recent systematic excavations within the modern city have revealed a substantial amount of new information about ancient Athens, particularly during the Roman period.Students study the growing archaeological record including the results of recent excavations to gain an understanding of the ancient city through material finds.One class on location is scheduled at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.On campus, students study the Metropolitan Museum of Art Cast Collection with particular emphasis on important examples from Athens and Attica during the Greek Archaic and Classical periods, and from the Roman period.Three credits.
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This introductory lecture course examines artworks and architecture from each continent to understand the respective traditions of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, emphasizing a selection of examples within a chronological sequence.It studies material culture from each of the three areas using different art historical approaches.India, China, and Japan form the basis for the study of Asia.Cultures designated by their geographical locations provide a frame of study for African Art.Pre-Columbian, Northwest coast, and Native American visual arts represent the Americas.The course emphasizes art collections in New Haven and New York City, and one bus trip during the semester affords students a first-hand experience studying original works of art. This course meets the world diversity requirement. Three credits.
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This introduction to medieval art and architecture in Western Europe - from its Roman, Jewish, and early Christian sources to the Gothic period - explores continuity and change in art and society, including relationships to Islamic and Byzantine art.Themes of the course include the relationship of belief and ritual to religious imagery and architecture, the impact of imperial and ecclesiastical patronage, and the influence of other cultures on art forms and iconography.The course includes a field trip to the Cloisters Collection in New York City.Three credits.
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This course traces Celtic art from its sources and history on the European continent (1200 B.C.E.to the first century C.E.) to its migration to the British Isles and its subsequent transformation as it interacts with native cultures there, particularly the Irish culture.The course examines native Irish art from the stone circles and passage graves of 3000-2000 B.C.E.to the introduction of the Celtic style and continuing through the golden age of Ireland's conversion to Christianity, a development that led to rich new art forms such as illustrated bibles, jeweled chalices and reliquaries, high crosses, and the introduction of monastic and ecclesiastical architecture.The course also discusses the medieval revivals in the 19th and 20th centuries and includes a first-hand examination of Fairfield University's facsimile of th e Book of Kell s.Three credits.
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This course explores the art of the Byzantine Empire, which at its height encompassed modern-day Greece, Asia Minor, the Balkans, the Holy Land, North Africa and parts of Italy.From Constantinople's inauguration as the capital of the Roman Empire in A.D.330 to its fall in 1453, the course traces Byzantine art's pagan, early Christian, Jewish, and Islamic sources to its impact on the development of the arts of Western Europe and Russia.Major themes of the course include: religious imagery and architecture of the Eastern church; cultural exchange and influence; and the impact of imperial patronage.Three credits.
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Beyond the introductory survey of the major masters and monuments of the early Italian Renaissance, this course offers an in-depth study of several paradigm projects created between 1300 and 1500.With a diverse tool box of practical and art historical methods, we focus on selected artistic initiatives spanning some major monuments and lesser known, but equally intriguing contributions by second-tier artists.Our task is to study key works of Duccio, Giotto, Lorenzetti, Brunelleschi, Alberti, Ghiberti, Donatello, Masaccio, Fra Angelico, Uccello, Castagno, Piero, Ghirlandaio, Botticelli, Mantegna, Giovanni Bellini, Perugino, Leonardo, and juvenile works by Raphael and Michelangelo.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the achievements of Italian artists during one of the richest periods in art history.Beginning in Florence and Rome, the course traces the rise of artistic giants such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael, whose work has come to define the High Renaissance.The course then proceeds to the innovations of Mannerist artists such as Pontormo, Bronzino, Correggio, as well as the reaction to these artists in the wake of religious reforms established in the 1560s at the Council of Trent.Throughout, the course examines works of art within the context of Italian society and culture.Three credits.
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