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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate Offered as part of the AU Abroad Madrid and the Mediterranean program. An introduction to Mediterranean history and art, centered chronologically on art movements with emphasis on the differences between Spanish art and its Mediterranean counterparts. The course is an in-depth study of painting, sculpture, and architecture that includes stylistic as well as thematic manifestations, examining art in the Mediterranean from cave paintings to the twentieth century from a variety of cultures and geographic regions, and introducing students to stylistic periods, major works and artists, and the traditional methods of art history. Usually offered every fall.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate Architecture, sculpture, painting, and prints of Renaissance Italy and Northern Europe. Considers the interplay of art with philosophy, theology, and social change, and examines the artistic legacy and rich creative achievements of a culture inspired by classical antiquity. Usually offered every spring. Prerequisite for General Education credit: LIT-125 or HIST-100 or HIST-110 or WGST-150.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate An introduction to the art of the modern period. Presents in cultural and historical contexts the work of major artists such as David, Goya, Delacroix, Monet, Van Gogh, C zanne, Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp, Pollock, and many others. Emphasizes what is unique about modern art and the expanding conception of creative expression in our era. Usually offered every term. Prerequisite for General Education credit: ARTH-105 or COMM-105 or LIT-120 or LIT-135.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate Appreciation of our architectural heritage and a study of its history through the great buildings of Washington. Monuments such as the White House and the Capitol are studied in relation to structures from which they have evolved. Students obtain a knowledge of building traditions of Washington, the United States, and the Western world. Usually offered once a year. Prerequisite for General Education credit: ARTH-105 or COMM-105 or LIT-120 or LIT-135.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate A survey of Medieval art covering Early Christian, Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic developments in architecture, painting, and sculpture. Usually offered alternate years. Prerequisite: ARTH-105.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate Architecture, painting, sculpture, manuscript illuminations, and stained glass from the twelfth to the fifteenth century in Europe. Meets with ARTH-608. Prerequisite: ARTH-105 or ARTH-303.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate This course covers portraiture, landscape, and genre painting from the early Colonial period to the late nineteenth century. It examines major artists and movements including Colonial portraiture, Hudson River School and Luminist landscape, sculpture, and photography, and artists including Eakins, Homer, and Cassatt. Emphasizes cultural politics, colonialism, slavery, Native Americans, gender issues, and relationships between American and European art. Meets with ARTH-631. Usually offered alternate falls. Prerequisite: ARTH-105 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate This course covers art from the Gilded Age through early 1930s. It examines major artists and movements, including American Impressionism, Ashcan School, American modernist abstraction, Harlem Renaissance, and regionalism. Focuses on relation to European modernisms and U.S. cultural politics, including gender and racial issues and the rise of major museums, dealers, and collectors. Meets with ARTH-632. Usually offered alternate springs. Prerequisite: ARTH-105 and ARTH-210 or permission of instructor.
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