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3.00 Credits
This two-semester art history course is a chronological overview of art works from the prehistoric period up to the twentyfirst century. This course introduces the student to the major historical monuments of world art with an emphasis on the works' form, style, expression and cultural meaning. Friday lectures and weekly section meetings, based on student involvement and participation, introduce the student to a variety of art forms from different cultures and periods. The course also introduces the student to art historical vocabulary and various methods of art historical research. The course integrates a visit to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Required: 3 credits/semester; 3 hours/ week. No prerequisite. This course may not be dropped without department head approval. A lab fee is charged; see rate schedule. Required: 3 credits/ semester; 3 hours/week. No prerequisite. This course may not be dropped without department head approval. A lab fee is charged; see rate schedule.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the art of Japan from the prehistoric period to the 20th century. The diverse influences on Japanese art are studied in historical context. Active participation in the form of discussion and student presentations is emphasized. Elective: 3 credits/semester; 3 hours/week. Prerequisite: AH 101-102 or equivalent. A lab fee is charged; see rate schedule.
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3.00 Credits
This class provides a foundation in critical theory and in the skills of critical thinking and writing. We will consider the relationship between the theory and practice of art. Each week we will look at a different critical issue related to making and interpreting art, covering- the sometimes overlapping- issues of form, process, representation, reproduction, originality, distribution, institutions, gender, identity, culture and politics. We will frame these issues in relationship to specific case studies drawn from a range of media, including examples from studio areas at MECA . Students will be encouraged to make links between critical issues covered in class and their own work, and to understand the ways that theory connects to artistic practice. Elective: 3 credits/semester; 3 hours/ week. (required for all students who entered MECA in 2006 and after) Prerequisite: AH 101-102 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an examination of the art of America from 1900-1960. In the course of our study of American art in the twentieth century, we will explore the ways in which American art became "American". Thisinvestigation will cover the struggles of modernism and of the avant-garde in early 20th century America, the role of Regionalism in developing America's artistic identity during the thirties, and the impact of the Depression, WWII , and the culture of consumerism on post WWII American art. Weekly readings focus on artists and their work as well as issues of class, gender and race that helped shape American art. Elective: 3 credits/semester; 3 hours/ week. Prerequisite: AH 101-102 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine art created in Northern European countries from the late fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries. Traditionally, the study of the Renaissance begins in fourteenth century Italy, where artists and scholars began to rediscover their enthusiasm for the ancient classical world. Instead, this course will examine the concept of the "Renaissance" asit manifests itself in countries north of the Alps. Approaching the Renaissance from a thematic rather than the standard chronological/geographical format we will examine a wide range of works of art, their makers, patrons, and their social and cultural environments. We will look at artistic achievements of the courts of Burgundy, from such artists as Jan van Eyck, and those from the open sales of pictures in Antwerp's art markets of the sixteenth century. Besides learning about the art and culture of the period, the student will also be asked to think critically, participate in class, and actively discuss the readings. Ultimately we will also try to understand and consider the concept of rebirth or cultural transformation as a central human concern, one that is just as important today as it was in the Renaissance. Elective: 3 credits/semester; 3 hours/week. Prerequisite: AH101-102 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
Traditional Chinese ink painting is a synthesis of four arts: calligraphy, painting, seals and poetry. The traditional Chinese method of learning is also a synthesis: copying the work of the masters as well as studying the history and aesthetics of the art. This course offers an interdisciplinary approach integrating Chinese aesthetics, art history, calligraphy and painting. Students learn calligraphy, copy ancient paintings and carve seals. The course culminates in a show of student work. Elective: 3 credits/semester; 3 hours/week. Prerequisite: AH 101-102 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
This course will investigate women as makers of art, as subjects of art, and as critics, theorists, and historians of art. Rather than attempting a comprehensive chronological survey, the course will focus on a series of topics or themes exploring art production in Western Europe and America from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Among the topics to be considered are: the impact of feminism and feminist art theory on the rewriting of art history; the nude; orientalism and women as other; female subjects as the object of the gaze; feminist art of the 1970s and essentialism; psychoanalytic theory; woman and craft and art history's privileging of painting and sculpture; women and Impressionism; Victorian women artists; 19th-century American women sculptors; the careers of specific women artists, i.e., Cassatt, O'Keefe, Kahlo, Krasner, and the concept of "greatness"; race and women of coloras makers/subjects; body, performance, conceptual art; the status and concerns of contemporary women artists. Elective: 3 credits/semester; 3 hours/week. Prerequisite: AH101-102 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with advanced skills in curatorial practice. As part of the course, each student will curate an exhibition from beginning to end, including selecting the theme or focus, choosing artists and work to exemplify the theme, finding a venue, and installing the show. Students will develop their curatorial writing style through creating wall texts and labels, press releases, and catalogue essays for their exhibitions. Readings, lectures, discussion, field trips, and visiting artists will offer a diverse range of viewpoints and approaches to curatorial practice methodologies and will support the student exhibition projects. As the culmination of their exhibition, students will give a curatorial lecture on the exhibition. With the new curricular changes, Advanced Curatorial Practice will replace the previously proposed course Senior Seminar. The course will provide the Curatorial Practice learning experience that is necessary to all Art History and Curatorial Practice majors. This course will be required of all AHCP Majors, but will also be open to students who have completed Introduction to Curatorial Practice. 3 credits/week
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3.00 Credits
Students pursuing the minor may enroll in this course either semester. Students work with a thesis advisor. Independent Study: 3 credits/semester; 3 hours/week. Prerequisites: AH 101-102, AH 400 and permission of Minor Program Coordinator.
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3.00 Credits
The Art History and Curatorial Practice Major is designed to graduate practicing artists with a focus in Art History and Curatorial Practice. Their BFA degree includes the necessary development of a Senior level body of work. This course provides students with a critical forum for developing their Senior Thesis work. Building upon the studio experience of the Junior year, students are encouraged to focus their practice to create a cohesive body of Senior work. The course will encourage students to recognize and articulate the "conversations" that occurin the development of their body of work. It will also ask students to recognize the debates that surround the themes or visual meaning that may arise in their work. Through individual meetings with the instructor and group critiques, students will engage in a critical dialogue about the relationship between their studio practice, art history, and curatorial practice. They will also curate a show as part of the Seminar experience. Visiting artists will participate in group and individual critiques. 3 credits (meets 6 hours). Prerequisites: AH101; AH102; AH250; AH351; AH352; AH Senior Seminar I.
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