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This course is a continuation of Intermediate Arabic. It focuses on expanding the students' knowledge of vocabulary and grammar while stressing the development of reading, spoken, and written skills in Modern Standard Arabic. The material covered in class will include lessons from the Al-Kitaab series, as well as literary and multi-media works. Emphasis will be placed on increasing cultural literacy. Class is conducted in Arabic.
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Two semeters of Intermediate Arabic or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
This tutorial addresses the powerful, competing, and bitterly contested historical narratives that underpin the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Both Israelis and Palestinians appeal to history to legitimize their territorial claims and to justify contemporary action. Special attention will be paid to the interpretations of key historical moments , especially the 1948 and 1967 wars, and on the contrasting views of some of the core issues of the conflict (Jerusalem, refugees, settlements, terrorism).
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Senior Thesis: Arabic Studies
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Senior Thesis: Arabic Studies
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3.00 Credits
A year-long introduction to a history of some European and North American art, this course concentrates on three-dimensional media in the fall (ArtH 101 - architecture and sculpture) and two-dimensional media in the spring (ArtH 102- painting, drawing, prints and photography). Even though the course focuses on Western art, it also explores interchanges among other cultures and the west, particularly in more recent times. Both semesters cover the same chronological span, from Ancient Greeks to computer geeks. We organize the course in this unusual way not only to give students the grasp of history, but also to heighten their ability to understand visual objects by coming to grips with only one artistic medium at a time. To train students to look carefully at art, we use the wealth of art resources in Williamstown: the Clark Art Institute, the Williams College Museum of Art and the Chapin Rare Book Library. Students spend time with original works of art. For the study of architecture we have a unique set of "Virtual Buildings" made expressly for this course, that approximate the experience of being in structures thousands of miles away.
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Open to first-year students
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3.00 Credits
A year-long introduction to a history of some European and North American art, this course concentrates on three-dimensional media in the fall (ArtH 101 - architecture and sculpture) and two-dimensional media in the spring (ArtH 102- painting, drawing, prints and photography). Even though the course focuses on Western art, it also explores interchanges among other cultures and the west, particularly in more recent times. Both semesters cover the same chronological span, from Ancient Greeks to computer geeks. We organize the course in this unusual way not only to give students the grasp of history, but also to heighten their ability to understand visual objects by coming to grips with only one artistic medium at a time. To train students to look carefully at art, we use the wealth of art resources in Williamstown: the Clark Art Institute, the Williams College Museum of Art and the Chapin Rare Book Library. Students spend time with original works of art. For the study of architecture we have a unique set of "Virtual Buildings" made expressly for this course, that approximate the experience of being in structures thousands of miles away.
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Open to first-year students
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces to students some of the major monuments of Asian art with an emphasis on the art of India, China, and Japan. Its contextual approach helps students gain insight into the aesthetic, religious, and political ideas and cultural meanings conveyed by the works of art. Visual analyses and thematic discussions will bear upon the interconnectedness among these three cultures, and their respective interactions with the West. This course also provides students with the vocabulary, techniques, and patterns of thinking needed for advanced art history courses. Highlights include sexual symbolism in Hindu and Buddhist art; nature or landscape painting as moral and political rhetoric; the relationship between words and images; the sex industry and kabuki theater and their art in Edo Japan; and the meeting of the East and West. This course is one of the three foundational courses; art history majors may choose any two of the three courses Arth 101, Arth 102, and Arth 103 to fulfill the foundational requirements.
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Highly recommended for first-year students
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3.00 Credits
This course looks at the human body, clothed and nude, from many perspectives, including that of the visual artist, the art historian, the performer and the creative writer. It is intended to introduce both the experiential and conceptual dimensions of the body and to develop skills in critical thinking. Lecture one week will be followed by discussion section the next. Twice a week students will attend a figure drawing workshop to study basic drawing skills like line, proportion, composition, light and space. Studio sessions will be coordinated with lectures, readings, and discussion to explore topics such as naked vs. nude, movement, spectatorship, the construction of identity, and portraiture, as well as stylistic categories such as classicism, realism, and modernism. Possible texts for purchase: Roland Barthes' Camera Lucida, John Berger's Ways of Seeing, and Mark Doty's Still Life with Oysters and Lemon. Drawing supplies will be provided and charged to the term bill. Both studio and scholarly components of the course will be weighed in the final evaluation of student achievement.
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Students who have no previous drawing experience are encouraged to enroll
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