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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the history of Western art from its beginnings in the caves of Ice Age Europe to the period of Gothic cathedrals. Painting, sculpture, architecture and decorative arts in their social, cultural and historical contexts. Emphasis on new discoveries and theories that have significantly changed our understanding of prehistoric, ancient and medieval art. Enrollment limited to 45 students per section. J. Alchermes
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4.00 Credits
Western painting, sculpture and architecture in relation to political, social, religious and intellectual change from the Renaissance through postmodernism. Enrollment limited to 45 students per section. B. Zabel, R. Baldwin
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4.00 Credits
Architecture from the Italian Renaissance in the 15th century to critiques of Modernism in the post-World War II period, considered in the context of social, cultural, economic, and political developments. An emphasis on Europe and the United States, with some attention to urbanism and landscape architecture. Prerequisite: Art History 121 or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 45 students. A. Van Slyck
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4.00 Credits
This is an introduction to major events and figures in modern Chinese art and cultural history. The course will examine visual phenomena such as political posters, national art shows, "model operas,"experimental films, and popular TV programs from the perspective of national identity, gender roles, visual expression, personal choice, and collective memory. This is the same course as East Asian Studies 203. Enrollment limited to 30 students. Q. Ning
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4.00 Credits
Art and aesthetics of Africa and the African diaspora, with emphasis on the social function of objects in different contexts of creation, use, and display. Topics include art in the cycle of life, masquerades, status and display, gender, Islam and Christianity, the cult of Mami Wata, popular and contemporary painting, sacred arts of Haitian Vodou, and the history of collecting and exhibiting African art. Enrollment limited to 35 students. C. Steiner
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4.00 Credits
Survey of American architecture from initial European contact to the present, focusing on the social, political, and historical context of buildings. Emphasis on urban and suburban planning, architectural education, technological developments, and the work of major figures including women architects. Enrollment limited to 35 students. A. Van Slyck
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4.00 Credits
The urban visual culture in 15th-century Flanders, Germany, and France patronized by courtly, ecclesiastical, and burgher elites. Extensive coverage of late medieval court culture (war, hunting, pastoral, gardens, love, gender issues); shifts in traditional religious art, and the rise of new, more secular vocabularies such as portraiture and everyday life. Major artists include Jan van Eyck, Campin, Rogier van der Weyden, and Bosch. Enrollment limited to 35 students. R. Baldwin
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4.00 Credits
The urban visual culture in 16th-century France, Germany, England, and Flanders patronized by courtly, ecclesiastical, and burgher elites. Shifts in traditional religious art under the impact of humanism, Reformation, and Counter Reformation, and the rise of new, more secular vocabularies such as landscape, portraiture, everyday life, and gender issues. Major artists include Dürer, Grünewald,Holbein, and Bruegel. Enrollment limited to 35 students. R. Baldwin
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4.00 Credits
Public art and house design/decoration gave form to the ambitions of the Roman state and proclaimed the status of families and individuals. Developments in the painting, sculpture and architecture of Rome, of Italian towns such as Pompeii and Herculaneum, and of other cities in Rome's vast, culturally varied empire. Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors and to freshmen who have completed Course 121. Enrollment limited to 35 students. J. Alchermes
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4.00 Credits
Baroque art in the Catholic, court culture of the southern Netherlands (Rubens, Jordaens, Van Dyck) and in the Protestant, republican, burgher culture of the northern Netherlands (Rembrandt, Steen, Vermeer). Topics include the Counter-Reformation and Reformation, the politics of landscape art (pastoral, farming, seascape), and the social meaning of everyday imagery (domestic scenes, gender, music, still-life). Enrollment limited to 35 students. R. Baldwin
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