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3.00 Credits
Hellenistic art has o?en been regarded as a chaotic, decadent phase between the golden ages of classical Greece and imperial Rome. yet the period in the Mediterranean from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE to the Roman conquest of Egypt in 31 BCE saw the creation of some of the greatest masterpieces of ancient art, the development of formal art criticism, and the mass production of art for private enjoyment. The course addresses the new themes and purposes of art in a cosmopolitan culture that, in many respects, was not unlike our own. Meets Humanities I-A requirement B. Bergmann Prereq. soph, jr, sr, or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
At its height, the Roman Empire spanned a vast area, from modern Scotland to Libya and Iraq.Within that territory lived peoples of multiple races, languages, and religions. This course explores the art and architecture created in this global culture from its beginning in 30 BCE to the dedication of the first Christian capital, Constantinople, in 330 CE. Subjects include propaganda, arena spectacles, the home, mystery religions, and the catacombs. Meets Humanities I-A requirement B. Bergmann Prereq. soph, jr, sr, or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
A historical survey of the architecture, monumental sculpture, and painting of France, England, Germany, and Italy. The course concentrates on the cathedral as a total work of art, on the meaning of its imagery, and on the role of art in contemporary society. Meets Humanities I-A requirement M. Davis Prereq. soph, jr, sr, or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
This survey explores the development of painting, sculpture, and architecture in fi?eenth- and sixteenth-century Italy with emphasis on Florence, Rome, and Venice as discrete cultural contexts for the work of Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael,Michelangelo, and titian. Meets Humanities I-A requirement J. Varriano Prereq. soph, jr, sr; or with permission of instructor; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
This survey of seventeenth- and eighteenthcentury art in Italy and Spain treats the major stylistic and thematic developments in painting, sculpture, and, to a lesser extent, architecture. Special emphasis is given to the vivid naturalism of Caravaggio and Velazquez, the refined classicism of the Carracci, and the impassioned manner of Bernini. Attention is also given to the different cultural contexts in which the works of art were first created and are now interpreted. Meets Humanities I-A requirement J. Varriano Prereq. soph, jr, sr, or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
This survey of seventeenth- and early eighteenth- century art in Holland, Flanders, and France emphasizes the way in which widely divergent religious practices and governmental institutions affected the making of art in those countries. Rembrandt, Hals, Vermeer, Rubens, Van Dyck, and Poussin are among the artists discussed. Meets Humanities I-A requirement J. Varriano Prereq. soph, jr, sr, or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
This course traces major developments in European art during the periods traditionally designated by the terms neoclassicism, romanticism, realism, and impressionism. Focusing primarily on French art, but branching out to consider the art of England and Spain, it explores the key artistic themes of the century: the engagement with history, the rise of nationhood, the experience of the urban, the Marxist proposal, the grappling with modernity, the dealing in individual temperaments. Among the major figures to be studied are Constable, Courbet, David, Delacroix, Goya, Ingres, Manet, Monet, and Renoir. Meets Humanities I-A requirement A. Lee Prereq. soph, jr, sr, or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
This survey course traces the rise and development of photography in the united States and, to a lesser extent, Mexico and the countries inWestern Europe. It charts the wide range of work with the camera, including commercial, so-called "vernacular," and fineart projects, and considers pictures from photography's very beginnings in the midnineteenth century to today's practices. Among the major figures to be discussed are the early landscape photographers O'Sullivan andWatkins, the avant-garde photographers Stieglitz and Genthe, the Depression-era photographers Evans and Lange, and the socalled New Documentarians Arbus and Frank. Meets Humanities I-A requirement A. Lee Prereq. soph, jr, sr, or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of major movements and personalities in architecture from the late nineteenth century to the present. Emphasizing the united States against the background of European developments, the course considers the search by architects, including Frank LloydWright, Le Corbusier, and Frank Gehry, for a language of form and space that captures the contemporary spirit as it elevates society to a higher plane of existence. Discussion focuses on issues of technology and utopia, the skyscraper, and the collision of tradition, modernity, and postmodernism in architecture since 1945. Meets Humanities I-A requirement M. Davis Prereq. soph, jr, sr, or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the great ruptures in European art that today we call modernist. It relates aspects of that art to the equally great transformations in European society: revolutionary ferment, the rise and consolidation of industrial capitalism, colonization and its discontents, and world war. Among the major figures to be studied are Duchamp, Matisse, Malevich, Picasso, Seurat, and van Gogh. Meets Humanities I-A requirement A. Lee Prereq. soph, jr, sr, or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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