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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Focuses on artists such as Vigee-Lebrun, Cassatt, Manet, Cezanne, and Van Gogh and how they revolutionized subjects and styles of art. Topics include romanticism and realism in painting, the development of Impressionism, and influences of photography on art after 1840. Studies the French Impressionist and 19th century painting collections of the Museum of Fine Arts. Hanni.
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4.00 Credits
Explores Cubism, Surrealism, and abstraction in modern art. Considers the motivations behind these movements and their relationship to social and technological changes and to the traditions of art history. Augments investigation of paintings, sculpture, and architecture with letters, journals, and poetry by artists such as Matisse, Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Louis Kahn, Jackson Pollock, and Audrey Flack. Uses local museums for further study. Hanni.
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4.00 Credits
Studies painting, photography, sculpture, and architecture from the Colonial period to the 20th century. Considers how the nation during various historical periods defined and presented itself through art. Explores the experiences of women artists in America and the role of the U.S. in the international art world. Investigates themes of portraiture, landscape, and the development of modernism. Examines artists such as Copley, Sargent, Homer, Cassatt, and OKeeffe at the Museum of Fine Arts. Hanni.
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4.00 Credits
Concentrates on European painting and sculpture during the 17th century with emphasis on the art of the Netherlands. Considers careers of significant women artists, the popularity of landscape and portraiture, and changes in the commissioning and selling of art. Includes visits to works by Rubens, Rembrandt, Steen, Van Dyck, and others in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Gardner Museum. Hanni.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces the Italian Renaissance in the context of historical, social, and religious developments, including the changing role of the artist in society, patronage, workshop systems and their effect on women artists, and humanism. Examines the careers of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, and Donatello and views the works from this period at the Museum of Fine Arts and the Gardner Museum. Hanni.
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4.00 Credits
Surveys paintings, sculpture, and architecture by women artists from medieval times to the present; analyzes the representations of women in the visual arts; and introduces theoretical issues related to feminist theory and the place of women in an expanding canon. Examines the contributions of artists such as Georgia OKeeffe, Eva Hesse, Lee Krasner, and Cindy Sherman.
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4.00 Credits
Surveys the history of photography, covering major from the 1830s to the present. Studies the medium framework with concentration on images and ideas. photography, documentary, photojournalism, and the digital arena.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces African art from 3000 BC through the present, including Egyptian, Ashanti, Benin, Dogon, Bambara, Ife, and Ethiopian art, as well as art from other African cultures. Includes guest speakers (artists, historians, curators, etc.) and visits to museums. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces the cultures of Japan and China through a study of painting, sculpture, and architecture. Considers stylistic developments and regional and historical characteristics in the context of the social, religious, and political history of these countries. Makes use of the superb Asian collection at the Museum of Fine Arts for an important opportunity to study firsthand a wide variety of Asian art. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq.: ART/COMM 138. Expands explorations in photography through self-designed photographic projects. Refines visual and technical skills. Includes two or three long term projects, critiques, discussion of the work of art photographers, visits to exhibitions, and technical exercises. Sills.
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