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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A study of Renaissance painting, architecture and sculpture with emphasis on the cultural forces which give form to the art. Concentration will be centered on Italy and the emergence of humanism.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents a chronological development in style, iconography, and iconology of western painting, sculpture, architecture, and other art forms of this period.
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3.00 Credits
The art of trans-Alpine Europe as it developed nationally during the time of the Renaissance in Italy. Particular attention is paid to that art of France, Great Britain, the Germanies, and the two Netherlands.
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3.00 Credits
This course concerns itself with painting, sculpture, architecture, and the minor arts of Europe of the periods commonly known as the Baroque and Rococo.
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3.00 Credits
This course concerns itself with painting, sculpture, architecture, and the minor arts of Europe of that period between Neo-Classicism and the end of Impressionism.
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates the painting, sculpture and new art forms created in the later 20th century. Major aesthetic issues, art movements, and the primary artists involved will be studied in their historical and cultural context.
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates the role of art in shaping a culture's understanding of gender. Drawing upon themes from a variety of historical eras from the ancient world through the 19th century in Europe and the United States, it explores how art both reflects and moulds the understanding of gender roles as they are played out across the lifespan as well as range of sexual orientations. Topics pertaining to gender such as social class, power, spirituality, sexuality, work leisure, family life and age will be addressed.
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3.00 Credits
The aim of this course is to cultivate an appreciation of the Islamic faith and culture as expressed through the visual arts and architecture from the seventh through the seventeenth century. In addition to examining the major religious monuments of the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Africa, we will also explore secular works from both the royal and court context and the context of everyday life, such as manuscript illumination and calligraphy, metalwork, ceramics, textiles, ivories and glass. Throughout this course, we will also consider Islam as "the other," examining the ways in which western artists, historians and travelers have interpreted Islamic art and culture.
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3.00 Credits
This course will study villas and gardens from the early modem period onward. Focus will be placed on architectural and decorative trends of villas and their recreational, utilitarian and political functions. Topics will include garden design and the elaborate fountain and sculpture displays, grottoes, garden houses and botanical collections that were an integral part of the landscape. Emphasis will be placed on villa culture in Italy, France, England and the United States.
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates the development of photography from its inception (c. 1839) to the present. During the semester students will examine the primary photographers, techniques and aesthetic issues addressed over the last 160 years. These aspects of photography will not be viewed in isolation, but within their historical and cultural context.
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