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3.00 Credits
(=ARTH 107H) A survey of Non-Western art from prehistory to the present, including but not limited to African, Asian, Islamic, and Oceanic art as well as art of the Americas, exploring diverse cultural experiences from a visual perspective. F,S.
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3.00 Credits
(3 credits) A survey of the cultural and artistic trends from c.300 to 1300, this course will focus on France, England, Germany, and Italy, but also examine important post-classical innovations in what are now Norway, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, and Syria. Much of the discussion will concern religious architecture, culminating in High Gothic cathedrals. Decorative arts such as illuminated manuscripts, mosaics, stained glass, and sculpture in wood, stone, bronze, and gold will also be central to the course content. F,S,Su
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3.00 Credits
(3)(Prereq: ARTH 105 or ARTH 106 or ARTH 107) This course provides an introduction to aesthetics, art theory, and art criticism, as well as a foundation in the practice of research and writing in the arts. We will read theoretical and critical writing on art and art history, explore questions about the nature of art, and work with a number of theories and methodologies by which to understand art. Students will be introduced to the skills necessary to think, research, and write clearly. F,S.
Prerequisite:
Take 1 group; GROUP: Take ARTH*105; GROUP: Take ARTH*106; GROUP: Take ARTH*107(5557);
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3.00 Credits
ARTH 308 History of Photography (3). A survey of the history of photography from 1839 to the present. This course explores the history of photography from pre-photographic visual technolgies to the current revolution of digital visual media. In addition to fine art photography, we will consider a variety of photographic genres, for example, documentary and landscape photography, portraiture, and family snapshots.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the painting, sculpture, and architecture of the Italian peninsula c.1300-1550 and the revival of classical ideals and philosophies of visual representation. Focusing primarily on Florence, Venice, and Rome, the course examines the art and ideas of inspired, creative minds such as Giotto, Masaccio, Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Alberti, Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Palladio, and many more. Cross-listed with HIST 323
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3.00 Credits
This course explores European art from 1700 to the 1840s. Major artistic trends and artists from the Rococo, Enlightenment, Neoclassical, and Romantic periods will be covered.
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3.00 Credits
(3 credits) This course follows the development of a modern consciousness within the art of Europe and the United States from 1840 to 1940. The progressive advance of stlistic movements during a time of industrial change and colonial expansion includes realism, impressionism, post-impressionism, expressionism, cubism, dada, surrealism, and others. The impact of non-European traditions on the growth of a modern aesthetic is explored. F
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3.00 Credits
(3)(=ANTH 366) This course surveys the art and archaeology of early China focusing on major finds dating from the Neolithic through the Han dynasty. It also looks at how art historians and archaeologists use visual and material culture to reconstruct different aspects of early Chinese society and major issues relating to the practice of archaeology in China. F,S,Su.
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3.00 Credits
This coiurse involves travel to museums and galleries in order to broaden our understanding about how viewers perceive and interact with art in various settings. We will consider how our responses are influenced by the manner of display, nd the environment within which an exhibition is mounted. Travel destinations will include New York and Paris, and may vary each time the course is offered.
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3.00 Credits
(3)(GEOG 450)(Prereq:permission of the instructor) This course leverages digital technologies as tools for studying,visualizing, and contextualizing various aspects of material culture, including sculpture,architecture, and ritual objects. Central to this course is critical engagement with digital tools as used in the fields of art history,archaeology,public history,and virtual heritage. Focused on a semester-long historical case study,this course is predominantly hands-on,providing an opportunity for students to develop and utilize interdisciplinary and transferable skills, including 3D modeling,mapping,digital photography,photogrammetry,and graphic and web design. To that end, student will conduct focused research on an object,monument, or site in order to produce a fully documented essay. This essay will form the scholarly basis for a digital project that may employ any appropriate technologies,including Photoshop,SketchUp,GIS,Omeka/Neatline Dreamweaver,and Tourwearver. This course may be repeated for up to six credit hours. F,S,Su.
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