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  • ART H 2000: Topics in Art History

    3.00 Credits
    Temple University

    A selected topic from a specific period in the history of art will be examined.

    Note: Field trips are mandatory for this course.

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  • ART H 2001: European Decorative Arts

    4.00 Credits
    Temple University

    Traces the development of crafts from the beginning to the Industrial Revolution, focusing on the role of the craft-worker in society, the role of the patron, and the styles of different eras. Includes European, Mediterranean, and Islamic crafts.

    Note: Field trips are mandatory for this course.

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  • ART H 2002: History of Modern Crafts

    4.00 Credits
    Temple University

    Traces the ideas, personnel, workshops, objects & styles of the Arts & Crafts Movement from William Morris to Henry Mercer (1850s-ca. 1915), in Europe and the United States. Charles & Margaret Mackintosh in Scotland, Eliel Saarinen in Finland, Charles Ashbee and the Guild of Handicraft in England will be studied, among others; Stickley, Roycroft, Frank Lloyd Wright, Tiffany, etc., in the U.S., and other key designers/crafters of clay, metal, fiber, wood, glass. The influence of Japanese art & craft is a key issue for this course; also the development of the various forms of Art Nouveau.

    Note: Field trips are mandatory for this class.

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  • ART H 2003: History of Modern Crafts & Design, Part 2

    4.00 Credits
    Temple University

    This class will explore the decorative arts, crafts and design styles and movements that developed from the post WWI period to the present day. The first half of class will focus on the Bauhaus, Wiener Werkstatte, Art Deco and Streamlined Design. The second half of the semester will feature the Contemporary Craft Movement from its birth after WWII to the changing state of Craft today. The goal of the class is to learn about and become well versed in the craft and design style periods of the 20th century, the major changes going on in Europe and America that affected these artistic styles, as well as the designers and artists working in the craft and design worlds. Special attention will be given to how these topics are related to the Philadelphia area. Museum visits, critical reading and critical writing are integral to the class.

    Note: Field trips are mandatory for this class.

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  • ART H 2004: History of Printmaking

    4.00 Credits
    Temple University

    This course explores how various printmaking media, such as woodcut, etching, lithography, and silkscreen have changed the way artists put their ideas to paper from the Renaissance to contemporary times. Beginning with European woodcut and engraving in the early 15th century and Japanese woodblock printing dating from the 17th century, students examine how print technologies related to the older methods they replaced. Emphasis will be placed on major printmakers including Dürer, Rembrandt, Piranesi, Goya, Utamaro, Hokusai, Hiroshige, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Kollwitz, Munch, and contemporary artists such as Lorna Simpson, Chuck Close, Kiki Smith, and others. Uses of prints in popular and propagandistic communication will also be explored.
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  • ART H 2007: World Photography Since 1839

    4.00 Credits
    Temple University

    A history of photography from 1839 to the present and its relation to cultural contexts as well as to various theories of the functions of images. Topics discussed in considering the nineteenth century will be the relationship between photography and painting, the effect of photography on portraiture, photography in the service of exploration, and photography as practiced by anthropologists; and in considering the twentieth century, photography and abstraction, photography as fine art, photography and the critique of art history, and photography and censorship.

    Note: Field trips are mandatory for this class.

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  • ART H 2008: History of Photography

    3.00 Credits
    Temple University

    Students in this course examine and analyze the history of the photographic process and its product from its inception to contemporary innovations. Critical approaches to the evaluation and interpretation of photography are also explored.
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  • ART H 2010: Topics in Art History

    4.00 Credits
    Temple University

    A selected topic from a specific period in the history of art will be examined.

    Note: Field trips are mandatory for this class.

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  • ART H 2011: Philadelphia Architecture

    4.00 Credits
    Temple University

    This course traces the development of Philadelphia architecture from the 17th to the 20th centuries, with special attention given to the major architects who contributed to that development. Mode: This course in taught online.
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  • ART H 2013: Art of the Film

    4.00 Credits
    Temple University

    An introduction to the study of film as a work of art, an analysis of the ways filmic style and structure express meaning on several levels. Specific directors or auteurs, actors, movements, styles and technical or message-laden filmic challenges are treated, as are the relationship of film to the novel, the drama, and to the larger context of modernist and post-modern art credos and movements. Various genres of feature film, such as anti-war, feminist, noir, comedy, action, etc., are considered.
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