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4.00 Credits
Students in this course examine and analyze the representation of myth and allegory in visual art across several periods – the Gothic era, the Renaissance, the Baroque and Romantic eras – with particular attention to the significance of form and meaning in relation to textual sources, visual models, and the larger cultural context. Students may consider such topics as: personification and moralizing allegories in the Gothic era; poetic, dynastic, and religious allegories in Renaissance and Baroque art; and Romantic nature-allegories and social criticism. Note: Field trips are mandatory for this class.
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3.00 Credits
Traces the history of western architecture from the ancient world to the High Renaissance and Mannerism of the late 16th century.
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3.00 Credits
Traces the history of western architecture from the 17th century through the 20th century. The evolution of architectural thought, various formal languages (style) and theoretical concepts studied through the examination of selected buildings within their specific political, social, economic, and cultural milieu.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of landscape painting from the ancient world to the present. Its origins as a more specific genre in the 17th century is explored and particular attention is paid to its efflorescence in French and American 19th century art. How landscape painting develops in the art of the twentieth century is also analyzed, especially in relation to concepts of expressionism, abstraction, the sublime, conceptualism, land art, and more contemporary forms of realism, as well as to ideas about regionalism, nationalism and globalism. Note: Field trips are mandatory for this class.
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4.00 Credits
A selected topic from a specific period in the history of art will be examined. Note: This is a Writing Intensive Course. Field trips are mandatory for this class.
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3.00 Credits
A selected topic from a specific period in the history of art will be examined. Note: This is a Writing Intensive Course. Field trips are mandatory for this class.
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4.00 Credits
A selected topic from a specific period in the history of art will be examined. Note: This is a Writing Intensive Course. Field trips are mandatory for this class.
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4.00 Credits
The Bronze Age art of the Eastern Mediterranean was the predecessor for the Classical world of ancient Greece and Rome. Ancient Egypt, Minoan Crete, and Mycenaean Greece developed rich artistic styles during the early centuries of civilized life. Their art included some very rich and highly expressive forms of visual communication. Bronze Age society supported splendid palaces and large cities as well as small and humble settlements. The art of this period has some very interesting ways of expressing ideas, and its colorful and often symbolic iconography was very different from much of the art of later times. The course will cover the painting, sculpture, architecture, and crafts of these societies that flourished from about 3000 to 1000 BC. The course will include written papers, a midterm, and a final examination.
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4.00 Credits
Mythology played a major role in the subject matter of ancient Greek art. The stories recorded in myths and legends were illustrated both as interesting tales and as symbols for different aspects of human life and culture. The Greeks had many gods, goddesses, deified heroes, demons, and other supernatural beings whose activities and adventures ranged from the comical to the heroic. Their fascinating world made interesting art. This course explores the world of the ancient Greek myths and how they were used in ancient vase paintings, sculpture, wall paintings, and other media. The course will include written papers, a midterm, and a final examination.
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4.00 Credits
From a group of thatched huts on the banks of the Tiber River, to a wall built to keep the Picts out of England; from the marble temples to the emperors in modern Turkey to the houses of North Africa; from the theaters in Roman Gaul to the destroyed town of Pompeii, the Romans inhabited the entire Mediterranean basin and formed a diverse urban society. We will explore how the Romans built and decorated their houses, how they buried their dead, how they interacted in public spaces, and how they used art in the service of the sacred. We will begin with the formation of Rome in the 8th century BCE, and finish when Constantine moves the capital of the Empire to the east. In this chronological unfolding of the Roman world, we will explore how the Romans developed different building types for their new urban needs; developed the art of interior painting and mosaic; used sculpture to glorify the individual and explain what it means to be a “Roman”. We will pay particular attention to the interplay between the city of Rome and its monuments and the larger cultural world the Romans inhabited, especially where they met other art styles that influenced the development of their own – in Greece, France, Asia Minor, the Middle East and Africa. Note: Field trips are mandatory for this class.
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