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3.00 Credits
This course represents a survey of the sculpture, architecture, pottery, textiles, body ornament and performance arts of Sub-Saharan Africa (the Western Sudan and the Guinea Coast of Africa from the Sahara to the Gulf of Benin). Objects will be examined in light of individual cultures and religions, traditions, and social and political change. (YR).
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the ways in which urban design both creates and reflects past and present urban conditions, cultures, and spatial relationships. The course will look at the built environment architecturally, aesthetically, and anthropologically in order to highlight the ever changing complexities of urban spheres. The placement and design of buildings and public spaces, and the resulting human interactions in those spaces, will be explored in comparative contexts.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a comprehensive study of history and development of Islamic architecture from its birth in the seventh century to the present time. The course is designed to explain major characteristics of Islamic architecture through the study and analysis of major monumental buildings both religious and secular: Mosques, Madrasas (schools), Mausoleums, Palaces, and other buildings. Detailed analysis also will be applied to different types of art associated with these buildings, such as wall painting, stucco work, wood carving, sculpture, mosaic, and calligraphy.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of problems and issues in selected areas of art history. Title as listed in the Schedule of Classes will change according to content. Course may be repeated for credit when topics differ. (OC).
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3.00 Credits
An intensive study of the complete work of a selected western painter, sculptor, or architect. In accounting for and interpreting the evolution of the large body of work by a major artist, instructors will focus on social, art-historical, and biographical determinants that shaped the art in question. Title as listed in Schedule of Classes will change according to content. Courses may be repeated for credit when specific artist differs. (OC).
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Readings and research assignments in history of art selected in accordance with the special needs and interests of art history concentrators. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours. (F,W).
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to art-historical research methods. The art historian's central task of interpretation is explored by considering the critical perspectives of connoisseurship, iconography, formal analysis, iconology, and modern literary theory. (OC).
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3.00 Credits
The course explores problems encountered in the field of art administration. Students will attend lectures given by art administrators and curators of local institutions and will be involved in the planning, organization, and presentation of an actual exhibition. (YR).
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3.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of ARTH 410. This course explores problems encountered in the field of art administration. Students will attend lectures given by art administrators and curators of local institutions and will be involved in the planning, organization, and presentation of an actual exhibition. This course is required of all students in the Art Administration track. (OC).
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3.00 Credits
Paintings and woodblock prints of the Edo/Tokugawa (1600-1868) and Meiji (1868-1912) periods are considered in light of competing developments that on the one hand looked to Japan's classical tradition and on the other to the influence of art and artists from China and the West. Special attention is given to female artists and images of women. Students cannot receive credit for both ARTH 416 and ARTH 516. (OC).
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