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3.00 Credits
This course will explore the relationship between various patrons and artists in Italy from circa 1400 until circa 1650. We will examine the influence held by patrons such as churches, monasteries, and court rulers on art production and, in turn, how artists affected patrons' taste. In addition, the class will address issues of gender and politics to understand the process of art production and art reception in early-modern Italy. From fresco cycles to museum collections, sacred decorations and self-portraits, this course will pay close attention to individual styles while contextualizing the works within their political, social, religious and economic settings. (Touba Fleming)
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore contemporary African art and the discourses that frame its production, reception and history. Issues considered include authenticity, tradition, modernity, nationality and African diasporic art. We will also examine the complex relationship of African art to colonialism, European art and its discourses, and the influence of globalization and popular culture. We will focus on several artists or artistic traditions as case studies, including the art scene in Dakar (Senegal); artistic production in post-Apartheid South Africa; and the revival of "traditional" forms through studio art markets.We will also explore the collection and display of contemporary African art. Readings include debates over the nature of representation in the postcolonial world, critiques of the place of African art in the symbolic and monetary economies of the Western metropolis, African feminism as expressed in the arts, and studies of the new contexts of so-called ethnographic objects. Students are not expected to have prior knowledge of African art but some background in either Africana studies (theoretical discourses) or art history (historical and stylistic traditions) is recommended. The emphasis in this course will be on honing visual observational skills as well as techniques of theoretical analysis. (Kim Miller) Connections: Conx 23001 African Worlds
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3.00 Credits
A study of architectural evolution in the West from the French Revolution to the present, in light of technological, political and social developments. Particular attention focused on avant-garde movements of the late 19th and 20th centuries. (R. Tripp Evans)
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3.00 Credits
A study of major developments in art during the first half of the 20th century: Cubism and related styles in France (e.g., Picasso, Braque, Sonia and Robert Delaunay); Expressionism in Germany (e.g., Kirchner, Marc, Kandinsky, Münter, Kollwitz); the international Dada and Surrealist movements (e.g.. Duchamp, Miró, DalÃ). Works of art considered interms of style, content, theory and in relation to their social and political context. (Ann H. Murray)
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to art, art theory and criticism in the second half of the 20th century. Emphasis on Abstract Expressionism, Pop art, Color-field painting, Minimal, Conceptual, Environmental and Performance art. Class time devoted to issues and developments through the mid-1980s. Exhibitions in Boston, Providence and Wheaton's gallery provide exposure to more recent work and an opportunity to engage in art criticism. (Ann H. Murray) Connections: Conx 20034 The Historical Context of Contemporary American Culture
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3.00 Credits
Designed to introduce students to the art of 16th-century Italy, with special attention paid to Florence. Issues of technique, style, iconography, patronage, historical context and art theory are discussed in detail. (Department)
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3.00 Credits
Development of modern architecture in Japan from the Meiji Period (1868-1912) through recent decades. Chronological coverage of major stylistic, structural and spatial changes, supplemented by attention to thematic concerns such as the relationship between cultural identity, architectural form, and modernity; the influence of discourses of "traditional" Japanese architecture upon modernmovements in Japan and the West; the dialectic between "native" and "foreign" forms and desiphilosophies; the influence of social status, gender and colonialism upon architectural design and consumption; competing pressures of urbanization and preservation; issues of cultural "authenticity" inthe context of global, transnational cultures. (Sean McPherson)
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3.00 Credits
This course, organized thematically, offers a critical look into the complexities of ritual, space and spectatorship in early modern Venice. Investigations of visual culture are framed by issues of gender, race and other identity categories.
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3.00 Credits
The transformation of late antique art and architecture to suit the needs of Christian cultures in the Greek East and Latin West, from the early paintings in catacombs to the year 1000. (Evelyn Staudinger Lane)
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3.00 Credits
The art of the Western medieval world from the 11th to the 13th centuries. Special attention paid to the Romanesque monastic pilgrimage sites, their architecture and decorations; to the castles of northern Europe, their construction and design; and to the great cathedrals of Gothic France, their architecture, sculpture and stained glass. Social, political and economic factors involved in the production of this art are stressed. (Evelyn Staudinger Lane) Connections: Conx 20029 Living Architecture
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