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5.00 Credits
The first half of a two-term introductory sequence in Attic Greek, the language spoken and written by Athenians of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. Students will learn necessary inflectional forms and grammatical principles required to read simple Greek prose.
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3.00 Credits
In this course selections from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations will be read. The main focus will be on understanding what Marcus is saying. Attention will also be paid to Marcus’ modes of thought and to the kind of Stoicism he practiced.
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3.00 Credits
This course will help students with no experience in the arts feel comfortable when they visit a museum or discuss paintings. Upon completing this course a student should not only have an easy familiarity with some of the greatest masterpieces of paintings, but he or she should also have attained the background and skill to understand and discuss paintings they might discover in a gallery, antique shop or home. This course is especially intended for students without background in the arts. Note: Students who have taken Masterpieces 1 cannot receive credit for Introduction to Paintings. This is a Self–Paced course. Workshop attendance is strongly advised. Workshop meetings will be held on: 9/4, 10/2 and 11/6/2010.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to European art and architecture from the early Renaissance to the present, the course will also include American works from the 18th century onwards. It will focus on a few key works by major artists in each period in all three media, and will consider the function or purpose of each work, the aesthetic principles they embodied, the motives of the patrons who commissioned or bought these works, and the historic impact of major artistic innovations.
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3.00 Credits
Foundations in Art History is a course designed specifically for students planning to pursue further study in art history. It offers an introduction to the history of the art historical discipline and its research and interpretive methods. Other courses in the art history department introduce students to the what of art history--major works and histories of the arts in specific time periods and geographic locations around the globe. This course, by contrast, is devoted to the how of what the art historian does--how she or he interprets the work of art according to its specific characteristics, the place and time in which the artwork is created, and the changing nature of viewers' responses to it. Through readings spanning art history in East Asia and the West and from the ancient world to the present, weekly discussions will invite us to explore a wide array of interpretive perspectives, to understand where and when such perspectives emerged within the discipline, and how they continue to be used today. Our engagement with these perspectives will be geared toward understanding how each plays a role in the art historian's central task, namely deciphering the meaning of the work of art. Short writing assignments throughout the term will require analysis of a specific artwork chosen from a local art collection such as the Carnegie Museum in light of different interpretative issues and methodologies.
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3.00 Credits
The course is an introduction to the major works of architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright, whose career spans much of the 20th century. His incomplete projects and goals to create an American-style architecture will be compared to his interests in Far Eastern architecture and the European art movements like Cubism and Bauhaus architecture.
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3.00 Credits
From the late eighteenth century, new processes and cultural phenomena that may be globally described as effects of modernization have impinged on architectural design and urban planning throughout the world. The development of new technologies and materials, of colonial expansion and extensive state planning in the 19th century, of multi-national corporations and sprawling urban centers in the 20th century, continue to reshape societies and environments. Through case studies of texts, monuments and sites, this course will investigate the consequences of these trends on architectural design and thought from 1800 to the 20th century.
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3.00 Credits
Approaches to the Built Environment is meant to complement HAA 0040: Introduction to Architecture. Through a series of units dealing with different architectural issues and building types (Representation; Landscape; Dwelling; Commerce and Industry; Public Institutions; Sacred Spaces), students will be introduced to ideas and problems that affect the way in which the built environment has been and continues to be shaped in a variety of historical and cultural contexts. We will think broadly about how the spaces that people move through and inhabit in their daily lives shape and are shaped by human behavior, cultural identity, political experience, and the currents of historical circumstance. Contemporary buildings and projects will figure prominently as examples of how designers currently approach architectural, structural and urban problems. Local sites will serve as case-studies for the analysis of different aspects of the built environment. This class is taught in a seminar format with students evaluated on their class participation and assigned projects. Readings and projects will introduce students to a variety of techniques for analyzing and representing the built environment, providing the basic tools for subsequent architectural research and studies.
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3.00 Credits
The Early Renaissance (1420-1500) in Italy marked a fundamental change in the way humankind saw and thought about the world and the built environment. This course examines the buildings, cities, projects, and theories of that period through its major designers. It concentrates on the new acceptance of rationality and modular linkage in building, which prefigures the rationality and scientific method characteristic of the modern world.
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