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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Offered fall and spring. American painting, sculpture, architecture and decorative arts from the Colonial period through 1870. Topics will include Colonial portraiture, African American aesthetics, the definition of folk art, nationalism and landscape painting, and the question of American exceptionalism. The course will also introduce students to problems of interpretation in current scholarship. Prerequisite: GARTH 206 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Offered fall and spring. American painting, sculpture, architecture and decorative arts from 1870 to 1945. The course will address topics such as the American Renaissance, the Harlem Renaissance, Chicago School architecture, masculinity in Western American art, notions of decay in turn-of-the-century art and American modernism. It will also introduce methodological debates in current scholarship. Prerequisite: GARTH 206 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Offered fall and spring. Art of indigenous peoples in the Americas (Meso, Central, South and/or North) before European contact. The course will examine domestic and state architecture, painting, textiles, ceramics, metalwork, and earthworks within the context of geographic, state, religious and social issues. Other topics include museum display, repatriation and western taxonomies.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Offered fall and spring. A seminar on the architecture and material culture of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. The course will examine the house's design, artwork, decorative arts, mechanical devices, landscape/garden design and Mulberry Row. Topics will include African American artisans at the Monticello joinery, Jefferson's Indian Hall, and European and African American domestic life in the Federal Period. Required field trips. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Offered fall and spring. Study of selected topics in art history at the advanced level. May be repeated when course content changes. See e-campus for current topics.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
1-3 credits, repeatable. Offered fall and spring. Independent activity, such as research or studio practice, under faculty supervision. Projected studies in any area of the school's offering must be arranged with the instructors who will direct them. Offered only with consent of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. A broad introduction to the multidisciplinary "field" of material culture studies through readings, written assignments, in-class exercises and field trips. The course introduces ways of looking at and learning from objects and examines how scholars from several disciplines have used material culture in their work. Prerequisite: HIST 395. Instructor's permission required to waive HIST 395 prerequisite for non-history majors.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. An introduction to the philosophy and techniques of historic preservation, guidelines for restoration, state and national register forms and procedures, historic architecture, structural analysis, restoration techniques, as well as the business aspects of historic preservation projects. Field trips are a major component of the course. Prerequisite: HIST 395. Instructor's permission required to waive HIST 395 prerequisite for non-history majors.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. The practice and philosophy of museum work, including the areas of design, conservation, registration, education and administration. Subject is taught from the perspective of the museum profession and is applicable to diverse disciplines and types of collections. Prerequisite: HIST 395. Instructor's permission required to waive HIST 395 prerequisite for non-history majors.
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1.00 - 8.00 Credits
1-8 credits. Offered fall and spring. An off-campus program prepared and monitored on an individual basis. Internships are designed to provide practical experience in the arts. Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor. ARTH 494 if in museums and galleries.
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