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  • AAH 349: Cities and Sanctuaries of Ancient Greece

    4.00 Credits
    The College of New Jersey

    An exploration of the major cities and sanctuaries of the Greek world from their foundations through the end of Roman rule. The course will examine various topographical, political, and religious aspects that shaped the foundation, growth, and development of these important ancient places. Various media, particularly architecture and decorative sculptural programs, will be examined in context with regard to their cultural, historical, religious, political, and/or artistic value.
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  • AAH 353: Rome of the Caesars, Rome of the Popes

    4.00 Credits
    The College of New Jersey

    This course is offered as a three-week, faculty-led, study abroad program that focuses on the art history and culture of Imperial and Papal Rome, with integration of Italian contemporary life and customs. It is designed for students interested in learning about sacred and civic art, architecture, and symbolism in Imperial and Papal Rome. Site visits, primary source readings, and critical and theoretical texts will be used to illuminate the history and culture of these important eras. The course is open to students in any major, but is particularly appropriate for those with a major or minor in art history, classical studies, literary studies, religious studies, or modern languages.
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  • AAH 370: Topics in Art History

    4.00 Credits
    The College of New Jersey

    This course may be offered as a lecture and/or seminar. Topics in Art History focuses on a different topic with each offering (e.g., current trends in art history, special offerings). May be repeated as topic changes.
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  • AAH 391: Independent Study in Art History

    1.00 - 8.00 Credits
    The College of New Jersey

    (May not be taken as a substitute for any other course) Prerequisites: Enrollment as an upper division art history major Independent study is for students engaged in advanced work only, and is an opportunity to develop personal interests and strengths within the major field. Emphasis is on individual, selfguided work under the supervision of a faculty adviser and/or committee. May be repeated.
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  • AAH 399: Internship in Art History

    1.00 - 8.00 Credits
    The College of New Jersey

    Prerequisites: Enrollment is limited to upper-division program The primary purpose of the college-level internship experience is the development of occupational or professional competence in the actual occupation setting after the student's education has been completed. Other purposes (income, career exploration, learning-by-doing, on-the-job training, etc.) cannot be the primary purpose, although they may occur as a secondary result of the internship experience.
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  • AAH 404: Women in Classical Art

    4.00 Credits
    The College of New Jersey

    (same as CLS 404 and WGS 404) Prerequisites: one previous art history course or permission of instructor This course is designed for upper-level students. We will be investigating the representation of women in ancient sculpture, painting, and the minor arts as well as the architecture and structure of ancient houses and other spaces used by women. In addition, the roles of women as patrons of the arts will be examined. Emphasis will be placed on the interpretation of art and architecture in relation to the social and cultural roles that women fulfilled in the Greek and Roman worlds.
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  • AAH 415: Photography in India

    4.00 Credits
    The College of New Jersey

    Prerequisite: one previous course in art history or permission of the instructor This course traces the development of photography in India from its introduction by the British in the 1840s through to the present day. It explores how photography has reflected and influenced the major historical and social changes of the last 150 years in South Asia. It also explores theoretical issues srrounding photography as a medium, including the tension between photography as documentation versus photography as fine art, the politics of representation, and the role of the photographer as agent of social change. Emphasis is placed on discussion of weekly readings and on a semester-long research project.
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  • AAH 450: Art in the Classical Tradition

    4.00 Credits
    The College of New Jersey

    This course will explore the varied responses of artists, poets, collectors, travelers, critics, and political leaders to the stimulus of the material remains of ancient Greece and Rome. We will consider the subject chronologically -- from antiquity through the Renaissance, Neoclassical, and Modern periods -- and also thematically, investigating interpretations and uses of classical art and architecture up to the present day. Major themes will include fragments and ruins; the discovery, collection, and display of antiquities; antiquities as political and cultural capital; art and Eros. Readings will be drawn from a variety of sources in order to sample the great range and richness of the scholarly literature on this subject.
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  • AAH 498: Junior Research Seminar

    4.00 Credits
    The College of New Jersey

    This course will focus on the history, methodology, and critical development of the discipline of art history and the history and contemporary implications of the museum. Students will develop their skills in writing and thinking like art historians. During the first half of the course, selected scholarly essays will be read and discussed. In the second half, students will substantially rework a paper written for a past course, with the aim of significantly improving its quality through the application of enhanced research and writing skills. Students will also develop a proposal for a paper to be written in the fall semester of the senior year; that paper will be the Senior Capstone project and will be presented orally to the art history faculty and students.
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  • AAH 499: Art History Senior Seminar Capstone

    4.00 Credits
    The College of New Jersey

    Students will refine their skills in writing and thinking like art historians. Students will work independently with an art history faculty on a topic approved in AAH 498, producing a 25-30- page paper and an oral report which will be delivered in a public presentation to the art history faculty and students. A final exit exam will also be given. These learning activities require thinking at a sophisticated level, and the written parts of these activities will require students to demonstrate their skills in researching and reading scholarly works, thinking critically, developing theses, and refining arguments.
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