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4.00 Credits
4 hours. A close examination of the nature of sculptural viewing over the past 200 years. Sculptural theory is considered alongside contemporary artistic practice, ranging from Antonio Canova's neoclassical figures to Janet Cardiff's audio walks. Primary sources will be used for class discussion, along with Potts' "The Sculptural Imagination". In addition to thinking critically about the phenomenon of viewing, we will investigate the changing attitudes toward sculpture and the broadening definitions of three-dimensional work in the modern period.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. A round-table seminar based on extensive group discussions and in-depth individual research on non-Western art topics.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. A round-table seminar based on extensive group discussions and in-depth individual research on significant contemporary events and developments in and around the art world.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. A round-table seminar based on extensive group discussions and in-depth research on recent innovations in technology and how that technology has impacted art production and theory.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. This course examines issues of representation and reception in the work of Pablo Picasso. Students will critically explore a broad range of Picasso's work, including painting and printmaking, sculpture, and ceramics. This artist, whose production spanned most of the 20th century, will serve as a case-study for discussions on the nature of modern theory and art criticism.
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2.00 Credits
Capstone course open to graduating majors in Art History and Theory for the development of an article of publishable quality presented as a B.S. Thesis. Students write the thesis under the guidance of their primary advisor. Prerequisites: Completion of at least five upper-division Art History courses and permission of major advisor.
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4.00 Credits
This course explores the medieval image in art with an emphasis on manuscript illumination. Various media, including wall painting, mosaic, enamel work, stained glass, ivory, wood, and (non-architectural) stone sculpture are investigated. The Early Christian, Byzantine, Early Medieval, Romanesque, and Gothic Eras are studied with regard to the work of art in its cultural and historical context, regional style, iconography, and patronage.
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4.00 Credits
This course is a survey of the Southern and Northern Netherlands in the 17th Century that will look at the role of art in Netherlandish society and economy. We'll consider the methodological issues surrounding attribution and interpretation that confront art historians today. This course is writing intensive, with two short papers, a long research paper, and essay exams.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Required for all first year MFA graduate students. This seminar brings together the students working in all three graduate programs to facilitate their participation in creating a framework for understanding the practice of art making in relation to the contemporary, global and cultural terrain.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours. Observation, supplemented by discussion of topics such as types of telescopes and auxiliary equipment, use of the Observatory, celestial coordinates and the use of reference materials, ASTRonomical photography. (F)
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