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3.00 Credits
J. Oliver A study of painting, sculpture, manuscripts, and prints of the 15th and 16th centuries produced in the Low Countries, Germany, and France. The course concentrates on style developments and the changing religious and social context of works of art. Themes explored include the emergence of panel painting, new forms of devotional imagery, the role of symbols in the art of Van Eyck and Bosch, the impact of the Protestant Reformation, cross-influences between northern Europe and the Italian Renaissance, and the roles of Dürer, Holbein, and Brueghel in creating the humanistic Renaissance of the 16th century.
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3.00 Credits
C. Guile This course surveys the art of 17th-century Italy, France, Spain, and the Netherlands, focusing on the works of artists such as Caravaggio, Velázquez, Rubens, and Rembrandt, among others. The course considers issues of patronage and explores the interactions between artistic production and political, religious, and scientific developments of the day. It also addresses one of the core paradoxes of the period - that startling innovation and creativity were not inconsistent with serving the purposes of states and ideologies that at first appear rigid and authoritarian.
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3.00 Credits
M. Calo This is a selective survey of American art from the Colonial period to World War II that emphasizes artistic production as a function of political, economic, and social developments in America from the founding of the nation through the Depression.
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3.00 Credits
R. McVaugh This study of European painting and sculpture from 1750 to 1900 focuses on the emergence of Romantic and Neoclassical ideals from 1750 to 1800, their fruition between 1800 and 1850, and their evolution in Realism, Impressionism, Symbolism, and post-Impressionism from 1850 to 1900. A credit-bearing workshop, ARTS 236L, must be taken concurrently with ARTS 236. Workshops focus on engagement of original works of art in the Picker Gallery as well as research and writing strategies and skills pertinent to art history.
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3.00 Credits
M. Calo, R. McVaugh This survey of the major artistic movements in Western Europe from 1900 to 1945 examines the problems of representation, abstraction, and modernism through works of art and the critical traditions which developed alongside them. Emphasis is placed on painting and sculpture, with some consideration of film and photography.
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3.00 Credits
P. Kaimal This survey of the Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim arts of India from the 2nd millennium B.C. until the 20th century A.D. examines architecture, painting, and sculpture. Special attention is devoted to elements of Indian culture that lend Indian art its distinctive character.
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3.00 Credits
P. Kaimal This study of East Asian paintings and woodblock prints from China's Han Dynasty to 20th-century Japan includes discussion of the impact of the artists' social status on works of art and the nature of Japan's reinterpretation of Chinese forms
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3.00 Credits
C.A. Lorenz A study of the principal art styles of sub-Saharan Africa, this course gives attention to both the formal and cultural aspects of indigenous art. The manufacture and usage of art objects is examined within the contexts of local religious, social, and political systems, as well as within the larger framework of language and cultural areas. Traditional art styles are analyzed as products of both collective aesthetics and individual innovation. Attention is given to transmission of art forms from culture to culture and to the persistence of traditional art in the face of social change. This course is crosslisted as SOAN 248.
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3.00 Credits
C.A. Lorenz This course examines the principal art styles of the pre-Columbian cultures of South and Middle America, while also considering their impact on the art of indigenous cultures of North America. Relying on archaeological and art historical sources, students discover the usefulness of art and architecture in reconstructing the cultures of the pre-Columbian past. The course also considers the relationship of art and architecture to the environment; the effects of migration, trade, warfare, and technological innovation on the development of art styles; and the use of art in maintaining social hierarchies, political institutions, and religious systems. This course is crosslisted as SOAN 249.
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3.00 Credits
C.A. Lorenz Relying on archaeological, art historical, and ethnographic sources, this course examines the principal art styles of the indigenous cultures of North America. The course explores such issues as the usefulness of art objects in reconstructing cultures of the past and as historical documents for living peoples; gender roles in art production; the relationship between art, technology, and utility; the use of art as educational tools, memory aids, and religious devices; the relative importance of tradition and innovation; and the role of contemporary art in Native North American life today. This course is crosslisted as SOAN 250.
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