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  • Art & Art History 301: Italian Renaissance Art

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    A survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy from 1450 through 1580. The works of Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Bramente, and Titian, among others, will be addressed. Issues of style, patronage, and function will be considered within the political and cultural contexts of the 15th and the 16th centuries. Critical and theoretical writings of the period will also be discussed. Prerequisite: 101 and 102 or permission of the instructor.
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  • Art & Art History 302: Roman Painting

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    This course will address the antecedents of Roman wall painting in ancient Greek sources, as well as issues related to classification, genre, style, function, and artistic practice. The traditional "four styles" of Roman painting first outlined by Vitruvius and more recent proposals for reconstructing these traditional stylistic categories will be addressed, as well as questions surrounding the many purposes and effects of painting in Roman culture and society. The relationship of pictorial imagery to specific literary structures and styles during the Imperial period will also be considered along with more theoretical artistic principles such as optics, illusionism, and visual imagination in the Roman world. A variety of ancient literary sources as well as scholarly studies an critiques will form the textual basis for the course, while digital reconstructions and "virtual" movement through ancient pictorial spaces will augment the visual sources we use. Prerequisite: Archaeology Core or 101 and 102 or 202.
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  • Art & Art History 303: Roman Portraiture

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    Of all visual and literary genres, portraiture is undoubtedly the most specific and elusive in western culture. Its history is as old as the ancient Greek myths about the origins of painting itself, and as recent as the current pseudo-journalistic television program entitled "Intimate Portraits." This course will examine the tradition and evolution of ancient roman portraiture as the most prolific and enduring source of the genre from its Etruscan and Hellenistic foundations through the dissolution of the Empire in the mid-fourth century AD. Republican and Imperial iconographies, funerary genres, and contextual considerations such as the public, private, and political realms will be considered. The notion of constructing a visual identity and historical legacy through portraiture as part of Roman culture, and more specific conceptual qualities such as "realism" and "idealism," "youth" and "age" will be discussed together with more technical issues such as dating, identifying physiognomic types, sculpting techniques. At least one trip to a regional museum or gallery will be required. Prerequisite: Archaeology core, or 101 and 102 or 202.
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  • Art & Art History 304: Southern Baroque Art

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    Painting, sculpture, and architecture of the 17th-century in Italy, France, and Spain will be considered. Artists included in this course are: Caravaggio, the Carracci, Reni, Artemesia Gentileschi, Bernini, Borromini, Velsquez, and Poussin. Issues of theory and criticism will also be addressed. Prerequisite: 101 and 102 or permission of the instructor. Offered alternate years.
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  • Art & Art History 306: Northern Baroque Art

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    A study of 17th-century Northern European Art with particular emphasis on Flemish and Dutch painting. Artists included in this course are Rubens, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer. Issues of theory and criticism will also be addressed. Prerequisite: 101 and 102 or permission of the instructor. Offered alternate years.
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  • Art & Art History 313: Modern Art

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    This course surveys key artistic movements and styles in a period of roughly one hundred years, beginning with Realism in 1840s France and ending with Abstract Expressionism in 1950s America. Much of the course focuses on painting, though discussions of architecture, design, sculpture and photography also play an important role. We begin with the question of what modernism is: When did it begin? What makes a work of art "modern"? How is modernism different from what preceded it? Students learn to recognize, understand and discuss the defining features of modernism in its major manifestations, while also developing an understanding of themes such as the role of African art in modernism, the changing dynamics between the fine arts and popular culture, the role of technology as an influence on art, and the place of particular critics, galleries, and museums in shaping the discourses of modernism. Individual research projects give students the chance to explore a specific artist, style or theme in depth, while a field trip to National Gallery of Art and the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C. provide an opportunity to see significant works of modern art firsthand. Assigned readings incorporate both secondary sources as well as artist's manifestos and aesthetic philosophies as primary source texts. Prerequisite: 101 and 102 or permission of the instructor.
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  • Art & Art History 314: Contemporary Art

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    A survey of major artists and movements from post-World War II to the present, beginning with Pop art through Postmodernism and global art today. The course will also incorporate key critical and theoretical writings from the period for discussion. Prerequisite: 101 and 102 or permission of the instructor.
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  • Art & Art History 315: Topics in Contemporary Art

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    This course will address recent developments in art from 1945 to the present; focus on particular artists, works, and movements will vary. Critical and theoretical issues of the period will be discussed. Prerequisite: 102 or permission of the instructor.
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  • Art & Art History 320: Advanced Photography and Imaging

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    An advanced course enabling students to explore advanced photo-based techniques, experimental problems, and aspects of contemporary and historical practice in photographic-based image making. Prerequisite: 221, or permission of the instructor.
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  • Art & Art History 323: Sculpture

    3.00 Credits
    Dickinson College

    Various sculpture media will be explored including clay, plaster, wood, stone, and metals. An emphasis will be placed on carving, casting, and metal welding. Prerequisite: 123.
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