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3.00 Credits
Examines one of the most creative and prolific periods in Italian art and cultural history, from circa 1250 to 1600. The course places some of the most famous works of Western art in their historical and cultural contexts, by examining private, civic, and religious patronage, art theory, visual narrative, and artistic collaboration. Artists to be studied include Giotto, Donatello, Raphael, Titian, and Michelangelo. Prerequisite: ARTH 101 or ARTH 110 Arts and Communicatio72 n
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the luminously beautiful paintings, sculpture, and graphic arts produced in Northern Europe (particularly the Netherlands and Germany) from approximately 1350 to 1600. Examines the art in the context of private, civic, and religious patronage, Humanistic theory and culture, international artistic exchange, and the Protestant Reformation. Artists to be studied include Jan Van Eyck, Albrecht Durer, Hieronymus Bosch, and Pieter Brueghel. Prerequisite: ARTH 101 or ARTH 110
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the dynamic and visually arresting artistic production of the baroque and rococo periods, from approximately 1600 to 1800. The painting, sculpture, and architecture of both periods are studied in relation to their broader historical contexts, including religious and political upheaval, changes in the art market, innovative art theories and techniques, and patronage. Artists to be studied include Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Bernini, Velásquez, and Watteau. Prerequisite: ARTH 120
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3.00 Credits
Surveys the history of art from the time of the French Revolution to the first decade of the twentieth century. Emphasis on the development of major schools and styles, from Neo-Classicism to the Fauves, and on individual contributions by artists such as David, Goya, Delacroix, Manet, and the Impressionists. Prerequisite: ARTH 120
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3.00 Credits
After a brief look at the beginnings of modern architecture in the late eighteenth century, the course focuses on the most significant buildings, architects, building technologies, and architectural theories of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Prerequisite: ARTH 101 or ARTH 104 or ARTH 120
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3.00 Credits
Traces the development of industrial, domestic, and graphic design from the nineteenth century to the present. Themes include the power of the designed environment to shape daily life and the rise of professional designers to celebrity status. Prerequisite: One course in art history (ARTH101 or ARTH 399)
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3.00 Credits
A study of photography, from its beginning during the second decade of the nineteenth century to post- modernist photography of the present day. Investigate the development of this most modern of mediums through its technical, social and aesthetic components. Contributions of important photographers from Europe and the Americas, such as Weston, Alvarez Bravo, Cartier- Bresson, and Walker Evans are analyzed and discussed. Prerequisite: ARTH 101 or ARTH 104 or ARTH 106 or ARTH 120
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3.00 Credits
This course presents a chronological survey of major art forms developed in India, China, and Japan from the Neolithic period to the early 20th century. It examines works such as architecture, sculpture, painting, ceramics, bronzes, jade carvings, woodblock prints, and garden design. Attention will be given to elements of style, subject matter, symbolism, spiritual content, and cultural history. Prerequisite: ARTH 101 or ARTH 102 or ARTH 110
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3.00 Credits
Studies the arts of ancient American peoples: cultures of the Northwest Coast, Southwest, and Southeast in North America; the Olmec, Teotihuacan, Mayan, and Aztec cultures in Mesoamerica; and the Chavin, Paracas-Nazca, Moche, Chimu, and Inca cultures in South America. Prerequisite: ARTH 110 or ARTH 101 or ARTH 104 or ARTH 106
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3.00 Credits
This course covers select topics in the art of Latin America from 1900 until 1960. Emphasis will be on painting, sculpture, graphic arts, and photography. The aim of this course is not encyclopedic knowledge, but a critical understanding of works of art, artistic movements, and art historical issues, all within the context of the cultural and social fabric of life in Latin America. Prerequisite: One course in art history or by permission of instructor
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