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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course examines a wide variety of images, including paintings, sculpture, and photographs, as well as advertisements and film, in relation to the issues of gender, race, class, and sexuality. We will discuss both art history and feminist theory while investigating representations of women and men. Prerequisites: One course in art history, or sophomore standing and one course in the humanities or fine arts. 3 credits. (IRR)
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3.00 Credits
Analyzes images of political figures from early modern Europe (16th-18th centuries) and the United States (18th century-present). Engages with visual constructions of power and authority in relation to culturally specific concepts of identity, particularly issues of gender. Will examine a variety of representational formats, especially painted portraits and prints, as well as newer media, such as photography and web formats. A key issue under consideration is how concepts of identity affect the representation, assumption, and exercise of political leadership. Prerequisites: One course in art history or sophomore standing and one course in the humanities or fine arts. 3 credits. (F, E)
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3.00 Credits
Major styles of 19th-century painting and sculpture, especially in France but also in Spain, England, and Germany. Neoclassicism, romanticism, realism, impressionism, and postimpressionism are covered. Satisfies the "art, visual culture, or architecture after the year 1750" requirement in the major. Prerequisites: One course in the humanities or fine arts. 3 credits. (F,Y)
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3.00 Credits
Study of leading European painters and sculptors of the 20th century. Major movements from fauvism and expressionism through cubism, futurism, dadaism, and surrealism. Includes Rouault, Munch, Nolde, Kokoschka, Klee, Kandinsky, Matisse, Picasso, Boccioni, Mondrian, Tatlin, Duchamp, DeChirico, and Miró. Satisfies the "art, visual culture, or architecture after the year 1750" requirement in the major. Prerequisites: One course in the humanities or fine arts. 3 credits. (S,Y)
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to art produced in Mesoamerica and the Andes up to the time of contact with European cultures. Discusses artworks, monuments, and objects associated with many of the major cultures of these regions, including Olmec, Teotihuacan, Maya, Aztec, Chavin, Moche, Paracas, Mazca, Wari, and Inca. Organized chronologically within each major region. Emphasizes the range of approaches used in the study of art and art history. Satisfies the art, visual culture, or architecture before 1400 requirement in the major. Prerequisites: One course in art history, or sophomore standing and one course in the humanities or fine arts. 3 credits. (F or S-Y)
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3.00 Credits
Explores artistic production in Latin America from the independence period (19th century) through the 20th century, and identifies competing definitions of what it means to be "modern" and "Latin American." Major themes include artistic contributions to the creation of national identity, Latin American artists' negotiations of European, indigenous, and African traditions, the rise of internationalism and the art market, and the relationship between art, politics, social activism, and resistance. Addresses the following major artistic trends, among others: the academic tradition, modernismo, the Mexican mural movement, indigenismo, surrealism, constructive universalism, abstraction, conceptual art, and postmodernism. Satisfies the "art, visual culture, or architecture after the year 1750" requirement in the major. Prerequisites: One course in art history, or sophomore standing and one course in the humanities or fine arts. 3 credits. (F or S, Y)
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1.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary, team-taught introduction to the history and culture of Japan incorporates history, art history, literature, geography, religion, and contemporary affairs to create an understanding of Japan from its origins to the present. Prerequisites: One course in the fine arts, humanities, or social sciences; sophomore standing. Students may not earn credit for both ARTH 26800 and HIST 26800. 3 credits. (O)
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3.00 Credits
This course may be repeated for credit for selected topics on different subjects. Prerequisites: One course in the humanities or fine arts. 3 credits. (IRR)
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3.00 Credits
This course may be repeated for credit for selected topics on different subjects. Prerequisites: One course in the humanities or fine arts. 3 credits. (IRR)
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3.00 Credits
This course may be repeated for credit for selected topics on different subjects. Prerequisites: One course in the humanities or fine arts. 3 credits. (IRR)
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