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3.00 Credits
Survey of the history of visual arts in Islamic cultures. The course will examine architecture, painting, ceramics, and textiles in Arab, North African, Turkish, Persian and Indian contexts. Special consideration will be given to the interaction between local visual traditions and Islamic values. (Designated a non-Western culture course; fulfills humanities requirement.) R. Linrothe
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Chronological survey of Chinese painting from fourth century B.C. to eighteenth century A.D. Topics may include technical issues, ornament and pictorialism, figure painting, landscape, calligraphy, ink painting and its relationship with Chan (Zen), social backgrounds of artists, painting and poetry, and Chinese critical writings. (Designated a non-Western culture course.) R. Linrothe
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A survey of Tibetan Buddhist art, from its origins in the eighth century to the present. Attention is given to Indian Buddhist art which provided the foundation for Tibetan integration of formal and ritual influences from a number of Asian cultures. Painting and sculpture will be considered, both as markers of cultural and period style, and as expressions of Buddhist ideals. (Designated a non-Western culture course.) R. Linrothe
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A survey of art produced in the United States from the Colonial period to the present. Recurring themes will include the roles of artists in American society, the relationship of U.S. and European cultures, the contrast and connection between popular and elite artistic traditions, the building of an infrastructure of art institutions, and government involvement in art patronage. Art History Faculty
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4.00 Credits
A survey of the practices and methods of the discipline of art history, intended for majors or potential majors. Examines the key questions, interpretive approaches, institutional structures, and modes of dissemination that shape the work of the art historian. Students develop skills that are essential to advanced art historical study, such as visual literacy, research, critical reading, and writing. Should be taken by the end of second year; only offered spring semester. Prerequisite: one AH course. Art History Faculty
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the major developments in architecture, sculpture, and painting from Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations through the Hellenistic period. Attention is given to the influences on Greek art from the East and to the influence of Greek art on other cultures. (Fulfills humanities requirement.) L. Mechem
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3.00 Credits
An examination of architecture, sculpture, and painting beginning with the Villanovan and Etruscan cultures and continuing through the Republic and Empire (fourth century A.D.). Topics covered include wall painting, narrative sculpture, and city planning. (Fulfills humanities requirement.) L. Mechem
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An examination of the origins of Christian art in the Late Antique world and its subsequent development in the Byzantine world and early Medieval Europe. Areas studied include the Early Christian catacombs, Ravenna mosaics, the animal style and Hiberno-Saxon manuscripts, Carolingian Europe, and Byzantine mosaics, icons and decorative arts. Prerequisite: AH100 or 111 or permission of instructor. P. Jolly
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European art from the tenth through the fourteenth centuries, with a focus on painting, manuscript illumination, sculpture, stained glass, and the decorative arts. Prerequisite: AH100 or 111 or permission of instructor. P. Jolly
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3.00 Credits
Renaissance art in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italy, Flanders, and Germany. Artists include Masaccio, Donatello, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Jan van Eyck, Bosch, Dürer, and Bruegel. (Fulfills humanities requirement.) P. Jolly
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