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An exploration of the new forms of secular and religious art that developed during the Golden Age of the Netherlands in the works of Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermeer and their contemporaries. The course examines the impact of differing religions on Flanders and the Dutch Republic, while exploring how political, economic and scientific factors encouraged the formation of seventeenth century Netherlandish art. Ms. Kuretsky. Prerequisite: Art 105-106. Two 75 minute periods. Not offered in 2008/09.
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Drawing at sites along the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie with attention to the visible evidence of conservation, recreation, transportation and commerce. History, geology, and ecology of the river are also considered. Mr. Charlap. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Not offered in 2008/09.
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Topic and instructor to be announced. Prerequisite: Art 105-106, or by permission of instructor. Two 75-minute periods.
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Topic and instructor to be announced. Prerequisite: Art 105-106, or by permission of instructor. Two 75-minute periods.
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An examination of the dominant trends and figures of the Italian and French baroque period. This course explores the works of major masters including Caravaggio, Bernini, Poussin, and La Tour, as well as such issues as the development of illusionistic ceiling decoration, the theoretical basis of baroque art, the relationship of art to the scientific revolution, and art's subservience to the church and the royal court. Ms. Winston. Prerequisite: Art 105-106, or by permission of instructor. Two 75-minute periods. Not offered in 2008/09.
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This class addresses painting and sculpture in Spain during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. We explore the art of major figures, such as El Greco, Diego Velazquez and Francisco de Zurbarán, as well as those who are less familiar. Artists and ideas are considered in their cultural context: monastic, religious, popular, devotional, court and bourgeois. In addition, we examine the use of art to expand the empire, both politically and religiously, in the New World. Ms. Winston. Prerequisite: Art 105-106, or by permission of instructor. Two 75-minute periods.
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This course examines the arts of the prehistoric, colonial, early republic, and antebellum periods. Important figures include painters such as Copley, West, Mount, Cole, and Church, and architects such as Jefferson, Bulfinch, Latrobe, Davis, and Downing. In addition, we consider the diverse and often overlooked contributions of women, Native Americans, African Americans, and folk artists. Ms. Lucic. Prerequisite: Art 105-106, or by permission of instructor. Two 75-minute periods.
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Painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, and design during America's "coming-of-age'' as a cultural, economic, and political power. The course examines the work of such figures as Richardson, Sullivan, Wright, Homer, Eakins, Cassatt, Sargent, Whistler, O'Keeffe, Hopper, Stieglitz, Strand, and the artists of the Harlem Renaissance. Ms. LucPrerequisite: Art 105-106, or by permission of instructor. Two 75-minute periods.
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(Same as Africana Studies 253b) This course explores the ways in which sculpture, textiles, painting, drawing, and photography function both historically and currently in relationship to particular themes such as religion, trade and diaspora (both Atlantic and Indian Ocean), political power and healing. We also consider the visual arts in relationship to ideas of improvisation, identity and self-representation, and forms of resistance. Ms. Brielmaier. Prerequisite: Art 105-106, or one 200-level course in Africana Studies, or by permission of the instructor.
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(Same as Africana Studies 254a) This course is organized thematically and examines the ways in which sculpture, architecture, painting, and photography function both historically and currently in relationship to broader cultural issues. Within this context, this course explores performance and masquerade in relationship to gender, social, and political power. We also consider the connections between the visual arts and cosmology, Islam, identity, ideas of diaspora, colonialism and post-colonialism, as well as the representation of the "Self", and the "Other". Ms. BrielmaiePrerequisite: Art 105-106, or one 200-level course in Africana Studies, or by permission of the instructor.
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