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  • 2.00 Credits

    Architectural techniques and styles from pre-history to the present; interrelationship among structure, function and style. Emergence of the architect as a professional and the history of construction practices. Relationship of architecture to society. Changing concepts of purpose and quality in architecture. Urban planning and garden design. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: The West in Time requirement.) 2 units - Kolarik.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Salient developments in architecture, sculpture and painting from ancient to modern times. Focus on the Western European tradition. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: The West in Time requirement.) 2 units - Department, Tucker.
  • 2.00 - 9.00 Credits

    Introduction to Asian art in its historical and cultural context with emphasis on China, Japan and India. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 2 units.
  • 2.00 - 9.00 Credits

    An introduction to the art and architecture of Asia and Western Europe. Consideration of each tradition as well as influences and contacts. Themes to be considered include sacred sites, word and image, landscape painting, orientalism and occidentalism. (Meets either the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques or The West in Time requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 2 units.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Indian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean literature, art and politics with particular attention to interrelationships among Asian countries and their ongoing dialogue with Western cultures. Course includes a museum visit, a number of films, and opportunities to examine Asian art objects firsthand. Prerequisite: FYE course. 1st years only. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 2 units.
  • 1.00 - 9.00 Credits

    The development of photography from the early 19th century to the present; history of photographic processes; theories and philosophies of photographers and their critics; the uses of the photographic image as information, propaganda and art. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
  • 1.00 - 9.00 Credits

    Artistic traditions of non-Western European cultures, e. g., Black Africa, Oceania, Pre-Columbian America. Different topics will be stressed depending upon the instructor. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
  • 1.00 - 9.00 Credits

    An introduction to Native American art, with emphasis on the arts of the Southwest. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Examines the histories of western art and music, how the arts reflect cultural ideas and how their evolving styles and meanings seem either "harmonious" or "discordant" with one another. The course will cover key developments in both disciplies in antiquity, the middle ages, the Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, Impressionist, and Modern eras. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: The West in Time requirement.) (Also listed as Music 190.) 2 units - Grace, Murray.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Selected topics in art history at the intermediate level. Block 2: Topics in Art History: Art of India. A survey of the arts of India, including architecture and landscape architecture, sculpture, painting, and material culture. Particular attention will be paid to connecting the art to the philosophical and religious traditions; as well as issues of colonialism and post colonialism. Active trade connections both to the East and to the West will be considered. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) 1 unit - Department. Half-Block: Topics in Art History: Introduction to Museum. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor or Art History 111 or 112. .5 unit - Larsen. Block 5: Topics in Art History: Modern Art. 1 unit - Department. Block 7: Topics in Art History: Italian Renaissance Art. 1 unit - Department. Block 8: Topics in Art History: Late Imperial China, Art and Culture. Seminar-style course which considers Chinese art of the Ming and Qing dynasties, particularly paintings and prints. Attention to different styles of analysis, including the investigation of: art in relation to economics; print culture; relationships between texts and images; political symbolism; artistic practice; and modes of representing the self. Multiple class presentations and an in-depth research paper required. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as Asian Studies 250.) 1 unit - Department.
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