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3.00 Credits
Students undertake an advanced program of course, field, and library work arranged with the instructor.Proposals for special topics must be approved by the director and the dean of the student's school.Ordinarily three credits, although special arrangements are possible.
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From the mysterious depths of Paleolithic cave painting to the soaring heights of Gothic cathedral vaulting, this course surveys the early history of Western art.The course begin with the origins of art-making in prehistoric, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman cultures before viewing the transformations of these ancient arts traditions in early Christian and medieval societies.The course offers students a working vocabulary with which to compose visual analyses of works of art and evaluate them in a social and historical context.One class takes place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.Three credits.
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This survey of the art and architectural history of three major civilizations in Asia studies sacred and secular material culture in painting, sculpture, and architecture during the formation and development of each civilization, comparing them with their modern achievements.In each instance the scope of history covers at least three millennia.Foci include the Mauryan, Kushan, and Gupta periods in India; the Chou, Han, T'ang, Song, and Ch'ing dynasties in China; and the Nara, Heian, Kamakura, Edo, Tokugawa, and Meiji periods in Japan.The course emphasizes contrasting periods of isolation and open contact between these civilizations and with those in the West and highlights collections of Asian art at Yale University and in New York City during the course and on trips to study these collection s.This course meets the world diversity requirement . Three credits.
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The earliest known written description of the Jewish people is a visual record on an ancient victory monument.Dated from the 13th century B.C.E., a carved stele dedicated to Pharaoh Merneptah presents a hieroglyphic relief inauspiciously boasting: "Israel is laid waste, his seed is no more." Tracing 4,000 years of Jewish art, culture, and ritual, this course is a panoramic overview of visual expression of a people wandering through six continents, innumerable styles and artistic identities.How did the ineffable theophany at Sinai spark the complexity of Judaism's struggle with Greco-Roman pagan idolatry versus attempts at capturing the "spirit of God with wisdom and discernment and the knowledge of workmanship to design designs" [Exodus 35] transforming spirituality into a living art Three credi
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This course explores the ways in which people use images to record their world.From the development of linear perspective in the early Renaissance to the assimilation of advances in optical sciences in the baroque period and the incorporation of photography in the 19th century, art has responded to technological advances and created distinct and expressive visual cultures.By exploring painting, sculpture, the graphic arts, and architecture, students learn to analyze how the contemporary world is designed and defined by a visual heritage that incorporates historical images into film, television, and advertising.One class takes place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.Three credits.
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This course surveys the cities and sanctuaries that flourished in Mesopotamia (Ur, Babylon, Nineveh, Persepolis), Egypt (Thebes, Amarna, Karnak, Luxor) and the Aegean basin (the Cycladic Islands, Crete, Thera, Troy, Mycenae, Pylos) as early as 3000 B.C.E.- with the invention of writing - and studies their domination of the eastern Mediterranean into the first millennium B.C.E.The course analyzes the distinctive artistic developments and architectural forms of these three enduring cultures as well as their impact on Western civilization.It emphasizes objects in area museums and includes field trips.Three credits.
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This survey covers the major developments in architecture, sculpture, and painting from the time of Homer to the collapse of the Hellenistic world.The course considers the formation of the Pan-Hellenic sanctuaries of Olympia and Delphi in the geometric and archaic periods and the rise of democracy under the leadership of Pericles in Athens, culminating in the Parthenon of the high classical period and the creation of an empire under Alexander the Great.Students explore the legacy of Greek achievement in the context of its impact on the Roman world and later art.The course emphasizes objects in area museums and includes field trips.Three credits.
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This course surveys the art of the Etruscans, predecessors to the Romans on the Italic peninsula, and its impact on the Roman Republic.The course traces the development of Roman art and archaeology from the Republic to the late empire, and from the center of Rome and the achievements of Augustus to the official recognition of Christianity by Constantine the Great.Students consider the influence of the Greek legacy and Roman developments.The course emphasizes objects in area museums and includes field trips.Three credits.
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This course, devoted to the history of ancient Egyptian art from the pre-dynastic period (4200 B.C.E.) to its last manifestation in the time of the Roman occupation (100 C.E.), focuses on major themes, important stylistic movements, and selected masterpieces of Egyptian architecture, sculpture, relief, painting, and minor arts.Students consider the formation of major arts in the pre-dynastic period; great monuments of the Old Kingdom such as Djoser, Khufu, and Khafre pyramid complexes; classical art of the Middle Kingdom with the royal temples, pyramids, and tombs at Lisht and Deir el Bahari; New Kingdom temples at Karnak and Luxor; and the splendor and revolution of Amarna art.The course emphasizes objects in area collections, especially in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Three credits.
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This course comprises a chronological survey of the physical remains of the ancient city of Athens and the Attic peninsula from the Prehistoric age through the Late Roman period (30,000 B.C.- 6th century A.D.).Recent systematic excavations within the modern city have revealed a substantial amount of new information about ancient Athens, particularly during the Roman period.Students study the growing archaeological record including the results of recent excavations to gain an understanding of the ancient city through material finds.One class on location is scheduled at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.On campus, students study the Metropolitan Museum of Art Cast Collection with particular emphasis on important examples from Athens and Attica during the Greek Archaic and Classical periods, and from the Roman period.Three credits.
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