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3.00 Credits
This introductory lecture course examines artworks and architecture from each continent to understand the respective traditions of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, emphasizing a selection of examples within a chronological sequence.It studies material culture from each of the three areas using different art historical approaches.India, China, and Japan form the basis for the study of Asia.Cultures designated by their geographical locations provide a frame of study for African Art.Pre-Columbian, Northwest coast, and Native American visual arts represent the Americas.The course emphasizes art collections in New Haven and New York City, and one bus trip during the semester affords students a first-hand experience studying original works of art. This course meets the world diversity requirement. Three credits.
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This introduction to medieval art and architecture in Western Europe - from its Roman, Jewish, and early Christian sources to the Gothic period - explores continuity and change in art and society, including relationships to Islamic and Byzantine art.Themes of the course include the relationship of belief and ritual to religious imagery and architecture, the impact of imperial and ecclesiastical patronage, and the influence of other cultures on art forms and iconography.The course includes a field trip to the Cloisters Collection in New York City.Three credits.
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This course traces Celtic art from its sources and history on the European continent (1200 B.C.E.to the first century C.E.) to its migration to the British Isles and its subsequent transformation as it interacts with native cultures there, particularly the Irish culture.The course examines native Irish art from the stone circles and passage graves of 3000-2000 B.C.E.to the introduction of the Celtic style and continuing through the golden age of Ireland's conversion to Christianity, a development that led to rich new art forms such as illustrated bibles, jeweled chalices and reliquaries, high crosses, and the introduction of monastic and ecclesiastical architecture.The course also discusses the medieval revivals in the 19th and 20th centuries and includes a first-hand examination of Fairfield University's facsimile of th e Book of Kell s.Three credits.
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This course explores the art of the Byzantine Empire, which at its height encompassed modern-day Greece, Asia Minor, the Balkans, the Holy Land, North Africa and parts of Italy.From Constantinople's inauguration as the capital of the Roman Empire in A.D.330 to its fall in 1453, the course traces Byzantine art's pagan, early Christian, Jewish, and Islamic sources to its impact on the development of the arts of Western Europe and Russia.Major themes of the course include: religious imagery and architecture of the Eastern church; cultural exchange and influence; and the impact of imperial patronage.Three credits.
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Beyond the introductory survey of the major masters and monuments of the early Italian Renaissance, this course offers an in-depth study of several paradigm projects created between 1300 and 1500.With a diverse tool box of practical and art historical methods, we focus on selected artistic initiatives spanning some major monuments and lesser known, but equally intriguing contributions by second-tier artists.Our task is to study key works of Duccio, Giotto, Lorenzetti, Brunelleschi, Alberti, Ghiberti, Donatello, Masaccio, Fra Angelico, Uccello, Castagno, Piero, Ghirlandaio, Botticelli, Mantegna, Giovanni Bellini, Perugino, Leonardo, and juvenile works by Raphael and Michelangelo.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the achievements of Italian artists during one of the richest periods in art history.Beginning in Florence and Rome, the course traces the rise of artistic giants such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael, whose work has come to define the High Renaissance.The course then proceeds to the innovations of Mannerist artists such as Pontormo, Bronzino, Correggio, as well as the reaction to these artists in the wake of religious reforms established in the 1560s at the Council of Trent.Throughout, the course examines works of art within the context of Italian society and culture.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the arts of painting, printmaking, and sculpture in the northern and southern Netherlands, Germany, and France from 1400 to 1600.Students consider the work of major masters such as Jan van Eyck, Hieronymus Bosch, Albrecht Dürer, and Pieter Bruegel as well as the development of certain themes - the depiction of popular proverbs, landscape scenes, and scenes of daily life, for example - that were particularly popular in northern art.The course emphasizes the relationship of the arts to the rest of society.Students examine works in local collections and travel to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which has a superb collection of northern Renaissance art.Previously listed as AH 230.Three credits
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This survey of the architecture and urbanism of 15th- through early 18th-century Europe and its colonial world addresses topics such as the Renaissance revival of antiquity and its impact on architecture, the changing nature of architectural practice, the role of religious orders like the Jesuits in the dissemination of architectural style and taste, and the importance of illustrated books in advancing theoretical and practical notions about architecture and the city.The course term paper assignment considers the legacy of Renaissance and baroque architecture in the northeastern United States.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
The 17th century in Europe was marked by profound shifts in politics, religion, and culture, which are reflected in the art produced during then.This course surveys painting, sculpture, architecture, and urbanism of the Baroque era, with a focus on Italy, Spain, and France.Among the themes explored are: the impact of religious reform on the visual arts of Catholic lands; the notion of classicism as an artistic ideal; the role of academies and the market in promoting the arts; the phenomenal output of portraiture and self-portraiture; and the shaping of cities as works of art.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This introductory course surveys the major periods and key monuments in the history of architecture - largely in the West - from antiquity to the present.Topics include Greek and Roman temples and civic architecture; Medieval mosques and cathedrals; Renaissance and Baroque cities and their monuments; Early Modern factories and gardens; Machine Age museums and houses; and contemporary architectural developments of all sorts.Students will work with actual buildings in writing assignments, and learn the skills necessary to critique and interpret the built environment of the past and present in the United States and beyond.Three credits.
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