University Bulletin
Undergraduate Degree Programs
ART H 001S
(GA)
First-Year Seminar (3) An introduction to the field of art history, through an examination of a selected issue in a seminar setting.
Effective: Fall 2000
ART H 100
(GA;IL)
Introduction to Art (3) An approach to the understanding of art through a critical analysis of selected works of architecture, painting, and sculpture. Students who have passed ART H 110 may not schedule this course.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 111
(GA;IL)
Ancient to Medieval Art (3) Survey of Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Early Medieval, Romanesque, and Gothic art, with an emphasis on sculpture and painting.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 111U
(GA;IL)
Ancient to Medieval Art (3) Survey of Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Early Medieval, Romanesque, and Gothic art, with an emphasis on sculpture and painting.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
ART H 111U
(GA;IL)
Ancient to Medieval Art (3) Survey of Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Early Medieval, Romanesque, and Gothic art, with an emphasis on sculpture and painting.
Effective: Spring 2011 Ending: Spring 2011 Future: Spring 2011
ART H 112
(GA;IL)
Renaissance to Modern Art (3) Survey of Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Romantic, Modern, and Contemporary art, with an emphasis on painting, sculpture, and graphic arts.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 112U
(GA;IL)
Renaissance to Modern Art (3) Survey of Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Romantic, Modern, and Contemporary art, with an emphasis on painting, sculpture, and graphic arts.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
ART H 112U
(GA;IL)
Renaissance to Modern Art (3) Survey of Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Romantic, Modern, and Contemporary art, with an emphasis on painting, sculpture, and graphic arts.
Effective: Fall 2010 Ending: Fall 2010 Future: Fall 2010
ART H 120
(GA;IL)
Asian Art and Architecture (3) A selective overview of the art and architecture of India, Southeast Asia, China, Korea, and Japan.
Effective: Summer 2005
ART H 130
(GA;US;IL)
African, Oceanic, and Native American Art (3) A selective overview of the history of African, Oceanic, and Native American art.
Effective: Summer 2005
ART H 197
Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1992
ART H 197A
The History of Sequential Art - Comics and Graphic Novels (3) Course will lead students on a journey through one of the world's most interesting and yet most misunderstood art forms.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
ART H 198
Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1992
ART H 199
(IL)
Foreign Study--Art History (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2005
ART H 201
(GA;IL)
Ancient to Medieval Architecture (3) A survey of Prehistoric, Ancient Near Eastern Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Early Christian, Byzantine, Early Medieval, Romanesque, and Gothic architecture.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 202
(GA;US;IL)
Renaissance to Modern Architecture (3) A survey of Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Romantic, Victorian, Modern, Post-Modern, and Contemporary architecture in Europe and America.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 225
(GA;GH)
(WMNST 225, ENGL 225)
Sexuality and Modern Visual Culture (3) An examination of the visual expression of gender and sexual identities in English-speaking cultures since the late nineteenth century.
Effective: Summer 2009
ART H 250
(PHOTO 201)
A Chronological Survey of Photography (3) A survey of photography's place and influence in a social, cultural, and historical context.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 296
Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Fall 1983
ART H 297
Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1983
ART H 297A
(IL)
Ancient Quarries (3) (Egypt, Greece, and Turkey) to learn methods and cultural context for major monuments, art and architecture, 6th c BCE-2nd c CE
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
ART H 298
Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1992
ART H 298A
(US)
Contemporary Art (3) 1945 to present: important movements, artists, and critical writings. Exploration of ideas such as Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Happenings, Conceptual Art and Post-Modernism.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
ART H 299
(IL)
Foreign Study--Art History (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2005
ART H 300H
Honors Course in Art History (3-12) Readings, discussion, oral and written reports on selected topics in art history.
Effective: Fall 1983
Prerequisite:
fifth-semester standing all-University and art history average of B and invitation by Department Honors Committee
ART H 301
(GA;IL)
Egyptian and Mesopotamian Art (3) Art of the Ancient Near East, including Egypt, Mesopotamia, and neighboring civilizations.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 302
(GA;IL)
Art of the Early Middle Ages (3) A survey of the art of Western Europe from the Early Christian era through the Ottonian Empire, c.300-1050 A.D.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 303
(GA;IL)
Italian Renaissance Art (3) The major arts in Italy from the thirteenth century A.D. through the Renaissance; emphasis on sculpture and painting.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 304
(GA;IL)
Southern Baroque Painting (3) Seventeenth-century painting in Italy, France, and Spain. Emphasis will be on Italy as the vanguard country.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 305
(GA;IL)
European Art from 1780-1860 (3) A survey of painting and sculpture in Europe 1780-1860, from the origins of Neoclassicism through Romanticism and Realism.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 306
(GA;IL)
English Art (3) An introduction to the history of art in England by examining selected themes and issues.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 307
(GA;US)
(AM ST 307)
American Art (3) History of art in the English colonies and the United States from the seventeenth century to the present.
Effective: Spring 2008
ART H 311
(GA;IL)
Greek and Roman Art (3) Greek and Roman art, with emphasis on painting and sculpture.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 312
(GA;IL)
Romanesque and Gothic Art (3) Survey of the architecture, sculpture, and painting of the Christian church in western Europe from 1000 to 1500.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 313
(GA;IL)
Northern Renaissance Art (3) Art in northern Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, emphasizing painters such as Van Eyck, Durer, and Bruegel.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 314
(GA;IL)
Art in the Age of Rembrandt (3) Dutch and Flemish painting in the seventeenth century.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 320
(GA;IL)
Chinese Art (3) A general survey of the great periods of Chinese art from the Shang dynasty until the modern period.
Effective: Summer 2005
ART H 324
(GA;IL)
Rococo Art (3) Eighteenth-century art in western Europe, with emphasis on artists such as Watteau, Fragonard, Falconet, Le Gros, Tiepolo, Guardi, Neumann.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 325
(GA;IL)
Impressionism to Surrealism (3) A survey of European painting and sculpture from ca. 1850 to ca. 1940.
Effective: Spring 2006
ART H 330
(GA;IL)
Islamic Architecture and Art (3) Survey of the art and architecture of Islamic lands from the late seventh century until the eighteenth century.
Effective: Summer 2005
ART H 335
(GA;IL)
(AAA S 335)
African Art (3) Introduction to the visual arts of Africa, including contemporary African art and the influence of African art outside Africa.
Effective: Summer 2005
ART H 340
(GA;IL)
Japanese Art (3) This course will examine the art and architecture of Japan, its relationship to Chinese art, and its influence on European art.
Effective: Summer 2005
ART H 350W
Undergraduate Seminar in the History of Art (3-6) An introduction to original research, methodology, analysis, and writing on a scholarly level.
Effective: Summer 1992
Prerequisite:
fifth-semester standing 6 credits in art history at the 300 level or above
ART H 397
Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1992
ART H 397A
(US)
African American Art (3) A survey of African American art from the end of the nineteenth century to the present.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
ART H 398
Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1992
ART H 399
(IL)
Foreign Study--Art History (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2005
Prerequisite:
ART H 100 orART H 110 orART H 111 orART H 112
ART H 401
(IL)
Greek Art and Architecture (3-9) Developments in Greek art and architecture, tenth century B.C. to first century B.C.; emphasis on the importance of Greek sanctuaries.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 111, ART H 201 orART H 311
ART H 402
(IL)
The Illuminated Manuscript (3) Specific stylistic periods in manuscript painting from A.D. 500-1500 in Western Europe and Byzantium.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 111, ART H 302 orART H 312
ART H 404
(US)
The Art of Colonial America (3) A survey of the visual arts in the North American colonies from the explorer artists to the American Revolution.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 112, ART H 202 orART H 307
ART H 405
(US;IL)
Pioneers of Modern Architecture (3 per semester/maximum of 6) Selected period or theme in the development of modern architecture during the nineteenth and/or early twentieth centuries.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 112, ART H 202 orART H 307
ART H 409
(ART 409)
Museum Studies (3) An introduction to the professional activities that occur in art museums.
Effective: Summer 2004
Prerequisite:
6 credits of ART H ART and/or A ED
ART H 410
Taste and Criticism in Art (3) History and literature of art criticism demonstrating the varied philosophic, cultural, iconographic, technical, and visual approaches.
Effective: Summer 1999
Prerequisite:
6 credits of art history
ART H 411
(IL)
Roman Art (3-9) Roman sculpture and painting from Augustus to Constantine.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 111, ART H 201 orART H 311
ART H 412
(IL)
The Gothic Cathedral (3) Specific aspects of Romanesque and Gothic church architecture of western Europe, especially France and England, between 1000-1500.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 111, ART H 201, ART H 302 orART H 312
ART H 414
(IL)
Italian Baroque Painting (3) Survey of Italian Baroque painting from sixteenth-century proto-Baroque masters to painters of the late Baroque and Rococo periods.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 112 orART H 304
ART H 415
(US)
The Skyscraper (3) Origin and evolution of the skyscraper as seen against the background of cultural conditions and technological factors.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 112, ART H 202 orART H 307
ART H 416
(US)
American Painting: 1876-1913 (3) Art in the United States between 1876 and 1913; emergence of an American art and transition to the modern styles.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 112 orART H 307
ART H 420
(IL)
Russian Architecture (3) Russian architecture from the first Orthodox churches of the late tenth century to the end of the Soviet Union.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 111, ART H 112, ART H 201 orART H 202
ART H 422
(IL)
Studies in Medieval Sculpture (3-9) Specific studies of western European sculpture, 300-1500, with attention to sources, styles, type, and iconography.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 111, ART H 201, ART H 302 orART H 312
ART H 423
(IL)
Studies in Italian Renaissance Art (3-9) Specific studies of Italian Renaissance art, including the work of artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michaelangelo, and Raphael.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 112, ART H 202 orART H 303
ART H 424
(IL)
Masters of Northern Baroque Art (3) Seventeenth-century painters in Flanders and Holland, including the works of artists such as Rubens, Rembrandt, and Vermeer.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 112 orART H 314
ART H 426
(US;IL)
Iconoclasm: Powerful Images and their Destruction (3) Iconoclasm: exploring the political, religious, and social motivations behind the destruction of powerful imagery throughout history.
Effective: Summer 2009
Prerequisite:
3 credits of Art History in any area
ART H 429
(IL)
Studies in Baroque Art (3) Selected topics in the painting, sculpture, and architecture of seventeenth-century Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, and Spain.
Effective: Spring 2009
Prerequisite:
6 credits in art history (ART H)
ART H 430
Goya and His Times (3) The art of Francisco de Goya from the Rococo eighteenth century to the beginnings of Romanticism.
Effective: Summer 1999
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 112, ART H 305 orART H 324
ART H 432
Problems in Iconology (3-9) The investigation of content and meaning in major monuments of the history of art.
Effective: Summer 1999
Prerequisite:
6 credits of art history
ART H 435
(IL)
Studies in Modern Art (3-6) Lectures focusing on a selected movement of nineteenth- or twentieth-century art.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 112, ART H 305, ART H 307 orART H 325
ART H 442
(IL)
Late Antique and Early Christian Art (3) Survey of the architecture, painting, and minor arts of Christian society from the beginning to the mid-sixth century.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 111, ART H 201 orART H 302
ART H 450
(US;IL)
The History of Photography (3) The history of photography from 1839, with particular emphasis on the relationship with the plastic arts.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 112, ART H 305, ART H 307 orART H 325
ART H 452
(IL)
Byzantine Art (3) Monumental and minor arts of Byzantium and related areas from the reign of Justinian to the Turkish conquest of Constantinople.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 111, ART H 201 orART H 302
ART H 454
(IL)
Spanish Baroque Art (3) Survey of seventeenth-century Spanish painting and sculpture, with an emphasis on Velasquez, Murillo, Ribera, and Zurbaran.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 112 orART H 304
ART H 456
Gian Lorenzo Bernini and the Architecture of the Full Baroque in Rome (3) In-depth investigation into the architectural works and conceptual practices of Bernini and his contemporaries, with accentuation of specific monuments.
Effective: Summer 1999
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 112 orART H 202
ART H 458
Roman Rococo Architecture and the Dawn of Neoclassicism (3) Investigation into the legacy of the three giants of the Roman High Baroque: Bernini, Borromini, and Pietro da Cortona.
Effective: Summer 1999 Ending: Fall 2009
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 112 orART H 202
ART H 458
(IL)
Baroque Capitals of Europe (3) This course examines the architecture and urbanism of European capital cities from 1600-1800.
Effective: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
Prerequisite:
ART H 100 orART H 112 orART H 202 orART H 304 orART H 314
ART H 464
(IL)
French Baroque Painting (3) Examination of seventeenth-century French painting, including Italian influences; the provincial, Classical, and official styles in France.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 112 orART H 304
ART H 470
(US)
American Painting and Sculpture Since 1940 (3) Painting and sculpture in the United States from the origins of Abstract Expressionism through the present.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
ART H 100, ART H 112, ART H 307 orART H 325
ART H 475
(US)
(ART 475)
Contemporary Women Artists (3) An interdisciplinary course that investigates women artists who are integral to the production of contemporary art primarily in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Effective: Spring 2009
Prerequisite:
Fifth semester standingART H 111, ART H 112 and enrollment in the ART BA ART BFA Art Education or Integrative Arts degree program
ART H 476
(ART 476)
History and Theory of Digital Art (3) History and theories of contemporary digital art emphasizing humanistic approaches to technology.
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite:
ART H 100 orART H 112 orART H 307 orART H 325 orART H 326 orART 211
ART H 496
Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Fall 1983
ART H 497
Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1983
ART H 497A
(IL)
Medieval Monasteries (3) Course examines issues of design, construction, function and symbolism in the monastic architecture of Western Europe during the Middle Ages.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
ART H 497A
(IL)
Chinese Painting: Image and Text (3) The course examines a range of issues concerning the relationship of texts to pictures in pre-modern period Chinese painting.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
ART H 497A
(IL)
Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture (3) An examination of selected monuments of Ancient Egyptian art and architecture.
Effective: Fall 2010 Ending: Fall 2010 Future: Fall 2010
Prerequisite:
ART H 100 orART H 111 orART H 201 orART H 301
ART H 497B
(IL)
Circa 1600: Artistic Exchange & Response: Europe, Asia & the New World (3) Explores arts cross-culturally in the age of Europe's early exploration, including Mughal India, Ming China, Central America.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
ART H 497B
Prints and Printmaking in the Northern Renaissance and Baroque (3) This course examines the major printmakers--their techniques, subjects, and audiences--of Germany and the Netherlands in the 15th-17th centuries.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
ART H 497B
(US;IL)
The Shock of the New: Provocation and Challenge in European Art 1400-1650 (3) A team-taught, interdisciplinary exploration of provocative challenges to tradition in the visual arts, music and literature, 1400-1650.
Effective: Fall 2010 Ending: Fall 2010 Future: Fall 2010
Prerequisite:
ART H 100 orART H 112 orART H 202 orART H 303 orART H 304 orART H 313 orART H 314
ART H 497C
(IL)
Images and Text in Chinese Painting (3) The relationship between texts and images assumes primary significance in Chinese painting. Many Chinese paintings in the pre-modern period resonate with centuries of poetic writing or are meant to be associated with literary references. This course examines a range of issues concerning the relationship of texts to pictures, such as facilitating narratives in painting, practices of writing on painting (inscriptions), poetic allusions, and modes of illustration in specific pictorial formats and genres. Topics include: commemorative images of historical stories, illustrations accompanying literary accounts, images of commoners' life episodes, poetic paintings, and Buddhist narratives. Students are expected to develop analytical skills with a focus on general picture/text relatinoships, while learning to grasp the nuanced commonalities of Chinese pictorial and literary tradition. No prior knowledge of Chinese is assumed for this class.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
ART H 497D
(IL)
Urbanism and Cinema in Asia (3) This course will explore the relationship between Asian urban environments and cinema and experience urban modernity in its diverse contexts.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
ART H 498
Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1992
ART H 499
(IL)
Foreign Study--Art History (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2005
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