Graduate Degree Programs
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
ART H 511
Seminar in Ancient Art (3-12) Selected topics from the history of Greek and Roman art.
Effective: Fall 1983
ART H 512
Seminar in Medieval Art (3-12) Original research into problems dealing with the art of the Middle Ages.
Effective: Fall 1983
ART H 513
Seminar in Renaissance Art (3-12) Investigations in the area of Renaissance art, centering around major masters and monuments.
Effective: Winter 1978
ART H 514
Seminar in Baroque Art (3-12) Investigations in the area of baroque art, centering around major masters and monuments.
Effective: Winter 1978
ART H 515
Seminar in Modern Art (3-12) Lectures, readings, reports, and discussions in the field of modern art.
Effective: Winter 1978
ART H 517
Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Art (3-12) Investigation into themes and problems dealing with eighteenth-century art.
Effective: Winter 1978
ART H 520
Seminar in Spanish Baroque Painting (3-6) Specific problems in the history of seventeenth-century Spanish painting.
Effective: Winter 1978
ART H 522
Seminar in Byzantine Art (3-12) Specific iconographical and stylistic problems in Byzantine art and its relation to classical antiquity, the medieval West, and Islam.
Effective: Winter 1978
ART H 525
Seminar in Modern Architecture (3-12) Investigation into the works and problems of modern architecture as they relate to the culture of our times.
Effective: Winter 1978
ART H 542
The Illustration of the Apocalypse (3-6) Studies in the illustration of the Apocalypse, iconographical and stylistic, from the early Christian period through Durer.
Effective: Winter 1978
ART H 551
Historiography of Art History (1-6) The relationship between the definition of, and approach to, art-historical problems from Vasari to the present.
Effective: Winter 1978
ART H 552
Problems in Connoisseurship (3) A study of the problems of authenticating, attributing, and dating paintings and sculpture through internal evidence.
Effective: Winter 1978
ART H 596
Individual Studies (1-9) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Spring 1987
ART H 597
Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.
Effective: Spring 1987
ART H 597A
Methods of Research (3) Preparation of graduate students for professional careers in academia and museum work, involving creation of publishable articles and grant writing.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
ART H 597A
(IL)
Seminar: Religion and Art in South Asia (3) An exploration of the relationship between religious identity and artistic patronage in South Asia.
Effective: Fall 2010 Ending: Fall 2010 Future: Fall 2010
ART H 600
Thesis Research (1-15) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983
ART H 601
Ph.D. Dissertation Full-Time (0) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983
ART H 602
Supervised Experience in College Teaching (1-3 per semester/maximum of 6) Supervised experience for teaching assistants in art history.
Effective: Fall 1983
ART H 610
Thesis Research Off Campus (1-15) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983
ART H 611
Ph.D. Dissertation Part-Time (0) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983
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