Proseminar in Ancient Art of the Bronze Age and Greece (3)

Staff

Greek art from the Minoans and Mycenaeans (c. 2000 B.C.) to the age of Alexander (c. 300 B.C.). Relationships among the arts of the different groups in the Aegean area and their impact on Western culture. The Theran volcanic eruption, the "Dorian Invasion," the portrayal of women, "heroic nudity," and the assumption of a stylistic chronology.

Proseminar in Ancient Art of the Roman Empire (3)

Staff

Roman art from the successors of Alexander the Great (c. 300 B.C.) to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (c. 300 A.D.). The impact of the Greek world on Roman art and culture; innovations and achievements of the Romans in architecture, portraiture, and historical narrative. Focus on the city of Rome and other areas of the Roman world such as North Africa and Asia.

Seminar in Ancient Art (3)

Staff

Topic announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs.

Proseminar in Early Christian and Byzantine Art and Architecture (3)

Staff

Art of the Mediterranean world following the collapse of Roman administration. Growth of the basilica and its decoration; the significance of small objects in medieval study. The rise and fall of the East Roman (Byzantine) Empire from Justinian to 1453.

Proseminar in Romanesque and Gothic Art and Architecture (3)

Staff

The origin of Western art from the Hiberno-Saxon and Carolingian worlds and their relationship to the Ancient heritage. Romanesque and Gothic architecture and its sculptural decoration as social phenomena.

Seminar in Medieval Art (3)

Staff

Topic announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs.

Proseminar in Italian Art and Architecture of the 13th through 15th Centuries (3)

Jacks

Origins, development, and theoretical foundations of Renaissance painting, sculpture, and architecture (Giotto, Duccio, Masaccio, Donatello, Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Mantegna, Bellini, Botticelli).

Proseminar in Italian Art and Architecture of the 16th Century (3)

Jacks

The development of the universal genius within the circle of Florence and Rome (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo) and their counterparts in Venice (Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Sansovino, Palladio).

von Barghahn

Royal and ducal patronage and the Flemish and French masters of the 15th century, including van Eyck, Campin, van der Weyden, Fouquet, van der Goes, Memling, and Gerard David. Topic announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs.

Proseminar in Northern Renaissance Art and Architecture (3)

von Barghahn

Francis I and Fontainebleau Palace, Henry VIII and Hampton Court, Johann Friedrich of Saxony, and the Holy Roman Emperors Maximilian I and Charles V. François Clouet, Hans Holbein, Lucas Cranach, Albrecht Dürer, Pieter Brueghel, Bernard van Orley, and others.

Seminar in Renaissance Art (3)

Jacks, von Barghahn

Topic announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs.

Proseminar in Italian Art and Architecture of the 17th Century (3)

Jacks

The Counter-Reformation and creation of the Baroque in painting, sculpture, and architecture in Rome (Carracci, Caravaggio, Bernini, Borromini, Pietro da Cortona), Turin (Guarini, Juvarra), and Venice (Longhena).

Proseminar in Northern European Art and Architecture of the 17th Century (3)

Staff

Hapsburg Flanders and Brussels under the Spanish archdukes and their patronage of Rubens and his circle. The role of Dutch merchants commissioning diverse secular themes in Utrecht, Haarlem, Delft, Leyden, and Amsterdam from "Golden Age" artists such as Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Hals. Specific topic announced in the Schedule of Classes.

Proseminar in Spanish and Portuguese Art through the 16th Century (3)

Staff

The Kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula from the Reconquest of Granada to the Renaissance Age of Exploration. Specific topic announced in the Schedule of Classes.

Seminar in Baroque Art (3)

Jacks, von Barghahn

Topic announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs.

Proseminar in European Art of the 18th Century (3)

Bjelajac

Painting, sculpture, and architecture in France, Great Britain, and Italy. Emphasis on Watteau, Chardin, David, Hogarth, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Canaletto, and Tiepolo.

Seminar in European Art of the 19th Century (3)

Robinson

Topic announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs.

Proseminar in Modern Architecture in Europe and America (3)

Jacks

Major developments in architecture and urbanism from the Industrial Revolution to the end of the 20th century.

Seminar in Modern Art (3)

Obler, Dumbadze

Topic announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs.

Proseminar in American Art in the Age of Revolution (3)

Bjelajac

American art during the 18th-century "consumer revolution," the American War for Independence, and the early republic. Emphasis on the socioeconomic and political purposes of art, with focus on Enlightenment symbolism and the visualization of national identity.

Proseminar in American Art in the Era of National Expansion (3)

Bjelajac

American art from the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 to the Spanish-American War in 1898. Emphasis on the role of art in the expansion of the United States, exploring issues of race, class, and gender; art and religion.

Seminar in American Art before 1900 (3)

Bjelajac

Topic announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs.

Seminar: Studies in American Art and History (3)

Same as AmSt 6730.

Seminar in American Art of the 20th Century (3)

Dumbadze

Topic announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs.

Seminar in Photography (3)

Staff

Topic announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs.

Seminar in Historiography (3)

Dumbadze, Bjelajac

The development of art history as a discipline from the eighteenth century to the present. An investigation of different art historical methodologies, including formal analysis, iconological, feminist, Marxist, semiotic and deconstructivist approaches.

Special Topics in Art History (3)

Preventive Conservation Concepts (3)

Staff

Same as Anth/MStd 6203.

Preventive Conservation Techniques (3)

Staff

Same as Anth/MStd 6204.

Independent Research in Art History (3)

Staff

Museum Internship (3 to 6)

Staff