Course Description
Focus of the themes specific to American and/or European fine arts of the 18th and/or 19th centuries. It will emphasize interdisciplinary approaches and methodological problems beyond the scope of existing chronological courses. Examples: Landscape and the Northern Romantic Tradition, and Orientalisms in Art c. 1750-1900.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
The course is taught by different faculty; therefore, the
specific criteria should be flexible. Graduate students will
be fully engaged with primary sources and asked to read and
apply more critical studies in the field as they develop an
original research project. These research topics are developed
after a series of meetings with the instructor and after
extensive reading beyond the general literature assigned. The
final research paper will address the stated themes of the
course, as well as a more synthetic consideration of larger
issues. Students receive extra reading assignments; these
consider issues of methodology, context, and content. In some
cases, students are asked to present their research to the
class. Others are asked to write more extensive exam questions
reflecting extra reading and research completed for the class.
Athena Title
Topics 18th and 19th-Cent Art
Prerequisite
Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major
Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite
Two ARHI 3000-level courses
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will be exposed to a more interdisciplinary approach to interpreting the fine arts when studied within broader thematic topics. This approach will familiarize students not only with major and secondary aesthetic figures and issues of the period, but also with the wider cultural, political, social, and philosophical debates of the time. Students will gain critical faculties through the application of distinct methodologies to 18th- and 19th-century visual culture. This course corresponds to other Topics courses in Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Modern Art that are already offered by the Art History area.
Topical Outline
Outline variable depending on topic chosen by professor.