 | | Course ID: | ARHI 2000. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Art History: Technique, Style, and Context | Course
Description: | Focuses on select monuments of world art and architecture. Considering content, style, and cultural context, the discussion will introduce students to the academic discipline of art history through historic trends, intellectual ideas, and contemporary methodologies. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Art History | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARHI 2000E, ARHI 2000H | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 2000E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Art History: Technique, Style, and Context | Course
Description: | Focuses on select monuments of world art and architecture. Considering content, style, and cultural context, the discussion will introduce students to the academic discipline of art history through historic trends, intellectual ideas, and contemporary methodologies. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Art History | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARHI 2000, ARHI 2000H | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 2000H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Art History: Technique, Style, and Context (Honors) | Course
Description: | Focuses on select monuments of world art and architecture. Considering content, style, and cultural context, the discussion will introduce students to the academic discipline of art history through historic trends, intellectual ideas, and contemporary methodologies. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Art History Honors | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARHI 2000, ARHI 2000E | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 2300E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Art History: Prehistory to Renaissance | Course
Description: | Focuses on select objects and buildings between Prehistory and the Renaissance, such as the Ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, the Islamic world, and Medieval Europe. Considering content, style, and cultural context, the discussion will introduce students to the academic discipline of art history through historic trends, intellectual ideas, and contemporary methodologies. | | Athena Title: | Intro Art History Preh to Ren | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARHI 2300, ARHI 2311H | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 2300. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Art History: Prehistory to Renaissance | Course
Description: | Focuses on select objects and buildings between Prehistory and the Renaissance, such as the Ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, the Islamic world, and Medieval Europe. Considering content, style, and cultural context, the discussion will introduce students to the academic discipline of art history through historic trends, intellectual ideas, and contemporary methodologies. | | Athena Title: | Intro Art History Preh to Ren | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARHI 2300E, ARHI 2311H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 2400. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Art History: Renaissance to Contemporary | Course
Description: | Focuses on select monuments of art and architecture from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, to the global contemporary. Considering content, style, and cultural context, the discussion will introduce students to the academic discipline of art history through historic trends, intellectual ideas, and contemporary methodologies. | | Athena Title: | Intro Art History Ren to Cont | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARHI 2400E, ARHI 2411H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 2400E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Art History: Renaissance to Contemporary | Course
Description: | Focuses on select monuments of art and architecture from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, to the global contemporary. Considering content, style, and cultural context, the discussion will introduce students to the academic discipline of art history through historic trends, intellectual ideas, and contemporary methodologies. | | Athena Title: | Intro Art History Ren to Cont | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARHI 2400, ARHI 2411H | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI(CLAS) 3001. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Ancient Art and Architecture | Course
Description: | Survey of sculpture, architecture, and painting from Prehistory
(50,000 BP) to the Iron Age (800 BC) in the Prehistoric, Near
Eastern, Egyptian, and Aegean-Mediterranean cultural
traditions. Critical methodological issues, recent
archaeological discoveries, and on-going debates are
highlighted. | | Athena Title: | Ancient Art and Architecture | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H or CLAS 1000 or CLAS 1000H or CLAS 1010 or CLAS 1010H or CLAS 1020 or CLAS 1020E or CLAS1020H or CLAS(ANTH)3015 or CLAS(ANTH)3015E | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI(CLAS) 3002. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Greek Art and Architecture | Course
Description: | Sculpture, architecture, and painting of the ancient Greek
world from the beginning of the Protogeometric Period (1050 BC)
to the end of the Hellenistic Period (31 BC) in its historical,
social, and cultural context. Critical methodological issues,
recent archaeological discoveries, and on-going debates are
highlighted. | | Athena Title: | Greek Art and Architecture | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H or CLAS 1000 or CLAS 1000H or CLAS 1010 or CLAS 1010H or CLAS 1020 or CLAS 1020E or CLAS1020H or CLAS(ANTH)3015 or CLAS(ANTH)3015E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI(CLAS) 3004. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Roman Art and Architecture | Course
Description: | Sculpture, architecture, and wall painting of ancient Rome and
the lands governed by Rome from the beginning of the Iron Age
(1000 BC) to the reign of Constantine (AD 330) in its
historical, social, and cultural context. Critical
methodological issues, recent important archaeological
discoveries, and on-going debates are highlighted. | | Athena Title: | Roman Art and Architecture | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H or CLAS 1000 or CLAS 1000H or CLAS 1010 or CLAS 1010H or CLAS 1020 or CLAS 1020E or CLAS1020H or CLAS(ANTH)3015 or CLAS(ANTH)3015E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3008. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Late Antique Art and Architecture, 3rd to 7th c. CE | Course
Description: | Examination of the fusion of Greco-Roman traditions and new developments in the Mediterranean world. The emergence of new currents and two new religions, namely Christianity and Islam, is considered through discussion of monuments created not only in Europe, but also in Asia Minor, the Arabic Peninsula, and throughout North Africa. | | Athena Title: | Late Antique Art | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3010. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Medieval Art and Architecture | Course
Description: | Art and architecture from the fourth century through the
fourteenth century with an emphasis on the developments of
religious and secular architecture. | | Athena Title: | Medieval Art and Architecture | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3020. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Renaissance Art | Course
Description: | Major monuments, artists, and subjects of art from the late fourteenth through the sixteenth century in Europe. | | Athena Title: | Renaissance Art | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3022. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Art and Architecture of Byzantium - The Empire of the New Rome | Course
Description: | A survey of the art and architecture in the Byzantine world from the sixth to the sixteenth century. | | Athena Title: | Byzantine Art | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3030. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Baroque Art I: Southern Europe | Course
Description: | A survey of Baroque art and architecture in Italy, Spain, and France from ca. 1590 through 1675. Major artists to be considered include Caravaggio, Bernini, Velasquez, and Poussin. | | Athena Title: | Baroque Art | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3032. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Art and Architecture of Russia | Course
Description: | Considering the art and architecture of Russia from the eleventh through the twentieth century; four major themes will be: Christianization of Kievan Rus'; Moscow as the Third Rome; the westernization of the Russian Empire; the reinvention of the Russian past during the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. | | Athena Title: | Russian Art | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3035. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Northern Renaissance and Baroque Art | Course
Description: | A survey of Baroque art and architecture in Flanders, the Netherlands, and Germany from ca. 1600 through 1700. Major artists to be considered include Rubens, van Dyck, Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer. | | Athena Title: | 16/17C Northern Art | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3041. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to African American Art | Course
Description: | An introduction to the history of African-American art and
visual culture from the colonial era to the present. | | Athena Title: | African American Art | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3050. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | American Art | Course
Description: | Art in the United States from the Colonial period through the Depression of the 1930s. The social, political, and intellectual contexts of American visual culture will be stressed. | | Athena Title: | American Art | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3054. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Eighteenth-Century European Art | Course
Description: | Examination of the artistic production in Europe during
1700-1800, along with the rise of the art academy, the public art
exhibition, and art criticism. The major styles or movements -
Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism - are studied as well as the
new pictorial concepts of the picturesque and sublime. | | Athena Title: | 18C European Art | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3056. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Nineteenth-Century European Art | Course
Description: | Examination of the artistic production in Europe during 1800-1890
when avant-garde art first appeared. The particular formal
qualities, content, and historical context of major styles or
movements - Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism,
Neo-Impressionism - are studied individually, but connected by
overarching themes - the roles of art exhibitions, critics, and
market. | | Athena Title: | 19C European Art | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3065. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Modern Art | Course
Description: | Survey of major artists and movements in Europe from the late nineteenth century to World War II, and subsequent developments in American Art. | | Athena Title: | Modern Art | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3077. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Latin American Modern Art | Course
Description: | An introduction to Latin American art of the 19th and 20th centuries, with particular focus on major artists and movements in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Cuba. | | Athena Title: | Latin American Modern Art | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3080. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Contemporary Art | Course
Description: | Examination of a series of significant examples of art and
architecture, primarily in the United States and Europe, from
1960 to the present. Works of painting, sculpture, photography,
video, and electronic media as well as architecture and urban
design will be studied as evidence of important trends. | | Athena Title: | Contemporary Art | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3090. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in Art History | Course
Description: | The methods and ideas associated with the study of art history; attention will be focused on one or more of a variety of different eras, themes, or issues, e.g., painting in northern Europe from 1400 to 1700, Byzantine art and architecture, post-colonial arts. | | Athena Title: | Topics in Art History | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Asian Art and Architecture | Course
Description: | Survey of the historical development of material culture in
South, Southeast, Central, and East Asia. The primary focus of
this course is an examination of the art and architecture
associated with the major religious traditions of Asia,
including Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Daoism, Confucianism, and
Shinto. | | Athena Title: | Asian Art | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3300. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History and Theory of Modern Design | Course
Description: | Overview of the history and cultural significance of design and
designed objects from the nineteenth century to the present.
Study of major movements in applied arts, visual communication
and product design and the relationships between craft, design,
and fine arts. | | Athena Title: | History Theory Modern Design | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARHI 3300E | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3300E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History and Theory of Modern Design | Course
Description: | Overview of the history and cultural significance of design and
designed objects from the nineteenth century to the present.
Study of major movements in applied arts, visual communication
and product design and the relationships between craft, design,
and fine arts. | | Athena Title: | History Theory Modern Design | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARHI 3300 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3530. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Modernist Photography | Course
Description: | This course provides an overview of the development of modernist
"art" photography from its beginnings in pictorialism and
documentary photography through its absorption of cubism,
surrealism, abstraction, and realism. American and European
photographers will be examined within the history of modernist
art and its philosophical, political and social contexts. | | Athena Title: | Modernist Photography | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 3940. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Gender and Feminism and Art History | Course
Description: | An introduction to visual culture in the west (1650-present)
organized around issues of gender and representation. In
addition, this course will familiarize students with a specific
methodological approach within art history: feminist and gender-
based art history, as it has evolved since its inception in the
1970's. | | Athena Title: | Gender and Art History | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2000 or ARHI 2000E or ARHI 2000H or ARHI 2300 or ARHI 2300E or ARHI 2311H or ARHI 2400 or ARHI 2400E or ARHI 2411H | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4000/6000. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Hellenistic Greek Art | Course
Description: | Art and architecture of the Greek world from 323 to 31 BC with
an emphasis on portraiture, baroque and genre sculpture,
theatrical and scholarly tendencies in architecture, cross-
cultural receptions and adaptations, retrospective styles, and
the influence of Roman patronage. Critical methodological
issues, recent archaeological discoveries, and ongoing debates
are highlighted. | | Athena Title: | HELL GRK ART | | Prerequisite: | (Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major) or (two from CLAS 1000 or CLAS 1000H or CLAS 1010 or CLAS 1010H or CLAS 1020 or CLAS 1020H or CLAS 2000) | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI(CLAS) 4002/6002. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Greek and Roman Painting | Course
Description: | Art and architecture of the Roman villa from its origins 300 BC
in Italy to its end AD 350 across the Roman Empire with an
emphasis on sculpture, painting, and literary evidence for the
culture of the villa phenomena. Critical methodological issues,
recent archaeological discoveries, and on-going debates are
highlighted. | | Athena Title: | G/R PAINTING | | Prerequisite: | (Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major) or (two from CLAS 1000 or CLAS 1000H or CLAS 1010 or CLAS 1010H or CLAS 1020 or CLAS 1020H or CLAS 2000) | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI(CLAS) 4004/6004. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Roman Villa | Course
Description: | Painting produced in the Greek and Roman worlds from 800 BC to
AD 300 with an emphasis on the art's social-historical
development and display, materials and techniques, literary
exphrasis, and the culture of painting and viewing. Critical
methodological issues, recent archaeological discoveries, and
on-going debates are highlighted. | | Athena Title: | ROMAN VILLA | | Prerequisite: | (Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major) or (two from CLAS 1000 or CLAS 1000H or CLAS 1010 or CLAS 1010H or CLAS 1020 or CLAS 1020H or CLAS 2000) | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI(CLAS) 4006/6006. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Color in Ancient Art | Course
Description: | Study of the importance and function of color in ancient
Mediterranean art and culture from the Bronze Age (3000 BC) to
the end of Classical Antiquity (AD 330). Topics include artistic
materials and techniques, languages of color, ancient color
theory, and the reception of color (or lack thereof) on ancient
artworks. Critical methodological issues, recent archaeological
discoveries, and ongoing debates are highlighted. | | Athena Title: | COLOR ANC ART | | Prerequisite: | (Two ARHI 3000-level courses and POM) or two from CLAS 1000 or CLAS 1000H or CLAS 1010 or CLAS 1010H or CLAS 1020 or CLAS 1020H or CLAS 2000 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI(CLAS) 4008/6008. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Ancient Roman Sculpture | Course
Description: | Sculpture produced in Rome and the Roman Empire from 200 BC to
AD 330 with an emphasis on portraiture, mythological statuary,
and state reliefs. Topics of interest include materials and
techniques, ancient display and function, literary descriptions
of statuary, Roman viewers, and the modern historiography and
reception of Roman marble statuary. Recent discoveries, current
methodological approaches, and new research are critically
examined. | | Athena Title: | ROMAN SCULPTURE | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses or CLAS 1000 or CLAS 1000H or CLAS 1010 or CLAS 1010H or CLAS 1020 or CLAS1020H or CLAS 2000 or CLAS 4350 or CLAS 4400 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4030/6030. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Classical Tradition in the Visual Arts | Course
Description: | The influence of classical antiquity on the art and architecture of post-classical eras tracing formal affinities and the myths of classical gods and heroes. | | Athena Title: | CLASSICAL TRADITION | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4050/6050. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Icons in Byzantium: Theory and Practice | Course
Description: | Various issues of panel painting in the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines not only mastered the production of such pieces of art but additionally they developed a highly sophisticated theory of images that was unique in the medieval world. This course explores the dynamics between the theory and the practice of creating, displaying, and venerating icons. | | Athena Title: | ICONS IN BYZANTIUM | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4060/6060. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Image in Space: Mural Painting and Architecture in Byzantium | Course
Description: | The issue of the interdependence of mural painting and architectural space in Byzantine Art. | | Athena Title: | BYZ IMAGE IN SPACE | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4100/6100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Early Medieval Art | Course
Description: | Architecture, sculpture, and painting in Western Europe from the seventh through the eleventh centuries. | | Athena Title: | EARLY MEDIEVAL ART | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4110/6110. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Art and Architecture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries | Course
Description: | Presents art and architecture in the eleventh and twelfth
centuries not as contradiction between Romanesque and Gothic
but as pertaining to a same milieu. Study of medieval art in a
broad context, for example, in light of the important cultural
and intellectual exchanges in the Mediterranean during the
Middle Ages. | | Athena Title: | ART&ARCH 11/12TH C | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4120/6120. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Gothic Art and Architecture | Course
Description: | The art and architecture from ca. 1100 until 1400 with an
emphasis on the medieval society and artistic production in
France. | | Athena Title: | GOTHIC ART & ARCHIT | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4130/6130. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Late Gothic Art in Italy | Course
Description: | Principal monuments and artists of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in Italy emphasizing figures such as Giotto, Duccio, Simone Martini, and Ambrogio Lorenzetti. | | Athena Title: | LATE GOTHIC ITALY | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4150/6150. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Art and Religion of Classical India | Course
Description: | Survey of the history of Indian art and religious thought from
the IndusValley Civilization to the medieval period. The
origins and major developments within Hinduism and Buddhism
will be explored, with a specific emphasis on how they impacted
the production of Indian art and architecture. | | Athena Title: | INDIAN ART | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4160/6160. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Buddhist Visual Worlds: India, Nepal, and Tibet | Course
Description: | The historical developments of Buddhist ideas, practices,
institutions, and visual culture are remarkably diverse. This
course will explore various aspects of Buddhist Visual Culture
influenced by Mainstream, Mahayana and Esoteric Buddhist
doctrine, philosophy and ritual across the broad yet
interrelated areas of India and the Himalayan region of Nepal
and Tibet. | | Athena Title: | BUDDHIST ART | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4170/6170. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Myth, Epic, and Edifying Tales in Asian Art | Course
Description: | Throughout the visual cultures of pre-modern Asia, narrative
art occupies a prominent, if not predominant, role. Through a
series of interrelated case studies, this class will explore,
analyze, and interpret representative examples of narrative
storytelling in the arts of India, Central Asia, China, and
Japan. | | Athena Title: | ASIAN NARRATIVE ART | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4200/6200. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Early Renaissance in Italy | Course
Description: | Architecture, sculpture, and painting of the fifteenth century focusing on Tuscany, and the emergence and development of the new art principles in Florence represented in the work of such artists as Masaccio, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Alberti, Fra Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Ghirlandaio, Pollaiuolo, and Botticelli. | | Athena Title: | 15TH CENTURY ITALY | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4210/6210. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy | Course
Description: | The climactic period of the Renaissance in Italy with special emphasis on such key figures as Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Protormo, Rosso Fiorentino, and Bronzino. | | Athena Title: | 16TH CENTURY ITALY | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4220/6220. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Northern Renaissance | Course
Description: | Painting north of the Alps, primarily in Flanders and Germany from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century, with special attention to the van Eycks, van der Weyden, Bosch, Durer, and Grunewald. | | Athena Title: | NORTH RENAISSANCE | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4290/6290. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture | Course
Description: | The development of period styles and an analysis of the role of function and tradition in European sculpture for ca. 1260-1700, with special attention to the work of Donatello, Michelangelo, and Bernini. | | Athena Title: | REN BAROQUE SCULPT | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4300/6300. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Italian Baroque Art and Architecture | Course
Description: | Baroque art and architecture in Italy, with special emphasis on Rome, and such important figures as the Carracci, Caravaggio, Bernini, and Borromini. | | Athena Title: | ITALIAN BAROQUE | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4310/6310. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Northern Baroque Art | Course
Description: | French and Dutch art of the seventeenth century with emphasis on such key figures as Rubens, Velasquez, Rembrandt, and Poussin. | | Athena Title: | NORTH BAROQUE ART | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4320/6320. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Early Modern Architecture | Course
Description: | Examination of the classical building tradition in Europe from
1400s to 1700s and its impact on the global context and into the
modern period. A wide range of building types and theories from
Brunelleschi, Alberti, Bramante, Palladio, Michelangelo, Bernini,
to Borromini will form the basis of the course. | | Athena Title: | Early Modern Architecture | | Prerequisite: | Two 3000-level ARHI courses | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4340/6340. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Art and Architecture of the City | Course
Description: | Traces the development of art and architecture with an emphasis
in a particular city over time, such as Paris, London, Prague,
Jerusalem, Washington D.C., or Athens, Georgia. This course will
connect art, architecture, and urban planning to historical,
cultural, and societal developments as they relate to a single
city. | | Athena Title: | Art and Architecture of City | | Prerequisite: | Two 3000-level ARHI courses | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4350/6350. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Art and Architecture of the City of Rome | Course
Description: | The continuity of an artistic tradition in relation to the history of the seat of the Roman Empire, the Catholic Church, and modern Italy. Attention is given to specific sites, artistic types, and public processions. | | Athena Title: | CITY OF ROME | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4400/6400. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Romanticism and Neoclassicism | Course
Description: | European art and architecture from ca. 1760 through 1865 including the sublime, the beautiful, the picturesque, historical revivalism, exoticism, rationalism, and eclecticism. | | Athena Title: | ROMANT & NEOCLASSIC | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4410/6410. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | American Art from Colonial Settlement through the Civil War | Course
Description: | The formation of a national identity and assimilation of European styles in painting, sculpture, and cultural artifacts such as photographs and popular illustrations. Artists include, Copley, Peale, Allston, Cole, Church, Quidor, Mount, Bingham, Heade, Bierstadt, and Homer. | | Athena Title: | EARLY AMERICAN ART | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4420/6420. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | American Art of the Fin de Sie`cle 1876-1913 | Course
Description: | The transition in American art from Victorianism to early Modernism in an age of science, progress and decay, tradition and ethnicity, motherhood and the "new woman." A key cultural referent will be the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. | | Athena Title: | Amer Fin de Sie`cle | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4440/6440. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | American Modernism 1900-1946: Alfred Stieglitz's America | Course
Description: | The creation of radical forms of artistic expression in relation
to World War I, the modern city, and revolutions in space, time,
and technology. Special emphasis will be placed on the diverse
group of artists mentored by Alfred Stieglitz. | | Athena Title: | AMERICAN MODERNISM | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4490/6490. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Rococo to Reform: European Art 1700-1760 | Course
Description: | Art in Europe between 1700-1760, with emphasis on the new Rococo style and later call for "reform," that reflected new aesthetic attitudes and political environment. Other topics covered are the Grand Tour, "re-discovery" of antiquity, emergence of art history and criticism, and rise of "lower" genres. | | Athena Title: | ROCOCO TO REFORM | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4500/6500. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Realism and Impressionism | Course
Description: | The rise and development of naturalism in mid-nineteenth-century art in Europe. | | Athena Title: | REAL IMPRESSIONISM | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4510/6510. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Modern Art in Europe from 1886 to 1918 | Course
Description: | Painting and sculpture from Post-Impressionism to the end of World War I, the Cubo-Futurist revolution and approaches to expressionism and abstraction. | | Athena Title: | EUROPE: 1886-1918 | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4520/6520. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Spirituality in Modern Art | Course
Description: | Myth and spirituality in the abstract art of the late nineteenth
and twentieth centuries, as exemplified in Gauguin, Kandinsky,
Klee, Brancusi, and Rothko, among others. | | Athena Title: | SPIRIT IN MOD ART | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4530/6530. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Nineteenth-Century Photography | Course
Description: | Forms, functions, and meanings of photographic production in Europe and America during the 1800s. Issues to be addressed are: the nature of the medium, its relationship to "reality," its various techniques and technology, its role in art and science, and its publics and patronage. | | Athena Title: | 19TH C PHOTOGRAPHY | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4540/6540. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | European Art Between the Great Wars | Course
Description: | High modernism in the twentieth century. Topics include Dada, Constructivism, Surrealism, the Bauhaus, and other major trends between the two World Wars. | | Athena Title: | EUROPE:1918-1945 | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4550/6550. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Art From 1940 to 1968 | Course
Description: | Major artists and movements from the onset of World War II to the late 1960's in Europe and America. | | Athena Title: | ART 1940 TO 1968 | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4570/6570. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Modern Art in the Realm of Dance | Course
Description: | From the historical avant-garde through the development of
modernist abstraction, this course places the plastic arts of
painting and sculpture in dialogue with the movement arts of
dance, music and film and introduces a range of philosophical
and critical frameworks for interpreting the place of medium in
art and its reception. | | Athena Title: | MODERN ART & DANCE | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4580/6580. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Postmodern Visual Culture | Course
Description: | This course grapples with the vexed concept of postmodernism
and its debatable relevance to visual art and culture between
1945 and the present. Special attention will be paid to
questions of authorship, meaning, and identity as engaged by
postwar artists and their theoretical counterparts. | | Athena Title: | POSTMOD VISUAL CULT | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARHI 4560/6560 | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4590/6590. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Millennial Culture and the Inhuman: Art and Culture in the Year 2000 | Course
Description: | Treating the Millennium as a symbolic and literal event, this course considers how the idea of the year 2000 shaped culture both before and after the millennium's ultimately uneventful passing. Special attention will be paid to the concept of the inhuman, as conjured in contemporary art, film, television, and advertising. | | Athena Title: | MILLENNIAL CULTURE | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4800. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Senior Seminar: Methods of Art History | Course
Description: | This topic-centered course provides a foundation for understanding various methods of interpreting art ranging from connoisseurship to iconography, Marxism, and feminism. It addresses the theory, contributions, and oversights of each method as well as how research is accomplished, what sources are used, and how they are interpreted and applied. | | Athena Title: | Senior Seminar | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and two ARHI 4000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4900/6900. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in Ancient and Medieval Art | Course
Description: | Particular topics in Ancient and Medieval art and architecture treated in depth. | | Athena Title: | Topics Ancient Medieval Art | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4910/6910. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in Renaissance and Baroque Art | Course
Description: | Particular topics in Renaissance and Baroque art and architecture treated in depth. | | Athena Title: | Topics Renaissance Baroque Art | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4920/6920. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in Modern Art | Course
Description: | Particular topics in modern art and architecture from Europe or America treated in depth. | | Athena Title: | Topics in Modern Art | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4940/6940. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Gender Issues and Art History | Course
Description: | The impact of feminist theory and gay and lesbian studies on recent art historical scholarship. | | Athena Title: | GENDER ISSUES | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4950/6950. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Independent Study | Course
Description: | Special projects in fields in which the student has demonstrated the ability to conduct research and write a fully and correctly annotated paper. | | Athena Title: | INDEPENDENT STUDY | | Prerequisite: | Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4970/6970. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Art History Field Study | Course
Description: | An immersive, site-specific course designed to provide first-
hand exposure to art historical resources outside the state of
Georgia. Special attention will be paid to works held in
special collections, galleries, and museums on location, as
well
as to the complex histories of these collections. | | Athena Title: | Art History Field Study | | Prerequisite: | Two 3000-level ARHI courses | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth
of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as
the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth
of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as
the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the 4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 6005. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Processes and Principles: Italian Art and Architecture | Course
Description: | Through lectures and site visits in Italy, students will consider the materials, methods, and meaning of Italian art. Each semester a series of important monuments of painting, sculpture, and architecture will be studied both as significant examples of trends in the history of art and as demonstrations of the various techniques employed. | | Athena Title: | ITALIAN ART & ARCH | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 7000. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Research | Course
Description: | Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | MASTER'S RESEARCH | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 7300. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Thesis | Course
Description: | Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor. | | Athena Title: | MASTER'S THESIS | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and thesis preparation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 8040. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Historiography | Course
Description: | Consideration of two entwined histories: the history of the
concept of art and the history of the discipline of art history. | | Athena Title: | HISTORIOGRAPHY | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARHI 7040 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 8050. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Professional Portfolio and Practices | Course
Description: | The capstone experience for Master of Arts students pursuing
the non-thesis track in art history and will aid in the
transition from an academic environment to the professional
world. Students will be required to create, present, and revise
a professional portfolio with this transition in mind. | | Athena Title: | Pro Portfolio and Prac | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 8110. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Problems in Art History | Course
Description: | Individual research and/or group presentation and discussion of specific problems. | | Athena Title: | SPECIAL PROBLEMS | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 8120. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Art History | Course
Description: | Individual research related to specific problems. | | Athena Title: | DS Art History | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 8300. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Gothic Art and Architecture | Course
Description: | Exploration of Gothic art and architecture from ca. A.D.
1100 to 1550. Focusing on buildings and objects in Europe, it
will look at recent scholarly approaches towards this rich and
diverse artistic style as well as analyze medieval sources
relevant for our understanding of this art. | | Athena Title: | GOTHIC ART ARCH | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 8400. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in Byzantine Art and Architecture | Course
Description: | The study of Byzantine art and architecture in a broad context, including issues of cultural history, literature, theology, and ritual. The seminar introduces various methodological approaches and readings of advanced scholarship, both purely empirical as well as interpretative and theoretical. | | Athena Title: | BYZANTINE ART | | Prerequisite: | Permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 8580. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Renaissance Art | Course
Description: | Problems in European art during the Renaissance. May include topics oriented toward a single major figure, a genre, or a school. Problems concern a major branch of art history, e.g., connoisseurship or iconography. | | Athena Title: | SEMINAR RENAISSANCE | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 8600. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Italian Baroque Art | Course
Description: | Focus on a single Italian Baroque artist, or on a regional school. Works of art and relevant literature provide materials for training in how to solve art historical problems using techniques developed in connisseurship, iconography, and source material interpretation. | | Athena Title: | SEMINAR ITAL BAR | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 8650. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Seventeenth-or Eighteenth-Century European Art | Course
Description: | This seminar will focus on a principal artist, style, theme, or aesthetic issue in European art of the seventeenth or eighteenth century. | | Athena Title: | 17 OR 18 C EUR ART | | Prerequisite: | ARHI 2100 and permission of major | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 8700. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Greco-Roman Art | Course
Description: | Focus on a single genre of Greco-Roman art (e.g., freestanding Greek sculpture from the sixth century B.C.), or on a single aspect (e.g., Roman historical reliefs). | | Athena Title: | SEMINAR GRECO ROMAN | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 8870. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Asian Art | Course
Description: | Research topics may include Hindu iconography, Chinese painting, pan-Asian Buddhist iconography, the Hindu temple, and others. | | Athena Title: | SEMINAR ASIAN | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 8910. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Nineteenth-Century European Art History | Course
Description: | Issues relating to the visual arts. Studies of major artists or movements, and thematically directed projects. | | Athena Title: | SEMINAR 19TH C EUR | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 8920. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Twentieth-Century Art History | Course
Description: | Issues relating to the visual arts. Topical studies of major artists or movements, and thematically directed projects. | | Athena Title: | SEMINAR 20TH CEN | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 8950. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Contemporary Art and Theory | Course
Description: | Writing-intensive course focusing on contemporary art and
related theories drawn from film studies, semiotics, gender
studies, cultural studies, and post-colonial studies. | | Athena Title: | SEM IN CONT ART | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARHI 8990. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Seminar in the American Art | Course
Description: | Topical studies of major artists, exhibitions, movements, or cultural productions significant to the development of American art. | | Athena Title: | SEMINAR AMERICAN | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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