[The following is a list of courses that are offered in the history of art.
Not all of these courses are offered every year. A few are offered infrequently.]

Primarily for Undergraduates

For Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Primarily for Graduate Students
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Primarily for Undergraduates|return to top

01H:001 Concepts and Context: Art and Culture 3 s.h.
Concepts that informed the making of particular works of art; historically specific contexts to which groups of artists responded. GE: fine arts or humanities.

01H:002 Art of Africa, Oceania, and Pre-Columbian America 3 s.h.
Traditional arts of Black Africa, the Pacific, the Americas before European conquest. GE: cultural diversity or fine arts or humanities.

01H:004 Masterpieces: Art and CulturalParadigms 3 s.h.
Architecture, painting, sculpture in cultural context. GE- fine arts or humanities.

01H:005 Western Art and Culture before 1400 3 s.h.
Art, its creators, culture of prehistoric, ancient, medieval periods. GE: fine arts or foreign civilization and culture or historical perspectives.

01H:006 Western Art and Culture after 1400 3 s.h.
Art, artists, culture from Renaissance to present. GE: fine arts or foreign civilization and culture or historical perspectives.

01H:010 Freshman and Sophomore Tutorial: Introduction to the History of Art 4 s.h.
Questions and methods art historians use to explore art; thematic, conceptual approach. GE: fine arts or humanities.

01H:016 Asian Art and Culture 3 s.h.
India, China, Southeast Asia, Japan. GE: fine arts or foreign civilization and culture or historical perspectives. Same as 039:016.

01H:020 Introduction to African Art 3 s.h.
Traditional arts of sub-Saharan Africa in cultural context; sculpture, masks, painting, pottery, textiles, architecture, human adornment. Emphasizes the ways Africans use art to solve probelms and overcome adversity in their lives, with frequent comparisons to our own culture. Lectures include "Art and Education," "Art and Rule," Death and the Ancestors," "Art and Healing," "Cultural Exchange." GE: fine arts or foreign civilization and culture. Same as 141:030. Text is the "Art and Life in Africa" CD-ROM, so computer literacy is important.

01H:026 Introduction to Ancient Art 3 sh.
Art, architecture of Mediterranean civilizations from Minoan times to age of Constantine. Prerequisite: 01H:005 or consent of instructor. Same as 014:026.

01H:030 Introduction to East Asian Art 3 s.h.
History of visual arts of China, Korea, Japan; chronological and geographical approaches; emphasis on understanding the arts within cultures producing them. Prerequisite: 01H:016 or 039:016 or equivalent or consent of instructor. Same as 039:030.

01H:040 Introduction to Medieval Art 3 s.h.
Art, architecture in Europe from 300 to 1400 A.D.

01H:047 Introduction to Renaissance Art 3 s.h.
Art, architecture in Europe from early Renaissance to 1600.

01H:053 Introduction to Baroque Art 3 s.h.
Art, architecture in Europe from 1600 to 1750.

01H:062 Introduction to Nineteenth Century Art 3 s.h.
Major European artists, works, movements, aesthetic theories from late 18th century to 1900; works in their aesthetic, cultural, intellectual, political contexts; boundaries, definitions of movements such as Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism.

01H:063 Introduction to Twentieth Century Art 3 s.h.
Historical, context-specific artistic responses to modernism. European, North American, Latin American developments in traditional genre, temporal am, artistic actions; art's relationship to culture.

01H:066 Introduction to American Art 3 s.h.
Architecture, painting, photography, sculpture from colonial
times to present. GE: fine arts or humanities.

01H:099 Undergraduate Seminar in the History of Art 3 s.h.
Characteristic problems, methodological issues, critical thinking
and writing. Consent of instructor required.
 
 

 

For Undergraduate and Graduate Students|return to top

An introductory course in the appropriate art history area or consent of instructor is prerequisite for courses numbered above 100. Courses designated "Themes in Art History" consider topics of current interest in the field, organized t4ematically rather than chronologically.
 

01H:103 Art of the South Pacific 3 s.h.
Traditional arts of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia.

01H:104 American Indian Art 3 s.h.
Sculpture, painting, architecture, crafts, arts of personal adornment of native peoples of North America. GE: cultural diversity.

01H: 105 Art of Pre-Columbian America 3 s.h.
Art, architecture of Mexico, Peru before Cortes. The class begins with the Pre-Classic, including the anceint Valley of Mexico, the Olmec, and West Mexico. We then study the art of the Classic period, including the Maya and Teotihuacan, ending with the Early-Post Classic (Toltec, Mixtec) and Late Post-Classic (Aztec). Several weeks are devoted to the Maya and the Aztec.

01H:107 Art of West Africa 3 sh.
Art of western Sudan (Mali, Burkina Faso, Northern Ivory Coast), Guinea coast (Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria) of Africa. Art in cultural context, so lots of discussion of how art is used to solve problems and mark important passages of life. Emphasis on the Dogon of Mali, the peoples of Burkina Faso, the Mende of Sierra Leone, the Ashanti of Ghana, and the Yoruba of Nigeria. In-depth study of the archaeology of ancient Ife and Benin, in Nigeria. Same as 129:107, 141:107.

01H:108 Art of Central Africa 3 s.h.
Art of equatorial forest, southern savannah. Same as 129:110, 141:108.

01H:109 The Arts of the African Diaspora 3 s.h.
Aesthetic, philosophical, religious patterns of African descendants of Brazil, Surinam, Caribbean, the United States. GE: cultural diversity. Same as 129:109.

01H:110 Egyptian Art 3 s.h.
Sculpture, painting, architecture, luxury arts from 3,000 to 1,000 B.C. Prerequisite: 01H:005 or consent of instructor. Same as 032:104.

01H:111 The Art of Southern and Eastern Africa 3 s.h.
Sculpture, painting, pottery, textiles, architecture, personal adornment arts. Maybe repeated. Prerequisite: 01 H:002 or 01H:020 or consent of instructor. Same as 141:111.

01H: 112 Art and Archaeology of Ancient Africa 3 s.h.
Prehistoric rock art, Jenne, Nok, Igba Ukwu, Sanga, Ife, Benin, Great Zimbabwe. Prerequisite: 011-1:002 or 011-1:020 or consent of instructor. Same as 141:112.

01H:119 Art of China 3 sh.
Art, architecture; relation to philosophies, religions (Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism). Prerequisite: 01H:006 or 01H:030 or consent of instructor. Same as 039:159.

01H:120 Chinese Painting 1 3 s.h.
Early Chinese painting from fourth century B.C. through 13th century A.D.; figural style, emergence of landscape. Prerequisite: 011-1:016 or 011-1:030 or consent of instructor. Same as 039:120.

01H:121 Chinese Painting II 3 s.h.
Focus on landscape of 14th through 18th centuries; sources in earlier periods. Same as 039:121.

01H:122 Art of Japan 3 s.h.
Art, architecture; relation to philosophies, religions (Shintoism, Buddhism, Zen). Same as 39J: 156.

01H:123 Japanese Painting 3 s.h.
Chinese influence, indigenous styles from seventh through early 19th centuries. Same as 39j: 123.

01H:124 Themes in Asian Art History 3 s.h.
May be repeated. Prerequisite: 01H:016 or 039:016 or equivalent or consent of instructor. Same as 039:13 1.

01H:126 Early Greek Art 3 s.h.
Art of Cyclades, Crete, Mycenae from 3000 B.C.; Greek art from Protogeometric times through Archaic period. Prerequisite: 01H:005 or 01H:026 or consent of instructor. Same as 014:110.

01H:127 Classical Greek Art 3 s.h.
Aart and Architecture from early Classical through late fourth century B.C. Prerequisite: 01H:005 or 01H:026 or consent of instructor. Same as 014: 111.

01 H: 128 Greek Vase Painting 3 s.h.
Pottery techniques, styles, subjects from Protogeometric period through Hellenistic times. Prerequisite: 01H:005 or 01H:026 or consent of instructor. Same as 014:114.

01H:129 Hellenistic Art 3 s.h.
Sculpture, painting, architecture, minor arts in Greece, Italy, Asia Minor, Egypt. Prerequisite: 01H:005 or 01H:026 or consent of instructor. Same as 014:117.

01H:130 Etruscan Art 3 s.h.
Villanovan, Etruscan art, religion, culture from Bronze Age to Roman conquest of Etruria. Prerequisite: 01H:005 or 01H:026 or consent of instructor. Same as 020:111.

0111:132 Early Roman Art 3 s.h.
Art, architecture of Italy and provinces from late Republic through reign of Hadrian. Prerequisite: 01H:005 or 01H:026 or consent of instructor. Same as 020:110.

01H: 133 Later Roman Art 3 s.h.
Art, architecture of imperial Rome and the provinces, from the Antonines through Constantine, A.D. 138-337. Prerequisite: 01H:005 or 01H:026. Same as 020:112.

01H:134 Art and Culture in Ancient Pompeii 3 s.h.
Art, architecture, as documents of ancient society and religion in cities destroyed by Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Prerequisite: 01 H:005 or 01H:026 or consent of instructor. Same as 020:109.

01H:135 Themes in Ancient Art 3 s.h.
Topics concerning the art and architecture of classical antiquity. Prerequisite: 01H:005 or 01H:026 or consent of instructor.

01H:139 Themes in Medieval Art 3 s.h.
Topics of current interest; organized thematically rather than chronologically. May be repeated. Prerequisite: 01H:005 or 01H:006 or consent of instructor.

01H:140 Early Medieval Art 3 s.h.
From Dark Ages in Europe through Ottonian period, including contemporary insular art. Prerequisite: 01H:005 or 01H:006 or consent of instructor.

01H:141 Romanesque and Gothic Art 3 s.h.
Prerequisite: 01H:005 or 01H:006 or consent of instructor.

01H:142 The Medieval Manuscript Book 3 s.h.
Relation of text, decoration, function, audience in different genres of medieval books (e.g., gospels, bibles, romances). Prerequisite: 01H:005 or 01H:006 or consent of instructor.

01H:146 Italian Sculpture: 13th-16th Centuries 3 s.h.
Development of central Italian sculpture from Pisano to Michelangelo. May be repeated. Prerequisite: 01H:047.

01H:147 Italian Medieval Art 3 s.h.
Painting, sculpture, architecture; 1250 to 1400.

01H:148 Italian Art in the Fifteenth Century 3 s.h.
Painting, sculpture, architecture; 1400 to 1525.

01H:149 Italian Art in the Sixteenth Century 3 s.h.
Painting, sculpture, architecture; 1500 to 1600.

01H:150 Themes in Renaissance Art 3 s.h.
Current topics organized thematically rather than chronologically. May be repeated. Prerequisite: 01H:005 or 01H:006 or consent of instructor.

01H:151 Classical Architecture: Theory/Practice 3 s.h.
Architectural design in the Italian Renaissance, Brunelleschi to Palladio.

01H:152 Buildings and Society in Europe,1500-1700 3 s.h.
Architecture from a sociological perspective.

01H:153 Italian Baroque Art 3 s.h.
Painting, sculpture in the age of Caravaggio, Bernini.

01H:154 Flemish and Dutch Baroque Painting 3 s.h.
Painting in the age of Rubens and Rembrandt. Prerequisite: 01H:005 or 01H:006 or consent of instructor.

01H:155 The City of Rome: Image and Ideology 3 s.h.
The myth of the Eternal City as embodied in its arts and architecture, Renaissance to Mussolini.

01H: 158 British Art 1750-1900 3 s.h.
Painting, sculpture, prints, and book illustration in context of literary, aesthetic, and cultural history; emphasis on rapport between word and image; Blake, Hogarth, Reynolds, Constable, Turner, Ruskin, the Pre-Raphaelites.

01H:159 Rococo to Realism 3 s.h.
Painting, sculpture in Europe from late 18th to mid-19th century; Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism.

01H:160 Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism 3 s.h.
Painting, sculpture in Europe; Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism.

01H:161 J.L. David and French Romanticism 3 s.h.
David's works and his impact on French Romantic art and culture during political, cultural upheaval and transition.

01H:162 Rodin and the Art of His Time 3 s.h.
Rodin's works in the context of late 19th-century French art and culture; emphasis on criticism, aesthetic theory.

01H:163 Modern European Art 3 s.h.
European and American painting and sculpture from 1900 to 1960, from Fauvism and Cubism to abstract expressionism. Prerequisite: 01H:006 or consent of instructor.

01H:164 Contemporary Art 3 s.h.
American and European painting and sculpture from 1960 to present; from pop art and minimalism to Post-Modemism and Picture/Theory Art. Prerequisite: 01H:006 or consent of instructor.

01H: 165 Landscape in American Art 3 s.h.
Visual, theoretical, social responses to landscape in the United States. Prerequisite: 01H:006 or consent of instructor.

01H:166 National Images: American Art to 1830 3 s.h.
Art architecture from colonial times through early republic. Pre~quisite: 01H:006 or consent of instructor.

01H:167 American Visual Culture, 1830-1900 3 s.h.
Architecture, painting, sculpture from 1825 to 1913. Prerequisite: 01H: 166 or consent of instructor.

01H:168 Modernism and Early Twentieth- Century America 3 s.h.
Investigations of shifting responses to the concept modernism among artists and critics in the United States during the first two quarters of the century; the reception of modernism in Latin America. Prerequisite: 011-1:001, 01H:006, 01H:063, and 01H:066; or consent of instructor.

01H:171 European Art of the Early Twentieth Century 3 s.h.
Major artistic developments from 1900 to post-World War I reconstruction in the mid-1920s; organized by formal developments, platforms of influential movements, and artists' responses to their roles in contemporary culture. Prerequisites: 01H:006, and one course from 01H:062 through 01H:066; or consent of instructor.

01H:172 Art and Politics in the Twentieth Century 3 s.h.
Relationships assumed between art and politics in this century; arts' attempts to critique culture and strategies in competing for social power. Prerequisites: 01H:006, and one course from 01H:062 through 01H:066; or consent of instructor.

01H:173 History and Theory of the Avant-Garde 3 s.h.
Critique of avant-garde's philosophy and function, from 19th-century sources to mid-20th-century crisis; historical design, social purpose, relationship to culture at large. Prerequisites: 01H:006, and one course from 01H:062 through 01H:066; or consent of instructor.

01H: 174 World War I and the Arts 3 s.h.
The arts and their behavior during extreme crisis; engagement in political radicalism and revolutionary culture, response to crisis of modernism induced by the war. Prerequisites: 01H:006, and one course from 01H:062 through 01H:066; or consent of instructor.

01H:175 French Art, 1900-1938 3 s.h.
Tradition of modernism, its basis in institutions, its embedded theory, its impact on European and U.S. arts as a whole. Prerequisites: 01H:006, and one course from 01H:062 through 01H:066; or consent of instructor.

01H:176 German Art, 1900-1933 3 s.h.
Beginning of 19th century to advent of national socialism; basis in nationalism and cultural ideology, its self-critique, its relationship to international European artistic community. Prerequisites: 01H:006, and one course from 01H:062 through 01H:066; or consent of instructor.

01H:178 American Art of the 1950s 3 s.h.
Modernism embraced or rejected as an artistic environment; American art's relation to European modernism; the crisis of modernism, artists' confrontation of possibility or impossibility of art. Prerequisites: 01H:006, and one course from 01H:062 through 01H:066; or consent of instructor.

01H:179 Twentieth-Century Event Arts 3 s.h.
Development of 20th-century performance art, environments, sound poetry, other avant-garde art actions. Prerequisite: 01H:001, 01H:006, 01H:063, or consent of instructor.

01H:180 History of Prints 3 s.h.
Printmaking as important art form, influential carrier of styles and iconography from area to area, focus on Europe.

01H:185 History of Photography 3 s.h.
From medium's inception to the present; primarily in Europe and America; major photographers, artists, curators, historians. Prerequisite: 01H:001, 01H:006, 01H:063, or consent of instructor.

01H:190 Honors Research in Art History.
Research and preparation of thesis. Honors standing and consent of instructor required.

01H:192 Themes in American Art 3 s.h.
Current topics organized thematically rather than chronologically. May be repeated. Prerequisite: 01H:066 or consent of instructor.

01H:193 Themes in Twentieth-Century Art 3 s.h.
Current topics organized thematically rather than chronologically. May be repeated. Prerequisite: 011-1:001, 01H:006, 01H:063, or consent of instructor.

01H:194 Readings in Art History arr.

01H:195 Theory and Criticism in Twentieth-Century Art 3 s.h.
Development and role; 1900 to World War II

01H:196 Theory and Criticism in Contemporary Art 3 s.h.
European, American criticism, theory; World War II to present.

01H:199 Topics in Art History 3 s.h.
May be repeated.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

01H:200 History and Methods 3 s.h.
Critical thinking and research; readings in historical development of the discipline, from Renaissance to present; methodological paradigms and trends.

01H:201 Special Topics in Art History 1-4 s.h.
May be repeated.

01H:240 Proseminar in Medieval Art 3 s.h.
Monuments, historiography, methods of medieval art history.

0111:263 Proseminar/Twentleth-Century Art 3 s.h.
Historiography, methods of 20th-century art historical studies. May be repeated. Consent of instructor required.

01H-265 Proseminar In American Art 3 s.h.
Historiography, problems in American art. Prerequisites: 01H:066, 01H:166, and 01H:167; or consent of instructor.

OlH:300 Directed Studies

01H:302 M.A. Written Thesis arr.

01H:310 Seminar Problems in African Art 2-3 S.H.
May be repeated. Same as 129:225, 141:202.

01H:316 Seminar Problems in Asian Art 2-3 S.H.
Current issues. May be repeated. Same as 039:255.

01H:326 Seminar Problems in Ancient Art 3 s.h.
May be repeated. Same as 0 14:2 10.

01H:340 Seminar: Problems in Medieval Art 3 s.h.
Major issues, methodologies.

01H:345 Seminar: Problems in Renaissance Art 3 s.h.
Special problems, issues. May be repeated.

01H:353 Seminar: Problems in Baroque Art 3 s.h.
May be repeated.

01H:359 Seminar: Problems in Nineteenth- Century Art 3 s.h.
May be repeated.

01H:362 Seminar: Twentieth-Century Art 3 s.h..
Major issues, methodologies. May be repeated. Consent of instructor required.

01H:366 Seminar: Problems in American Art 3 s.h.
May be repeated.

01H:370 Seminar: Issues in Art History 3 S.H.
Art historical inquiry spanning temporal or geographic limit