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400 Level Courses
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401 GREEK ART AND ARCHITECTURE:
- Developments in Greek art and architecture, tenth century B.C. to
first century B.C.; emphasis on the importance of Greek sanctuaries.
Prerequisite: ART H 100, 111, 201 or 311. (Dr. Walters)
405 PIONEERS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE:
- Selected period or theme in the development of modern architecture
during the nineteenth and/or early twentieth centuries. Prerequisite:
ART H 100, 112, 202, or 307. (Dr. Zabel)
- Recent topics:
- ARTS & CRAFTS TO ART NOUVEAU ARCHITECTURE (Dr. Zabel)
- GERMANY & ARCHITECTURE: SCHINKEL TO SPEER (Dr. Zabel)
409 MUSEUM STUDIES:
- An introduction to the professional activities that occur in art
museums. Prerequisite: 6 credits of ART H, ART, and/or A ED (Ms. Kletchka)
410 TASTE AND CRITICISM IN ART:
- History and literature of art criticism demonstrating the varied
philosophic, cultural, iconographic, technical, and visual approaches.
Prerequisite: 6 credits of art history. (Dr. Rich)
411 ROMAN ART:
- Roman sculpture and painting from Augustus to Constantine. Prerequisite:
ART H 100, 111, 201, or 311. (Dr. Walters)
412 THE GOTHIC CATHEDRAL:
- Specific aspects of Romanesque and Gothic church architecture of
western Europe, especially France and England, between 1000 and 1500.
Prerequisite: ART H 100, 112, 202, 302, or 312. (Dr. Smith)
414 ITALIAN BAROQUE PAINTING:
- Survey of Italian Baroque painting from sixteenth-century proto-Baroque
masters to painters of the late Baroque and Rococo periods. Prerequisite:
ART H 100, 112, or 304. (Dr. Curran).
415 THE SKYSCRAPER:
- Origin and evolution of the skyscraper as seen against the background
of cultural conditions and technological factors. Prerequisite: ART
H 100, 112, 202, or 307. (Dr. Zabel)
416 AMERICAN PAINTING 1876-1913:
- Art in the United States between 1876 and 1913; emergence of an American
art and transition to the modern styles. Prerequisite: ART H 100, 112,
or 307. (Dr. Mazow)
420 RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE:
- Russian architecture from the first Orthodox churches of the late
tenth century to the end of the Soviet Union. Prerequisite: ART H 100,
111, 112, 201, or 202. (Dr. Zabel)
422 STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL SCULPTURE (39 credits):
- Specific studies of western European sculpture, 300-1500, with attention
to sources, styles, type, and iconography. Prerequisite: ART H 100,
111, 201, 302, or 312. (Dr. Smith)
- Recent topic:
- ROMANESQUE SCULPUTRE (Dr. Smith)
- GOTHIC SCULPTURE` (Dr. Smith)
423 STUDIES IN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART (39 credits):
- Specific studies of Italian Renaissance art, including the work of
artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Prerequisite:
ART H 100, 112, 202, or 303. (Dr. Curran)
- Recent topic:
- AROUND (AND ABOUT) MICHELANGELO (Dr. Curran)
424 MASTERS OF NORTHERN BAROQUE ART:
- Seventeenth-century painters in Flanders and Holland, including the
works of artists such as Rubens, Rembrandt, and Vermeer. Prerequisite:
ART H 100, 112, or 314. (Dr. Houghton)
432 PROBLEMS IN ICONOLOGY (39 credits):
- The investigation of content and meaning in major monuments of the
history of art. Prerequisite: 6 credits of art history. (Dr. Cutler)
435 STUDIES IN MODERN ART (36 credits):
- Lectures focusing on a selected movement of nineteenth- or twentieth-century
art. Prerequisite: ART H 100, 112, 202, 305, 307, or 325.
- Recent topics:
- ABSTRACTION (Dr. Rich)
- KANDINSKY AND DER BLAUE REITER (Dr. McGrady)
- CEZANNE/PICASSO/MATISSE (Dr. Locke)
- MANET (Dr. Locke)
- PARIS (Dr. Locke)
- THE LURE OF MODERNITY (Dr. Locke)
442 LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY CHRISTIAN ART:
- Survey of the architecture, painting, and minor arts of Christian
society from its beginning to the mid-sixth century. Prerequisite: ART
H 100, 111, 201, or 302. (Dr. Cutler)
450 THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY:
- The history of photography from 1839, with particular emphasis on
the relationship to the plastic arts. Prerequisite: ART H 100, 112,
202, 305, 307, or 325. (Dr. Locke)
452 BYZANTINE ART:
- Monumental and minor arts of Byzantium and related areas from the
reign of Justinian to the Turkish conquest of Constantinople. Prerequisite:
ART H 100, 111, 201, or 302. (Dr. Cutler)
454 SPANISH BAROQUE ART:
- Survey of seventeenth-century Spanish painting and sculpture, with
an emphasis on Velázquez, Murillo, Ribera, and Zurbarán. Prerequisite:
ART H 100, 112, or 304.
464 FRENCH BAROQUE PAINTING:
- Examination of seventeenth-century French painting, including Italian
influences; the provincial, Classical, and official styles in France.
Prerequisite: ART H 100, 112, or 304.
470 AMERICAN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE SINCE 1940:
- Painting and sculpture in the United States from the origins of Abstract
Expressionism through the present. Prerequisite: ART H 100, 112, 307,
or 325. (Dr. Rich)
476 HISTORY AND THEORY OF DIGITAL ART:
- History and theories of contemporary digital art emphasizing humanistic
approaches to technology. [cross-listed with ART] (Dr. Rich)
497 SPECIAL TOPICS recent examples:
- TRADITIONAL ARTS OF WEST AFRICAN ART (Dr. Okeke-Agulu or Ms. Gbadegesin)
- MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART (Dr. Okeke-Agulu)
- MODERNITY AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN AFRICA (Ms. Gbadegesin)
- COLONIAL URBANISM IN ASIA (Dr. Desai)
- ANCIENT RULERSHIP IN EGYPT (Dr. Walters)
- ANCIENT VILLAS & ART (Dr. Walters)
- MONASTIC ARCHITECTURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES (Dr. Smith)
- THE REPUBLIC OF VENICE AS MYTH AND REPRESENTATION (Dr. Israel)
- THE ART OF DEATH: EARLY MODERN COMMERATION PRACTICES (Dr. Israel)
- ITALIAN SCULPTURE 12001700 (Dr. Curran)
- REFORMATION AND ICONOCLASM (Dr. Houghton)
- PLAY IN NORTHERN RENAISSANCE ART (Dr. Houghton)
- NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN ART (Dr. Rich)
- AMERICAN ART 1913-1945 (Dr. Mazow)
- AFRICAN AMERICAN ART (Dr. Robinson)
- CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN ART (Dr. Robinson)
- HISTORY AND THEORIES OF DIGITAL ART (Dr. Rich)
- ART HISTORY AND THEORY (Dr. Cutler)
499 FOREIGN STUDY—ART HISTORY:
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