1380:1381: History of Art
I, II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ENGL 1303.
Required of all art majors. First semester: from the ancient world to the Gothic
period. Second semester: from the Renaissance to the present.
2380: Introduction to North American Indian Art
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
ENGL 1303. North American Indian art from the Rio Grande River to the Arctic
region, from pre-history to present with emphasis on social history, religion,
symbols and materials/techniques.
2381: Classical Art
Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:1381 or consent of instructor. Minoan,
Mycenaean, Greek, and Roman art.
2382: Medieval Art
Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:
1381 or consent of instructor.
Early Christian, Byzantine,
Romanesque, and Gothic art.
2383: Renaissance Art
Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:1381
or consent of instructor. Proto-Renaissance through
Mannerist art.
2386: Nineteenth Century Art
Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:1381 or consent of instructor.
Romanticism through Post-Impressionism in Europe and America.
2387: Twentieth Century Art
Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:1381 or consent of instructor.
Style Nouveau through
contemporary art.
2388: Primitive Art
Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:
1381 or consent of instructor.
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
2398: Special Problems
Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisites: ARTH 1380 and 1381, or
consent of instructor.
3310: Ancient Egyptian Art
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites:
ARTH 1380 and 1381
or consent of instructor. The art and architecture of Egypt during
the time of the Pharaohs.
3311: Greek and Roman Art
Cr. 3. (3-0) Prerequisites: ARTH 1380 and 1381
or consent of instructor. The art and architecture of Ancient Greece and the
Aegean World and of Rome through the Republic and Empire periods.
3312: Precolumbian Art
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARTH 1380and 1381
or consent of instructor. Art and architecture of the Aztec, Maya and their
predecessors.
3314: Latin American Art
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARTH 1380 and
1381 or consent of instructor. Art and architecture of Latin America from
the appearance of the Spanish to the present.
3315: Native American Art 1900 to Present
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:ARTH 1380 and 1381
or consent of instructor. Native American fine art since 1900, including painting,
sculpture, photography and film.
3316: American Women Artists
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARTH 1380 and 1381
or consent of instructor. American women artists, 19th century to the present,
and introduction to feminist art history.
3378: History of Nineteenth Century
Photography
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:1381 or consent
of instructor. From the invention of photography to 1900.
3379: History of Twentieth Century
Photography
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:1381 or consent
of instructor. The history of photography from 1900 to the present.
3381: Italian Renaissance
Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:1381 or consent of instructor.
Italian art of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
3382: Northern Renaissance
Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:1381 or consent of instructor.
German and Netherlandish art of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
3383: Baroque Art
Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:
1381 or consent of instructor. Seventeenth century Western art, sculpture, and architecture.
3384: Rococo Art
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites:
ARTH 1380:1381
or consent of instructor. Eighteenth century Western art, sculpture, and architecture.
3385: Nineteenth Century Painting
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:1381 or consent of instructor.
From neoclassicism through symbolism.
3386: Twentieth Century Painting
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:1381 or consent of instructor.
From Fauvism and Expressionism to the present.
3387:3388: American Art I, II
Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0 each). Prerequisites:
ARTH 1380:1381 or consent
of instructor. First semester: colonial art and architecture
through the Civil War. Second semester: later nineteenth century to 1945.
3390: Greek Art (formerly 3380)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:1381 or consent of instructor.
The arts of Greece from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period.
3391: Roman Art
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites:
ARTH 1380:1381 or
consent of instructor. The art and architecture of Rome from the Republic to Constantine.
3394: Selected Topics in Art History
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:1381
or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.
4198: 4298: 4398:
Special Problems
Cr. 1-3 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: ARTH
1380 and 1381 and consent of instructor.
4310: The Human Body in Non-Western Art
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARTH 1380 and 1381
or consent of the instructor. Representation of the human body in the artistic
traditions of Africa, Oceania and the Precolumbian Americas.
4312: The Harlem Renaissance
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARTH 1380 and 1381
or consent of the instructor. Arts of the Harlem Renaissance, 1920s and 30s.
4375: Theories of Creativity
Cr.
3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:
1381. Analysis of the arts creative process through
studying relevant theories of Freud, Jung, Gardner, and others,
and specific examples of creativity among artists in various media.
4376: Seminar on Picasso
Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:
1381 and three additional semester
hours of Art History, or consent of instructor.
An in-depth study of the art of Picasso through extensive readings, class discussion, and research.
4377: Anglo-American Decorative
Arts
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:1381 or consent of
instructor. Survey of furniture and other decorative arts from seventeenth through
nineteenth centuries. Emphasis on Anglo-American tradition, including
French and other European influences.
4378: History of Twentieth Century Sculpture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:1381. Sculpture
from Rodin to the present.
4379:
Art Since 1945
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites:
ARTH 1380:1381. Examination of the visual arts since World War
II.
4380: Dutch Art
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites:
ARTH 1380:1381 or consent of instructor.
Dutch art from the Renaissance to the Baroque period including the age of Rembrandt.
4381:
Studies in Iconography
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites:
ARTH 1380:1381 and six semester hours of 2000-level courses, or
consent of instructor. History of the content of the visual arts.
4382:
Pre-Columbian Art
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites:
ARTH 1380:1381 or consent of instructor.
History of the arts in Latin America before Columbus.
4383: Contemporary Painting
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites:
ARTH 1380:1381
or consent of instructor. Painting since
1945 with an emphasis on the past two decades.
4384:
Symbolism
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites:
ARTH 1380:1381. Late nineteenth century art in the Symbolist spirit.
4385:
Expressionism
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites:
ARTH 1380:1381. Expressionist art of the early twentieth century.
4386: The Bauhaus
Cr.3. (3-0). Prerequisites:
ARTH 1380:1381. Art and design of the Bauhaus School of 1919 to
1933.
4388:
Methods in Art History Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARTH 1380:1381. Methodology of research
in art history and the development of historical writing.
4389: Museum Methodology
Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisites: 20 semester hours of studio art or 15 semester
hours of art history. May be repeated with consent of instructor.
Introduction to the functions, methodology, and techniques of
museums.
4390: Romantic Art
Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisites: ARTH 1380 and
1381 or consent of instructor. The visual arts of the
romantic period in their cultural and intellectual context.
4393: Dada and Surrealism
Cr. 3.
(3-0). Prerequisites: ARTH 1380 and 1381 or consent of instructor.
Art of the Dada and surrealist movements in intellectual and social contexts.
4394: Selected Topics in Art History
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ARTH 1380 and 1381. May be repeated for
credit with consent of instructor.
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