Courses

• CAS AH 451: Seminar: Renaissance Art
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CAS AH 111 and CAS AH 112; and two courses at the 200 level or higher, or consent of the instructor.
  Topic for Spring 2011: Topics in Sixteenth Century Venice Art and Architecture. Considers the major artists working in sixteenth century Venice, including Giorgione, Titian, Veronese, Jacopo Sansovino, Tintoretto, and Palladio. Themes include: the pastoral, scuole pictures, the female nude, trade with the East, villa culture, and the role of water in urban planning.
• CAS AH 462: Seminar: Baroque Art
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CAS AH 111 and CAS AH 112; and two courses at the 200 level or higher, or consent of the instructor.
  Topic for Fall 2012: The Alliance of Art and Power in the Baroque. Explores the relationship between visual culture and political authority in seventeenth century Europe. Focus on painting, architecture, and sculpture by major artists of the period, including Rubens, Van Dyck, Velázquez, Rembrandt, and Bernini.
• CAS AH 482: Seminar: Nineteenth-Century Art
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CAS AH 111 and CAS AH 112; and two courses at the 200 levelor higher; or consent of the instructor.
  Topic for Fall 2011: The Age of Victoria. Painting, prints, photography, architecture, and the decorative arts from the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901) are viewed in relation to contemporary literature, politics, science, religion, social history, and technological growth. Includes Turner, the Pre-Raphaelites, and Whistler.
• CAS AH 491: Directed Study
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: approval of the Academic Advising Center.
  
• CAS AH 492: Directed Study
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: approval of the Academic Advising Center.
  
• CAS AH 495: Seminar: Twentieth Century Art
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CAS AH 111 and CAS AH 112; and two courses at the 200 level or higher, or consent of the instructor.
  Examines major artists and artistic currents of the twentieth century. Topics vary each year. Some background in the history of modern art is recommended. Topic for Fall 2012: Picasso. Nearly eight decades of incessant art-making by Pablo Picasso is examined in relation to major currents in modern European art, literature, politics, and music. Readings include classic and recent contributions to the art-historical and critical literature.
• CAS AH 497: Seminar: Contemporary Art
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CAS AH 111 and CAS AH 112; and two courses at the 200 level or higher, or consent of the instructor.
  Topic for Spring 2012: Women's Performance. 1970s performance art, focusing on Ana Mendieta, Carolee Schneemann, Adrian Piper, and Marina Abramovic. Feminist art world activism of the 70s, performance as a vehicle to establish alternatives to traditional art world aesthetics and politics. Readings, screenings and exhibition visits.
• CAS AH 501: Practicum in Museum Studies
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: consent of the Director of Museum Studies, and stamped approval; prior museum/gallery experience an asset.
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of Director of Museum Studies, and stamped approval; prior museum/gallery experience an asset. Graduate internships must be taken in a non-profit institution in order to count for credit.
  Centered on an internship, which must comprise a supervised project approved in advance by the Director of Museum Studies. Stamped approval prior to the internship is necessary for registration in the course. Internships in Boston-area museums, galleries, historical agencies, and houses arranged for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, 10-12 hours per week (150 hours per semester) at the host institution, with written report.
• CAS AH 502: Practicum in Museum Studies
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: consent of the Director of Museum Studies, and stamped approval; prior museum/gallery experience an asset.
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of Director of Museum Studies, and stamped approval; prior museum/gallery experience an asset. Graduate internships must be taken in a non-profit institution in order to count for credit.
  Centered on an internship, which must comprise a supervised project approved in advance by the Director of Museum Studies. Stamped approval prior to the internship is necessary for registration in the course. Internships in Boston-area museums, galleries, historical agencies, and houses arranged for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, 10-12 hours per week (150 hours per semester) at the host institution, with written report.
• CAS AH 504: Topics in Religion and the Visual Arts
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor.
  In-depth discussion of special issues in the study of religion and art. May be repeated for credit as topics change. Also offered as CAS RN 504.
• CAS AH 520: The Museum and Historical Agency
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: permission of the instructor and stamped approval.
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of the instructor and stamped approval.
  The history, present realities, and future possibilities of museums and historical agencies. Emphasis on the collection, preservation, and use of objects, as well as on the interaction of artists, dealers, collectors, donors, scholars, trustees, and museum professionals.
• CAS AH 521: Curatorship: Exhibition Development
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: permission of instructor and stamped approval.
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor and stamped approval.
  Topic for Spring 2012: José Luís Sert at Boston University. Research and preparation for an exhibition dedicated to the George Sherman Union, the Mugar Memorial Library, and the School of Law at Boston University, three buildings designed and realized during the 1960s by Spanish architect José Luís Sert.
• CAS AH 525: New England Cultural Landscapes
  This seminar examines the historic forces that have shaped distinctive regional landscapes of New England. Focuses primarily on rural, small-town, and residential neighborhood landscapes in towns and cities over four centuries. Also offered as CAS AM 524.
• CAS AH 527: Topics in Art and Society
  May be repeated for credit as topics change. Two topics are offered Spring 2011. Students may take one or both for credit. Section A1: Impressionism through Symbolism. Major currents in nineteenth- century European art are examined in light of contemporary developments in politics, science, religion, literature, music, and the history of ideas. Section B1: Photography and Africa: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Representation. The role colonial-era photography played in determining how the world views Africa. Examines images by contemporary African photographers and looks at how they have confronted stereotypes in order to create their own self image.
• CAS AH 529: Seminar: Twentieth-Century Chinese Art
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CAS AH 111 and CAS AH 112; and two courses at the 200 level or higher, or consent of instructor.
  Critical examinations of twentieth-century Chinese art, including the fate of traditional art, art under a totalitarian regime, the problematic status of the artist in a socialist state, and avant-garde art in the international context.
• CAS AH 530: Chinese and Japanese Calligraphy: History, Theory, and Practice
  Introduction to the history, theory, and practice of the art of Chinese and Japanese calligraphy. The related art of seal carving is also introduced. No knowledge of Chinese or Japanese required.
• CAS AH 532: Japanese Print Culture
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: junior standing or permission of instructor.
  Seminar on print culture of Japan from the eighteenth century to the present. Study of woodblock prints, photographic prints, book art, print advertisements, postcards, and manga. Focus on their function as both artistic expression and instruments of mass communication.
• CAS AH 533: Seminar: Greek Art and Architecture
  Topic for Fall 2012: The Greek Conception of the "Known World." Identity construction from cosmogony to afterlife, from race to culture, in hê oikoumenê gê -- the "known world" of ancient Greece. Juxtaposition of written and visual accounts exposes how Greeks perceived and shaped their environment. All fields welcome.
• CAS AH 534: Seminar in Roman Art
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: junior standing or permission of instructor.
  In-depth examination of varying topics in the study of Roman art and architecture. Topics vary annually. Topic for Spring 2011: Pompeii. Also offered as CAS AR 534.
• CAS AH 539: Muslim Societies: An Interdisciplinary History
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor.
  Examines the states, empires, faiths, and ideologies of the Muslim world over a 1500-year period, including states from North and West Africa, through the Middle East, to Turkey, Iran, and then to Central and Southeast Asia. Also offered as CAS AN 548, HI 596, and RN 563.