Art History Courses for Summer II 2008
CAS AH 112 B1
Introduction to Art History II: Renaissance to Today
Major monuments and artists. Sequential development, from the Renaissance to the modern period, of major styles in architecture, sculpture, painting, graphic arts, and photography. Relationship of visual art to social and cultural trends. 4 cr. Tuition: TBD
Summer 2: Tues./Thurs. 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Walsh
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CAS AH 225 B1
Arts of Asia
Surveys of the major artistic traditions of Asia. Important monuments are examined analytically in order to explain why certain forms and styles are characteristic of specific times and places, and how these monuments functioned in their cultural contexts. 4 cr. Tuition: TBD
Summer 2: Tues./Thurs. 2 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Jones
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CAS AH 284 B1
Arts in America
Survey of American painting, architecture, sculpture, prints, and photography from the early settlement in 1630 to the present. 4 cr. Tuition: TBD
Summer 2: Tues./Thurs. 6 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Porter
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CAS AH 295 B1
History of Photography
An introduction to the study of photographs. The history of the medium in Europe and America from its invention in 1839 to the present. After lectures on photographic theory and methodology, photographs are studied both as art objects and as historical artifacts. 4 cr. Tuition: TBD
Summer 2: Mon./Wed. 2 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Ditner
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CAS AH 333 B1
Classical Greek Art
Examines architecture, sculpture, painting, and metalwork of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. in their original contexts. Addresses such larger issues as development of portraiture; tension of "real" and "ideal"; roles and shifting iconographies of myth; and political use of monuments. 4 cr. Tuition: TBD
Summer 2: Mon./Wed. 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Westervelt
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