Art History Courses for Summer II 2009
CAS AH 112 SB1
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.
Tues./Thurs. 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Tanga
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CAS AH 234 SB1
Arts of Rome
Roman architecture, painting, sculpture, and minor arts. Emphasis on developments in Rome, Pompeii, and Central Italy and on the political and social role of Roman art and architecture.
Tues./Thurs. 6 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Doherty
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CAS AH 240 SB1
Medieval Art
European art and architecture from the Fall of Rome through High Gothic. Covers media including sculpture, textiles, stained glass, and precious metalwork. Monuments treated are Rome's great churches, the Book of Kells, the Bayeux Tapestry, and Chartres and Rheims cathedrals.
Mon./Wed. 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Pugliano
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CAS AH 284 SB1
Arts in America
Survey of American painting, architecture, sculpture, prints, and photography from the early settlement in 1630 to the present.
Mon./Wed. 6 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Hartvigsen
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CAS AH 295 SB1
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.
Mon./Wed. 2 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Porter
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CAS AH 497 SB1
Seminar: Contemporary Art
An investigation of art in America, and its dialogue with Europe,
produced from the late 1950s through the early 1970s. Discussion of the
major art movements (e.g., Pop Art, Minimalism, Happenings) that
attempted to expand and also erase long-held assumptions about the
category of art.
Tues./Thurs. 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Smith
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