Courses
Art History
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College of Arts and Sciences
Art History II: Renaissance to Today
CAS AH 112
Major monuments and artists. Sequential development from the late 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.
The Art of Rome
CAS AH 234
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. 4 cr.
Medieval Art
CAS AH 240
Survey of European art and architecture from the fall of Rome through High Gothic. Media include sculpture, textiles, stained glass, and precious metalwork. Monuments treated include Rome's great churches, the Book of Kells, the Bayeux Tapestry, and Chartres and Reims cathedrals. 4 cr.
Arts in America
CAS AH 284
Survey of American painting, architecture, sculpture, prints, and photography from the early settlement in 1630 to the present. 4 cr.
History of Photography
CAS AH 295
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.
