Summer 2022 Courses – Open for Registration!
With the exception of courses specifically designated “online” in the schedule, all BU Summer Term 2022 classes will be held on campus, and you must attend them in person.
Visit the Summer Term website for more information, and to register for Summer 2022 classes!
Summer 1 (May 25-June 29)
Pyramids to Cathedrals: An Introduction to Ancient and Medieval Art
CAS AH 111 A1
A chronological examination of the fundamentals of art and architectural history, this course introduces students to major monuments and works of art from antiquity to the middle ages in their social, religious and historical contexts.
Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.
Mon./Wed. 9 am-12:30 pm | S. Rebecca Martin
Introduction to Art in Europe and the United States from the Renaissance to Post-Modernism
CAS AH 112 A1
Major monuments and artists in Europe and the United States from the Renaissance to Post-Modernism. Sequential development of major styles in architecture, sculpture, painting, and photography. Relationship of visual art to social and cultural forces.
Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.
Tues./Thurs. 1-4:30 pm | Ross Barrett
Learning to See
CAS AH 210
Strengthens students’ ability to describe and analyze the visual world. From fundamentals such as color and composition to the design of advertisements, propaganda, and appliances. A lab component provides opportunities for direct engagement with objects, images, and the built environment. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following
BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Critical Thinking.
Tues./Thurs. 9 am-12:30 pm | Shannon Bewley
The Age of Impressionism
CAS AH 389 A1
Impressionism, its sources, and its aftermath: from the painting of modern life and leisure by Manet, Monet, Morisot, Renoir, and Degas to the evocation of spirituality, pain, and desire in the work of Van Gogh, Gauguin, Rodin, and Munch.
Effective summer 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.
Mon./Wed. 1-4:30 pm. | Ross Barrett
History of Photography
CAS AH 395 A1
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.
Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Critical Thinking.
Tues./Thurs. 6-9:30 pm | Kimber Chewning
Summer 2 (July 6-August 10)
Pyramids to Cathedrals: An Introduction to Ancient and Medieval Art
CAS AH 111 B1
A chronological examination of the fundamentals of art and architectural history, this course introduces students to major monuments and works of art from antiquity to the middle ages in their social, religious and historical contexts.
Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.
Mon./Wed. 9 am-12:30 pm | Althea Ruoppo
Introduction to Art in Europe and the United States from the Renaissance to Post-Modernism
CAS AH 112 B1
Major monuments and artists in Europe and the United States from the Renaissance to Post-Modernism. Sequential development of major styles in architecture, sculpture, painting, and photography. Relationship of visual art to social and cultural forces.
Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.
Tues./Thurs. 9 am-12:30 pm. | Constanza Robles Sepulveda
Renaissance Art
CAS AH 257 B1
Survey of the arts in the Renaissance in Italy from the communes of the early fifteenth century to the courts of the sixteenth century.
Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Critical Thinking.
Mon./Wed. 1-4:30 pm | Jillianne Laceste
Contemporary Art: 1980 to Now
CAS AH 393 B1
Explores the terms of debate, key figures, and primary sites for the production and reception of contemporary art on a global scale since 1980. Painting, installation art, new media, performance, art criticism, and curatorial practice are discussed.
Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.
Tues./Thurs. 1-4:30 pm | Defne Kirmizi