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SPRING 2023 UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
This course is an introduction to the artistic achievements of the world’s cultures and to the ways in which they can be viewed. It provides students with a sound understanding of major art works from all ages and corners of the world, and the theoretical concepts and historical circumstances to which they owe their existence. We ask questions such as: What is art? What is an artist? How has their perception changed over time? What is an image? Why does art exist? What is ‘world art’? Why do we study art history?
CRN#: 72211
Meetings: Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30PM – 1:50PM
Place: Arts Screening Room 335
In this course we’ll survey the visual arts of Europe and America from 1600 through the present. We’ll consider the religious and political roles of art, the rise of secular imagery, the increased role of women in the arts, the impact of popular culture and photography, and study other new media in the visual arts.
CRN#: 50008
Meetings: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30AM – 10:50AM
Place: Watkins 1000
European and American photography in the twentieth century veered wildly from mythic landscape to politically charged satire; from gritty realism to abstracted form. This course offers critical analysis of the key figures, theoretical debates and artistic movements of the period–beginning with pictorialism and ending with the rise of street photography– with emphasis on photography as the central mediator of modern experience.
CRN#: 72355
Meetings: Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30PM-4:50PM
Place: Arts Screening Room 335
This course will study European art from French Revolution to the outbreak of the First World War. We will examine how artists responded to the political, social, and industrial revolutions occurring across Europe, and the emergence of a new Modern art. Topics covered will be Neoclassicism, Realism, Romanticism, Impressionism and Post Impressionism, architecture, sculpture and decorative art.
CRN#: 72200
Meetings: Monday and Wednesday, 11:00AM – 12:20PM
Place: Arts Screening Room 335
SPRING 2023 GRADUATE LEVEL COURSES
The Art and Architecture of Tenochtitlan and Mexico City
This graduate seminar provides an introduction to the art and architecture of ancient to contemporary Mexico through a case study of Mexico City (formerly Tenochtitlan). Beginning with the ancestral cities of Tula and Teotihuacan, continuing through the Spanish invasion and defeat of Aztec Tenochtitlan in 1521, and concluding with the legacy of the 1910 Mexican Revolution, the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre, and Olympics, we will examine the criteria inhabitants and historians use to define a “city.” The tension between antiquity and modernity, global and local identities, colonialism and resistance, and the relationship between art and community formation will be major themes. Special emphasis will be placed on the development of the skills of critical writing and visual analysis through discussion and short writing assignments. Readings from a range of sources (manifestos, dialogues, literary essays, newspaper articles) add a complementary focus to our analysis of the city.
CRN#: 72215
Meetings: Thursday, 9:30AM – 12:20PM
Place: ARTS 333
SUMMER 2023 A UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
SUMMER B 2023 UNDERGRADUATE COURSES