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ARH 114A - Visual Culture I |
This course focuses on art and architecture within ancient through medieval visual cultures. Students will look at the different ways in which images create meaning, form visual languages, and drive society and politics. Areas of study include the Paleolithic cave paintings and sculpture, ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, ancient Greece and Rome, and early and medieval Christian imagery and architecture. Writing-intensive. Prerequisites: none. Every two years.
Credit: 4 |
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ARH 116A - Visual Culture II |
This course focuses on art and architecture as part of the visual cultures of the Renaissance, Enlightenment, and modern world into the 19th century. Students will look at the different ways in which images create meaning, form visual languages, and drive society and politics. Students will study different ways of interpreting images and consider the both the historical and current contexts of the artworks and their own role as viewers. Writing-intensive. Prerequisites: none. Odd year.
Credit: 4 |
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ARH 170A - Art and Ideas |
What is art? Why is art so powerful? How does art create meaning? In this course you will actively engage in the dialogue between philosophy and art by taking both sides on these and other questions. This course is team-taught by an art historian and a philosopher, and is intensive in reading, writing and participation. Cross listed with PHI 170H. Prerequisites: none. Every two years.
Credit: 4 |
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ARH 177 - Topics in Art History |
Special topics in art history not covered in the regular curriculum. Prerequisites: none. Varies.
Credit: 4 |
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ARH 272A - History of Japanese Art |
The history of Japanese art and visual culture from prehistory to the present with special attention to the Edo period onwards and to connections across art, literature and theatre. May require attendance at film screenings outside of class meeting times. Writing-intensive. Prerequisites: none. Every two years.
Credit: 4 |
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ARH 274A - Modern Art |
This course examines modernism and modern art in Europe and the United States from the mid-19th century to World War II. We will look at the rise of the avant-garde (cubism, dada, surrealism, etc.) and the dynamic new conversation among art, its public, its critics, and its theorists. Writing- intensive. Prerequisites: none. Every year.
Credit: 4 |
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ARH 276A - Contemporary Art |
This course is a focused study of art and its dialogue with its viewers, its critics and society from modernism in the 1960s through postmodernism to the present day in the United States and Europe. Writing-intensive. Prerequisites: none. Every year.
Credit: 4 |
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ARH 277 - Topics in Art History |
Covers specialized topics not covered in the regular art history curriculum. Prerequisites: none. Varies.
Credit: 4 |
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ARH 280A - World Film |
This course critically examines issues in international cinema and provides an introduction to film theory. May require attendance at screenings outside of class meeting time. Writing-intensive. Prerequisites: none. Every two years.
Credit: 4 |
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ARH 284A - History of Japanese Film |
This course studies Japanese film within its social and cinematic context from the silent films of Ozu through the 1950s' "golden age" of Ozu, Mizoguchi and Kurosawa, to the dystopic postmodernism of many directors today. This course provides an introduction to film theory. Writing-intensive. Prerequisites: none. Every two years.
Credit: 4 |
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ARH 376A - History of Photography |
The history and theory of photography from its origins to the present day. Writing intensive. Prerequisites: none. Every two years.
Credit: 4 |
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ARH 377 - Topics in Art History |
Covers advanced specialized topics not covered in the regular art history curriculum. Varies.
Credit: 4 |
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ARH 378A - Contemporary Japanese Film |
This course critically examines current Japanese cinema within its social, historical and literary contexts and provides an introduction to film theory. May require attendance at screenings outside of class meeting time. Prerequisites: none. Every two years.
Credit: 4 |
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ARH 397 - Independent Study in Art History |
An opportunity to pursue a major independent research project in art history. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Varies.
Credit: 4 |
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