Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction to visual
analysis through study of western art 1600-present, examining
major artists and movements from Europe to North America.
Study of the relationship of art and artists to
political,religious, social change, and to changes in ideology,
patronage, audience. May be repeated for credit.
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Project (Term Project). Museum
theory and practice. Mission of the museum to collect, preserve
and educate. Museum administrative structure and the role of the
curator. Visitor engagement, ethics of display, interpretation
and content production. Effective: 2020 Fall Quarter.
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Art and architecture of Rome and the
Roman Empire, from the founding of Rome through the fourth
century C.E. (Same course as Classics 173.) Offered in
alternate years.
Lecture/Discussion—4 hour(s). Art and architecture of Latin
America since Spanish arrival in the New World to the present.
Visual, spatial, and material practices (painting, sculpture,
urban form, cartography, and film, among others) from North and
South America. How art and architecture shape and define colonial
encounters and negotiations, religious and cultural exchange,
conceptions of race and gender, and notions of nationalism and
globalism.
Lecture—3 hours; Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): Prior completion of
AHI 025 recommended. Major movements in architecture of the
twentieth century in Europe and America. Formal innovations are
examined within the social, political, and economic circumstances
in which they emerged.
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 25 and/or
course 184 recommended. Introduction to world architecture
and urban design since circa 1966. Relation of influential
styles, buildings, and architects to postmodern debates and to
cultural, economic, technological and environmental change.
Offered in alternate years.
Lecture–3 hours; discussion–1 hour. Major movements from
colonial times to the present. The role of buildings in a
changing society, the interplay of styles with technologies of
construction, the relationship between American and European
developments, and developments of the architectural
profession. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt|AH.
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: Art History
major, minor, or other significant training in Art History
recommended. Class size limited to 25 students; for majors,
minors, other advanced students. Study of a broad problem
or theoretical issue in art, architecture, or material culture.
Intensive reading, discussion, research, writing. GE credit:
ArtHum| AH, OL, VL, WE. May be repeated two times for credit when
topic differs.
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: Art History
major, minor, or other significant training in Art History
recommended. Class size limited to 25 students; for majors,
minors, other advanced students. Study of a broad problem
or theoretical issue in art, architecture, or material culture.
Intensive reading, discussion, research, writing.
GE credit: ArtHum| AH, OL, VL, WE. May be repeated two times for
credit when topic differs.