Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Christian, Barbarian, Moslem,
and Classical traditions in European Art from the fourth through
the sixteenth centuries.
Lecture—3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Development of
architecture and urban design; how form, space, order are
conceived and used across eras and cultures. Examines the
function and organization of space, technological problems of
construction, visual qualities of architecture, and social issues
connected to architecture.
Lecture—3 hour; term paper. Prerequisite: course 1E recommended.
Introduction to the urban history of the Islamic world. Includes
critical study of the historiography of the Islamic city,
development of urban form, institutions and rituals, and analysis
of selected themes.
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—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/Discussion—4 hours. Social, cultural, aesthetic and
technical developments in the history of photography including
patronage and reception, commercial, scientific, political and
artistic applications, and a critical-theoretical inquiry into
photography’s impact on the social category “art” and the history
of subjectivity.
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. Topics (B)
Medieval, 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.
Instructors: Katharine Burnett
GE credit: ArtHum| AH, OL, VL, WE. May be repeated two times for
credit when topic differs.
