Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Christian, Barbarian, Moslem,
and Classical traditions in European Art from the fourth through
the sixteenth centuries.
Discussion/Laboratory—3 hour(s); Project (Term
Project). Pass One restricted to Art History and Art Studio
majors. Curate an exhibition. Development of exhibition
proposal, object selection and installation, design, lighting,
creation of exhibition text and promotional material. Production
of a public display for a campus museum or
elsewhere. Effective: 2020 Fall Quarter.
Lecture/discussion–4 hours. Study of human rights as they
relate to art, architecture, and cultural heritage.
Examines museums, art collections, and cultural-heritage
management, their relation to the cultural prerogatives of
communities and indigenous groups, and protection of cultural
heritage during war and conflict.
GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci|AH or SS, DD, VL, WC, WE.
Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s). A historical survey
of Buddhist art in relation to the development of Buddhist
doctrine and philosophy. (Same course as RST
171.) Effective: 2019 Fall Quarter.
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Thematic and chronological
examination of Chinese painting and culture from the Tang Dynasty
(7th c. CE) through the early 20th century. Issues
considered include political art (made to support or protest
regimes), art and the market, art and individual
expression. Offered in alternate years.
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Seventeenth-century paintings,
sculpture and graphic arts, including such artists as Caravaggio,
Rubens, Rembrandt, and Velazquez in their political and social
context.
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: prior completion of
course 1C recommended. Emergence of modernism in Europe from the
late 18th century to the middle of the 19th century. Major
artistic events viewed against a revolutionary backdrop of
changing attitudes toward identity, race, and gender.
Lecture/discussion—4 hours; term paper. Development of new media
and aesthetics in the context of such cultural and political
phenomena as the New Left, feminism, and globalization;
investigation of the critical-theoretical questions of
neoavantgardism, postmodernism, and postmodernity.
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.
Instructors: Katharine Burnett
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.
