Art History (ART H)

ART H 001S (GA) FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR ( 3) An introduction to the field of art history, through an examination of a selected issue in a seminar setting.

ART H 100 (GA;IL) INTRODUCTION TO ART ( 3) An approach to the understanding of art through a critical analysis of selected works of architecture, painting, and sculpture. Students who have passed ART H 110 may not schedule this course.

ART H 111 (GA;IL) ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL ART ( 3) Survey of Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Early Medieval, Romanesque, and Gothic art, with an emphasis on sculpture and painting.

ART H 112 (GA;IL) RENAISSANCE TO MODERN ART ( 3) Survey of Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Romantic, Modern, and Contemporary art, with an emphasis on painting, sculpture, and graphic arts.

ART H 120 (GA;IL) ASIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE ( 3) A selective overview of the art and architecture of India, Southeast Asia, China, Korea, and Japan.

ART H 130 (GA;US;IL) AFRICAN, OCEANIC, AND NATIVE AMERICAN ART ( 3) A selective overview of the history of African, Oceanic, and Native American art.

ART H 197 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

ART H 198 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

ART H 199 (IL) FOREIGN STUDY--ART HISTORY ( 1 -12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.

ART H 201 (GA;IL) ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE ( 3) A survey of Prehistoric, Ancient Near Eastern Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Early Christian, Byzantine, Early Medieval, Romanesque, and Gothic architecture.

ART H 202 (GA;US;IL) RENAISSANCE TO MODERN ARCHITECTURE ( 3) A survey of Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Romantic, Victorian, Modern, Post-Modern, and Contemporary architecture in Europe and America.

ART H 250 (PHOTO) A CHRONOLOGICAL SURVEY OF PHOTOGRAPHY ( 3) A survey of photography's place and influence in a social, cultural, and historical context.

ART H 296 INDEPENDENT STUDIES ( 1 -18)

ART H 297 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

ART H 298 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

ART H 299 (IL) FOREIGN STUDY--ART HISTORY ( 1 -12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.

ART H 300H HONORS COURSE IN ART HISTORY ( 3 per semester, maximum of12) Readings, discussion, oral and written reports on selected topics in art history. Prerequisite: fifth-semester standing, all-University and art history average of B, and invitation by Department Honors Committee

ART H 301 (GA;IL) EGYPTIAN AND MESOPOTAMIAN ART ( 3) Art of the Ancient Near East, including Egypt, Mesopotamia, and neighboring civilizations.

ART H 302 (GA;IL) ART OF THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES ( 3) A survey of the art of Western Europe from the Early Christian era through the Ottonian Empire, c.300-1050 A.D.

ART H 303 (GA;IL) ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART ( 3) The major arts in Italy from the thirteenth century A.D. through the Renaissance; emphasis on sculpture and painting.

ART H 304 (GA;IL) SOUTHERN BAROQUE PAINTING ( 3) Seventeenth-century painting in Italy, France, and Spain. Emphasis will be on Italy as the vanguard country.

ART H 305 (GA;IL) EUROPEAN ART FROM 1780-1860 ( 3) A survey of painting and sculpture in Europe 1780-1860, from the origins of Neoclassicism through Romanticism and Realism.

ART H 306 (GA;IL) ENGLISH ART ( 3) An introduction to the history of art in England by examining selected themes and issues.

ART H 307 (GA;US) (AM ST) AMERICAN ART ( 3) History of art in the English colonies and the United States from the seventeenth century to the present.

ART H 311 (GA;IL) GREEK AND ROMAN ART ( 3) Greek and Roman art, with emphasis on painting and sculpture.

ART H 312 (GA;IL) ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC ART ( 3) Survey of the architecture, sculpture, and painting of the Christian church in western Europe from 1000 to 1500.

ART H 313 (GA;IL) NORTHERN RENAISSANCE ART ( 3) Art in northern Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, emphasizing painters such as Van Eyck, Durer, and Bruegel.

ART H 314 (GA;IL) ART IN THE AGE OF REMBRANDT ( 3) Dutch and Flemish painting in the seventeenth century.

ART H 320 (GA;IL) CHINESE ART ( 3) A general survey of the great periods of Chinese art from the Shang dynasty until the modern period.

ART H 324 (GA;IL) ROCOCO ART ( 3) Eighteenth-century art in western Europe, with emphasis on artists such as Watteau, Fragonard, Falconet, Le Gros, Tiepolo, Guardi, Neumann.

ART H 325 (GA;IL) IMPRESSIONISM TO SURREALISM ( 3) A survey of European painting and sculpture from ca. 1850 to ca. 1940.

ART H 330 (GA;IL) ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE AND ART ( 3) Survey of the art and architecture of Islamic lands from the late seventh century until the eighteenth century.

ART H 335 (GA;IL) (AAA S) AFRICAN ART ( 3) Introduction to the visual arts of Africa, including contemporary African art and the influence of African art outside Africa.

ART H 340 (GA;IL) JAPANESE ART ( 3) This course will examine the art and architecture of Japan, its relationship to Chinese art, and its influence on European art.

ART H 350W UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR IN THE HISTORY OF ART ( 3 - 6) An introduction to original research, methodology, analysis, and writing on a scholarly level. Prerequisite: fifth-semester standing, 6 credits in art history at the 300 level or above

ART H 397 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

ART H 398 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

ART H 399 (IL) FOREIGN STUDY--ART HISTORY ( 1 -12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction. Prerequisite: ART H 100 or ART H 110 or ART H 111 or ART H 112

ART H 401 (IL) GREEK ART AND ARCHITECTURE ( 3 - 9) Developments in Greek art and architecture, tenth century B.C. to first century B.C.; emphasis on the importance of Greek sanctuaries. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 111 , ART H 201 , or ART H 311

ART H 402 (IL) THE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ( 3) Specific stylistic periods in manuscript painting from A.D. 500-1500 in Western Europe and Byzantium. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 111 , ART H 302 , or ART H 312

ART H 404 (US) THE ART OF COLONIAL AMERICA ( 3) A survey of the visual arts in the North American colonies from the explorer artists to the American Revolution. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 112 , ART H 202 , or ART H 307

ART H 405 (US;IL) PIONEERS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE ( 3 - 6) Selected period or theme in the development of modern architecture during the nineteenth and/or early twentieth centuries. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 112 , ART H 202 , or ART H 307

ART H 409 (ART) MUSEUM STUDIES ( 3) An introduction to the professional activities that occur in art museums. Prerequisite: 6 credits of ART H, ART, and/or A ED

ART H 410 TASTE AND CRITICISM IN ART ( 3) History and literature of art criticism demonstrating the varied philosophic, cultural, iconographic, technical, and visual approaches. Prerequisite: 6 credits of art history

ART H 411 (IL) ROMAN ART ( 3 - 9) Roman sculpture and painting from Augustus to Constantine. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 111 , ART H 201 , or ART H 311

ART H 412 (IL) THE GOTHIC CATHEDRAL ( 3) Specific aspects of Romanesque and Gothic church architecture of western Europe, especially France and England, between 1000-1500. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 111 , ART H 201 , ART H 302 , or ART H 312

ART H 414 (IL) ITALIAN BAROQUE PAINTING ( 3) Survey of Italian Baroque painting from sixteenth-century proto-Baroque masters to painters of the late Baroque and Rococo periods. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 112 , or ART H 304

ART H 415 (US) THE SKYSCRAPER ( 3) Origin and evolution of the skyscraper as seen against the background of cultural conditions and technological factors. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 112 , ART H 202 , or ART H 307

ART H 416 (US) AMERICAN PAINTING: 1876-1913 ( 3) Art in the United States between 1876 and 1913; emergence of an American art and transition to the modern styles. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 112 , or ART H 307

ART H 420 (IL) RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE ( 3) Russian architecture from the first Orthodox churches of the late tenth century to the end of the Soviet Union. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 111 , ART H 112 , ART H 201 , or ART H 202

ART H 422 (IL) STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL SCULPTURE ( 3 - 9) Specific studies of western European sculpture, 300-1500, with attention to sources, styles, type, and iconography. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 111 , ART H 201 , ART H 302 , or ART H 312

ART H 423 (IL) STUDIES IN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART ( 3 - 9) Specific studies of Italian Renaissance art, including the work of artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michaelangelo, and Raphael. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 112 , ART H 202 , or ART H 303

ART H 424 (IL) MASTERS OF NORTHERN BAROQUE ART ( 3) Seventeenth-century painters in Flanders and Holland, including the works of artists such as Rubens, Rembrandt, and Vermeer. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 112 , or ART H 314

ART H 430 GOYA AND HIS TIMES ( 3) The art of Francisco de Goya from the Rococo eighteenth century to the beginnings of Romanticism. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 112 , ART H 305 , or ART H 324

ART H 432 PROBLEMS IN ICONOLOGY ( 3 - 9) The investigation of content and meaning in major monuments of the history of art. Prerequisite: 6 credits of art history

ART H 435 (IL) STUDIES IN MODERN ART ( 3 - 6) Lectures focusing on a selected movement of nineteenth- or twentieth-century art. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 112 , ART H 305 , ART H 307 , or ART H 325

ART H 442 (IL) LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY CHRISTIAN ART ( 3) Survey of the architecture, painting, and minor arts of Christian society from the beginning to the mid-sixth century. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 111 , ART H 201 , or ART H 302

ART H 450 (US;IL) THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY ( 3) The history of photography from 1839, with particular emphasis on the relationship with the plastic arts. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 112 , ART H 305 , ART H 307 , or ART H 325

ART H 452 (IL) BYZANTINE ART ( 3) Monumental and minor arts of Byzantium and related areas from the reign of Justinian to the Turkish conquest of Constantinople. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 111 , ART H 201 , or ART H 302

ART H 454 (IL) SPANISH BAROQUE ART ( 3) Survey of seventeenth-century Spanish painting and sculpture, with an emphasis on Velasquez, Murillo, Ribera, and Zurbaran. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 112 , or ART H 304

ART H 456 GIAN LORENZO BERNINI AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE FULL BAROQUE IN ROME ( 3) In-depth investigation into the architectural works and conceptual practices of Bernini and his contemporaries, with accentuation of specific monuments. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 112 , or ART H 202

ART H 458 ROMAN ROCOCO ARCHITECTURE AND THE DAWN OF NEOCLASSICISM ( 3) Investigation into the legacy of the three giants of the Roman High Baroque: Bernini, Borromini, and Pietro da Cortona. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 112 , or ART H 202

ART H 464 (IL) FRENCH BAROQUE PAINTING ( 3) Examination of seventeenth-century French painting, including Italian influences; the provincial, Classical, and official styles in France. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 112 , or ART H 304

ART H 470 (US) AMERICAN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE SINCE 1940 ( 3) Painting and sculpture in the United States from the origins of Abstract Expressionism through the present. Prerequisite: ART H 100 , ART H 112 , ART H 307 , or ART H 325

ART H 475 (US) (ART) CONTEMPORARY WOMEN ARTISTS ( 3) Effective Date: SP2009 An interdisciplinary course that investigates women artists who are integral to the production of contemporary art primarily in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Prerequisite: Fifth semester standing, ART H 111 , ART H 112 , and enrollment in the ART BA, ART BFA, Art Education or Integrative Arts degree program

ART H 476 (ART) HISTORY AND THEORY OF DIGITAL ART ( 3) History and theories of contemporary digital art emphasizing humanistic approaches to technology. Prerequisite: ART H 100 or ART H 112 or ART H 307 or ART H 325 or ART H 326 or ART 211

ART H 496 INDEPENDENT STUDIES ( 1 -18)

ART H 497 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

ART H 498 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

ART H 499 (IL) FOREIGN STUDY--ART HISTORY ( 1 -12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.

ART H 511 SEMINAR IN ANCIENT ART ( 3 -12 per semester) Selected topics from the history of Greek and Roman art.

ART H 512 SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL ART ( 3 -12 per semester) Original research into problems dealing with the art of the Middle Ages.

ART H 513 SEMINAR IN RENAISSANCE ART ( 3 -12 per semester) Investigations in the area of Renaissance art, centering around major masters and monuments.

ART H 514 SEMINAR IN BAROQUE ART ( 3 -12 per semester) Investigations in the area of baroque art, centering around major masters and monuments.

ART H 515 SEMINAR IN MODERN ART ( 3 -12 per semester) Lectures, readings, reports, and discussions in the field of modern art.

ART H 517 SEMINAR IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ART ( 3 -12 per semester) Investigation into themes and problems dealing with eighteenth-century art.

ART H 520 SEMINAR IN SPANISH BAROQUE PAINTING ( 3 per semester, maximum of 6) Specific problems in the history of seventeenth-century Spanish painting.

ART H 522 SEMINAR IN BYZANTINE ART ( 3 per semester, maximum of12) Specific iconographical and stylistic problems in Byzantine art and its relation to classical antiquity, the medieval West, and Islam.

ART H 525 SEMINAR IN MODERN ARCHITECTURE ( 3 -12 per semester) Investigation into the works and problems of modern architecture as they relate to the culture of our times.

ART H 542 THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE APOCALYPSE ( 3 - 6 per semester) Studies in the illustration of the Apocalypse, iconographical and stylistic, from the early Christian period through Durer.

ART H 551 HISTORIOGRAPHY OF ART HISTORY ( 1 - 6 per semester) The relationship between the definition of, and approach to, art-historical problems from Vasari to the present.

ART H 552 PROBLEMS IN CONNOISSEURSHIP ( 3) A study of the problems of authenticating, attributing, and dating paintings and sculpture through internal evidence.

ART H 596 INDIVIDUAL STUDIES ( 1 - 9) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.

ART H 597 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

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Effective Date: Current

Review Date: 06/20/2008

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