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| Art History |
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| Foundation Year |
| SF181 |
F |
Drawing I |
3 |
| SF182 |
F |
Visual Language I |
3 |
| SF185 |
S |
Drawing II |
3 |
| SF186 |
S |
Visual Language II |
3 |
| SF183 |
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Form Study |
3 |
| SF184 |
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Open Studio Elective |
3 |
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| CSA100X |
F |
Intro to Art History |
3 |
| CSA (200 level) |
S |
Art History elective |
3 |
| CSC100 |
S |
Written Communication |
3 |
| CS100X |
F/S |
Freshman Seminar |
3 |
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30
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| Sophomore Year |
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Choose 1 course from 3 of the 4 areas below
(see list of courses below this
table for more info.)
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Ancient/Medieval |
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Renaissance/Baroque/18th Century |
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Modern/Contemporary |
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Americas/Asia/Africa |
9 |
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| CSC200 | |
Literary Traditions | 3 |
| CSB | |
Elective | 3 |
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5 Studio Electives | 15 |
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30 |
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| Junior Year |
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Choose 1 course from the remaining area |
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Ancient/Medieval |
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Renaissance/Baroque/18th Century |
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Modern/Contemporary |
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Americas/Asia/Africa |
3 |
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| CSA | |
400-Level Seminar | 3 |
| CSA | |
Elective | 3 |
| CSB | |
Elective | 3 |
| CSC | |
Elective | 3 |
| CSD |
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Electrive |
3 |
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4 Studio Electives | 12 |
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30 |
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| Senior Year |
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CSA |
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400-Level Seminar |
3 |
| CSA | |
2 Electives | 6 |
| CSB/C/D | |
3 Electives | 9 |
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4 Studio Electives | 12 |
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30 |
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Summary | |
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6 Studio Foundation | 18 |
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11 Art History | 33 |
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10 Critical Studies | 30 |
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13 Studio Electives | 39 |
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120 |
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| F (fall) or S (spring) - the semester in
which the course must be taken due to course availabilty or major sequencing. |
COURSES
ANCIENT/MEDIEVAL
CSA 332X Art of Ancient Egypt
Survey of the visual culture
of ancient Egypt from the Predynastic period (ca. 5000 B.C.) until the end
of the New Kingdom (ca. 1000 B.C.). Emphasis will be on major examples of architecture,
sculpture, and painting viewed in their historical, political, social, economic,
and religious contexts. Where appropriate, we will also consider the methods
and goals of archaeological work in Egypt in terms of the way it has shaped
our view of the ancient culture. Frequent visits to the spectacular Egyptian
collection in the Museum of Fine Arts.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102.
3 credits.
CSA 335X Art of Ancient Iraq
The arts of the ancient Sumerian,
Babylonian, and Assyrian cultures of Mesopotamia (Iraq) from the 8th millennium
BC through the fall of the Babylonian Empire in 539 BC. Emphasis is on the
interpretation of art objects as evidence for such historical, social, and
cultural developments as urbanism, social stratification, the institutionalization
of religion, imperialism, and international commerce.
Prerequisites: CSA 101
and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 2XX0 Egypt of the Pharaohs (taught in Egypt)
Survey of
major monuments of Egyptian art, taught at the monuments themselves. We will
cover 5000 years of ancient Egyptian art and history, from the Predynastic
through Roman Periods. Along the way we will visit the Step Pyramid at Saqqara,
the great pyramids at Giza, the sprawling temples at Karnak and Luxor, Tut's
tomb, Abu Simbel, and take a cruise to Ptolemaic temples so well preserved
they could have been built yesterday. Our visits to sites and museums in Egypt
will stimulate on-site class discussions about their historical, political,
social, economic, and religious significance.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA
102. 3 credits.
CSA 2XX6 Greek and Roman Art
A survey of the art and architecture
of ancient Greece and Rome, from the Geometric period through the end of the
Roman Empire.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3
credits.
CSA 2X0 Medieval Castles and Cathedrals
Focusing on selected
monuments of both secular and religious architecture, this course provides
an overview of medieval European architecture from the first Christian churches
in Rome to the royal residences and fortifications of the late Middle Ages.
The study of architecture will include design principles, structures, materials
and the decorative programs of monumental images that completed the buildings.
The role of the built environment in religious experience, pilgrimage, monasticism,
political conflict, and urban life will be an ongoing theme throughout the
course.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 201 Early Medieval Art
This course focuses on the art
produced between approximately AD 300 and 1000 in Europe, Western Asia, and
North Africa. Much of this area had been part of the Roman Empire, and the
art of this 700-year period reflects the interactions of Roman traditions with
the diverse cultures and religious beliefs of those who came to power at the
end of the empire. The course will include the art and architecture of the
Late Empire with its Early Christian and Byzantine elements; the arts and mythology
of the Celts, Vikings, and Anglo-Saxons; early medieval Spain and Islamic art;
and the revival of Classical culture under the Carolingians. Artistic invention
and quotation, the transmission of artistic ideas and their adaptation, and
the interactions of differing traditions will be ongoing themes.
Prerequisites:
CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 202 Romanesque and Gothic Art
This course will examine
European art and architecture produced between the years 1000 and 1400. Examples
of sculpture, stained glass, manuscript painting, architecture and metalwork
will be presented within the religious, social and political contexts of these
centuries. The functions of objects and the audiences for whom they were made
will be considered along with their styles, subject matter, techniques and
materials. Medieval ideas about sight, vision, and representation will be examined
as essential to an understanding of the art of this era.
Prerequisites:
CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA302X Archaeological Theory and Practice
Introduction to applied archaeology designed to prepare students to
participate in an archaeological excavation. The class will investigate archaeological
theory through readings and discussion on topics that include the history,
purposes, goals, and ethics of excavation. Archaeological practice will be
learned through hands-on experience with basic skills, including topographic
surveying with an electronic total station, production of topographic maps
with a CAD program, site mapping techniques using a total station and triangulation,
construction of a flotation recovery system for small remains, computer analysis
of geophysical survey results, pottery and object drawing techniques, and digitizing
pottery drawings.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 304X Special Topics in the Art of Ancient Iraq
Intensive
directed reading and research on the art of ancient Mesopotamia. The students
and instructor will together decide an area of general interest to be investigated.
This area will be introduced through readings and discussion. Students will
then each narrow their focus to a specific research topic, which will be discussed
in class, presented orally by the student, and then prepared as a substantial
research paper.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits. Requires
permission of the instructor.
CSA 204X Women in Medieval Art
Focusing on selected works
of art, this course will examine the role played by women in the art of the
later Middle Ages. We will look at women's roles from four different viewpoints:
as artists, as patrons, as viewers, and as subject. The course will be a combination
of lecture and discussion, with reading assignments drawn from recent studies
in the fields of gender studies and of Medieval art. Topics will include: art
made by and/or for nuns, including Hildegard of Bingen; the patronage of Eleanor
of Aquitaine and other noblewomen; religious books made for women; images of
women in the medieval church; and Eve and Mary.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA
102. 3 credits.
CSA 34X The Gothic Cathedral
In this course we will look at
the great religious monuments built in Europe between about 1130 and 1530,
their architecture and decoration. The development and spread of the Gothic
building style from France to England, Spain, and Central Europe; the changing
political situations in which such buildings were constructed; the kinds of
imagery used to decorate them; and the ways in which different visitors to
the buildings would have experienced the space and imagery will be considered
throughout the course.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 400X Seminar: Romanesque Architecture
The Romanesque style
in European architecture from about CE 1000 to 1150, its roots in earlier architecture,
its structural and formal characteristics, and its relationship to the religious,
economic, and political contexts of these centuries at the heart of the Middle
Ages. Did apocalyptic fear
around the year 1000 create a building frenzy? What role did monasteries
and monastic politics play? How important was the pilgrimage to northern
Spain in the spread of Romanesque architectural styles? What reactions
to and interactions with Muslim Spain can we read in these buildings? These
and other questions will be explored through critical readings of recent publications,
class discussion, and individual research projects.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and
CSA 102. 3 credits. Requires permission
of the instructor; preference given to art history majors
CSA 4X3 Seminar: Gothic Architecture
An in-depth look at the medieval Gothic
architecture of Europe, focusing on selected cathedrals from the earliest
examples around 12th-century Paris to the fanciful stonework and towering
spires of 15th-century England and Central Europe. Following an overview
of the period and its monuments, students will undertake individual research
projects with the professor’s guidance,
and will share their progress and conclusions with one another. The course
is designed to provide students with tools for professional and/or graduate
work in the field of art history. Preference will be given to art history majors.
RENAISSANCE/BAROQUE/18TH CENTURY
CSA 222 Artistic Personality in the Renaissance I
The purpose
of this course will be to introduce students to what remains one of the largest
and most complex topics in the history of post-classical Western culture,
the Italian Renaissance. This introduction to the History of Italian Renaissance
Art will be presented as a two-part sequence, opening in the fall semester
with an investigation of Italian art in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries,
followed in the second semester by a detailed examination of the High Renaissance,
the supreme moment of artistic achievement in the late fifteenth and early
sixteenth centuries.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits. Note:
CSA 222 and 223 are also offered as a one-semester Renaissance survey, CSA
382X.
CSA 223 Artistic Personality in the Renaissance II
The purpose
of this course will be to introduce students to what remains one of the largest
and most complex topics in the history of post-classical Western culture, the
Italian Renaissance. This introduction to the History of Italian Renaissance
Art will be presented as a two-part sequence, opening in the fall semester
with an investigation of Italian art in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries,
followed in the second semester by a detailed examination of the High Renaissance,
the supreme moment of artistic achievement in the late fifteenth and early
sixteenth centuries.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits. Note:
CSA 222 and 223 are also offered as a one-semester Renaissance survey, CSA
382X.
CSA 382X Italian Renaissance Art
This is a conciseversion of CSA 222 and CSA 223, which
provides a basic introduction to the most celebrated artists of the Early and
High Renaissance in Italy.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 37X Italian Baroque Art
Italian Baroque Art undertakes
a comprehensive investigation of the baroque style in painting, sculpture and
architecture, from its origins in Counter-Reformation Rome at the end of the
Renaissance to its dissemination throughout Italy during the seventeenth century.
Artists include Caravaggio, the Carracci, Bernini, Borromini, and Pietro da
Cortona.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 32X Northern Renaissance Art
This course deals
with the art of the Netherlands, France, England, Bohemia, and Germany between
about 1350 and 1560. This period saw the first examples of panel painting and
of oil paint, the development of portraiture, and changes in subject matter
and patronage related to the Protestant Reformation. We will consider these
fundamental changes along with modern debates about symbolism and the revelations
brought about by recent technical analyses of these paintings. Artists to be
studied include Claus Sluter, Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Petrus Christus,
Hieronymous Bosch, Pieter Brueghel, Albrecht Dürer, and
Hans Holbein, among others.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 403 Renaissance Splendor (taught in Italy)
A
comprehensive examination of the painting, sculpture and architecture produced
during the Golden Age of Venice, the Veneto region and southern Lombardy. While
in Venice we will study the evolution of Venetian culture from its origins
as an outpost of the Byzantine Empire to its rise as the greatest and most
enduring republic the world has ever known, as well as one of the richest and
most magnetic artistic centers in Europe. Included will be study of the
work of Giorgione, Titian, the Bellini and Palladio. University of Venice
faculty will give guest lectures on selected topics. In Padua, we will
view the frescoes by Giotto in the Arena Chapel, and in Mantua, we will study
the architecture of Alberti, the frescoes by Mantegna in the Ducal Palace,
and finally, the tour-de-force of Renaissance pleasure construction, Giulio
Romano’s Palazzo Te.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 277X Northern Baroque Art
The purpose of this
course is to acquaint students with the painting and culture of the Dutch Republic
during its “Golden Age”: 1600-1675. Topics
to be considered include: Dutch Mannerism, the School of Utrecht, Hals and
developments around him in Haarlem; Rembrandt and the Rembrandt Research project;
associates, pupils and followers of Rembrandt; Vermeer, the School of Delft
and other genre painters; and Ruisdael, Hobbema and landscape painting. Emphasis
will also be given to the consideration of Dutch painting in the following
contexts: Dutch capitalism and the growth of Dutch wealth in the early Golden
Age; the open market situation of Dutch “patronage”; Dutch work-ethic
Protestantism; and the greatness of Dutch lens making as an aspect of Dutch
science.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 36X Villas and Gardens of the Italian Renaissance
An investigation
of the architecture of leisure in Renaissance Italy, from the early Humanist
villas of the powerful Medici family to the farm-villa complexes designed by
Palladio in the 16th century. Gardens and villas are considered
as purveyors of the economic, social and political power of the elite, and
in relation to ancient literary and archaeological sources and Renaissance
design theory.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 4X4 Seminar in Renaissance Art
Prerequisites: CSA 101
and CSA 102, and permission of the instructor. 3
credits.
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY
CSA 207X Modernism in the Visual Arts of Europe
CSA 285 History of Photography
A survey of the development
of photography and its major figures, from the 1830s to the present.
Prerequisites:
CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 244 Masterpieces of Cinema: Introduction to the Visual
This course will introduce students to the basic syntax and meanings
of cinema as that art has been practiced during the past fifty years. After a
brief history of the medium before the Second World War, we will undertake an
in-depth study of some of the major works of cinema since 1945, including films
by Rossellini, Bresson, Hitchcock, the French New Wave directors and those of
Das Neue Kino in Germany, and the American Independents.
Prerequisites: CSA 101
and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 33X Narrative in Art
In this course we will
undertake to identify and examine various narrative techniques utilized throughout
the history of Western civilization by both visual and literary artists. We
will also devote considerable attention to the reverberations and transformations
of narrative traditions in the major cross-disciplinary medium of the twentieth
century, cinema. This
course may be used to satisfy the distribution requirement in Ancient/Medieval
or Renaissance/Baroque.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 208X Art after Modernism
Intensive study of the artistic
practices, theories of authorship, and definitions of media that revised and
challenged the values of modernism in the visual arts.
Prerequisites:
CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 385X Painting and Sculpture in the US from the Colonial Period
to the Harlem Renaissance
An exploration of key topics in American painting,
sculpture and architecture from the Colonial period to 1940. Emphasis is
given to the Hudson River School, American Impressionism, Thomas Eakins, the
origins of the skyscraper, the Ashcan School, and early American modernism.
Prerequisites:
CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 302 Art since 1945
A survey of the visual arts, criticism,
and theory from the end of World War II to the present.
Prerequisites: CSA
101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 321 History of Modern Architecture
An investigation of
the designed and built environment, from the end of the nineteenth century
to the present day. This course will examine the influence
of technology, aesthetics, politics, social history and economics on modern
architecture and urban planning, including the Chicago School, Art Nouveau,
international modernism of the 1920s to the 1960s, Post-Modernism, Deconstructivism
and worldwide contemporary theory and practice.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and
CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 341 History of Design
The history of industrial design,
architecture, graphic design and illustration, from the Industrial Revolution
to the present, with selected references to pre-industrial developments. The
course investigates technological phenomena such as mass production, and movements
including Postmodernism and Deconstructivism.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA
102. 3 credits.
CSA 355 Issues in Contemporary Photography
A study of major
artists and developments in photography and media since the 1960s.
Prerequisites:
CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 356 Art Now
An exploration of the changing issues in contemporary art, studied in
relation to contemporary and historical art and theory.
Prerequisites: CSA 101
and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 455X Seminar: Special Topics in Contemporary Art
Prerequisites:
CSA 101 and CSA 102, and one 200- or 300-level course in Modern and Contemporary
Art. 3 credits.
ART OF THE AMERICAS, ASIA AND AFRICA
CSA 212X Survey of Asian Art
A survey of the arts of China, India and Japan.
Prerequisites: CSA 101
and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 222X Early Islamic Art, ca. 690-1250
This course will survey the field of Islamic Art and Architecture from its
origins to the beginning of the Mughal dynasty, through the architecture, metalwork,
ivory, ceramics, calligraphy, miniature painting, and ornament created for
both public and private spheres. Great mosques, palaces, and urban planning
will be studied, as will luxury arts and ornament for religious and secular
contexts within the traditions of Arab and Muslim culture.
CSA 2XX1: Islamic Art and Architecture after 1250
CSA 215X Survey of Japanese Art and Architecture
An anthropological survey, where the imperial, religious and domestic
art and architecture of Japan will be traced in connection with the rituals and
rites of Japanese society, from the religious influences of Shinto and Buddhism
to the modern day, culminating in the works of contemporary Japanese architects.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 311X Survey of Chinese Art and Architecture
Survey
of 4,000 years of art and architecture, from the Shang Dynasty to the end of
the Ch’ing in this century. Religious influences of Confucian
restraint, Taoist escapism and Buddhist devotion will be examined through the
material culture of China.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 31X Native American Art and Culture
A survey of the arts and cultures of Native North American people from
prehistory to the present with a special focus on contemporary artists and political
movements.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 2X1 Art of Ancient Mesoamerica
A survey of the art and architecture of the ancient civilizations of Mexico
and Guatemala with a focus on processes of urbanization and state development.
Also considers the legacy of ancient Mesoamerica on modern and contemporary
art and culture in the Americas.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 340 Maya Art and Archaeology
An in-depth examination of ancient and modern Maya art, architecture
and urbanization from the perspective of archaeological research and art historical
analysis. Modern Maya culture is a subject of special consideration.
Prerequisites:
CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 230 African Art History
A survey of the art and cultures of sub-Saharan Africa from prehistory to
the present with special emphasis on modern and contemporary art and politics.
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and CSA 102. 3 credits.
CSA 4X9 Seminar: Special Topics in the Art of the Ancient Americas
Prerequisites:
CSA 101 and CSA 102, and permission of the instructor. 3 credits.
CSA 4X5 Seminar in East Asian Art
Prerequisites: CSA 101 and
CSA 102, and permission of the instructor. 3 credits.
SEMINAR IN ART HISTORY METHODOLOGIES
CSA 450 Seminar in Art History Methodologies
Through
a rigorous reading of selected art historical texts, students become acquainted
with the development and transformation of key ideas underlying the thinking
and writing of art history as an academic discipline. Topics
include: modernist formalism, the idea of the avant garde, gender studies and
feminist art history, social art history, psychoanalysis, post-colonial studies,
postmodernism, and the ideology of the exhibition and museum. Students present
and discuss the readings each week and work on a semester-long research project.
Prerequisites:
CSA 101 and CSA 102, and permission of the instructor. 3
credits.
DIRECTED STUDY
CSA 400 Directed Study in Art History
An opportunity
for seniors with a solid background in 200- and 300-level art history courses
to research a topic of their choosing. The course requires
eight meetings during the semester with the supervising instructor and a final
written report of the research undertaken.
Prerequisite:
Permission of the instructor. 3 credits.
