Art History (Art H)

Courses Primarily for Undergraduate Students

Art H 181. History of Design (Same as Dsn S 181.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. Study of issues and artifacts, their relation to the traditional and changing role of the creators, and to western european and american culture.

Art H 280. History of Art I (Same as Dsn S 280.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. Development of the visual arts of western civilization including painting, sculpture, architecture, and crafts. From prehistoric through Gothic.

Art H 281. History of Art II (Same as Dsn S 281.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. S. Development of the visual arts of western civilization including painting, sculpture, architecture, and crafts. From the Renaissance to the twentieth century.

Art H 376. Environmental Art (Dual-listed with 576; same as L A 376.)
See Landscape Architecture.

Art H 380. North American Indian Art (Dual-listed with 580; same as Am In 380, Dsn S 380.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Visual art forms of North American Indian people, from prehistoric through contemporary. Survey of major cultural areas and individual artist; emphasis on the cultural context of their artistic production. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 382. Art and Architecture of Asia (Dual-listed with 582; same as Dsn S 382.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2002. A selective history of visual imagery from a variety of major Asian traditions, chiefly India, China, Japan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and Indonesia. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 383. Greek and Roman Art (Dual-listed with 583; same as Dsn S 383.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2003. Greek art from Neolithic and Hellenistic periods. Roman art from the traditional founding to the end of the empire in the West. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 385. Renaissance Art (Dual-listed with 585; same as Dsn S 385.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2002. European art including painting, sculpture, architecture, and crafts; thirteenth through sixteenth centuries. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 386. Baroque and Rococo Art (Dual-listed with 586; same as Dsn S 386.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. European art including painting, sculpture, architecture, and crafts; seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 394. Women in Art (Dual-listed with 594; same as Dsn S 394, W S 394.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2003. Lives, careers, and achievements of women artists and the related cultural environment from the Middle Ages to contemporary times in Europe and America. Feminist movement beginning in the 1970s and specifically feminist issues in art that are becoming widespread in the artistic culture. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 481. Art and Architecture of India (Dual-listed with 581; same as Dsn S 481.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2001. South Asian art and architecture from earliest times to the present day. Development of style; social uses and symbolism that give imagery its meaning. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 487. Nineteenth Century Art (Dual-listed with 587; same as Dsn S 487.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2002. European and American art and architecture from 1780 to 1900 focusing on the major monuments of western Europe: Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 488. Modernism and Modern Art: 1880-1945 (Dual-listed with 588; same as Dsn S 488.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. Painting, sculpture, crafts, architecture, photography, and cinema from Post-Impressionism to Surrealism. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 489. European and American Art: 1945-1970 (Dual-listed with 589; same as Dsn S 489.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Painting, sculpture, crafts, architecture, photography, cinema and video in the post war period. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 490. Independent Study
Cr. 1 to 6 each time taken. Prereq: Written approval of instructor and department chair on required form in advance of semester of enrollment. Student must have completed art history coursework appropriate to planned independent study. Offered on a graded basis or a satisfactory-fail basis.

                H. Honors

Art H 495. Contemporary Art and Theory Since 1970 (Dual-listed with 595; same as Dsn S 495.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Visual arts and critical theory from 1970 to the present. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 496. History of Photography (Dual-listed with 596; same as Dsn S 496.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. Survey of the evolution of photography and photojournalism from the 1830s to the present, seen from an art historical perspective, emphasizing causative factors, cultural influences, and major masters and schools. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 498. Selected Topics in Art History (Dual-listed with 598; same as Dsn S 498.)
(3-0) Cr. 3 each time taken, maximum of 9. Specialized study in the history or criticism of art and/or design.

Courses Primarily for Graduate Students, open to qualified undergraduate students

Art H 576 Environmental Art (Dual-listed with 376; same as L A 576.)
See Landscape Architecture.

Art H 580. North American Indian Art (Dual-listed with 380; same as Dsn S 580.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. Visual art forms of North American Indian people, from prehistoric through contemporary. Survey of major cultural areas and individual artists; emphasis on the cultural context of their artistic production.

Art H 581. Art and Architecture of India (Dual-listed with 481; same as Dsn S 581.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2001. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. South Asian art and architecture from earliest times to the present day. Development of style; social uses and symbolism that give imagery its meaning.

Art H 582. Art and Architecture of Asia (Dual-listed with 382; same as Dsn S 582.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2002. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. Selective history of visual imagery from a variety of major Asian traditions, chiefly India, China, Japan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and Indonesia.

Art H 583. Greek and Roman Art (Dual-listed with 383; same as Dsn S 583.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2003. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. Greek art from Neolithic and Hellenistic periods. Roman art from the traditional founding to the end of the empire in the West.

Art H 585. Renaissance Art (Dual-listed with 385; same as Dsn S 585.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2002. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. European art including painting, sculpture, architecture, and crafts; thirteenth through sixteenth centuries.

Art H 586. Baroque and Rococo Art (Dual-listed with 386; same as Dsn S 586.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. European art including painting, sculpture, architecture, and crafts; seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Art H 587. Nineteenth Century Art (Dual-listed with 487; same as Dsn S 587.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2002. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. European and American art and architecture from 1780 to 1900, focusing on the major monuments of western Europe: Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism.

Art H 588. Modernism and Modern Art: 1880-1945 (Dual-listed with 488; same as Dsn S 588.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. Painting, sculpture, crafts, architecture, photography, and cinema from Post-Impressionism to Surrealism.

Art H 589. European and American Art: 1945-1970 (Dual-listed with 489; same as Dsn S 589.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. Painting, sculpture, crafts, architecture, photography, cinema and video in the postwar period.

Art H 590. Special Topics
Cr. arr. Prereq: Bachelor’s degree in art and/or design, or evidence of satisfactory equivalency in specialized area. Written approval of instructor and department chair on required form in advance of semester of enrollment.

Art H 594. Women in Art (Dual-listed with 394; same as Dsn S 594, W S 594.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2003. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. Lives, careers, and achievements of women artists and the related cultural environment from the Middle Ages to contemporary times in Europe and America. Feminist movement beginning in the 1970s and specifically feminist issues in art that are becoming widespread in the artistic culture.

Art H 595. Contemporary Art and Theory Since 1970 (Dual-listed with 495; same as Dsn S 595.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. Visual arts and critical theory from 1970 to the present.

Art H 596. History of Photography (Dual-listed with 496; same as Dsn S 596.)
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. Survey of the evolution of photography and photojournalism from the 1830s to the present, seen from an art historical perspective, emphasizing causative factors, cultural influences, and major masters and schools.