Iowa State University Courses and Programs 1999-2001

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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 culture.

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

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

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 Dsn S 380.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2000. 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. Field trip fee, materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 381. Art and Architecture of India
(Dual-listed with 581; same as Dsn S 381.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1999. South Asian art and architecture from earliest times to the present day. Development of style; social uses and symbolism that give imagery its meaning. Field trip fee, materials fee. 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 2000. A selective history of visual imagery from a variety of major Asian traditions, chiefly India, China, Japan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and Indonesia. Field trip fee, materials fee. 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 2001. Greek art from Neolithic and Hellenistic periods. Roman art from the traditional founding to the end of the empire in the West. Field trip fee, materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 385. Renaissance Art
(Dual-listed with 585; same as Dsn S 385.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2000. European art including painting, sculpture, architecture, and crafts; thirteenth through sixteenth centuries. Field trip fee, materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 386. Baroque and Rococo Art
(Dual-listed with 586; same as Dsn S 386.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2000. European art including painting, sculpture, architecture, and crafts; seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Field trip fee, materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 387. Nineteenth Century Art
(Dual-listed with 587; same as Dsn S 387.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1999. 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. Field trip fee, materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 388. Modernism and Modern Art: 1880-1945
(Dual-listed with 588; same as Dsn S 388.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2000. Painting, sculpture, crafts, architecture, photography, and cinema from Post-Impressionism to Surrealism. Field trip fee, materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 389. European and American Art: 1945-1970
(Dual-listed with 589; same as Dsn S 389.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1999. Painting, sculpture, crafts, architecture, photography, cinema and video in the post war period. Field trip fee, materials fee. 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 2001. 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. Field trip fee, materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 395. Contemporary Art and Theory Since 1970
(Dual-listed with 595; same as Dsn S 395.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2000. Visual arts and critical theory from 1970 to the present. Field trip fee, materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 396. History of Photography
(Dual-listed with 596; same as Dsn S 396.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2000. 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. Field trip fee, materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Art H 398. Selected Topics in Art History
(Dual- listed with 598; same as Dsn S 398.) (3-0) Cr. 3 each time taken, maximum of 9. Specialized study in the history or criticism of art and/or design. Field trip fee, materials fee.

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

Courses Primarily for Graduate 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. Alt. S., offered 2000. 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. Field trip fee, materials fee.

Art H 581. Art and Architecture of India
(Dual- listed with 381; same as Dsn S 581.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2000. 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. Field trip fee, materials fee.

Art H 582. Art and Architecture of Asia
(Dual-listed with 382; same as Dsn S 582.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2001. 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. Field trip fee, materials fee.

Art H 583. Greek and Roman Art
(Dual-listed with 383; same as Dsn S 583.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2001. 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. Field trip fee, materials fee.

Art H 585. Renaissance Art
(Dual-listed with 385; same as Dsn S 585.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2000. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. European art including painting, sculpture, architecture, and crafts; thirteenth through sixteenth centuries. Field trip fee, materials fee.

Art H 586. Baroque and Rococo Art
(Dual-listed with 386; same as Dsn S 586.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2000. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. European art including painting, sculpture, architecture, and crafts; seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Field trip fee, materials fee.

Art H 587. Nineteenth Century Art
(Dual-listed with 387; same as Dsn S 587.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1999. 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. Field trip fee, materials fee.

Art H 588. Modernism and Modern Art: 1880-1945
(Dual-listed with 388; same as Dsn S 588.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2000. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. Painting, sculpture, crafts, architecture, photography, and cinema from Post-Impressionism to Surrealism. Field trip fee, materials fee.

Art H 589. European and American Art: 1945-1970
(Dual-listed with 389; same as Dsn S 589.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1999. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. Painting, sculpture, crafts, architecture, photography, cinema and video in the postwar period. Field trip fee, materials fee.

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 2001. 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. Field trip fee, materials fee.

Art H 595. Contemporary Art and Theory Since 1970
(Dual-listed with 395; same as Dsn S 595.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2000. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. Visual arts and critical theory from 1970 to the present. Field trip fee, materials fee.

Art H 596. History of Photography
(Dual-listed with 396; same as Dsn S 596.) (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2000. 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. Field trip fee, materials fee.

Art H 598. Selected Topics in Art History
(Dual- listed with 398; same as Dsn S 598.) (3-0) Cr. 3 each time taken, maximum of 9. Prereq: Graduate classification, permission of instructor. Specialized study in the history or criticism of art and/or design. Field trip fee, materials fee.

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