| HISTORY OF ART |
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text indicates the current, updated information. |
| 010.102
(H)
(W) |
INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY
OF EUROPEAN ART-PART II (4) Forgione Limit 25/section A survey of painting, sculpture,
and architecture from the Renaissance to the present. |
Lec.
Sec. 01
02
03
04
05
06 |
ThF 10:30-12
M 1
M 2
T 12
T 1
W 12
W 1 |
| 010.145 (H) |
THE ARTS OF ROME (3) Koortbojian An introduction to the
artistic and architectural forms of the Romans. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 12 |
| 010.317 (H)
(W) |
THE FACES OF GOD (AND OTHER BODY PARTS)
(3) Kessler
Examines
how the belief that God had assumed flesh was fundamental to the
development of Christian art. Works of art remain the focus, but
the course also considers manuscripts, relics, the Eucharist, and
other manifestations. |
Sec. 01 |
ThF 10:30-12 |
| 010.349 (H) |
FLORENTINE ART IN THE AGE OF LORENZO THE
MAGNIFICENT (3) Dempsey High moment of Florentine
Art during the Primacy of the Medici in the 15th-Century. To
be considered will be Botticelli, Donatello, Verocchio, the Pollaiulo Bros, and others. |
Sec. 01 |
ThF 12-1:30 |
| 010.365 (H) |
ANCIENT ANDEAN ART (3) DeLeonardis Course surveys the
visual arts of Andean South America and includes discussion of
royal Inka tunics, Nasca
death imagery and the gold sculptural traditions of Colombia.
Cross-listed with Latin American Studies |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 10 |
| 010.377 (H) |
BUILDING
ROMANESQUE: ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE c. 900-1150 (3) Kupfer Limit:25 Examines the
spatial configuration of settlements, developments in architectural
design and structural engineering, and the explosion of monumental
sculpture. Course added 11/04/05 |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 3 |
| 010.380 (H) |
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM: DE KOONING, POLLOCK,
ROTHKO, NEWMAN (3) Tuma Limit 30 Prereq: 010.102
strongly recommended This course explores central themes in Abstract
Expressionism through an in-depth examination of the careers of
these key figures. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 11 |
| 010.392 (H) |
CREATING A MUSEUM EXHIBIT (3) Maguire, E. Limit 12 Perm. Req’d
Research, interpretation and presentation: A hands-on introduction. |
Sec. 01 |
TTh
2-5
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| 300.308 (H) |
THE CRISIS OF MODERNISM: THE 1960s AND
FATE OF ART (3)
Tsai Limit 15
Cross-listed with Humanities
Center
Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Course |
Sec. 01 |
W 10-1 |
| 360.219 (H,S) |
EXPLORING THE MUSEUM: HISTORY, THEORY,
AND PRACTICE Leslie/Rodini
Sec. 01: Limit 30 – 3 credits
Sec. 02: Limit 15 – 5 credits (requires lab)
How do museums produce social, cultural, and political meaning?
What are their origins and future? Study the changing power and
significance of museums from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Guest lecturers, field trips.
Cross-listed with History,
History of Science & Technology, Near Eastern Studies, Romance
Languages and Literatures, and Interdepartmental |
Sec. 01
02 |
MTW 2
MTW 2, F 1-5 |
| 360.392
(H) 508
(W) |
IMAGINING THE WORLD FROM
CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY TO THE COLONIZATION OF THE AMERICAS (3) Kupfer Limit 25 15
Perm. Req’d. Open
only to students in Humanities Undergraduate Fellowship in D.C.
Cross-listed
with History, Interdepartmental, and the Humanities Center |
Sec. 01 |
MTW
1 |
| 010.502 |
INDEPENDENT STUDY |
Sec. 01 |
T 2-5 |
| 010.522 (W) |
HONORS THESIS Maguire, H. |
Sec. 01 |
TBA |
| 010.552 |
MUSEUM INTERNSHIP |
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| 010.616 |
MONUMENTAL NARRATIVE Kessler Investigates the
depictions of Old and New Testament themes on the walls of early
medieval buildings. The programs and sources of early Christian
cycles, the adjustments made to address the public, and such technical
issues as the role of model books are studied. |
Sec. 01 |
Th 2-4 |
| 010.627 |
PRO-SEMINAR ON 19TH CENTURY FRENCH PAINTING
Fried Pro-seminar on 19th
century French painting.
Cross-listed with Humanities
Center |
Sec. 01 |
TBA |
| 010.629 |
MATERIALS IN POSTWAR ART Tuma Examines the use
of new materials in the postwar period (1945-1970): bricks, felt,
fiberglass, fluorescent lighting, house paint, kapok, latex, lead,
rocks, rubber, sponges, vinyl, wax, etc. |
Sec. 01 |
M 1-3 |
| 010.638 |
A
RECONSIDERATION OF THE REVOLUTION IN ITALIAN ART Dempsey/Fried A reconsideration of the
revolution in Italian art that took place around 1600 in the painting
of the Carracci, Caravaggio, and others.
Cross-listed with Humanities Center |
Sec. 01 |
T 1-4 |
| 010.666 |
THE ROMAN PORTRAIT Koortbojian The historical development
of Rome’s fundamental
artistic contribution. |
Sec. 01 |
M 3-5 |
| 010.677 |
SECULAR ARTS OF BYZANTIUM Maguire, H. The secular arts of Byzantium from the 8th to the 14th-centuries, including metalwork,
ivories, stone sculptures, ceramics and silks. |
Sec. 01 |
W 4-6pm |
| 010.802 |
SPECIAL RESEARCH AND PROBLEMS |
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| 010.804 |
INDIVIDUAL WORK |
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