HISTORY OF ART

010.102 (H)

INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN ART-PART II (4) Struhal Limit 25 per section A survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Renaissance to the present.

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02
03
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ThF 10:30-12
M 1
M 2
T 12
T 1

010.122 (H)

LEONARDO, MICHELANGELO, RAPHAEL (3) Campbell Limit 50 An examination of the three most celebrated artists of the Italian Renaissance, focusing on the relation between their achievements in architecture, sculpture, and painting, and the historical conditions in which the works were produced. Through these figures, Renaissance and modern myths of artistic independence and individuality will be subjected to a critical scrutiny. Lectures will deal with the interpretation of the works themselves, and with the artist’s careers, their interactions and rivalries, their relation to patrons and other artists.

Sec. 01

MTW 12 TTh 1-2:15

010.171 (H)

AMERICAN ART, 1860-PRESENT (3) MaynardLimit 25 65 20  The course explores the development of American art from the Civil War era to today, from nineteenth-century artists such as Eakins and Homer to twentieth-century innovators Pollock and Warhol.

Sec. 01

Th 12-3

010.218 (H)

“EXPRESSIONISM IS DEAD!” THE RETURN TO REALISM BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS (3) Roth  Limit 25 This course examines the artistic and political diversity of controversial realist painting, graphic art and photography in 1920’s Germany. Otto Dix, George Grosz, Max Beckmann, August Sander, among others.

Sec. 01

MT 3-4:30

010.315 (H) 010.305

ARCHITECTURE IN THE UNITED STATES, 1860-1930 (3) Maynard Limit 65 20 The course explores stylistic and technological changes in American architecture with emphasis on the contributions of great architects, including Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Sec. 01

Th 4-7pm

010.334 (H)

PROBLEMS IN ANCIENT AMERICAN ART (3) Deleonardis Limit 25 Selected topics which may include art of the ancient scribe and visual communication (Maya, Aztec, Mixtec, Inka), imperial art and architecture (Aztec, Moche, Inka), sacred media and indigenous aesthetics (Mesoamerica, Andes). Cross-listed with Latin American Studies

Sec. 01

MTW 10

010.350 (H)

ROMAN ARCHITECTURE (3) Koortbojian Limit 25 The design and function of architectural forms and their combination in the Roman world ca. 300 B.C.-300 A.D. (Republic and Empire). Emphasis is on monumental forms and their combinations, public and private (temples, basilicas, fora, sanctuaries, porticoes, baths, theatres, arches, palaces, villas, nymphaea). Topics include Italic and Hellenistic roots, construction techniques, architectural orders, the articulation of interior and exterior space, facade aesthetics and decorative schemes, the representation of architecture in art and literature, the historical role of patronage, and the principal systems of architectural icono-graphy and programmatic planning. The focus will be on Rome and Italy, and on selected sites around the Empire.
Cross-listed with Classics

Sec. 01

MTW 11

010.352 (H)

ART AND DESIGN (3) Obler   Limit 25 Whereas the histories of modern art and design are usually taught separately, this course will examine the close interrelationship between the two from the late nineteenth century to the present.

Sec. 01

MTW 1 TTh 1-2:30

010.384 (H)

EARLY CHRISTIAN AND EARLY MEDIEVAL ART (3) Maguire, H. Limit 25 This course will cover the art of the late Roman Empire, of early medieval Europe, and of the eastern Mediterranean from the third to the eighth centuries.

Sec. 01

ThF 12-1:30 10:30-12

010.392 (H)

CREATING A MUSEUM EXHIBITION: THE MAGIC OBJECT (3) Maguire, H./ Maguire, E.   
Limit 12   Perm. Req’d Students working hands-on with the Johns Hopkins Archaeological Collection will research and present an exhibition on magic in the ancient world. Cross-listed with Program in Museums & Society

Sec. 01

Th 3-6pm 2-5

010.400 (H)

STRUCTURING EXPERIENCE IN 15TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTING (3) Spicer Limit 10 The challenge to create an illusion of 3-dimensional space that incorporated the viewer’s own experience underlies much of 15th century European paintings, from the Arnolfini Wedding (London) by the Flemish Jan van Eyck to the Ideal City (Baltimore), attributed to the Italian Fra Carnavale. Approaches involved personal observation, mathematics and possibly optics. Some classes will be at the Walters.

Sec. 01

W 2-5

389.203 (H,S)
(W)

MUSEUM MATTERS (3) Rodini  Limit 15  Prereq: Freshmen & Sophomores only or Perm. Req’d   Students who have enrolled in 360.219.02 may not register for this course. Through weekly field trips, group discussion, and analytical writing assignments, this course examines how museums gather, interpret, and present their holdings. Museum controversies, challenges, conflicts are examined. M&S practicum course.
Cross-listed with Museums and Society, Anthropology, and History

Sec. 01

Th 1-5

389.354 (H)

PAPER MUSEUMS: EXHIBITING PRINTS AT THE BMA (3) Rodini  Limit 12  Prereq: 300-level art history class or permission of instructor. Students work with BMA print collection and staff to develop, organize, and design exhibition.l All aspects of museum work explored, including research, interpretation, presentation, programming, marketing. M&S practicum course.  Cross-listed with Museums and Society

Sec. 01

M 2-5

010.502

INDEPENDENT STUDY

010.522 (W)

HONORS THESIS Staff   Open to students by arrangement with a faculty adviser in the History of Art Department. Interested students should review program description available in department office.

Sec. 01

TBA

010.552

MUSEUM INTERNSHIP Maguire, H./Maguire, E.Open to students by arrangement with a faculty adviser in the History of Art Department. Interested students should review program description available in department office.

010.658

SPECIAL TOPICS IN THE ART OF LOMBARDY AND THE VENETO, 1500-1600 Campbell   Limit 15 An examination of the onfrontation of Venetian with other North Italian traditions of art in the 1500s, with the careers of Giulio Romano in Mantua and Titian in Venice as a focus.

Sec. 01

Th 3-5 W 4-6pm

040.605

THE ROMANS AND THEIR PAST Roller/ Koortbojian Limit 10 This seminar, focusing on both monuments and texts, examines the ways in which Romans engaged and constructed their past in these two media.  Topics include the culture(s) of commemoration and monumentalization, ancestor portraiture, historiography and exemplarity, historical art, and the Roman’s sense of their own antiquity. These topics are considered in light of recent theories of historical understanding.
Cross-listed with Classics

Sec. 01

M 1-3

040.610

THE ART OF DESCRIPTION: EKPHRASIS IN GREECE AND ROME Shapiro/Valladares Limit 10 This seminar will examine in detail representative examples of ekphrasis in Greek and Latin poetry along with relevant works of art from all periods of Antiquity. Cross-listed with Classics

Sec. 01

Th 1:30-4

010.802

SPECIAL RESEARCH AND PROBLEMS This course is for students who wish or need special instruction in areas of art history not included in the currently offered courses.

010.804

INDIVIDUAL WORK Students preparing dissertations will enroll in this course with the permission of their doctoral advisers.