ART-HIST 440WI      French Art: Renaissance And Baroque
A history of French art from the time of Louis XII through the Age of Louis XIV, with emphasis on painting and architecture. Prerequisite: ART-HIST 302 or permission of instructor and successful completion of the WEPT (effective FS93).
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 441WI      Northern Baroque: The Age Of Rubens, Rembrandt And Wren
The arts of England and the Low Countries in the 17th and early 18th centuries. Emphasis on painting and the graphic arts in the Spanish and Dutch Netherlands and on architecture in England. Prerequisite: ART-HIST 302 or permission of instructor and successful completion of the WEPT (effective FS93).
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 443      Meso-American Art
The course will discuss 2500 years of the arts of ancient Mexico and Guatemala. Included is the rise of such important cultures as the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec. Equal emphasis will be placed on the development of elaborate ceremonial centers such as Monte Alban and the Teotihuacan, as well as the ceramic traditions of the West and East coasts of Mexico.
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 445      Northern European Art: 15Th And 16Th Centuries
A study of panel painting, sculpture and manuscript illumination in Flanders, France, Germany, and Spain from the Hundred Years' War through the Reformation. Special emphasis will be placed upon the stylistic and iconographic innovations of such major Northern artists as Claus Sluter, Jan van Eyck, Jerome Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, Jean Fouquet and Albrecht Durer. Artistic developments will be presented within the context of changing economic, political, religious and social institutions of the period. Prerequisite: ART-HIST 302 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 447WI      Italian Baroque: The Age Of Caravaggio, Bernini And Borromini
Painting, sculpture and architecture in Italy from the creation of the Baroque style in the late 16th century to the beginnings of the Barochetto era. Prerequisite: ART-HIST 302 or permission of instructor and successful completion of the WEPT (effective FS93).
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 448WI      Spanish Art: El Greco To Goya
A history of Spanish art from the later fifteenth century to the Napoleonic invasion. Prerequisite: ART-HIST 302 or permission of instructor and successful completion of the WEPT (effective FS93).
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 450      15Th Century Italian Art And Architecture
An examination of the visual arts from the International Style and the Early Renaissance to the beginnings of the High Renaissance. Problems of patronage, artistic theory, the Antique, the role of art in humanist circles, and the effect of religious, political and economic developments on the arts will also be discussed. Prerequisite: ART-HIST 110 or ART-HIST 302 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 452      Greek Art And Architecture
A survey of Greek sculpture, vase painting, and architecture from the third millennium to the first-century B.C. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship of Minoan and Helladic aesthetics, and the connections between late Helladic and Geometric forms, and the nature and development of the classical and baroque styles. Prerequisite: ART-HIST110 or ART-HIST 301 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 455      History Of Photography
A survey of the history of photography as a pictorial art; technical developments and the interaction of photography with other arts will be included. Prerequisite: ART-HIST 303 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 456      The Painting And Sculpture Of China
Jade sculptures of the 14th-century B.C., the terra cotta army of the first emperor of China, Buddhist and secular sculptures from the Han through the Sung dynasties will be covered. The study of Chinese painting will include important new discoveries of paintings on silk dating from the third century B.C.; figure and landscape scrolls, and wall paintings from the fourth through 20th centuries A.D. The masterpieces in the Nelson-Atkins Museum will be examined in detail.
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 461      Traditional and Contemporary Native American Arts
This course covers the history of traditional and contemporary Native North American arts, by examining cultural and aesthetic continuities between Meso-American and Native North American Arts. We also explore how Native American arts reflect the history of North America, including influences from Europeans, and conclude with contemporary Native American artists and their incorporation of various global influences.
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 462      History of Modern Design
This course examines innovations in design, beginning with the Arts and Crafts movement in the 19th century, surveying all the major design trends of the twentieth century, and concluding with contemporary developments in the age of the computer.Prerequisite: ART-HIST 303 or permission of the instructor
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 463      Primitivism and Its Aftermath
This course explores one of the seminal movements of the modern era and its ramifications for the visual arts today. Class discussions will consider the complexities and contradictions of primitivism of its rejection of modernity. We will look at European artists' attempts at deliberate regression through their appropriations from archaic, folk, and non-western art traditions, from 1800-on, while also situating these creative endeavors within the cultural and political contexts of the period. Prerequisite: ART-HIST 303 or permission of the instructor
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 464      Modern Art & the Grotesque
This course explores how the grotesque shaped the history, practice and theory of art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The grotesque plays a major role in many modern styles, and its expressive possibilities encompass the capriccio, the carnivalesque and burlesque, the fantastic, and the abject and uncanny. Artists have incorporated the grotesque as a means to push beyond established boundaries, explore alternate modes of experience, and to challenge cultural and aesthetic conventions. Prerequisite: ART-HIST 303 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 473      Visual Arts Administration
This course on professional arts administration includes assignments in: copyright laws, database management, ethics issues, evaluation design, gallery museum management, grant writing and budgeting, public relations, resume design, tax laws, and website design and management. Students are required to learn relevant computer programs. This course is also open to music and theatre majors. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 477      Contemporary Artists of the African Diaspora
This course examines cultural and aesthetic continuities between traditional and contemporary arts and artists in Africa and in the Americas, including the study of contemporary Africans whose cultures had the greatest influence in the Americas as well as contemporary African-American artists in Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, and the United States.
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 479      From the Parthenon to the Altar of Peace
The course centers on the many different styles of Greek and Roman art from the fifth century B.C. to the early first century A.D. Attention is also paid to the political and literary forces behind its imagery. Three monuments serve as the pillars upon which the course rests: the Parthenon, Pergamon Altar, and the Ara Pacis. The lessons learned about style, the interaction of politics, literature, and art and the foibles of scholarship are intended to be applied to other fields of art history. Cross-listed with CLAS 479. Prerequisite: ART-HIST 301, CLAS 301 or permission of instructor
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 480      Art Since 1945
An inquiry into the range and purpose of the visual arts since 1945. Taught in a seminar format. Prerequisite: Permission of Department Advisor or instructor of the course.
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 482      Scope & Methods Of Art History
An exploration of the discipline of art history, including theoretical issues, guiding questions and problems, diverse approaches (historical and current), and research tools. The undergraduate capstone course for art history majors. Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission of undergraduate adviser.
Credits: 3 hours
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ART-HIST 497A      Special Studies In Medieval/Renaissance Art
With the permission of the department, an advanced student may pursue a selected subject on a seminar or tutorial basis. Acceptable for graduate credit with approval.
Credits: 1-6 hours
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