91522 |
ARTH 101 Perspectives
in World Art |
Diana DePardo-Minsky |
M . W . . |
3:10 -4:30 pm |
OLIN 102 |
AART |
Perspectives in
World Art
introduces the diversity of the visual arts worldwide over the course of two
semesters. Students may take either
semester or both. The first semester examines painting, sculpture,
architecture, and other artifacts from the Paleolithic period through the 14th
century. Works from Europe, Asia,
Africa, and the Americas are studied chronologically to create an integrated
historical context. Readings from various critical perspectives present
different methodological approaches.
Requirements include two papers, a mid-term, a final, and quizzes. This course fulfills one requirement for
moderating into Art History; potential majors are urged to take Perspectives prior to other Art History
classes. Open to all students. Class size: 25
91514 |
ARTH 113 History of
Photography |
Laurie Dahlberg |
. T . Th . |
8:30 -9:50 am |
PRE 110 |
AART |
Cross-listed: Science, Technology & Society The first complete
photographic process was announced in 1839, and immediately launched a maelstrom
of public interest and intense competition. Born of experiments in art and
science, the medium possesses a uniquely intimate relation to reality, a unique
condition that made it as appealing to artists as to criminologists, engineers,
pornographers, zoologists, and everyone in between. This survey of the history
of photography from its earliest manifestations to the 1990s considers the
mediums applications as art, science, commerce, historical record, and
document. This course is open to all students and is the prerequisite for many
other courses in the history of photography.
Classwork includes two papers and two
exams. Class size: 25
91775 |
ARTH 121 Medieval Art and Architecture: From the
Romanesque to Gothic |
Betsy Chunko |
M . W . . |
11:50 1:10
pm |
PRE 110 |
AART |
Cross-listed:
Medieval Studies This course
examines the art and architecture of the late-medieval world, with a focus on
sites in France, England, and Italy. Particular attention will be paid to the
intellectual, social, and cultural underpinnings of the late 12th to the early
14th centuries to reveal how myriad factors--including spiritual beliefs,
political aspirations, and dynamic social tensions--inspired and determined the
evolution of Cathedral design. Open to
all students. Class size: 25
91517 |
ARTH 125 Modern
Architecture |
Noah Chasin |
. T . Th . |
1:30 -2:50 pm |
RKC 102 |
AART |
Cross-listed: Environmental & Urban Studies This course will address the
history of modern architecture from its emergence in Western Europe during the
eighteenth century through to its widespread presence and diversification by
the end of World War II. The course will pay particular attention to the ways
in which architects have responded to, and participated in, formal and
aesthetic developments in other arts, as well as the role of architecture in
broader technological, economic, and social-political transformations. Covering
many aspects of architecturefrom buildings, drawings, models, exhibitions, and
schools, to historical and theoretical writings and manifestoeswe will
investigate a range of modernist practices, polemics, and institutions. The
readings, both primary and secondary texts, have been selected both to provide
an overview of the history of modern architecture and to offer a number of critical
and historical approaches to evaluating its legacy. Figures discussed include Schinkel, Paxton, Sullivan, Wright, Oud,
Corbusier, Mies, and Aalto. Requirements include two
short written assignments, a midterm, and a final exam. No prerequisites. Class size: 24
91520 |
ARTH 130 Introduction
to Visual Culture |
Julia Rosenbaum |
M . W . . |
1:30 -2:50 pm |
FISHER ANNEX |
AART |
Looking isnt
as easy as it looks Ad Reinhardt,
early 20thc. artist
It is only
shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world
is the visible, not the invisible.
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray,
chapter 2
This
course constitutes an introduction to the discipline of art history and to
visual artifacts more broadly defined. It teaches students to look at, think
about, and analyze or interpret visual material. We will focus on different
types of visual texts, from monuments to media advertising, considering how
they communicate through style, medium, or genre, and how the visual can convey
meaning, whether political, personal, or social. Thinking about images goes
hand in hand with writing about them. The short writing assignments and the
essays that you will work on over the semester are designed to strengthen your
interpretative skills and help you become a persuasive and effective writer and
observer. Class size: 17
91523 |
ARTH 227 Roman
Urbanism |
Diana DePardo-Minsky |
. T . Th . |
4:40 -6:00 pm |
OLIN 102 |
AART |
Cross-listed:
Classical, Italian, and Environmental & Urban Studies Politicians and popes
from the citys founder (Romulus) to recent governments (including Francesco Rutelli, former mayor of Rome) conscious of the historic
significance of urban topography and architectural type, have crafted Rome into
a capital that expresses their ideological aims. This class focuses on the commissioning of
large-scale representational architecture, the creation of public space, and
the orchestration of streets at seven sites in continuous use since antiquity. By charting the chronological development of
these sites, the class examines the ongoing dialogue between the past and
present in Rome. Ideally, students
should come to the class with some knowledge of either the
art, architecture, or politics of Rome during some period of its history. Requirements include critical essays,
quizzes, and class presentations. This class counts towards the 1400-1800 requirement in Art History. Completion
of this class qualifies as a prerequisite for Roma in situ (ARTH 248), taught during January in Rome and in the Spring at Bard. Class
size: 22
91545 |
FILM 230 Film Among
the Arts |
Richard Suchenski
Screening: |
. . W . . . T . . . |
1:30 -4:30 pm 7:00 - 10:00
pm |
AVERY 110 AVERY 110 |
AART |
See
Film section for description.
91521 |
ARTH 241 Art and
Exploration in American Culture |
Julia Rosenbaum |
. T . Th . |
3:10 -4:30 pm |
OLIN 102 |
AART |
Cross-Listed:
American Studies; Science, Technology, and Society Exploration characterizes much
of American history, and this course focuses on the artwork emerging from
the expeditions and explorations of these new lands and peoples. It begins
with the European discovery of the continent in the fifteenth century,
concentrates on the manifold nineteenth-century expeditions sponsored by
American private and public groups to the west, south, and north of
America, as well as to the Arctic, and concludes with twentieth-century
space travel. Visions of these new worlds are captured in a compelling
record of paintings, drawings, photographs, and collections of artifacts.
We explore that visual record and the use of the visual in
understanding and making sense of the unfamiliar, the new, and the
different. Topics to be addressed include: mapping and the imagining of
new worlds; the relationship of art and science, attitudes about nature
and about native peoples and the implications of colonization and
conquest; the role of different media; display
and national identity. The class is a combination of lecture and
discussion, and each student will do an exploration project. Open to all
students.
Class size: 22
91781 |
ARTH 243 Out of
Bounds: The Margins of Medieval Art |
Betsy Chunko |
M . W . . |
3:10 4:30
pm |
FISHER ANNEX |
AART |
Cross-listed:
Medieval Studies The border regions
of medieval artistic accomplishments were areas of play and perversity. Numerous images--from, for instance,
sculptural details, woodcarvings, and manuscripts--appear secular in nature;
yet scholars have struggled to explain how and why these were considered appropriate
for sacred contexts by medieval people.
This course will trace myriad reactions to the Gothic margin in order to
broach the
larger question of what it meant to be a
viewer in the later Middle Ages. Open to
all students. Class size: 22
91515 |
ARTH 247 Photography
since 1950 |
Laurie Dahlberg |
. T . Th . |
11:50 -1:10
pm |
FISHER ANNEX |
AART |
Cross listed: Photography;
Human Rights; Science, Technology & Society In the decades after World War II,
photographys social and artistic roles changed in many ways. The 1950s saw the
dominance of magazine photography in Life and Look and witnessed
the birth of a more personal photographic culture, exemplified by Robert
Franks book The Americans. In the 1960s and 1970s, photographers such
as Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand,
and Lee Friedlander created a new view of contemporary life from moments
gathered in the streets and from private lives. Beginning in the late 70s,
artists trained outside of traditional photography began to employ the camera
for wholly different purposes, using photography to pose ideological questions
about images and image-making in a media-saturated culture. Today, the
transformation of photography through digital technology has again thrown the
meaning(s) of photographically-derived images into question. This
lecture/discussion class will cover the historical context of this period and
tease out fundamental issues of photography and its ostensible nature and the
politics of representation. Student performance will be evaluated in class
discussion, exams, and papers. No prerequisites, but preference will be given
to moderated photography and moderated art history students.
Class
size: 22
91518 |
ARTH 259 Sustainable
Urbanism |
Noah Chasin |
. T . Th . |
11:50 -1:10
pm |
RKC 102 |
AART |
Cross-listed:
Environmental & Urban Studies, Human Rights, Science, Technology, & Society Some
consider the phrase Sustainable Urbanism to be an oxymoron, yet the worlds
urban population is growing at an unprecedented rate, and the worlds cities
are currently incapable of withstanding the growth. Is it possible to retrofit
existing cities to conform to a workable ethos of sustainability? What sorts of
measures might urban designers and planners take to ensure that new cities
embody the basic tenets of sustainable growth? Students in the course will contemplate
these questions historically, theoretically, and in terms of platforms for
innovation and action. Issues to be discussed include density, transportation,
infrastructure, environmental justice, place-making, energy, LEED
certification, Smart Growth, self-organized/ad hoc urban design, and
interconnectedness. Readings will include Lewis Mumford, Ant Farm, Douglas
Farr, Patrick Geddes, Tunnard and Pushkarev,
Timothy Beatley, and Kent Portney.
Priority given to students concentrating in Environmental and
Urban Studies, Art History, and Human Rights. Class size: 22
91525 |
ARTH 262 German and Austrian
Expressionism |
Tom Wolf |
. . W Th . |
11:50 -1:10
pm |
OLIN 102 |
AART |
This
course focuses on German and Austrian art of the 20th century,
with brief forays into Scandinavian and Austrian art. The emphasis is on art in
Germany from Jugendstil through expressionism,
dadaism, Neue
Sachlichkeit, nazi and
concentration camp art, and post-World War II developments. Artists studied include Ernst Ludwig
Kirchner, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Egon Schiele. The course
concludes with an investigation of how more recent artists such as Joseph
Beuys, Bernd and Hilla Becher,
Sigmar Polke, and Gerhard
Richter connect to previous German artistic tendencies.
Class size: 22
91383 |
PHIL
290 Art & Politics: Art, Philosophy, and
Democratic Culture |
Norton
Batkin |
M . W . . |
1:30
-2:50 pm |
OLIN
205 |
HUM |
See
Philosophy section for description.
91590 |
ARTH 295 The Arts of
India |
Patricia Karetzky |
. . W . . |
1:30 -3:50 pm |
PRE 110 |
AART |
Cross-listed: Asian Studies Beginning with the most ancient
urban civilization, dating to the prehistoric period, the flowering and
development of Indian philosophical and religious thought is traced through its
expression in the arts, including the cultures unique exploitation of the
sensuous as a metaphor for divinity. Its evolution of an iconic tradition is
studied, as are its development of religious architectural forms, narrative
painting, and sculpture.
Class
size: 25
91546 |
FILM 331 In the Archive |
Peggy Ahwesh
Screening: |
. . . Th . . . W . . |
1:30 -4:30 pm 5:00 -7:00 pm |
AVERY 217 AVERY 217 |
AART |
Cross-listed: Art History
91526 |
ARTH 340 Seminar in
Contemporary Art |
Tom Wolf |
. . . Th . |
1:30 -3:50 pm |
FISHER ANNEX |
AART |
A
consideration of the history of recent art, beginning with a short survey
of the minimalism of the 1960s and then focusing on subsequent artistic
developments through the early 21st century. The class meets in New
York City every fourth week to view current exhibitions. Students
give presentations about selected artists and topics to the class. Class
size: 15
91674 |
ARTH / THTR 343B Latino Theater and Performance |
Jorge Cortinas |
. . W. . . |
1:30 3:50
pm |
FISHER PAC |
AART |
See Theater section for description.
91519 |
ARTH 378 Contemporary Issues in Architecture and Urban Theory |
Noah Chasin |
. . . . F |
10:10 - 12:30
pm |
FISHER ANNEX |
AART |
Cross-listed:
Environmental & Urban Studies
An investigation of new lines of inquiry that
have informed contemporary scholarship in the history and theory of
architecture. The class examines how, through new research and methodological
approaches, the conceptual parameters of architectural history have been
expanded; canonical figures and their works have been recast in distinct terms;
and overlooked or understudied architects, practices, and projects have opened
up new problematics. Students look at how, in
response to such challenges, new forms of architectural practice and new ideas
of spatiality have emerged. Topics include theories of domesticity; theories of
urbanism and spatial politics; history and memory; sexuality and space;
architecture and cinema; architecture, fashion, and branding, globalization and identity; and the
emergence of information space: the digital and the virtual. Prerequisite:
permission of the instructor. Class size:
15
91516 |
ARTH 385 Art
Criticism and Methodology |
Laurie Dahlberg |
. . W . . |
10:10 - 12:30
pm |
FISHER ANNEX |
AART |
This
seminar, designed primarily for art history majors, helps students develop the
ability to think critically about a range of different approaches to the field
of art history. Students read and discuss a variety of texts in order to become
familiar with the disciplines development. Methodologies such as
connoisseurship, cultural history, Marxism, feminism, and post-modernism are
analyzed. Class size: 15