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91704 |
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
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91711 |
ARTH 114 History of
the Decorative Arts |
Tom
Wolf |
. . W Th . |
10:10 - 11:30 am |
OLIN 102 |
AART |
Cross-listed: Science, Technology & Society A survey of decorative arts from
the rococo period to postmodernism. Students explore the evolution of historical
styles as they appear in furniture, interiors, fashion, ceramics, metalwork,
and graphic and industrial design. Objects are
evaluated in their historical contexts, and formal, technical, and
aesthetic questions are also considered. Two or more trips to museums to see
decorative arts collections are included. Open to all students. Class size: 25
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91715 |
ARTH 123 Survey of
20th Century Art |
Alex
Kitnick |
. T . Th . |
1:30 - 2:50 pm |
OLIN 102 |
AART |
This
class surveys the history of modern art beginning in the late 19th century and
concluding with Pop Art in the 1960s. We will look at major artists (Cezanne,
Picasso, Malevich, Mondrian, Kandinsky, Duchamp, Pollock, Warhol) as well as
movements (Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop, among
others). Museum trips, written assignments, and exams make up the work for the
course. Open to all students. Class size:
25
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91713 |
ARTH 125 Introduction to Themes in Western
Architecture |
Irene
Sunwoo |
M . W . . |
3:10 -4:30 pm |
PRE 110 |
AART |
Cross-listed: Environmental & Urban Studies This course offers a
multifaceted introduction to the history of architecture, from antiquity to the
present, and from the scale of the house to the city. Rather than a linear
chronological survey of styles or monuments, the course is organized
thematically in order to introduce various methods for thinking about and
through architecture. Topics and issues will include forms of representation,
structural technologies, cultural debates, and the role of history and theory
in architectural discourse and production. Open to all students. Class size: 25
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91702 |
ARTH 130 Introduction
to Visual Culture |
Laurie
Dahlberg |
. . W . F |
8:30 -9:50 am |
FISHER ANNEX |
AART |
“Looking isn’t 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
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. Open to all students. Class size: 25
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91705 |
ARTH 201 Greek Art
and Architecture |
Diana
DePardo-Minsky |
. T . Th . |
4:40 -6:00 pm |
OLIN 102 |
AART |
Cross-listed:
Classical Studies; Environmental & Urban Studies This class traces
the evolution of Greek sculpture, vase painting, and architecture from the
Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Age. Topics include the development of nude
sculpture, the depiction of myths and daily life in painting, and the political
alliances and institutions which shaped Greek architecture. The stylistic
vocabulary and icongraphy set forth in this class
both expressed contemporary beliefs and laid the foundation for future Western
art and architecture. Requirements include two quizzes, two papers, a mid-term,
and a final. Open to all students. Class size: 22
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91703 |
ARTH
/ PHOT 213 Photography
and the Human
Condition |
Laurie
Dahlberg |
. . W . F |
11:50 am -1:10 pm |
FISHER ANNEX |
AART |
Cross-listed: Art
History; Human Rights Photographers have
traditionally sought to depict the nature of the human experience while working
as historians, journalists, social crusaders, and artists, and this tradition
continues even today by photographers such as Sebastiao
Salgado, Eugene Richards, and Susan Meiselas. However, in the wake of much recent and
not-so-recent theoretical thought that questions old humanist assumptions of
"truth" and the privilege of the viewing subject, humanistic
documentary photography finds itself in a poststructuralist bind where any
photographic representation of the "human condition" is rendered
suspect -- dominating, controlling, and objectifying. The multifarious tradition of photography as
social documentation is examined from the early 19th century to the
present. Two exams, writing assignments,
and research paper. No prerequisites. Class size: 22
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91718 |
ARTH 220 Early
Medieval Art & Architecture |
Katherine
Boivin |
M . W . . |
1:30 – 2:50 pm |
OLIN 102 |
AART |
Cross-listed:
Classical Studies, Environmental & Urban
Studies; Medieval Studies An
examination of art from the age of Constantine to 1000 C.E., including catacomb
painting, the early Christian basilica and martyrium,
the domed churches of the East, and Byzantine mosaics and icons. The class explores
the contrasting aesthetic of the migrations, the Sutton Hoo
and Viking ship burials, the golden age of Irish art, the Carolingian
"renaissance," treasures of the Ottonian
empire, and the art of the millennium.
Open to all students. Class size: 22
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91927 |
ARTH 221 Romanesque
& Gothic Art and Architecture |
Katherine
Boivin |
. T . Th . |
11:50 – 1:10 pm |
OLIN 102 |
AART |
Cross-listed: Environmental & Urban Studies; French Studies, Medieval Studies This survey
covers the art and architecture created in Western Europe from around 1000 C.E.
to 1500 C.E. Emphasis is placed on an analysis of architecture (religious and
secular), sculpture, painting, stained glass, tapestry, and metalwork within a
wider cultural context. Among the topics studied are the aftermath of the
millennium, the medieval monastery, pilgrimage and the cult of relics, the age
of the great cathedrals (Chartres, Amiens, Reims, etc.), and late medieval
visual culture up to the Reformation. The course examines
thematically the changing visual articulation of ideas about death, salvation,
social status, patronage, and the artist. Open to all students. Class size: 22
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91708 |
ARTH 225 Land into
Landscape: Environment, Art, and Design in America |
Julia
Rosenbaum |
. T . Th . |
3:10 -4:30 pm |
OLIN 102 |
AART |
Cross-listed: American Studies; Environmental & Urban
Studies; Experimental Humanities This course explores the relationship
between the natural world and American culture:
How have nineteenth- and twentieth-century Americans understood “nature”
and imagined its role? How have visions
of the landscape shaped perceptions about social order, health, identity, and
sustainability? The course will be structured around historical case studies
and will focus on three fundamental conceptions of the land: visual
re-presentations in the form of landscape painting; physical shaping through
landscape design; and preservation in terms of the development of cultural
heritage sites. Topics include: landscape theory and aesthetics, the rise of
tourism and painting in the Hudson River Valley, specific designers such as
Frederick Law Olmstead, and the national park system. Field trips to local
sites and work with local resources will be a component of the course. Class size: 22
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91734 |
ARTH
/ THTR 229 History of
East Village Performance |
John
Kelly |
. . . . F |
10:10 - 12:30 pm |
OLIN 204 |
AART |
See
Theater section for description.
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91380 |
ARTH 239 Surrealism:
Latin American Literature and Art |
Susan
Aberth / Melanie
Nicholson |
. T . Th . |
3:10 -4:30 pm |
OLIN 202 |
AART/DIFF |
Cross-listed: LAIS André Breton,
founder and leader of the Surrealist Movement, first visited Mexico in 1938 and
the Caribbean in 1941. Politically
supportive of Latin America’s struggle against European imperialism, Breton was
deeply interested in both its art and culture, and had a large personal
collection of ethnographic artifacts.
Surrealist journals and artists extolled “primitive” mythologies and
were captivated by such “exotic” artists as Frida
Kahlo and Wifredo Lam. This course plans to explore
two areas: the rich and varied field of
surrealism in both literature and the arts of Latin America and, to question
the Surrealist fascination with non-Western culture. As numerous critics have
noted, surrealism came alive in Latin America at the moment when it was waning
in Europe, and continued to develop throughout the twentieth century. By
looking through the double lens of art and literature, we will tease out
answers to such questions as: What geographical, political, and/or social
factors contributed to the widespread growth of Surrealism in Latin America? In
what ways did cross-fertilization take place among the countries of Latin
America, and between these countries and Europe? Did Latin American artists always feel
comfortable being labeled “Surrealist” or was it viewed as another form of
colonization? In what ways did the
European Surrealists project their fantasies regarding the psychic power of the
“primitive” onto Latin American creative production? Finally, we will examine the ways in which
Surrealism and its influences survive in contemporary cultural production.
Permission of the instructor required. Class
size: 22
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91972 |
ARTH 283 Architectural
Modernism |
Irene
Sunwoo |
M . W . . |
11:50 – 1:10 pm |
OLIN 102 |
AART |
Cross-listed: Environmental & Urban Studies This course
traverses a series of episodes in the history of modern architecture from the
19th century to the mid-20th century. It traces modern
architects’ responses to new technologies (e.g. the steel frame,
prefabrication, concrete) and ongoing debates (e.g. on ornament, national
identity, historicism). It explores built works, unrealized fantasies, texts,
technologies, institutions and events. Key figures, movements, and phenomena
include Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar
Aalto, Mies van der Rohe, Art Nouveau, Futurism, the Bauhaus, the skyscraper,
mass housing, and the rise of the metropolis. Class
size: 22
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91706 |
ARTH 296 The Arts of
Japan |
Patricia
Karetzky |
. T . . . |
1:30 -3:50 pm |
PRE 110 |
AART |
Cross-listed: Asian
Studies This course begins
with a study of the neolithic period and its
cord-impressed pottery (Joman) circa 2000 B.C. when
Japanese cultural and aesthetic characteristics are already observable. Next,
the great wave of Chinese influence is viewed, including its impact on
government, religion (Buddhism), architecture, and art. Subsequent periods of
indigenous art in esoteric Buddhism, popular Buddhism, Shinto, narrative scroll
painting, medieval screen painting, Zen art, and ukiyo-e prints are presented in a broad view of the social, artistic,
and historical development of Japan. Open to all students. Class size: 22
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91710 |
ARTH
/ PHOT 314 Portrait
& Its Guises |
Luc
Sante |
. . . Th . |
1:30 pm -3:50 pm |
WDS |
AART |
See
Photography section for description.
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91709 |
ARTH 315 Beautiful
by Design: The Decorative Arts and Material Culture at the Turn of the
Century |
Julia
Rosenbaum |
. . . . F |
1:30 -3:50 pm |
FISHER ANNEX |
AART |
Cross-listed:
American Studies, Experimental Humanities
Between
roughly 1870 and 1920, Americans moved through ever more elaborately designed
and decorated structures from public buildings to private homes. The attention
to decorative detail and the opulence of interior rooms and the objects within
are captured in Mark Twain’s characterization of the period as “the Gilded
Age.” This seminar focuses on the work of artists and designers and the
collection of objects through the lens of one of the great late 19th/early
20th-century sites in the Hudson Valley, Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park.
Readings will be draw on both primary sources of the period and scholarly
studies. Students will combine the study of aesthetic ideals about decorative
objects and interior design with hands-on experience; the class will visit the
mansion regularly and each student will work closely with specific objects in
the Vanderbilt collection as well as help curate a digital exhibition. Class size: 15
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91712 |
ARTH 340 Seminar in
Contemporary Art |
Tom
Wolf |
. . . Th . |
1:30 -3:50 pm |
FISHER ANNEX |
AART |
Cross-listed:
American Studies
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
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91701 |
ARTH 375 Mexican
Muralism |
Susan
Aberth |
. . W . . |
1:30 -3:50 pm |
FISHER ANNEX |
AART |
Cross-listed: Human Rights, LAIS This course examines the muralism
movement’s philosophical origins in the decades following the Mexican
Revolution, the murals of Orozco, Rivera, and Siqueiros, the Tres Grandes (“The
Three Great Ones”); and the work of lesser-known Mexican muralists. Also
considered is the muralism movement’s wide-ranging
impact on murals executed under the WPA in the United States throughout the
1930s, in Nicaragua during the 1970s, and in urban Chicano communities. Prerequisite: Art History 101-102, or 160 or
permission of the instructor.
Class size: 15
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91714 |
ARTH 378 Topics in Contemporary Architecture: Exhibiting Architecture |
Irene
Sunwoo |
. T . . . |
10:10 - 12:30 pm |
FISHER ANNEX |
AART |
Cross-listed:
Environmental & Urban Studies
The exhibition of architecture poses a curatorial conundrum: drawings,
fragments, and models only suggest spatial entities that remain conspicuously
absent within galleries, while historic houses and pavilions display buildings
as full-scale objects. This course examines how architecture is exhibited in
varying scales, media, and sites. Protagonists include architects, curators,
and institutions from the 19th century to the present. Topics for discussion:
architectural representation, cultural politics, collecting, display
techniques, and the exhibition as platform for debate. Class
size: 15
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91707 |
ARTH 385 Art
Criticism and Methodology |
Susan
Merriam |
M . . . . |
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 discipline’s development. Methodologies such as
connoisseurship, cultural history, Marxism, feminism, and post-modernism are
analyzed. Class size: 15