Course |
ARTH 102 Perspectives in World Art II |
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Professor |
Susan Aberth |
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CRN |
17365 |
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Schedule |
Mon
Wed 3:00 -4:20 pm OLIN 102 |
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Distribution |
OLD: A/C |
NEW: Analysis
of Art
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Cross listed: Africana Studies, LAIS
This course, the second half of a two-semester
survey, will continue to explore the visual arts worldwide. Beginning in the
fourteenth century and ending in the present, the class will survey painting,
sculpture, and architecture, as well as works in newer media (such as
photography, video, and performance). The class will encompass works from
Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, arranged chronologically in order to
provide a more integrated historical context for their production. In addition
to the course textbook, readings will be chosen to broaden critical
perspectives and to present different methodological approaches. This course is
designed for those students with no background in art history as well as for
those who may be contemplating a major either in art history or studio.
Students who have taken part one of this course will be given preferential
enrollment. First and second year students are encouraged to enroll. On-line
registration
Course |
ARTH 113 History of Photography |
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Professor |
Laurie Dahlberg |
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CRN |
17370 |
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Schedule |
Tu
Th 10:30 - 11:50 am CAMPUS WEIS |
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Distribution |
OLD: A/C |
NEW: Analysis
of Art
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Cross-listed: Photography, Science, Technology &
Society
The discovery of photography was announced in 1839,
almost simultaneously by several inventors. Born of experiments in art and
science, the medium combines vision and technology. It possesses a uniquely
intimate relation to reality and for this reason has many applications outside
the realm of fine art; nevertheless, from its inception photography has been a
vehicle for artistic aspirations. This survey of the history of photography
from its earliest manifestations to the 1970s considers the medium’s applications
– as art, science, historical record, and document. This course is open to all
students and is the prerequisite for most other courses in the history of
photography. On-line
registration
Course |
ARTH 160 Survey of Latin American Art |
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Professor |
Susan Aberth |
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CRN |
17366 |
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Schedule |
Tu
Th 2:30 -3:50 pm OLIN 102 |
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Distribution |
OLD: A/D |
NEW: Analysis
of Art / Rethinking Difference
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Cross-listed: LAIS
(core course),
SRE, Theology
Related interest:
Africana Studies
A broad overview of art
and cultural production in Latin America, including South and Central America,
Mexico, and the hispanophone Caribbean. A survey of major pre-Columbian
monuments is followed by an examination of the contact between Europe and the Americas
during the colonial period, 19th-century Eurocentrism, and the
reaffirmation of national identity in the modern era. On-line registration
Course |
ARTH 210 Roman Art and Architecture |
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Professor |
Diana Minsky |
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CRN |
17376 |
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Schedule |
Tu
Th 4:00 -5:20 pm OLIN 102 |
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Distribution |
OLD: A/C |
NEW: Analysis
of Art
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This course follows the development of Roman art
and architecture from the founding of the city by Romulus in 753 B.C.E. to the
transfer of the capital to the east by Constantine in 330 C.E. Lectures and
discussions explore how Rome incorporated and synthesized the styles and
achievements of conquered peoples (including Etruscans, Greeks, and Egyptians)
to produce something entirely new that not only communicated the nature of the
empire but also established a common artistic vocabulary throughout the
Mediterranean basin. The ability of art and architecture to communicate
political policy and the conversion of the classical into the Christian are
among the themes of the course. Participation in the class qualifies students
for consideration for future sessions of Roma in situ, taught in Rome
over intersession. On-line registration
Course |
ARTH 231 The High Renaissance |
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Professor |
Jean French |
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CRN |
17372 |
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Schedule |
Mon
Wed 10:30 - 11:50 am OLIN 102 |
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Distribution |
OLD: A/C |
NEW: Analysis
of Art
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Cross-listed: Italian Studies
A study of major painters and sculptors of the High
Renaissance in Florence and Rome, focusing on the works of Leonardo,
Michelangelo, and Raphael. The class considers the origin and development of a
monumental style in Italian art and concludes with an examination of the work
of selected mannerist artists. On-line registration
Course |
ARTH 235 Tale of Two Cities |
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Professor |
Noah Chasin / Ivan Sablin (Smolny) |
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CRN |
17368 |
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Schedule |
Tu
Th 10:00 - 11:20 am HDR 302 |
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Distribution |
OLD: A |
NEW: Analysis
of Art
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This course
wishes to address some basic issues of architecture and urbanism through a
comparative analysis of the most culturally significant urban centers of Russia
and the United States. Three centuries of history in each city can be viewed
against that of the other as three totally different stages of development of
modern settlements in general. Through readings; visual analyses of buildings,
cartographic documents, and films; and discussions, we wish to ask, and
hopefully answer, some fundamental questions about what comprises an urban
identity. Can such answers derive through comparative methods? Does urban
development depend mainly on architectural ideas, or vice versa? We anticipate
three major levels of comparison: 1) Historical issues, knowledge gained from the
point of view of the architectural, cultural, political, social, etc.
developments in respective countries. 2) Local issues—those that go beyond the
merely vernacular to include geographical, aesthetic, sociopolitical—that
contribute to the “image of the city”, and 3) Monuments, collective memory, and
their articulation in the built fabric of each city. The course will meet twice
a week: once via videoconference with all students at Smolny and Bard. The
course has no prerequisites, although preference will be given to those
students either with an architectural-art historical or a Russian Studies
background; likewise students with an interest in urban studies are encouraged
to enroll. On-line
registration
Course |
ARTH 247 Photography 1950-Present From “Human Documents” to the Image World |
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Professor |
Laurie Dahlberg |
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CRN |
17371 |
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Schedule |
Wed
Fr 10:30 - 11:50 am Fisher Annex |
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Distribution |
OLD: A |
NEW: Analysis
of Art
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Cross listed: Human Rights, Photography, Science, Technology
& Society
In the decades after World War II, photography’s
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 Frank’s 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 ill be given to
moderated photography and moderated art history students. On-line registration
Course |
ARTH 248 Roma in Situ |
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Professor |
Diana Minsky |
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CRN |
17375 |
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Schedule |
Mon
Wed 7:00 -8:20 pm Fisher S. Arts Annex |
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Distribution |
OLD: A |
NEW: Analysis
of Art
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Cross-listed: Classics.
This class consists of two weeks in Rome
(January 12/13-27, 2007) followed by bi-weekly meetings during the spring
semester. Credit will only be awarded upon successful completion of both
components.
Roma in situ offers two intensive
weeks of walking, talking, looking, and learning in Rome followed by class
meetings in the spring semester to discuss secondary scholarship and present
student research. In Rome, the first week will focus on the ancient
city, studying the evolving role of public monuments as the republic
transformed into an empire. The second week will analyze how
post-antique (Early Christian, Renaissance, Baroque, and
nineteenth/twentieth-century) art and architecture reference and reconfigure
antiquities in order to articulate the agendas of their patrons. The
portion of the class conducted in Rome will be rigorous, consisting of
approximately 60 hours spread over fourteen days. There will be
three-hour morning and afternoon sessions (9-12:30; 1:30-5:00) with half-hour
coffee breaks. Lectures will fill most sessions; others will incorporate
time for on-site drawing or exploration. Some days will only have one
meeting to provide students with time to study and document the objects they
will research during the spring semester. Sessions will begin promptly;
no absences will be allowed (except for medical emergencies). Class time
will be spent at archaeological sites, in museums, or in churches.
Lectures will occur in situ , rain or shine . Required
communal dinners (all but three of the nights in Rome) will incorporate
preparatory discussions. The hours between the end of the afternoon
session and dinner (probably circa 8:00 p.m.) will provide further
time to explore the art, architecture, food, and fashion of Rome. During the
spring semester, requirements for the class will consist of two presentations
(one of a text, one of a monument), two papers (one a textual analysis, one
a research paper), and two exams. There will be no make-up exams or
extensions for papers. Prerequisites for the class include successful
completion of one of the following classes: The Roman Revolution (CLAS
102), Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome (HIST/CLAS 103), Roman Art and
Architecture (ARTH 210), Roman Urbanism (ARTH 227), Tacitus
and Gibbon (HIST/CLAS 333), or Latin (LAT 101, 201, or 301).
(Registration for this class is complete.)
Course |
ARTH 252 Nineteenth Century British Art: From Blake to Beardsley |
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Professor |
Tom Wolf |
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CRN |
17224 |
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Schedule |
Wed
Th 10:30 - 11:50 am PRE 110 |
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Distribution |
OLD: A |
NEW: Analysis
of Art
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This course surveys eighteenth and nineteenth
century art in England, focusing on major figures such as Blake,
Constable, Turner, the pre-Raphaelites and Beardsley. Victorian
genre painting will also be considered, and the semester will conclude
with a study of the British Arts and Crafts movement as inspired by John
Ruskin and William Morris. Students will take a midterm and a final
exam, and write two short papers. On-line registration
Course |
ARTH 272 The European Baroque |
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Professor |
Caroline Wamsler |
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CRN |
17378 |
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Schedule |
Mon
Wed 12:00 -1:20 pm OLIN 102 |
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Distribution |
OLD: A |
NEW: Analysis
of Art
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Cross listed: French Studies, Italian Studies
A survey of 17th century European art,
with an emphasis on major figures such as Bernini, Caravaggio, Rembrandt,
Rubens, Velázquez, and Verneer. Topics include the baroque as a pan-European
sensibility; artistic negotional of personal style, princely prerogative, papal
authority, and the demands of the market; collecting and connoisseurship; the
rise of academics; studio practice; and illusionistic painting and
architecture. On-line
registration
Course |
ARTH 292 Ming to Post-Mao:Modern Chinese Painting |
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Professor |
Patricia Karetzky |
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CRN |
17374 |
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Schedule |
Wed 1:30 -3:50 pm Fisher Annex |
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Distribution |
OLD: A |
NEW: Analysis
of Art
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This course examines the origins of modern Chinese art
in the Ming Dynasty (16th to 20th century) in order to
appreciate the challenge faced by modern Chinese artists in addressing their
traditional artistic heritage, and to understand contemporary artistic
currents. On-line
registration
Course |
ARTH 321 The Animal Style in Arts |
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Professor |
Jean French |
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CRN |
17373 |
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Schedule |
Mon 4:30 -6:50 pm Fisher Annex |
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Distribution |
OLD: A |
NEW: Analysis
of Art
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Cross-listed: Irish and Celtic Studies, Medieval
Studies
This seminar explores the character and widespread
diffusion of the “animal style” – a nonfigural, essentially abstract, and
highly decorative art displaying a genius for pattern and fantasy. It reviews
the art of the Scythians and Sarmatians, who roamed the steppes of Central
Eurasia; manifestations of this style in the La Téne civilization and among
Germanic tribes; and the treasures of Celtic Ireland and Anglo-Saxon England
(among them, the magnificent Sutton Hoo ship burial). Attention is given to the
art of the Vikings, other aspects of their culture, and Viking influence in
areas as widespread as Ireland and Russia. The course concludes with an
investigation of the influence of the animal style on the art of Romanesque
Europe. On-line
registration
Course |
ARTH 340 Seminar in Contemporary Art |
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Professor |
Tom Wolf |
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CRN |
17453 |
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Schedule |
Th 1:30 -3:50 pm Fisher S. Arts Annex |
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Distribution |
OLD: A |
NEW: Analysis
of Art
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This seminar considers the history of recent art. It
begins with a survey of minimalism of the 1960s and examines subsequent
artistic developments, up to the present. Students give reports on selected
artists or topics. The class meets in New York City every fourth week to view
current exhibitions. On-line registration
Course |
ARTH 349 Women Artists of the Surrealist Movement |
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Professor |
Susan Aberth |
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CRN |
17367 |
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Schedule |
Mon 9:30 - 11:50 am Fisher S. Arts Annex |
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Distribution |
OLD: A |
NEW: Analysis
of Art
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Related interest: Gender & Sexuality Studies, LAIS
This course examines the use of female sexuality in surrealist imagery
and then juxtaposes it to the writing and work of such female surrealists as
Dorothea Tanning, Lee Miller, Meret Oppenheim, Leonor Fini, Remedios Varo,
Toyen, Claude Cahun, Leonora Carrington, Dora Maar, and others. Issues explored
are female subjectivity, cultural identity, occultism, mythology, dream
imagery, artistic collaboration, and the various methodologies employed to
interpret surrealist in general. Seniors in photography are permitted to take
this course to fulfill their upper level photography course requirement. On-line registration
Course |
ARTH 385 Art Criticism and Methodology |
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Professor |
Noah Chasin |
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CRN |
17369 |
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Schedule |
Tu 1:30 -3:50 pm Fisher Annex |
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Distribution |
OLD: A |
NEW: Analysis
of Art
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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. On-line registration