Course Descriptions

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101 Building the Future: An Introduction to Architecture

105 Introduction to Western Art History, Pre-History to 1400

106 Introduction to Western Art History 1400 to Present

107 Survey of Non-Western Art

118 Looking at Twenty-First Century World History

202 Introduction to Contemporary Art

203 Sacred Sites: Materializing and Experiencing the Divine

204 Art and Power: The Visual and Literary Culture of the Soviet Century

205 Introduction to Asian Art

206 Art of India

211 Ancient Foundations of Modernity

214 Renaissance Art in Europe

215 Baroque Magnificence

220 Critical Issues in Art History

226 Art and Visual Culture of the Caribbean

230 Latinx Art

240 Introduction to Modern and Contemporary African Art 

251 Russian Art 

252 East Asian Art

253 Contemporary Photography

275 Cinema and the City 

277 Art and Medicine

291 Topics in Art History

292 Topics in Art History

293 Topics in Art History

294 Topics in Art History

305 Women and Art

306 Roman Art 

308 Italy 1250-1400: The Hinge Between Medieval and Renaissance Art

309 Fifteenth Century Italy: The Birth of the Renaissance

310 The High Renaissance in Italy 

312 Byzantine Art

317 Ancient Painting

319 Celtic and Early Irish Art

320 Islamic Art and Architecture: Visual Cultures of Islam

321 Art of Early China 

322 Japanese Art

324 Japanese Painting

328 Modern and Contemporary Visual Culture in the Islamic World

332 African-American Art

333 Pre-Columbian Art

339, 340 Study Abroad in Rome: From Ancient Capital to Modern Metropolis

341 Venice 

342 Early Greek Art

343 Later Greek Art

357 Art and Literature of the Soviet Period and the Varieties of Nonconformism

361 Russian and Soviet Avant-Gardes

366 Spanish Painting

368 Modern American Art 1876-1945

371 Arts of West Africa

373 Early Medieval Art

374 Romanesque and Gothic Art 

377 Gothic 

379 Imagery and Architecture of Medieval Rome

381 Contemporary Latin American Art 

382 Nineteenth-Century Photography

383 Twentieth-Century Photography

387 Realism

391 Nineteenth Century Architecture in the United States

392 Twentieth-Century Architecture

396 Impressionism

403 Approaches to Art History

420 African Architecture

428 The Modern City

430 Foundations in Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies

431 Theories & Methods of Architectural Preservation

440 CHAPS Museums, Collecting and Preservation

441 Special Topics in Politics, History, and Heritage

446 Studies in American Architecture

447 Internship in Historic Preservation, Fall

448 Internship in Historical Preservation, Spring

454 Seminar: Major Baroque Artists and Themes

462 Workshop in Curatorial Practices

479 Special Topics in Asian Art

483 From Text to Image in Japanese Art

487 Special Topics in Modern Art

491 Capstone in Art History, Fall

492 Capstone in Art History, Spring

495 Internship in Art History, Fall

496 Internship in Art History, Spring

497 Honors in Art History, Fall

498 Honors in Art History, Spring

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Laura Weigert, Chair

Carla Yanni, Undergraduate Program Director 

Tamara Sears, Graduate Program Director

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