Distribution of Subject Matter of Art History Courses
Modern (continued)
52 Building America: An Architectural and
Social History
53 Classic Modernism: Painting & Sculpture
1900-1914
54 The First Crisis of Modernism
55 Late and Post-Modernism: Art from 1945 to
the Present
59 Modern Architecture
70 American Encounters: From Conquest
to 1900
71 The “American Century”: Modern Art
in the United States
75 Twentieth-Century Art from Latin
America
76 Mexican Modernism
Asian
17 Special Topics: “Spectacles in Chinese Visual
Culture” — 09S only
17 Special Topics: “Visual Exchange in Pre-
Modern East Asian Cultures” — 09F only
20 Art of Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near
East
60 The Arts of China
63 Sacred Art and Architecture of Japan
64 The Japanese Painting Tradition
65 Japanese Prints
66 The Camera in Nineteenth-Century Asia
67 Contemporary Arts of Asia
African
occasionally-offered courses in African art topics may
replace one of the required categories of the Art
History major. Consult with office.
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First-Year Seminars do not count toward the Art
History major.
Ancient
16.1 Special Topics: “Ancient Art and Myth”
— 10W only
20 The Art of Ancient Egypt and the
Ancient Near East
21 The Art of Greece: Prehistoric to
Classical
22 Late Classical and Hellenistic Art in the
Greek World
25 Roman Art
Medieval
16 Special Topics: “Grace and Power:
Medieval Illustrated Texts” — 09S
only
30 Early Christian Art
31 Byzantine Art
32 Early Medieval Art
33 Gothic Art and Architecture
36 Italian Medieval Art & Architecture,
1200-1400
Renaissance
11 Foreign Study II: Roman Architecture
40 Florence 1400-1450: Culture, Politics,
Society
41 Italian Visual Culture, 1450-1500
42 The High Renaissance and Mannerism
in Italy
43 Northern Renaissance Art
Baroque, Rococo, & Neoclassical
45 Southern Baroque Art
46 Northern Baroque Art
48 Gender, Race, and Politics in 18th-
Century Visual Culture
Modern
16.1 Special Topics: “The Blue Rider” —
09W only
16.2 Special Topics: “History of African-
American Art” — 09S only
17.1 Special Topics: “Race and
Representation in American Art” —
09S only
17 Special Topics: “Abstract Expressionism” —
10W only
16.1 Special Topics (Coffey) — 10S only
16.2 Special Topics: “The Blue Rider” — 10S only
17.1 Special Topics (Hong) — 10S only
50 Romanticism
51 Realism, Impressionism, and Post-
Impressionism