Basic Structure of the Department and Important Information about Choosing
Courses
- The Art History department offers one major and one minor.
- Courses in Art History fall into one of six broad categories: Ancient;
Medieval; Renaissance; Baroque, Rocco and Neo-Classical; Modern; and
Asian.
- The numbering system for Art History courses does not represent sequencing,
but rather subfields (e.g., all numbers in the 30s cover Medieval art; all
numbers in the 60s cover Asian art).
- Preference in ARTH 2 (Introduction to the History of Art II – 1500 to the
present, offered winter 2008) is given to first and second-year students.
- Students interested in exploring Art History are encouraged to enroll in a
course whose subject area intrigues them. The department recommends beginning
with an introductory/survey course (1, 2, or 4). There are no prerequisites for
any topics course (16-79), though a student should be aware that the reading
and writing demands for a topics course will be heavier than for one of the
introductory courses.
- The Art History department conducts a Foreign Study Program in the spring
term based in Rome, Italy. The program is open to all students, and the
prerequisites are Italian 1 (or its equivalent) and ARTH 1, plus one of ARTH 2,
21, 22, 25, 30, 31, 36, 40, 41, 42, or 45. The program consists of two Art
History courses (10 and 11), which may be counted toward the major, and a
course in the Language and Culture of Rome (ARTH 12). Interested students
should contact the department as soon as possible in their academic
careers.
Fall courses for the interested first-year student
- ARTH 1: Introduction to the History of Art I (prior to 1500)
- ARTH 16: European Art and Colonialism 1680 - 1830
- ARTH 20: The Art of Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East
- ARTH 22: Late Classical and Hellenistic Art in the Greek World
- ARTH 53: Classic Modernism: Painting and Sculpture 1900 - 1914
- ARTH 55: Late and Post-Modernism: Art from 1945 to the Present
Winter courses for the interested first-year student
- ARTH 2: Introduction to the History of Art II (1500-Present)
- ARTH 4: History of Architecture
- ARTH 45: Southern Baroque Art
- ARTH 54: The First Crisis of Modernism: Art from 1945 to the Present
- ARTH 67: Contemporary Arts of Asia
Spring courses for the interested first-year student
- ARTH 16 (1): History of Museums and Collecting
- ARTH 16 (2): Romanticism
- ARTH 17 (1): Abstract Expressionism
- ARTH 17 (2): “The Villa Life”: Andrea Palladio and His Architectural
Legacy
- ARTH 17 (3): South and Southeast Asian Art and Ritual Culture (2500
BCE-Present)
- ARTH 33: Gothic Art and Architecture
- ARTH 46: Northern Baroque Art
- ARTH 52: Building America: An Architectural and Social History (=HIST
34)
- ARTH 75: Twentieth Century Art from Latin America (=LACS 78)
Advice for the first-year student who plans on pursuing studies in Art
History
- Since a prerequisite for the major is any two of the following THREE
introductory courses, it is advised to be aware of their scheduling:
- ARTH 1: Introduction to the History of Art – to 1500 is offered in fall
2007.
- ARTH 2: Introduction to the History of Art – 1500 to the present, is
offered in winter 2008.
- ARTH 4: Introduction to the History of Architecture, is offered in winter
2008.
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