This course provides an introduction to the disciplinary methods and concepts of art history, presented in the context of the art and architecture of China, Korea, and Japan. Emphasis will be placed on how the distinctive styles, genres, and traditions of each region emerged in relation to one another and in the context of a shared East Asian cultural heritage. Open only to first- or second-year students, or with consent of the instructor. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. (Annually) (FA) (WA)

This course provides an introduction to the disciplinary methods and concepts of art history, presented in the context of Latin American art, from the pre-Columbian, colonial, and modern eras, including U.S. - Latino art. Open only to first- or second-year students, or with consent of the instructor. Contributes to International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course. (Annually) (FA) (WA) (SJ)

This course provides an introduction to the disciplinary methods and concepts of art history, presented in the context of Greek Classical and Hellenistic art and Italian Renaissance art. Open only to first- or second-year students, or with consent of the instructor. Contributes to Early Modern Studies and International Studies. (Annually) (FA) (WA)

This course provides an introduction to the disciplinary methods and concepts of art history, presented in the context of European and American art from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Open only to first- or second-year students, or with consent of the instructor. Contributes to International Studies. (Annually) (FA) (WA)

This course surveys the arts of China from the Neolithic to the contemporary period. Each lecture will consist of an in-depth examination of one of twenty-three landmarks of Chinese art. A variety of works will be considered including jades, ancient bronzes, calligraphy, Buddhist murals, landscape paintings, Chinese gardens, temples, contemporary works, and more. Each work will be examined in its historical context, introducing students to China's social and political history, as well as its major religious and humanistic traditions including Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. (Biennially) (FA) (WA)

This course introduces the visual arts of Japan from the Neolithic to the late twentieth century. It will consider the development of the pictorial, sculptural and architectural traditions in light of themes such as religion, gender, cross-cultural exchange, and changes in socio-political life. Biweekly sessions will cover a range of subjects including ceramics, woodblock printing, ink painting, gardens, religious and castle architecture, calligraphy, tea ceremony, and contemporary works. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. (Biennially) (FA) (WA)

This course covers China's rich and complex ancient civilization, beginning in the Neolithic and concluding with the fall of China's first long-lasting imperial administration, the Han dynasty. It considers the development and trajectory of Chinese art and architecture in relation to the formation of local states, kingdoms, and the early Chinese empires. Topics covered include painted ceramics, jades, oracle bones, bronze vessels and bells, lacquer works, mummies, gold ornaments, stone shrines, early palaces and cities, silk, and much more. Art works will be studied in the archaeological context in which they were discovered and in relation to the material culture surrounding them. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. (Biennially) (FA) (WA)

This course presents an overview of the development of visual arts in China from the late 19th century to the present. Students will consider the ways that recent works created by Chinese artists responded to the turbulent politics of the 20th century, the global art market, and past traditions of Chinese art. Works in a range of mediums will be considered-from painting and calligraphy to architecture, film, and performance works. Contributes to East Asian Studies, Feminist Studies, International Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course. (Biennially) (FA) (WA)

A survey of the ancient Americas, concentrating on the archaeology and ritual aesthetics of the Mezcala, Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, Nayarít, Chupícuaro, Teotihuacan, Totonac, Toltec, Mixtec, Purépecha and Aztec, among others, and focusing on each culture's sense of past and place. In so doing, this course examines the role of archaeology in shaping current understanding of the ancient past, and how that past is exhibited and made part of modern visual culture. Course themes explore social and ritual landscapes, cosmology, palaces, divine kingship, hieroglyphs and Mesoamerican calendars. Contributes to International Studies and Latin American and Border Studies. (Biennially) (FA) (WA)

A survey of the ancient Americas, concentrating on the archaeology and ritual aesthetics of the Valdivia, Chavín, Jama-Coaque, Tairona, Coclé, Paracas, Nazca, Moche, Tiwanaku, Wari, Chimu and Inca, among others, and focusing on each culture's sense of past and place. In so doing, this course examines the role of archaeology in shaping current understanding of the ancient past, and how that past is exhibited and made part of modern visual culture. Course themes explore social and ritual landscapes, cosmology, mummification, warrior cults, shamanism, visual metaphors and formal processes of abstraction. Contributes to International Studies and Latin American and Border Studies. (Annually) (FA) (WA)

As the primary vehicle of communication in the 16th century, and as a model of religion, the Book was part of Spain's effort to colonize the Americas. Yet there already existed systems of recording in Mesoamerica and the Andes, which were both conflicting and commensurate with European notions of the Book. This course examines these concepts by considering books as repositories of spoken words and thought. It questions Western hierarchies of literacy in the pursuit of truth and knowledge, and seeks to understand indigenous American voices in the process. Contributes to Early Modern Studies, International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course. (Biennially) (FA) (WA) (SJ)

A survey of the formation of Roman art and ancient art theory within the context of the Hellenistic world, c. 400 B.C. to c. A.D. 79. It covers Greek art from the Classical and Hellenistic periods (c. 480 - 30 B.C.) and contemporary Roman art of the Mid and Late Republic and early Empire (c. 390 B.C - c. A.D. 79). The course will involve considerable study of cultural context and social structure and will examine theoretical models of cultural formation. It uses extensive readings in ancient history and original ancient texts (in translation). Contributes to Classics and International Studies. (Annually) (FA) (WA)

A survey of the art and architecture of Spain, from the Muslim conquest of Toledo to the end of the Habsburg Monarchy, with a concentration on the ideological and political shifts that occurred during Spain's emergence as a global power. Beginning with the convivencia (coexistence) between Christians, Muslims and Jews, the course examines aspects of Mozarabic and Mudejar art and identity and the production and trade of Islamic and Christian religious and courtly objects and luxury arts. After examining the complex of events that occurred in 1492, the final part of the course concentrates on Spanish Golden Age painting under the Habsburg Empire. Contributes to Early Modern Studies and International Studies. (Annually) (FA) (WA)

A survey of several major architectural traditions and their cultural contexts from prehistory to the present. The presentation of each culture poses the same sequence of questions: topography; chronology; social and power structure; belief structure and rituals; economy; technology; building techniques; systems of ornament; and building types and functions, proceeding from urban and utilitarian to the most expressive monuments. The course terminates by looking at Euro-American Modern within the same framework of questions as the other cultures. Contributes to Classics and International Studies. (Biennially) (FA) (WA)

A survey of Euro-American architecture from c. 1750 through present day. Material considers the context of intellectual history, industrial and political revolutions, mass culture and technological innovation. It is also an introduction to issues of architectural theory and the history of the modern architectural profession. Contributes to International Studies. (Biennially) (FA) (WA)

Encompasses the visual arts produced in Europe and the United States between 1780 and 1900. Organized according to chronological developments in the history of nineteenth-century art, concentrating on the emergence of a photographic visual culture, Realism in art, painting in the academy, the Impressionists, and post-Impressionist movements such as Divisionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau. The course also focuses on thematic issues including the rise of mass culture; class identity and conflict; gender in artistic representation and practice; and the politicization of art. Contributes to International Studies. (Biennially) (FA) (WA)

Encompasses the visual arts produced in Europe and the United States between 1900 and 1945. Organized according to chronological developments in the history of twentieth-century art, concentrating on fin de siècle design, Fauvism, Cubism, Expressionism, the Russian avant-garde, De Stijl, photography and painting between the wars, Surrealism, and art under totalitarian regimes. The course also focuses on thematic issues including primitivism and the colonial imaginary; gender and modern art; abstraction in theory and practice; and the politics of modernism. Contributes to International Studies. (Biennially) (FA) (WA)

Encompasses the visual arts produced primarily in Europe and the United States after the end of World War II. Includes a consideration of modernism and Abstract Expressionism, art informel, Post-painterly abstraction, Pop art, Happenings and performance art, environmental art, Minimalism, Conceptualism, feminist art, Neo-Expressionism, issue-based art, post-modernism, and global art of the new millennium. (Biennially) (FA) (WA)

This course draws on feminist theory and scholarship to analyze art, artists, and the discipline of art history itself. Concentrates on how gender identifications and ideologies are involved in the making, reception and criticism of art. Provides a feminist reflection on the making of the art historical canon, and on how images sustain or challenge gender relations. Incorporates an intersectional perspective, considering how relational constructions of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, disability, class, and nation affect visual representation and practice. Contributes to Feminist Studies. (Biennially) (FA) (WA) (SJ

Focuses on a particular theme, region, or period in art history. Includes an intensive approach to art historical research and writing. Subject changes from year to year. Can be repeated with change of topic. Prerequisite: any two courses in Art History. (Fall) (FA)

A survey of Euro-American architecture from c. 1750 through present day. Material considers the context of intellectual history, industrial and political revolutions, mass culture and technological innovation. It is aslo an introduction to issues of architectural theory and the history of the modern architectural profession. (Biennially) (FAL) (WA).

A research seminar in various topics of the students' choosing with faculty approval. Open to majors only, except with permission of instructor. Must be taken in fall semester senior year. Prerequisite: Art History 71-0xx (71-024, -034, -044, OR -054), and four additional upper-level courses (71-200,-300,-400,-500) in Art History, and ARH71-814 Theory and Methods. (Fall)