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 Early Modern and Medieval Studies, 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 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. May contribute to International Studies. (Annually) (FA) (WA)

An introduction to the disciplinary methods and concepts of art history. Open only to first- or second-year students, or with consent of the instructor. May be repeated with change in topic. (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 Early Modern and Medieval Studies, 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)

Thematic courses with a focus on East Asian art. May be repeated with change in topic. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. (FA) (WA)

his 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) (SJ)(PJ)

Thematic courses with a focus on non-Western art. May be repeated with change in topic. Contributes to International Studies. (FA) (WA)

Thematic courses with a focus on pre- or early modern European art. May be repeated with change in topic. Contributes to International Studies. (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 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)

Thematic courses with a focus on modern art. May be repeated with change in topic. May contribute to International Studies. (FA) (WA)

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: one course in Art History. (Fall) (FA)

A research seminar on 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 71-0X4 (71-024, 71-054, or 71-064), and four additional upper-level courses (71-200, -300, -400, -500) in Art History, and 71-614 Annual Topics in Art History. (Fall)