course index
Summer 2006
lower division courses
Introduction to Art (session B)
Robey
Art Survey I: Ancient-Medieval
Canejo
Art Survey II: Renaissance-Baroque Art
Taschian
Art Survey III: Modern-Contemporary Art
Pre-Columbian Art
Solari
upper division courses
Art and the Modern World
Kubitza
Native Art & Architecture
West
Modern Art of Mexico
Canejo
CANCELLED
The City in History (session B)
Special Topics in Architecture
White
Landscape Design History
Homsy
Introduction to Art (session B)
Robey
This course is intended for students who have not taken classes in Art History, and may or may not do so again.It is designed to develop basic visual skills and introduce students to the wide range of issues, works, and themes with which Art History is engaged, varying from year to year. GE: F. ENROLLMENT BY DISCUSSION SECTION
MTWR
930-1040
ARTS 1426
Art Survey I: Ancient-Medieval
Canejo
The History of Western Art from its origins to the beginnings of the Renaissance.
GE: WRT, EUR, E, E1, F.
ENROLLMENT BY DISCUSSION SECTION.
MTWR
1230-140
HSSB 1173
Art Survey II: Renaissance-Baroque Art
Taschian
Renaissance and Baroque Art in Northern and Southern Europe.
GE: WRT, EUR, E, E1, F.
ENROLLMENT BY DISCUSSION SECTION.
MTWR
200-310
Arts 1245
Art Survey III: Modern-Contemporary Art
History of Western Art from the Eighteenth Century to the present.
GE: WRT, EUR, E, E1, F.
ENROLLMENT BY DISCUSSION SECTION
MTWR
1100-1210
Buchn 1920
Survey: History of Pre-Columbian Art (session B)
An introduction to selected art traditions in ancient Mesoamerica and Andean South America. Major monuments of sculpture, architecture, ceramics, and painting will be examined for their meaning and function within socio-political, religious, and economic contexts.
GE: WRT, F, NWC. ENROLLMENT BY DISCUSSION SECTION
MTWR
930-1040
Arts 1245
Art in the Modern World
Kubitza
An examination of Art of the last 100 years. Treats painting, architecture, and sculpture in a manner that emphasizes the social, economic, and cultural background.
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
GE: F ENROLLMENT BY DISCUSSION SECTION.
MTWR
1100-1205
Arts 1241
Native Art & Architecture
West
Survey of indigenous painting, sculpture, architecture, and other arts of Northern America as experienced through several major traditions. Principle emphasis on presentation of traditions as they developed and intermingled during the centuries before and through early years of European contact.
Prerequisite: Not open to Freshman.
GE: F, ETH
MTWR
1230-135
Arts 1245
Modern Art of Mexico
Canejo
A general survey of the main developments of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Mexican Art in its social context. Particular attention is given to the Mexican mural renaissance and the works of Posada, Rivera, Siquieros, Orozco, Tamayo, and Frida Kahlo. GE: F
MTWR
200-305
Arts 1241
African Art I (Session B) CANCELLED
This course is being offered Fall 2006.
MTWR
1100-1205
Arts 1245
The City in History (session B)
A historical introduction to the ideas and forms of cities with emphasis on modern urbanism. Examination of social theory to understand the role of industrial capitalism and colonialism in shaping the culture of modern cities, the relationship between the city and the country, the phenomena of class, race and ethnic separation.
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
GE: F, E.
MTWR
200-305
Arts 1245
Special Topics in Architecture: Architecture in the United States. (session B)
White
Few nations experienced a change in the land as drastic and complete as the United States has experienced in the past two centuries. This course is a study of that change. Historical but not necessarily chronological, this is an architectural survey concentrating on several themes and building types, urban development will be its primary focus. Students will study cities, towns, and individual buildings and building types, as well as the people responsible for their design, finance, construction, and habitation.
Prerequisites: Not open to freshmen.
TBA
TBA
TBA
Landscape Design History
Homsy
Explore the significance of Landscape Design through social, political, and artistic influences and interpret "humanity's control over Nature" and how this affects our views of nature. Discover how and why landscape design canons were formed.
Prerequisites: Not open to freshmen. GE: F.
MTWR
1230-135
Arts 1241
