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Introduction to Art |
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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. Not open to art history majors. GE: F
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6B |
Art Survey II: Renaissance-Baroque Art |
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Renaissance and Baroque art in northern and southern Europe. (W)
ENROLLMENT BY DISCUSSION SECTION
Questions about enrollment and section assignments should be directed to
the .
All other course questions should be directed to the .
There is no text for this course; a Reader will be available for purchase
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6E |
Survey: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Native North America |
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A conceptual, cross-cultural introduction to Amerind, Eskimo, African, and Oceanic arts: artists, sculpture, festivals, body decoration, masking, architecture, and painting will be seen in the context of social and religious values. Films, slides, and museum tours
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6F |
Survey: Architecture |
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This unconventional survey of architecture and planning centers on case studies chosen from different periods in predominantly Western but also non-Western architectural history, from the Greek temple to the palace of Versailles, from colonial planning in North Africa to Mussolini's new towns in Italy, and from Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater to the Batammaliba houses of Togo and Benin. Student writing assignments will involve writing about first-hand experience of local architecture.
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103B |
Roman Art: From the Republic to the Empire (509 B.C. to A.D. 337) |
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Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
Recommended preparation: Art History 6A. Painting, sculpture, and decorative arts of the Romans from the Republic to the Empire, from Romulus to Constantine. Social, economic, and cultural background emphasized
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103C |
Greek Architecture |
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Prerequisite: not open to freshmen. The architecture of the Greek world from the archaic period through the Hellenistic Age
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109A |
Italian Renaissance 1400-1500 |
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Not Open to Freshmen.
Developments in painting and sculpture, with attention to issues of technique, iconography, patronage, workshop culture and theory.
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109G |
Leonardo Da Vinci: Art, Science, and Technology in Early Modern Italy |
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The life and work of Leonardo Da Vinci and a consideration of their place in the history of art as well as in the development of early modern science and technology.
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115C |
Eighteenth Century British Art and Culture |
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Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
An interdisciplinary study of British art and culture in the eighteenth century. Topics may include: the art market and art public; portraiture and autobiography; images of the family; landscape gardening and poetry; sentimentalism; the Royal Academy and the ordering of the arts.
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117E |
Nineteenth-Century German Art |
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Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
A survey of the major art movements in nineteenth century Germany, including Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Art Nouveau, and Symbolism. Special emphasis given to the historical and cultural context of German art, and its interaction with the international art scene.
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119B |
Contemporary Art |
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Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
Study of recent artistic developments, from pop to contemporary movements in painting, sculpture, and photography. Movements studied include minimal art, postminimalism, process art, conceptual art, earthworks, pluralism, neoexpressionism, and issues of postmodern art and criticism.
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119G |
Critical Approaches to Visual Culture |
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Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
Critical ways of approaching and understanding a wide range of visual materials and images (paintings, ads, videos, etc.). Analytic approaches to culture and representation are used as a means of developing descriptive and interpretive skills.
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127A |
African Art I |
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Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
Recommended preparation: Art History 6E.
The relationship of art to life in sub-Saharan Africa. A cross-cultural survey of types, styles, history, and values of arts ranging from personal decoration to the state festival, stressing Ashanti, Ife, Benin, Yoruba, Cameroon.
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132I |
Art of Empire |
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Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
Studies the visual culture of different empires, alone or in a comparative fashion. For example, Ottoman and Hapsburg; Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal; Mughal and British India; or the earlier empire of the Fatimids, Abbasids, and Umayyads of Syria and Spain.
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133DD |
Special Topics in Islamic Art |
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Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units provided letter designations are different. Special topics in Islamic art.
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136H |
Housing American Cultures |
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Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
The history of American domestic architecture from the colonial period to the present within a framework of cultural plurality. Examination of the relation between ideas of domesticity, residential design, individual, regional, and ethnic choices.
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136W |
Introduction to 2D/3D Visualizations in Architecture |
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Prerequisite: upper-division standing; open to majors only.
Letter grade required. Same course as Art Studio 106W.
Develops skills in reading, interpreting, and visualizing in 3D objects and spaces by offering exercises in sketching, perspective, orthographic projections, isometric drawings, and manual rendering practices. Relevant for those interested in history of architecture, architecture, sculpture, and such spatial practices as installations and public art.
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186RS |
Seminar in Chinese Art |
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Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Advanced studies in Chinese art. Topics vary. Requires weekly readings and discussion, and the writing of a research seminar paper
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186T |
Seminar in Photographic History |
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Prerequisite: upper-division standing. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units with different topic. Advanced studies in photographic history. Topics will vary. This course requires weekly readings and discussion, and the writing of a research seminar paper.
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186V |
Seminar: Theory |
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Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units with different topic.
Advanced studies in art theory. Topics will vary. This course requires weekly readings and discussion, and the writing of a research seminar paper.
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186X |
Contemporary American Car Design |
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Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units with different topic.
Contemporary American Car Design and related Art Historical issues
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200B |
Proseminar: Introduction to Art-Historical Methods |
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Prerequisites: graduate standing; open to Art History majors only.
Required of all first-year M.A. and Ph.D. students.
Introduction to art-historical methods, with emphasis on the historical development of current practices, critical theory, debates within the field, and cross-disciplinary dialogues.
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253E |
Seminar in Romanesque Architecture and Sculpture |
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Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Seminar on major topics and problems in the monumental arts of the eleventh and twelfth centuries in Europe.
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265 |
Theories and Methods in Architectural History |
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Prerequisite: graduate standing.
This seminar will explore a range of critical methodologies and philosophical discourses that have shaped the practice of architectural and urbanism history. Our basic method will be to juxtapose works of philosophy and/or theory with works of architectural and urbanism history that they have in some way informed or inspired. We will begin with the origins of the Western architectural history tradition, but we will focus mainly on post-WWII developments.
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282A |
Seminar: Topics on East Asian Art |
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Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Research on select problems on the arts of China, Japan, or Korea.
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296A |
Theories of the Modern |
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Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Same course as German 270.
Analysis of theories and critiques of modernism and modernity from Benjaminto Adorno and Derrida, with special focus on the historical avantgarde.
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