(tentative; updated 6/22/2022)
Undergraduate
6H Survey: Arts of the Ancient Americas - Boswell
6K Survey: Islamic Art & Architecture - Khoury
6L Playful Spaces: A Cultural History of Games - White
6M Survey: Eccentric Images - Meadow
105C Medieval Architecture: From Constantine to Charlemagne - Badamo
105P Introduction to Medieval Art and Architecture - Badamo
109B De-centering Renaissance Art: 1500 - 1600 - Lumbreras
113F Bernini and the Age of the Baroque - Paul
132D Islamic Architecture 650 - 1400 - Khoury
134D Art and Modern China - Sturman
136O Sustainable Architecture: History and Aesthetics - Welter [cross-listed with ENV S 136O]
148C Art in California - Sorkin
186SV Seminar in Modern Architecture - Welter
187B Public Art - Paul
187C Museum Theory: Collections and Cultural Politics - Meadow
Graduate
254 Topics in Pre-Columbian/Colonial Latin American Art - Boswell
256 Topics in Early Modern Iberian Art - Lumbreras
6H Survey: Arts of the Ancient Americas TR 930-1045 IV THEATER 2 Boswell
This course is an introductory survey of the art and architecture of the indigenous societies of the ancient Americas, from the central Andes of South America (modern-day Peru) north to ancient Mesoamerica (modern-day Mexico and Central America). The course focuses on major cultural traditions of the central Andes (Chavin, Nasca, Moche, Inca), highlights lesser known traditions of the Isthmo-Colombian region (Calima, Muisca, Coclé), and the major cultural traditions of Mesoamerica (Olmec, Teotihuacan, Maya, and Aztec) covering nearly 5,000 years of history. We will examine a wide range of material culture from small ceramic vessels to the design of urban cities to understand the cultural values, philosophies and sociopolitical systems of these indigenous societies. Students will apply a variety of interdisciplinary methods from archaeology, art history, and architecture to develop a better understanding of the rich traditions of indigenous cultures of the ancient Americas.
GE: AREA F, WORLD CULTURES, WRITING
ENROLLMENT BY DISCUSSION SECTION
6K Survey: Islamic Art & Architecture MW 1230-145 BIOENGINEERING 1001 Khoury
A survey of Islamic art and architecture.
GE: AREA F, WORLD CULTURES, WRITING
ENROLLMENT BY DISCUSSION SECTION
6L Playful Spaces: A Cultural History of Games MW 930-1045 EMBARCADERO HALL White
This course introduces students to the history of games. It is organized chronologically as a global survey. We study games and the social, political,and economic conditions that support them, as well as the interface between the human player and the imagined world of the game. Taking as its premise that games are artifacts of culture, this course focuses on the visual and spatial practice of games in social context.
GE: AREA E, AREA F, WRITING
ENROLLMENT BY DISCUSSION SECTION
6M Survey: Eccentric Images TR 1100-1215 IV THEATER 2 Meadow
Open to non-majors.
This course examines the history of art through some of its strangest images, including spatial illusions, chance images, hidden faces and monsters, reversible images, caricatures and others. Primarily focused on the early modern period (1400-1750), we also consider similar experiments from other cultures.
ENROLLMENT BY DISCUSSION SECTION
GE: AREA E, AREA F, EUROPEAN TRADITIONS, WRITING
105C Medieval Architecture: From Constantine to Charlemagne MW 1100-1215 THEATER DANCE WEST 2600 Badamo
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Recommended Preparation: ARTHI 6A or 6F or 105E or 105G.
A survey of the architecture in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, and England from the early Christian through the Carolingian periods.
105P Introduction to Medieval Art and Architecture MW 800-915 ARTS 1341 Badamo
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
This course explores the soaring cathedrals, monstrous sculptures, and marvelous images that inspired The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones. Beginning with the fourth-century rise of Christian images and ending with the advent of print, it traces how images developed new roles - and reinvented old ones - over the course of the Middle Ages. Investigating architecture, sculpture, and manuscripts in their historical contexts, it asks why medieval objects look the way the do and how viewers saw them.
109B De-centering Renaissance Art: 1500 - 1600 MW 200-315 THEATER DANCE WEST 2600 Lumbreras
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
Developments in a variety of artistic media with attention to issues of geography, empires, religion, workshop culture, and theory.
GE: AREA F
113F Bernini and the Age of the Baroque MW 1230-145 ARTS 1341 Paul
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
Examines the life and work of Gianlorenzo Bernini, best known as a brilliant and innovative sculptor, in their historical context. Also considered is the international influence that Bernini exerted on seventeenth- and eighteeth-century art.
GE: AREA F
132D Islamic Architecture 650 - 1400 TR 200-315 ARTS 1341 Khoury
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
Islamic architecture between 650 and 1400 in its historical context.
134D Art and Modern China MW 200-315 ARTS 1341 Sturman
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
An exploration of trends and issues in nineteenth and twentieth century Chinese art, as China awakens to and responds to the challenges of modernity and The West. Topics include the continuity of tradition, the exile identity, and trends after Tiananmen (1989).
GE: AREA F, WORLD CULTURES
136O Sustainable Architecture: History and Aesthetics MW 800-915 HSSB 1174 Welter
[cross-listed with ENV S 136O]
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
The course examines the history, theory, and aesthetics of sustainable architecture as it developed from approximately the early twentieth century onwards. Emphasis is placed on the critical analysis of changing historical and theoretical approaches to environmentally sound building practices. We will also discuss whether there is (or should be) a distinct 'green' or 'sustainable' architectural aesthetic.
The scope of the course is global, though concepts of sustainable architecture have historically been developed in the Western world, the latter will be prominently represented in this historically oriented course.
GE: AREA F
148C Art in California MW 1100-1215 ARTS 1341 Sorkin
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in History of Art & Architecture.
As a state, California is the site of tremendous diversity in the visual arts but has consistently suffered from stereotypes that framed it as a regional backwater far from New York and Europe. This lecture-based course addresses the character and role of the post-war art and its developments in and beyond the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Movements studied include Mexican Muralism, the rise of modern photography, Asian American culture, assemblage and sculpture, the Black Arts movement, feminism, as well as pioneering developments in installation, video and performance art.
186SV Seminar in Modern Architecture M 1200-250 ARTS 1245 Welter
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units. Open only to History of Art & Architecture majors during Pass 1.
Advanced studies in modern architecture. Topics will vary. This course requires weekly readings and discussion, and the writing of a research seminar paper.
GE: WRITING
187B Public Art R 200-450 ARTS 2622 Paul
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
This seminar explores the history and development of public art and monuments. Together we study examples of various types of public art and consider their purposes, sites, audiences, patronage, and financing. We also discuss important controversies that public art has provoked. Using the background we develop in class, students work on individual projects addressing issues that we examine.
187C Museum Theory: Collections and Cultural Politics W 1200-250 ARTS 2622 Meadow
Prerequisite: upper-division standing; History of Art & Architecture majors only.
Recommended Preparation: ARTHI 5B
Designed for majors. Open only to History of Art & Architecture majors during Pass 1.
Why do museums (whether of art, culture, history, science, religion, technology or otherwise) seem to generate unending controversies concerning ethics, cultural politics, authenticity and ownership? Through the lens of wide-ranging readings in museum theory, this seminar examines the museum as an institution and a set of cultural practices, exploring recent museum controversies and debating the merits of the exhibitions and the efficacy of the responses.
254 Topics in Pre-Columbian/Colonial Latin American Art R 1200-250 ARTS 1245 Boswell
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Special research in pre-Columbian and colonial Latin American art topics.
256 Topics in Early Modern Iberian Art T 1200-250 ARTS 2622 Lumbreras
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Special topics in early modern Iberian art.