Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Kandinsky, Houses in Murnau
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Students visiting Chelsea Galleries
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Course Offerings in Art History for BFA Majors:
Please note that the art history courses were re-numerated and updated in the spring of 2016. The new course numbers and, in some cases, course name changes, are reflected here.
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1095 Monuments of World Architecture
This course investigates sacred and secular architecture from around the globe, dating from the beginning of civilization to the present. 1710; 1720 The History of Art I and II This course surveys the history of painting, sculpture and architecture from the prehistoric era to the present day. Credit: 3 semester hours. 1740 Modern Architecture The history of architecture and urban planning predominantly in the United States and Europe from the mid-19th century to the present. The development of architecture in relation to political, economic, and social histories will be addressed. Credit: 3 semester hours. 2025 Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture; Credit: 3 semester hours. This course explores Renaissance and Baroque art and architecture from approximately 1300 to 1750 with a comparative emphasis on developments in painting, sculpture, and building. 2145 History of Visual Communications A comprehensive overview of the history of humanity’s effort to give visual form to ideas and concepts, to store knowledge and give order and clarity to information. Credit: 3 semester hours. (Also listed in Graphic Design Course Offerings.) 2205 Medieval Art and Architecture Medieval art and architecture across nearly one thousand years (c. 400 to 1300 CE). Credit: 3 semester hours. 2705 Ancient Egyptian & Mesopotamian Art This course explores ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian art and archaeology from approximately 3000 BCE to the Classical era. 2715 Classical Archaeology The history of archaeology and its contribution to our knowledge about the ancient world, its history and civilization. Credit: 3 semester hours. 2730 Pre-Columbian Art A survey of the art and culture of selected civilizations of the ancient Americas, including the Aztec, Inca, Maya and Taíno. Credit: 3 semester hours. 2735 Art of Asia and the Pacific This course is a general survey of the art and architecture of Asia and the Pacific islands from ancient prehistory to the industrial age. Credit: 3 semester hours. 2740 Rococo to Revolution This courses surveys developments in European painting, sculpture and architecture from 1789 through the close of the 19th century. Credit: 3 semester hours. 2745 Art of Africa This course is a general introduction to the art and architecture of the African continent from ancient prehistory to present. Credit: 3 semester hours. 2750 Historical Modernism: (1848-1945) This survey course introduces students to methods of visual, critical and art historical analysis, focusing on art works, artists and art movements, critical writing and art institutions of the twentieth century, treated in light of socio-political and cultural developments of this period. Credit: 3 semester hours. 2755 Contemporary Art and Culture, 1945–Present Focusing on international art of the postwar period, this course examines works, artists, art movements, exhibitions and institutions in relation to critical and theoretical texts and through interdisciplinary methods locates developments in global contemporary art in socio-political and cultural contexts. Credit: 3 semester hours. 2760 Latin American Art A study of the art history of Latin America from Pre-Columbian times to the colonial and the modern periods, all of which were characterized by widespread and intensive encounters between people of radically different cultural values. Credit: 3 semester hours. |
SeminarART 2765 Islamic Art and Architecture
This course explores Islamic art and architecture from around the globe, dating from the era of the seventh-century CE foundation of Islam to the present. Credit: 3 semester hours. 3100 Women in the Arts This course surveys art and gender through studies of the expanded canon of art history and of critical, theoretical and historical writing on the subject. This course covers material treated in the Art 1710-1720 sequence (The History of Art I and II) through the lens of gender and therefore and may be substituted for these courses. Credit: 3 semester hours. 3200 Criticism Theory & Practice Seminar A survey of theoretical texts informing contemporary art making over the last three decades and the application of new vocabulary, concepts, and analytical tools in creative studio work. Credit: 3 semester hours. 3710 Contemporary Photography Survey of contemporary photography examining the major changes and movements since 1960. Students will study images that span across genres of photography, meet professional photographers, editors and curators. Credit: 3 semester hours. 3720 Global Contemporary Art This course introduces students to the conceptual, theoretical, and aesthetic themes/debates driving the current production of and discussion about contemporary art in a global context. 4000 Special Topics in Art History A study of special themes and topics in art history from the twentieth century to the present. The course is intended to supplement regular course offerings in the Department of Art and Design. Credit: 3 semester hours Courses in History of Photography & Film: (Also listed in Photography Course Offerings Page.) 1660 History of Photography An historical survey of the evolution of photography from its beginnings to the present time. Credit: 3 semester hours. 1810 The Art of Film I This course introduces the student to the study of film as an academic discipline by defining the basic components of film practice, their historical developments and their specific applications in conveying meaning and ideological premises. Credit: 3 semester hours. 1820 The Art of Film II This comparative study of the classical Hollywood cinema and modes of cinematic representation in other national cinemas and the avant-garde analyzes the cinema’s relationship to culture’s dominant ideological formations. Credit: 3 semester hours. 1830 Racism in Film Examines some of the causes and effects of racism within culture and analyzes how films organize their formal properties into strategies that promote and/or reinforce racist values and belief systems. Credit: 3 semester hours. 1840 Sexism in Cinema and Television This course analyzes the manner in which sexism functions as an ideological institution within American culture in and through cinema and television. Credit: 3 semester hours. 3710 Contemporary Photography Survey of contemporary photography examining the major changes and movements since 1960. Students will study images that span across genres of photography, meet professional photographers, editors and curators. Credit: 3 semester hours. Please note that seniors with a GPA of 3.0 or more are eligible to take grad courses from the selection offered by our MA in Museum Administration with permission of the Department Chair and the MA Director. Please reach out to your advisor if you are interested in taking these courses.
See also Courses Abroad Page A wide selection of art history courses is offered in Rome, Paris and Spain by the Department. Please refer to the Courses Abroad Page for descriptions and offerings. |