Explores in detail the architecture, sculptures, coins, frescos, and other material evidence alongside the political and social history of Augustan Rome. Emphasis is on ways in which the textual and archaeological evidence complement and/or contradict one another. Will explore the impact of the early imperial period on later Roman phases of urban design and image making in the capital city. Same as CLAS 5189. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
May be repeated up to 18 total credit hours. Same as ARTH 4929. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students or Art History Concurrent Degree (C-AAAH) or Film & Art History Concurrent Degree (C-FILMAAAH) students only.
Brings speakers to campus to work with seminar students, usually four guest scholars per semester, subjects vary. Students read scholar's work and discuss methodological issues. Focuses on the research and insight of scholars who are currently shaping the field and defining research agendas. Required for all MA art history students, open to others. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Provides overview for critical theory from Marx to contemporary writers with emphasis on their relevance to visual studies. Addresses issues that underlie a wide range of academic discussion in arts and sciences. Foucault, Derrida, Said, Lacan and other authors will be subject to weekly discussions leading to research papers, presentations, and projects. Class fulfills critical theory requirement for MFA and MA students. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Investigates key problems facing museum institutions and studies the staging and representation of historical knowledge, the ethics of collecting and display, the changing nature and uses of historical evidence, and relations between curatorial practice, collecting, and field work. Critically examines different approaches to museums and museology in various disciplines, both past and present. Same as MUSM 6150, HIST 6150, and ANTH 6150. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSM 5011 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Provides a systematic critical overview of the development of art history as a discipline beginning with 18th century theories of aesthetics and ending with current interdisciplinary models of critical interpretation. Weekly readings, discussions, reports, and written papers constitute the format of this seminar in methodology. Topics vary from semester to semester. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours within a term. Required for MA (art history) students. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students or Art History Concurrent Degree (C-AAAH) or Film & Art History Concurrent Degree (C-FILMAAAH) students only.
Subjects and topics vary. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students or Art History Concurrent Degree (C-AAAH) or Film & Art History Concurrent Degree (C-FILMAAAH) students only.
