Learn to expertly navigate art scholarship and be prepared to do thesis-level research. This course is an introduction to the vast array of art historical resources and their uses. Explore advanced techniques for searching both online and offline sources of art information. Master the various modes of art historical research, including finding iconographic, historical, or technical information. Same as LIBR 4029 and ARTH 5029.
Surveys decorated books from late antiquity to the advent of the printing press. Examines the various roles manuscripts played within different medieval communities. Same as ARTH 5069. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ARTH 1300 and 1400 (all minimum grade D-).
Develop a personal creative practice through self-generated, independent projects. The focus is on developing an individual studio discipline through experimentation, research, reading and writing and examining the work in individual critiques. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of ARTS 3085 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.
Selectively studies significant areas of visual art of the last decade including major critical opinions. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as ARTS 5087. Requisites: Requires prerequisite of 20 units of ARTS or ARTH courswork completed (minimum grade D-).
Examines major artistic trends in Europe between the years 1000 and 1300, a period that witnessed, among others, the development of gothic cathedrals and the rise of the professional artist. Particular attention will be given to exchange with other cultures. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ARTH 1300 and 1400 (all minimum grade D-).
Designed for students majoring in ceramics. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as ARTS 5095. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of ARTS 3085 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.
Introduces timely subjects in the visual arts that cannot be offered on a regular basis. Information concerning the topics offered in any given semester is available prior to preregistration from the fine arts department. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as ARTS 5097. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ARTS 1010, 1020 and ARTH 1300 or 1400 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.
Primarily focuses upon personal imagery as a live situation occurring in either an invented constructed reality or real environment. Work may be individualor group configuration, and may also take on the visual linguistic form of a solo performance or of a multimedia presentation. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours with instructor consent. Same as ARTS 5104. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ARTS 1010, 1020, and ARTH 1300 or 1400 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Explores the problems, theories and methods for understanding the iconography, styles, topologies, contexts and techniques of fresco wall painting in ancient Italy from the 6th century B.C.E. to the 4th century C.E. Topics covered include Etruscan tomb paintings, late Republican and early imperial fresco paintings from Rome and Campania, and later Roman wall paintings, including the painted images in ancient catacombs. Previous coursework on ancient Italy or the history of pre-modern art is highly recommended. Recommended prereqs., CLAS/ARTH 1509, 3049. Same as CLAS 4109.
For students intending to pursue graduate work and/or a professional career in art. Emphasizes the development of a critical overview of their work and interests and how they relate to the problems of professional activity. Requisites: Restricted to Studio Arts (AASF) majors only.
Artists of national and international reputation, interacting with graduate and advanced undergraduate students, discuss their studio work at seminar meetings and at public lectures or events. Provides continuous input of significant developments and a comprehensive view of contemporary issues in the arts. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Department enforced prereq., portfolio review for undergraduates. Same as ARTS 5118. Requisites: Restricted to students with 87-180 credits (Senior) Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.
Examines ancient Roman sculpture with emphasis on the display, iconography, and production of private and public monuments in the Roman Empire. Explores sculpture as evidence for historical developments, societal and gender attitudes, and state ideologies in the ancient Roman world. Recommended prereqs., ARTH 1300 or CLAS 1019. Same as CLAS 4119.
Offers studio experience using personal computer in the generation and processing of imagery in the visual arts. Same as ARTS 5126. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of ARTS 2126 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.
Provides an opportunity for advanced students to create nature based art. Studio work and/or appropriate on-site works will be generated through readings and individual and group experiences of nature. Same as ARTS 5127. Requisites: Requires prerequisite of one 4000-level ARTS course (minimum grade D-).
A detailed study of the cultures of prehistoric Greece, the Cycladic Islands, and Crete, their art and archaeology, and their history within the broader context of the eastern Mediterranean, from earliest human settlement to the collapse of the Bronze Age at about 1100 B.C.E. Emphasis is on palace states. Same as ANTH/ARTH 4129, CLAS 5129.
Encourages experimentation with media and integration of traditional areas of drawing, painting, sculpture, and photography. Covers two- and three-dimensional collage/assemblage, correspondence art, artist's books, site-specific, performance, audio, and video art. Same as ARTS 5130.
A comprehensive overview of Greek vase painting, from prehistoric through the fourth century B.C.E. Emphasis is on learning the development of primary decorative styles and on refining skills of visual analysis, scholarly research, critical thinking, oral commentary, and written presentation. Same as CLAS 4139.
Examines Greek architecture in context, from the ninth century B.C.E. into the Hellenistic period, considering the use of space, both in religious and in civic settings, and using texts as well as material culture. Emphasis is on developing analytical skills. Same as CLAS 4149.
Introduces students to the fundamental techniques used in metalsmithing, including cold and hot fabrication techniques, forming, and coloring. Through projects, discussions, readings, and demonstrations, students will learn how to create, analyze, understand and critique contemporary metalwork. Projects will focus on design and concept development, while enhancing students' technical and problem-solving skills. Same as ARTS 5154. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ARTS 1010, 1020, at least one 2000-level ARTS course, and at least one 3000-level ARTS course (all minimum grade D-).
Explores advanced techniques and concepts of photography as art. Emphasizes photography as a means to formal and expressive ends. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of ARTS 3191 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.
In-depth consideration of an aspect of ancient Mediterranean culture. Topics vary; they may include ancient wall painting, Greek sculpture, artists and patrons, the ancient Near East, Egyptian art and archaeology, or Etruscan art and archaeology. Maybe repeated up to 9 total credit hours providing the topics are different. Same as CLAS 4169.
Investigates the use of the photographic image in new, antique, or nonstandard ways including nonsilver, photosculpture, various color processes, photolanguage, photoinstallations, electronic media, performance, filmmaking, electrostatic art (copy machine), photobooks, photocollage, and audio/visual art. Course content changes each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as ARTS 5171. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of ARTS 3191 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.
Investigates the use of digital art in various contexts including digital narrative, web publishing, Internet art, multimedia performance, animation, conceptual art, information art, sound art, language art, and network installations. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as ARTS 5176. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ARTS 2126 and 4316 or 5316 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.
Focuses on one area of medieval art. Topics vary, but may include Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, or Gothic art. Emphasizes critical thinking, methods of scholarly research, and development of writing skills. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ARTH 1300 and 1400 (all minimum grade D-).
