Monuments and Ideas in Western Art
This course is an introduction to the study of Western art history through an investigation of selected art works, considered individually and in broader contexts. The course chronicles the evolution in painting, sculpture, and architecture of the western world. It is designed for those who wish to build a broad acquaintance with the major works and ideas of Western art in their historical settings and to develop tools for understanding these works of art as aesthetic objects and bearers of meaning for the societies, groups, or individuals that produced them. Registration priority will be given to first and second year students. 2 hrs. lect./1 hr. disc.

Monuments and Ideas in Western Art
This course is an introduction to the study of Western art history through an investigation of selected art works, considered individually and in broader contexts. The course chronicles the evolution in painting, sculpture, and architecture of the western world. It is designed for those who wish to build a broad acquaintance with the major works and ideas of Western art in their historical settings and to develop tools for understanding these works of art as aesthetic objects and bearers of meaning for the societies, groups, or individuals that produced them. Registration priority will be given to first and second year students. 2 hrs. lect./1 hr. disc.

Monuments and Ideas in Western Art
This course is an introduction to the study of Western art history through an investigation of selected art works, considered individually and in broader contexts. The course chronicles the evolution in painting, sculpture, and architecture of the western world. It is designed for those who wish to build a broad acquaintance with the major works and ideas of Western art in their historical settings and to develop tools for understanding these works of art as aesthetic objects and bearers of meaning for the societies, groups, or individuals that produced them. Registration priority will be given to first and second year students. 2 hrs. lect./1 hr. disc.

Introduction to Architectural Design
This is a studio course that introduces its members to the values and methods used in the practice of architecture, landscape architecture, and environmental art. A daily journal and intensive group and individual work within the studio space are requirements. This course demands an exceptionally high commitment of time and energy. The course's goals are to use the process of design to gain insight regarding individual and community value systems, and to provide basic experience in the design professions. It is recommended for anyone wishing to improve his or her appreciation for the built environment. Students should anticipate that substantial additional time will be required in the studio in addition to the scheduled class time.

Italian Renaissance Art: 1350-1550
This course will focus on the art produced in Italy during the late fourteenth through the early sixteenth centuries. In addition to studying the chronological development of painting, sculpture, and architecture, we will consider such issues as artistic training, patronage, domestic life, and the literary achievements of this period of "rebirth." Focusing on urban environments such as Florence, Siena, Padua, Venice, Rome, and Urbino, we will give special attention to the manner in which artistic production was shaped by place. 3 hrs. lect.

Modern Art
This course will survey the major movements and artists in the history of modern art in Europe and the United States, from Impressionism to the postwar period. We will focus on the development of style, aesthetic concerns, and social contexts. Topics will include individual artists, such as Picasso and Matisse, as well as the development of styles, such as Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. 2 hrs. lect., 1 hr. disc.

Northern Renaissance Art: The Rhetoric of the Real
This course will provide students with an overview of art objects created in a variety of media in Northern Europe between the 15th and 16th centuries. We will analyze the changing uses of art in cultures where people defined themselves and the depths of their piety in relation to their material wealth and social standing. During the last few weeks of the semester, the class will look at the emergence of genre painting and the representation of peasant life. We will consider how these phenomena were tied to the histories and careers of individual artists and their workshops. General questions will include: How does the convincing representation of "reality" make for a persuasive image? What are the benefits of fusing secular and religious subject matter? Is it valid to speak of a new artistic self-awareness? 3 hrs. lect.

The Art of the City
A study of humanity's most complex and critical physical monument, from ancient agoras to edge cities. City form in general (historical and ideal) and great cities, urban environments, and city designers in particular will be surveyed from antiquity to the present in an investigation of changing purposes, elements, and organization. 3 hrs. lect.

Greek Art and Archaeology
This course explores the artistic expression in architecture, urbanism, sculpture, and painting in the ancient Greek world (Greece, Sicily, southern Italy, and western Turkey). The chronological range spans from the late Neolithic period and the Aegean Bronze Age (with its Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean civilizations) to the formative archaic period, the classical moment during the age of Perikles, and the cosmopolitan Hellenistic age, ending with the advent of Imperial Rome in 31 BC. Special emphasis will be placed on how Greek art production related to developments in politics, history, literature, and science. 3 hrs. lect.

Modern Architecture
Rotating skyscrapers, green roofs, and avant-garde museums: how did we arrive in the architectural world of the early 21st century? In this course we will survey the major stylistic developments, new building types, and new technologies that have shaped European and American architecture since the late 18th century. Students will learn about the work of major architects as well as key architectural theories and debates. Special emphasis will be placed on the cultural and political contexts in which buildings are designed. 2 hrs. Lect./1 hr. disc.

Painting and Passion in Baroque Art
Bernini, Velázquez, Poussin, Rubens, and Rembrandt--in this course, we will examine the major artists from Italy, Spain, France, and the Low Countries. From love affairs to bankruptcy, from murder to high acclaim, we will study the colorful lives of these intriguing artists as well as their dramatic works of art within their 17th century social and political contexts. 3 hrs. lect/disc.

Twentieth Century Latin American Art
In this course we will survey major developments in the art of Latin America from 1890 to the present. We will explore the rise of avant-gardism and abstraction, Mexican muralism, surrealism, kinetic art, neo-concrete art, and conceptualism, as well as the interaction between Latin Americans artists and their European and North American counterparts. We will also study the work of individual artists such as Diego Rivera, Joaquín Torres García, Wilfredo Lam, and Lygia Clark, among others. Readings will be drawn from artist's writings, criticism, primary documents, and recent art historical scholarship.

Chinese Art
This course is an introductory survey of the arts of China from the Neolithic period to the 20th century. Considering works in their original context and in museum collections, we will investigate how art objects and monuments reflect the religious beliefs, political agendas, and aesthetic preferences of their creators. At the same time, we will pay particular attention to the local development of artistic technologies, the role of ethnic and national identity in art production, and China's place in the larger histories of the Silk Road and modern international commerce and diplomacy. 3 hrs. lect. AAL, ART, HIS

Arts in Comparison: East/West
In this course we will compare and contrast specific works of Asian and European art to explore the historical, religious, and social underpinnings of these respective artistic traditions. Artistic exchanges between East and West, from antiquity to the present, will also be discussed in order to understand how the varying traditions encountered, responded to one another, and produced new forms of art. Topics will include images of Christ and the Buddha, paradise and hell, landscape paintings, gardens, Orientalism and Japonisme, and Gothic Lolita fashion. 3 hrs. lect/disc.

Photography and the Environmental Ethos
Since the invention of photography in 1839, photographers have turned their gaze toward the world around them. Working on the land, they have considered issues of land management and natural resources in a variety of ways. In this course we will explore the question of how American photographers from the 19th century to the present have used their photographs as a way of raising awareness about a variety of environmental questions. Artists to be considered may include: Timothy O'Sullivan, William Henry Jackson, Carleton Watkins, Annie Brigman, Ansel Adams, Laura Gilpin, Richard Misrach, and Edward Burtynsky. 3 hrs. lect.

Intermediate Architectural Design
This studio course emphasizes the thought and method of architectural design. Members of this studio will be involved in developing their insights towards cultural value systems and their expression in the environments they create. Participants work primarily in the studio space and rely heavily on individual instruction and group review of their work. The course provides a foundation for more advanced study in the areas of architecture, landscape architecture, and other fields related to the design of the built environment, and an opportunity to work with the Cameron Visiting Architect. An introduction to computer aided drawing is integrated into this course. (HARC 0130) 3 hrs. lect./3 hrs. lab

The Utopian Impulse in Architecture
In this seminar we will explore the impulse to create the world anew through urban planning and architecture. From St. Augustine to the New Urbanism, the imagining and building of utopian communities has played a central role in architectural thought. We will see that while some utopias were built (and generally failed), many were never meant to serve as real prescriptions for human progress, but instead functioned as critical devices that challenged the status quo (while remaining impossible dreams of a more perfect world). By the conclusion of this course you will see architectural utopias as nuanced and complex constructions, and will be able to confidently read, describe and analyze scholarly secondary and primary texts in the field of architectural history, as well as buildings and urban spaces. 3 hrs. sem.

Minimalism: Art, Objects, and Experience
In Artforum in 1966, the sculptor Robert Morris defended his plain, geometric objects, arguing: “Simplicity of shape does not necessarily equate with simplicity of experience.” Such a position has come to define minimalism, one of the most important artistic practices of the postwar era in North America. In this seminar we will explore the development of minimal art across a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, film, and music. We will focus on the practices of individual artists (Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin) as well as broader theoretical arguments. Students will situate figures and debates historically and also explore their contemporary influence. 3 hrs. sem.

Methods and Materials in the Arts of East Asia
In this seminar will explore the manner in which the distinctive artistic traditions of China, Korea, and Japan were shaped by the technical expertise of their craftsmen and by the local availability of materials such as jade and silk. Although the earliest decorative traditions probably arose by chance, e.g., when a potter accidentally scratched the surface of a still-wet ceramic vessel, later specialists developed crafts like piece-mold bronze casting through intentional, systematic experimentation. Some of these technologies were imported from abroad, while others--like porcelain--were local developments that would transform world history by generating major export markets. 3 hrs. sem.

Advanced Studies
Supervised independent work in art history. (Approval Required)

Advanced Studies
Supervised independent work in art history. (Approval Required)

Advanced Studies
Supervised independent work in art history. (Approval Required)

Advanced Studies
Supervised independent work in art history. (Approval Required)

Advanced Studies
Supervised independent work in art history. (Approval Required)

Advanced Studies
Supervised independent work in art history. (Approval Required)

Advanced Studies
Supervised independent work in art history. (Approval Required)

Advanced Studies
Supervised independent work in art history. (Approval Required)

Advanced Studies
Supervised independent work in art history. (Approval Required)

Supervised independent work in architectural analysis and design. (Approval Required)

Supervised independent work in architectural analysis and design. (Approval Required)

Supervised independent work in architectural analysis and design. (Approval Required)

Supervised independent work in architectural analysis and design. (Approval Required)

Supervised Independent Work in Museum Studies
This course is a complement to the Museum Assistants Program consisting of a one-time project on a museum topic undertaken in conjunction with continuing participation in MAP. Students will be advised by the Curator of Education of the Art Museum and by a member of the Department of the History of Art and Architecture, and will produce a paper or curate a public presentation. (Approval required; HARC 0100 or 0102, an upper level course in the area of the proposed project, one year of previous participation in MAP, a proposal approved during the preceding term. Priority will be given to HARC majors.)

Supervised Independent Work in Museum Studies
This course is a complement to the Museum Assistants Program consisting of a one-time project on a museum topic undertaken in conjunction with continuing participation in MAP. Students will be advised by the Curator of Education of the Art Museum and by a member of the Department of the History of Art and Architecture, and will produce a paper or curate a public presentation. (Approval required; HARC 0100 or 0102, an upper level course in the area of the proposed project, one year of previous participation in MAP, a proposal approved during the preceding term. Priority will be given to HARC majors.)

Senior Thesis: History of Art *
This course is a continuation of HARC 0710 which consists of ongoing, supervised independent research with an advisor, plus the organizing, writing, and presenting the thesis, which will be due on a Friday, two weeks before the end of classes. (HARC 0700, HARC 0710)

Senior Thesis: History of Art *
This course is a continuation of HARC 0710 which consists of ongoing, supervised independent research with an advisor, plus the organizing, writing, and presenting the thesis, which will be due on a Friday, two weeks before the end of classes. (HARC 0700, HARC 0710)

Senior Thesis: History of Art *
This course is a continuation of HARC 0710 which consists of ongoing, supervised independent research with an advisor, plus the organizing, writing, and presenting the thesis, which will be due on a Friday, two weeks before the end of classes. (HARC 0700, HARC 0710)

Senior Thesis: History of Art *
This course is a continuation of HARC 0710 which consists of ongoing, supervised independent research with an advisor, plus the organizing, writing, and presenting the thesis, which will be due on a Friday, two weeks before the end of classes. (HARC 0700, HARC 0710)

Senior Thesis: History of Art *
This course is a continuation of HARC 0710 which consists of ongoing, supervised independent research with an advisor, plus the organizing, writing, and presenting the thesis, which will be due on a Friday, two weeks before the end of classes. (HARC 0700, HARC 0710)

Senior Thesis: History of Art *
This course is a continuation of HARC 0710 which consists of ongoing, supervised independent research with an advisor, plus the organizing, writing, and presenting the thesis, which will be due on a Friday, two weeks before the end of classes. (HARC 0700, HARC 0710)

Senior Thesis: History of Art *
This course is a continuation of HARC 0710 which consists of ongoing, supervised independent research with an advisor, plus the organizing, writing, and presenting the thesis, which will be due on a Friday, two weeks before the end of classes. (HARC 0700, HARC 0710)

Senior Thesis: History of Art *
This course is a continuation of HARC 0710 which consists of ongoing, supervised independent research with an advisor, plus the organizing, writing, and presenting the thesis, which will be due on a Friday, two weeks before the end of classes. (HARC 0700, HARC 0710)

Senior Thesis: History of Art *
This course is a continuation of HARC 0710 which consists of ongoing, supervised independent research with an advisor, plus the organizing, writing, and presenting the thesis, which will be due on a Friday, two weeks before the end of classes. (HARC 0700, HARC 0710)

Senior Thesis: History of Art *
This course is a continuation of HARC 0710 which consists of ongoing, supervised independent research with an advisor, plus the organizing, writing, and presenting the thesis, which will be due on a Friday, two weeks before the end of classes. (HARC 0700, HARC 0710)

Senior Thesis: History of Art *
This course is a continuation of HARC 0710 which consists of ongoing, supervised independent research with an advisor, plus the organizing, writing, and presenting the thesis, which will be due on a Friday, two weeks before the end of classes. (HARC 0700, HARC 0710)

Senior Thesis: History of Art *
This course is a continuation of HARC 0710 which consists of ongoing, supervised independent research with an advisor, plus the organizing, writing, and presenting the thesis, which will be due on a Friday, two weeks before the end of classes. (HARC 0700, HARC 0710)

Senior Thesis: History of Art *
This course is a continuation of HARC 0710 which consists of ongoing, supervised independent research with an advisor, plus the organizing, writing, and presenting the thesis, which will be due on a Friday, two weeks before the end of classes. (HARC 0700, HARC 0710)

Senior Thesis: History of Art *
This course is a continuation of HARC 0710 which consists of ongoing, supervised independent research with an advisor, plus the organizing, writing, and presenting the thesis, which will be due on a Friday, two weeks before the end of classes. (HARC 0700, HARC 0710)

Senior Architectural Design
This studio course constitutes the second part of the two-term senior design work in Architectural Studies. Building upon the experience gained with architectural analysis the previous semester, students individually develop their thesis projects in architectural design. Students also engage in intense peer review and work with visiting design critics. This studio course culminates in a project portfolio consisting of written and graphic formats describing all aspects of the completed design, and with a public presentation of the projects. 6 hrs. sem. (HARC 0731)