| AHIS 101 |
| Introduction to the History of Art West I |
| A survey of the history of art and architecture from the Paleolithic period to the Middle Ages, examining objects in their cultural, historical, and artistic contexts.
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 102 |
| Introduction to the History of Art in the West II |
| A survey of the history of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Renaissance to the present day. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 103 |
| Introduction to Asian Art |
| An introductory survey of the art of India, China, and Japan with reference to the cultural and religious contexts that gave rise to the architecture, sculpture, and painting of each civilization. (May be counted towards International Studies/Asian Studies) |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 105 |
| History of World Cinema |
| A survey of the art of the cinema examining different national schools with special attention to major commercial and avant-garde filmmakers such as Coppola, Hitchcock, Fellini, Bergman, Godard, Eisenstein, Welles, and Renoir. In order to address individual films in a broad cultural context, one film will be screened and analyzed each week. (Note: Replaces "Film as a Visual Art.") |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| STAR 113 |
| Design |
| An exploration of the fundamentals of visual language through digital and hands-on studio work. Projects emphasize process and include investigations of form, composition and sequence as vehicles of communication and expressions. |
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1.00 units, Studio
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| STAR 121 |
| Drawing I |
| Study of line and mass as a means to articulate and explore formal and spatial concepts. |
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1.00 units, Studio
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| STAR 122 |
| Painting I |
Beginning study utilizing color, shape, and space in a variety of media.
Prerequisite: C- or better in Studio Arts 121. |
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1.00 units, Studio
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| STAR 124 |
| Sculpture I |
| Basic problems in three-dimensional form in a variety of media. |
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1.00 units, Studio
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| STAR 125 |
| Printmaking I |
| An examination of basic techniques of mechanical reproduction, with emphasis on the serial development of images and concepts. |
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1.00 units, Studio
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| STAR 126 |
| Photography I |
An introduction to the language of photographic image-making. Digital camera and printer will serve as the primary vehicle for learning to articulate a personal viewpoint on the world around us in visual terms. Students should have access to a digital SLR camera.
Prerequisite: C+ or better in Studio Arts 113 or 121. |
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1.00 units, Studio
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| STAR 132 |
| On Demand: Books for One, Books for All! |
| In this course we will look at the process by which ideas are communicated in printed books, and use what we learn to produce our own books through the processes of digital desktop publishing and print-on-demand services like Blurb. By studying a variety of printed books, from the earliest printed examples to contemporary artist’s books, we will devise strategies for telling our own stories. Students will learn about page composition and typography, and use those skills to design their own book, with their own personal content. Each student will produce at least one book. This course is open to students from any major who have already created source material upon which they can draw for the content of the book(s) they will make.--Segovia |
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1.00 units, Studio
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| AHIS 161 |
| Survey: Introduction to the History of Western Architecture |
| A survey of the history of architecture from the ancient world to the present, focusing on Western Europe. Some themes that will be examined are: the classical tradition, the development of building technologies and structural systems, the urbanization of Europe, the influence of patronage, the introduction and mutability of building types, and changes in domestic interior life. The final weeks of the course trace the continuation of these themes in the America and the modern world. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 207 |
| The Arts of China |
| This course will focus on the arts of China from the Neolithic period through the Qing Dynasty (ca. 6000 B.C.E.-1850 C.E.) We will study art produced for burial, Buddhist temples, the imperial court, and the scholar elite. We will consider architecture, sculpture, painting, bronze, jade lacquer, and ceramics, placing the art within its historical context and identifying what makes it uniquely Chinese. This 200-level lecture survey course will require a paper, a mid-term, and a final examination. (May be counted towards International Studies/Asian Studies) |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 208 |
| The Arts of Japan |
| This course will focus on the arts of Japan from the Jomon period through the Edo period (circa 10,500 BCE - 1868 CE). Pre-Buddhist art will concentrate on pottery and bronze as well as Shinto architecture. Buddhist art will include architecture, sculpture, and painting. Secular art will explore the tradition of the narrative hand scroll as well as portraits and landscapes. Castle architecture and woodblock prints are other important topics. The art will be placed within its historical context, especially considering what makes it uniquely Japanese and whether or not it incorporates Chinese influence. (May be counted toward International Studies/Asian Studies) |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| STAR 221 |
| Drawing II |
A continuation of the basic drawing course. Students are encouraged to develop and sustain their own concepts.--Margalit
Prerequisite: C- or better in Studio Arts 121. |
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1.00 units, Studio
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| STAR 222 |
| Painting II |
Intermediate problems in color, shape, and space relationships in a variety of media.
Prerequisite: C- or better in Studio Arts 122. |
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1.00 units, Studio
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| AHIS 223 |
| Medieval Art and Architect |
| The art and architecture of the Middle Ages beginning with the emergence in the 4th century of distinct styles, subjects and forms from the Christian and pagan art of the late Roman empire to the works of the Greek East and Latin West. The course also surveys the monuments of the Carolingian Renaissance and of the Romanesque and Gothic periods in Western Europe. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| STAR 224 |
| Sculpture II |
Intermediate study in three-dimensional form.
Prerequisite: C- or better in Studio Arts 124. |
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1.00 units, Studio
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| STAR 225 |
| Printmaking II |
Continued investigation of mechanical reproduction processes, with particular emphasis on intaglio and relief.
Prerequisite: C+ or better in Studio Arts 125. |
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1.00 units, Studio
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| STAR 226 |
| Photography II |
Prerequisite: Studio Arts 126.
Prerequisite: C+ or better in Studio Arts 126. |
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1.00 units, Studio
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| AHIS 232 |
| Gothic and Renaissance Art in Northern Europe |
| Art and architecture in northern Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, with emphasis upon high Gothic cathedrals such as Chartres and Amiens and upon painting and sculpture in France, the Low Countries, and Germany. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 234 |
| Early Renaissance Art in Italy |
| A study of painting, sculpture and architecture in Italy from the later Middle Ages through the 15th century, with emphasis on masters such as Pisani, Giotto, Brunelleschi, Piero della Francesca, Botticelli, and Bellini. Themes of naturalism, humanism, the revival of antiquity, and the growth of science as they relate to the visual arts will be explored. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 236 |
| High Renaissance Art in Italy |
| Italian painting, sculpture, and architecture from the end of the 15th century through the 16th century. Examines the work of the creators of the High Renaissance style, including Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Titian. The emergence of mannerism in central Italy and its influences on North Italian and Venetian painters will also be explored. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 243 |
| El Greco to Goya: The Golden Age of Painting in Spain |
| This course will focus on the art of Spain between the late-16th and 18th centuries, with particular emphasis on the interaction between painting and the social and political cultures that shaped the works of El Greco, Ribera, Velasquez, Murillo, and Goya. As a leading European power in this period, Spain was in constant contact with artistic centers in Italy and the Netherlands, and thus the course will also discuss the role of patrons and collectors in Spain's Golden Age, whose growing wealth and activities affected both the production of art and the social status of the Spanish artist. Finally, echoing the strangely contradictory position of the Spanish monarchy in this period of European history-as both politically dominant and culturally peripheral-this course will describe how Spain transformed the artistic influences it received from abroad to fit the needs of its changing society. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 244 |
| Empire Building: Architecture and Urbanism in Spanish America |
| Following the overthrow of the Aztec and Incan Empires, the Spanish Empire instituted programs of political, religious, and social control throughout Central and South America that permanently altered the cultural and artistic landscape of this region. Beginning with the foundation of the city of Santo Domingo in 1502 and ending with the "mission trail" of churches established by Junipero Serra in 18th-century Spanish California, this course will examine the art, architecture, and urbanism that projected the image of Spain onto the "New World." Other issues to be discussed include the interaction between Spanish and local traditions, symbolic map-making, the emergence of a "Spanish Colonial" sensibility, and the transformations of form and meaning at individual sites over time. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 245 |
| Design and Ritual Space in Rennaissance and Baroque Europe |
| While their feudal prototypes emphasized defensibility and the protection of private space, palaces, and country home in Western Europe were transformed during the Rennaisance into elaborately planned sites of public and private ritual. As competing courts developed increasingly intricate rules of conduct and decorum, palace architecture and decoration evolved into a complex theatrical setting for the politicized ceremonies staged by their owners. This course will examine the evolution of architecture and interior design in Western Europe, from the extensive palace built by Taddeo Barberini in Rome to the compact, Palladio-influenced Mauritshuis in the Hague. Other issues to be explored include gender differences in the design and decoration of private space, and the influence of different patronage models on palace and country house design and appearance. Prerequisite: Art History 102, 161 or the equivalent. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 246 |
| Art in the Age of Absolutism: The European Baroque |
| During the seventeenth century, Europe underwent a series of civil, religious, and economic upheavals which paradoxically resulted in a period of extraordinarily innovative art. This course begins with the rise of the Roman Baroque, from the disturbing realism of Caravaggio to the multi-media theatricality of Bernini, examining artistic patronage and production in the highly charged political, social, and cultural contexts of Europe during and after the Thirty Years' War. It continues with a study of the broad range of artistic response to these developments in both Southern and Northern Europe, from the elaborate state pageantry of Rubens to the intensely personal portraiture of Rembrandt. Other artists to be studied include Poussin, Le Brun, Zurbaran, Velazquez, Van Dyck, and Vermeer. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 247 |
| Architecture and Urbanism from 1500 to 1750 |
| This course explores major trends in Western architecture and urbanism from the emergence of Italian Renaissance architecture and planning to the extensive Baroque palaces at Versailles and elsewhere in absolutist Europe. Topics to be examined include the classical tradition, the influence of patronage, the rise of architecture as a profession, and the legacy of European theory and practice in North and South America during the colonial period. In addition to exploring the relationship between architectural and urban theory and form, this course will examine buildings and cities in the evolving social, political, and religious contexts of the period. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 252 |
| 18th-Century Art and Architecture |
| This course will examine the major artists, patrons, critics, and art movements of Europe in the Age of the Enlightenment, with emphasis on the reflections in the arts of the political, social, and technological changes that marked this early modern era. In early 18th-century France, we will trace the significance of the Academie Royale in Paris, of the French academy in Rome, and of state patronage and critical support for royal portraiture, secular and religious painting and the theatrical landscapes. As well as the more liberal climate that fostered the French Rococo, naturalists genre and still life painting. In Italy, we will focus on Venice and the Grand Tour. After a brief look at Goya's early career and seminal student trip to Italy, we will consider the rise of satire, history painting, and portraiture in the 18th-century England. In conclusion, we will return to Paris to trace in its art, political, and social history the waning years of the ancient regime and the onset of the French Revolution. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 258 |
| History of the Decorative Arts |
| This course examines the history of interior architecture and the many types of moveable objects that filled these spaces for both ceremonial and daily use in urban European cultures. While there will be some consideration of the 19th-20th centuries, the main emphasis will be on the 17th and 18th centuries in France, Italy, Germay and Britain. The course will fall into three parts: the study of interior architecture and the uses of interior spaces in palaces and private residences; the history of styles; the history of indivudual crafts, materials, and makers. The course will consider textile and tapestry, furniture, ceramics, metalwork and sculpture, crystal and glass. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 261 |
| 19th-Century Painting and Sculpture |
| A study of European painting and sculpture from the Romanticism of the late 18th century to the emergence of new directions at the end of the 19th century. The course is adapted each year to take advantage of major exhibitions. Museum visits and extensive readings will be integral to the makeup of the course. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 265 |
| 19th-Century Architecture |
| Broad developments in Western European and American architecture and urbanism from the period 1750 to 1900. Specific developments include international Neoclassicism, the crisis of historicism and the search for style, the rise of new building types and technologies, and the emergence of the architectural profession and modern city planning. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 271 |
| The Arts of America |
| This course exmines major trends in painting, sculpture, arthitecture, and the decorative arts in the United States from the colonial period to 1900. Emphasis will be placed on how the arts in the United States reflect the social and cultural history of the 18th and 19th centuries. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 271 |
| The Arts of America |
| This course examines major trends in painting, sculpture, architecture, and the decorative arts in the United States from the colonial period to 1900. Emphasis will be placed on how the arts in the United States reflect the social and cultural history of the 18th and 19th centuries. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 282 |
| 20th-Century Avant Garde in Painting and Sculpture |
| This course addresses the position of art in European and American society from 1890 to 1945 when the concept of the artist as a rebel and visionary leader defined art's relation to contemporary social, political, and aesthetic issues. The movements of symbolism, expressionism, cubism, dada, and surrealism are discussed. Current exhibitions and the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum are used whenever appropriate. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 283 |
| Contemporary Art |
| Following the Second World War, artists transformed the avant-garde tradition of their European predecessors to establish a dialogue with the mass media and consumer culture that has resulted in a wide array of artistic movements. Issues ranging from multiculturalism and gender to modernism and postmodernism will be addressed through the movements of abstract expressionism, pop, minimalism, neo-expressionism and appropriation in the diverse media of video, performance, and photography, as well as painting and sculpture. Current exhibitions and criticism are integral to the course. Art History 282 is recommended. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 286 |
| Modern Architecture: 1900 to the Present |
| This course surveys broad developments in Western European and American architecture and urbanism from 1900 to the present. Topics include Viennese Modernism, the legacy of the Arts and Crafts movement, the Bauhaus, the International Style and the birth of Modernism, and reactions of the past 25 years. Close attention will be paid to such major figures as Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Louis Kahn, Robert Venturi and Frank Gehry. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 292 |
| History of Photography |
| Major developments in European and American photography from 1839 to the present. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 294 |
| The Arts of Africa |
| An examination of the art and architecture of sub-Saharan Africa as modes of symbolic communication: the ritual context of art, the concept of the artist, the notion of popular art, and the decorated body. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 295 |
| Africa Architecture and the Design Space |
| This course examines the forms and symbolism of the house and settlement in sub-Saharan Africa and the ways architecuture and pottery, woodcarving, weaving, and body sacrification form a unity. Topics include landscape as history and invention; ethnicity, economics and patterns of settlement; sacred spaces, churches and mosques; royal palaces; the influence of Islam on buildings and sedentarization in West Africa; the colonial city and colonial monuments; the modern industrial and administrative city; building for status and razing for resistance. |
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1.00 units, Lecture
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| AHIS 301 |
| Major Seminar in Art Historical Method |
| Required of and limited to art history majors, as one of the first courses they take after declaring their major. Studies in the tradition and methodology of art historical research. Readings in classics of the literature of art history; discussions of major issues and meeting with scholars and museum professionals; students will pursue an active research project and present both oral reports and formal written research papers. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| AHIS 306 |
| Seminar: Arts of the Ming Dynasty 1368-1644 |
| The arts flourished during the Ming Dynasty with the restoration of Chinese rule. The Imperial court patronized painters and supported ceramic production, especially undgerglaze blue painted porcelain. Architectural accomplishments included the Forbidden City in Beijing as well as Buddhist temples. The gardens of Suzhou remain among the finest in the world. Scholar-amateur painters subtly reworked earlier styles. Other significant areas of artistic excellence were sculpture, textiles, lacquer, furniture, and cloisonné enamel. (May be counted towards international studies/Asian studies.) |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| STAR 321 |
| Advanced Concepts in Studio Art |
In depth studio for student-proposed, semester-long projects. Can also count as third level drawing requirement.
Prerequisite: C- or better in Studio Arts 221. |
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1.00 units, Studio
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| STAR 322 |
| Painting III |
Studio in painting.
Prerequisite: C- or better in Studio Arts 222. |
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1.00 units, Studio
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| STAR 324 |
| Sculpture III |
Studio in sculpture.
Prerequisite: C- or better in Studio Arts 224. |
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1.00 units, Studio
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| STAR 325 |
| Printmaking III |
Studio in printmaking.
Prerequisite: C+ or better in Studio Arts 225. |
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1.00 units, Studio
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| STAR 326 |
| Photography III |
Prerequisite: Studio Arts 226.
Prerequisite: C+ or better in Studio Arts 226. |
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1.00 units, Studio
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| AHIS 334 |
| Seminar in Renaissance Art: Mural Painting 1290-1520 |
| Painting on walls creates special demands on the artist because he must work on site in a pre-existing architectural space. At the same time, the setting of mural painting, in churches, civic buildings, palaces and villas, was exploited by religious, civic, and private pattrons to further their own ends. How the conditions of mural painting affect the techniques, procedures, imagery, and content will be explored by focusing on selected projects painted in Italy between 1290 and 1520, including the St. Francis cycle in Assisi, Giotto's Arena chapel in Padua, Masaccio's Brancacci chapel, Raphael's Vatican Stanze and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| AHIS 334 |
| Patrons and Artists in the Italian Renaissance |
| Readings and discussion will center on the collaboration between patrons and artists, focusing on the tangible and intangible goals and results for both parties. Case studies of civic, ecclesiastic and family commissions will be drawn from the period 1300-1500 in central Italy. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| AHIS 341 |
| Seminar in Baroque Art: Caravaggio |
This course will examine the life, work, and legacy of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) within the artistic and historical contexts of the Baroque era. Reviled and revered for his shockingly realistic painting style, along with his famous (but disputed) insistence on painting directly from life rather than from preparatory drawings, Caravaggio was the most influential painter of his time. Topics to be examined include Caravaggio's relationship to Counter-Reformation art and the Inquisition, his controversial religious scenes, themes of violence, eroticism and homoeroticism in his work, his working methods in light of recent technical analyses, his biographers and critical reception, and the works of his followers, or Caravaggisti, in Europe and beyond. This course fulfills the 17th century requirement in art history.
Prerequisite: Art History 102 or 246, or permission of instructor. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| AHIS 342 |
| Seminar in Baroque Art: Art in the Age of Rembrandt |
| Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), was one of the most prolific and profoundly original painters and printmakers to emerge in seventeenth-century Holland's Golden Age. The newly independent republic, a mercantile power and middle-class urban society with strong Calvinist leanings, found expression in the painting of Rembrandt and his contemporaries. This course will examine Rembrandt's imaginative reinventions of the genres of self-portrait and group portrait painting, his naturalistic and often eroticized female nudes, and how his biblical narratives draw upon modern Protestant Amsterdam, where an important emigrant Jewish population found refuge. Questions of attribution, workshop production and art market manipulation will also be explored.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Art History major requirement for the 17th -18th Century |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| AHIS 351 |
| Seminar: Topics in 18C Art: Patronage, Collecting and Display |
| This seminar will explore leading figures and institutions of art patronage and the art markets in Europe in the 17th and 8th centuries including consideration of how works of art were used in private residences and royal palaces and how they were made available to the public in the first museums in Dresden, Paris and Rome. Royal patrons Louis XIV and Augustus the Strong of Saxony will be studied alongside individual patrons such as Madame de Rembouillet and Madame de Pompadour. Students will do intensive independent research projects leadin gto oral presentations and term papers. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| AHIS 351 |
| Seminar: Topics in 18C Art: Patronage, Collecting and Display |
| This seminar will explore leading figures and institutions of art patronage and the art markets in Europe in the 17th and 19th centuries including consideration of how works of art were used in private residences and royal palaces and how they were made available to the public in the first museums in Dresden, Paris and Rome. Royal patrons Louis XIV and Augustus the Strong of Saxony will be studied alongside individual patrons such as Madame de Rambouillet and Madame de Pompadour. Students will do intensive independent research projects leading to oral presentations and term papers. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| AHIS 357 |
| The History of Decorative Arts in Europe: 1600-1900 |
| The evolution of domestic interior architecture in the early modern period along with the rise of importation of new raw and finished goods from Asia, Africa and the Americas led to a dramatic elaboration of the decorative or useful arts in secular society. There was a parallel decline in the variety and richness of ritual objects used for ecclesiastical and monarchical settings. This course would consider the changes in institutions, trade, social mores and architectural settings that informed the creation of objects for everyday use and would study the specific craft traditions for woodworking, ceramics, textiles, precious metals, glass and stonework as they applied to the making of furniture, tapestry, food service, objects for personal hygiene, transportation, garden ornament, decorative objects, scientific instruments, mirrors, lighting fixtures, heating, clothing and jewelry.
The course would include required museum visits. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| AHIS 361 |
| Seminar in 19th-Century Art: Impressionism in Focus: Paul Cezanne |
| Paul Cezanne has long been described as the father of cubism, the essential forerunner of abstract art, or even as the progenitor of modern painting in its entirety. No less than Picasso and Matisse would claim him as the essential forbearer. Yet despite the special place the artist holds in relation to the development of modernism, few 19th-century painters offer an oeuvre so richly varied, powerfully original, or strikingly reflective of the unique moment in history in which it was created. This course will examine the integral layers of biographical, pictorial and larger cultural and historical constructions Cezanne's painting addresses even in its earliest forms and will aim to situate his work not only at the inception of the 20th-century art but within the heady environment of late 19th-century France, one that Cezanne knew well and embraced. A 300-level offering, this course will consist of lectures, discussion of recent critical readings, museum visits, and student presentations. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| AHIS 372 |
| The American Domestic Interior |
| This course examines the interior architecture and decorative arts of the United States from the colonial period through the eclectic revivals of the 19th century and the reforms of the colonial revival and aesthetic movements at the turn of the 20th century. Themes such as the influence of foreign tastes, technological innovation, and social history on the evolution of rooms and their use will be examined. Consideration will also be given to the architects, craftsmen, and patrons who created them. Field visits to historic houses and decorative arts collection will be included. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| AHIS 377 |
| Suburbua/Urbia |
Arguments for and against living in a city--versus a suburb--about in current literature. Though the suburban lifestyle is now shared by the majority of Americans, that way of living has been thrown into question. Suburbs themselves have evolved into more complex entities in the past fifty years. This course takes advantage of the rich literature on suburbia and the city. We will read time-honored writings on the city, as well as more recent literature by historians and critics. Topics include: housing types, land-use patterns, the impact of the automobile, suburban vs. urban values, and the portrayal of suburbs and the city in film. We will also discuss new movements such as the New Urbanism and the resurgence of traditional town planning.
Prerequisite: A grade of C- or better in AHIS265 or AHIS 286 or AHIS161 or CTYP202. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| AHIS 381 |
| Cross-Currents: European and American Art in the 20th Century |
This seminar will examine the shifting patterns of exchange between European and American artists that drove the development of avant-garde art in the 20th century. Topics will range from the influence of Picasso and Cubism on the development of American art in the early-20th century to the impact of Andy Warhol and Pop Art on contemporary European artists, such as Gerhardt Richter. This course is planned in conjunction with an exhibition, “Picasso and American Art,” that I am curating for the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Preference will be given to students who have taken either Art History 282 or Art History 283.
Prerequisite: A grade of C- or better in either AHIS 282 or AHIS283 or permission of the instructor. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| AHIS 381 |
| Seminar: Museum Issues |
| The art museum in the United States is a unique social institution because of its blend of public and private support and its intricate involvement with artists, art historians, collectors, the art market, and the government. This course will study the art museum's history and status in our society today. Special consideration will be given to financial, legal, and ethical issues that face art museums in our time. The emphasis will be on American institutions and particularly on the Wadsworth Atheneum. Short papers, oral reports, and visits with directors, curators, and other museum officials in nearby museums will be included along with a detailed study of a topic of one's choice. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| STAR 383 |
| Seminar on Special Issues: Digital Documentary |
| As newspapers, magazines, and the book-publishing industry struggle for survival, the Internet has opened the door to a new and innovative method of story telling accessible to anyone with a computer; the multi-media slide show. In this course, each student will choose a documentary story about a social issue, a place, person, or subject of interest to them. Students will then learn the basics of digital photography, audio gathering (interviews, ambient sound, narration), sound editing, and visual storytelling to produce an audio slideshow on that topic. Together, the class will develop a Web site highlighting the projects. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| STAR 383 |
| Special Issues: Digital Photography Beyond the Snapshot |
| This course is an introduction to digital photography as a means of expression. We will concentrate on using the photographic process to articulate our thoughts and ideas about the world around us. Initial assignments are designed to help you understand photographic technique especially as it pertains to the digital process. Subsequently, we will work on projects geared towards visual story telling and documentary work. Emphasis of this course is on formulating the image, but we will also touch on various options for producing digital prints. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| STAR 383 |
| Special Issues: Video Studio |
| For artists, video serves as sketchbook and as diary, as sculpture and as cinema, as a tool for creation and as a tool for documentation. This digital studio course offers an introduction to video as a fine art medium. Students will learn about the history and theory of video art, and will produce solo and collaborative experiments that explore the technical and creative capabilities of video. Students do not need to own a camera or video editing equipment; camera access will be provided in class and shared editing stations are available at Trinity.
Studio Art Majors may take this class for major credit as a substitute for Photography I, if they are not concentrating in Photography. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| AHIS 385 |
| Seminar: Topics in 20th Century Art: Picasso and Contemporary Art |
| This seminar will examine the central role of Pablo Picasso in 20th century art during his lifetime (1881-1973) and the global impact of his art and reputation on art in the nearly four decades since his death. The seminar will be linked to an exhibition Professor FitzGerald is organizing for Museu Picasso in Barcelona, and the process of curating an exhibition will be an integral part of the discussions. Students will have the opportunity to undertake projects on artists internationally (including France and Spain in the Europe, as well as in Asia and Africa) and museological and commercial systems of the art world. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| AHIS 391 |
| Prints and Printmaking |
| Images created in multiple have been the most powerful way of disseminating visual imagery in human history. Woodcut, engraving, etching, lithography, silkscreen and now digital processes have all been used to create images which could be used alone as artistic expression or aids in collective enterprises such as book illustration, propaganda, journalism or advertising. The seminar will provide an opportunity for students to to learn the rudiments of print connoisseurship and to study the history of printmaking, print publishing and the history of the illustrated book. The students will work with original prints in the collections of Trinity College and at other Connecticut institutions and works in private collections. |
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1.00 units, Seminar
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| AHIS 399 |
| Independent Study |
| Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar's Office, and the approval of the instructor and program director are required for enrollment. |
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1.00 units min / 2.00 units max, Independent Study
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| STAR 399 |
| Independent Study |
| Independent research and the execution of a project with the guidance of a faculty member, as per the College curriculum. |
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1.00 units min / 2.00 units max, Independent Study
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| AHIS 460 |
| Tutorial |
| Individual research and reading under the guidance of a department member. Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor and chairperson are required for enrollment. (Hours by arrangement) |
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1.00 units, Independent Study
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| AHIS 466 |
| Teaching Assistantship |
| Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar's Office, and the approval of the instructor and program director are required for enrollment. |
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0.50 units min / 1.00 units max, Independent Study
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| STAR 466 |
| Teaching Assistant |
| Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor and chairperson are required for enrollment. |
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0.50 units min / 1.00 units max, Independent Study
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| AHIS 497 |
| Senior Thesis |
| An individual tutorial to prepare an extended paper on a topic in art history. An oral presentation of a summary of the paper will be delivered in the spring term. Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar's Office, and the approval of the instructor and program director are required for enrollment in this single-semester thesis. (1 course credit to be completed in one semester.) |
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1.00 units, Independent Study
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| STAR 497 |
| Thesis in Studio Arts |
| Independent studio work toward the completion of a sustained project in the student’s chosen area of concentration that is the basis for an exhibition in the Broad Street Gallery, and is accompanied by a 6-10 page paper outlining their process conceptually, technically, and formally placing their work within the context of both contemporary and historical art practice. This will involve regular individual meetings with the professor of this course, as well as several group critiques, workshop, and discussions. |
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0.50 units min / 1.00 units max, Studio
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