Rose Hill, Fall 2008

Every semester, the department offers a number of sections of the Art History Introduction course, which satisfies the fine arts core requirement. Check OASIS for days and times.

Upper level courses are listed below.

Course Number	Title	Professor	Days	Time	Credits
AHRU 2415 001	Italian Renaissance Art	Spalding	TF	10:00-11:15	4
AHRU 2550 001	20th Century Art	Heleniak	MR	2:30-3:45	4
AHRU 3350 001	Age of Cathedrals	Rowe	TF	11:30-12:45	4
AHRG 4250 001	Aztec Art	Mundy	T	2:30-5:00	4
AHRU 4600 001	Senior Seminar	Heleniak	W	11:30-2:15	4

Course Descriptions

AHRU 2415-ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART
The history of Renaissance painting and sculpture in Florence, Venice and Rome from the 14th through the 16th centuries.  The course will focus on the leading artists of this era: Donatello, Masaccio, Fra-Angelico, Bellini, Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Giorgione and Titian.

AHRU 2550-20TH CENTURY ART
A study of major trends in modern art from the late 19th century to the present day, with an emphasis upon developments before 1930.

AHRU 3350-AGE OF CATHEDRALS
This course considers the art of the Gothic period in Europe. Issues examined include: the technology of Gothic buildings, the function of decorative sculpture to teach and admonish, and the place of images in the expansion of middle class participation in Christian devotion.

AHRU 4250-AZTEC ART
This course will examine the art created by the Aztecs, one of the last of the great cultures of pre-Columbian America. Holding sway over much of Mexico at the beginning of the 16th century, the Aztec empire was brought to collapse by the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores.  Aztec art is saturated with meaning about the relationship of human beings to the larger cosmic order, and provides a counterpoint to many of the ideas art history has developed about western art forms. In this course, we will focus both on surviving works of art and architecture, as well as on primary sources written by Aztecs and Spaniards, as keys to understanding the culture.

AHRU 4600-SENIOR SEMINAR
Readings and discussion in the methodology of art history, and directed research on a selected topic culminating in a paper and an oral report. 

Lincoln Center, Fall 2008

Every semester, the department offers a number of sections of the Art History Introduction course, which satisfies the fine arts core requirement. Check OASIS for days and times.

Upper level courses are listed below.

Course Number	Title	Professor	Days	Time	Credits
AHLU 2230 001	Islamic Art	Wolf	T	2:30-5:15	4
AHLU 2310 001	Greek and Roman Art	Staff	MR	2:30-3:45	4
AHLU 2418 001	Women in Renaissance Art	Ruvoldt	TF	10:00-11:15	4
AHEU 3540 001	Seminar: Contemporary Architecture	Cathcart	M	6:00-8:45	4
AHEU 4540 001	Seminar: Modern Art	Isaak	W	6:00-8:45	4

Course Descriptions

AHLG 2230-ISLAMIC ART
Emphasis on the great religious monuments—mosques, mausolea—as well as their furnishings, sacred books and manuscripts.  Domestic architectures—palaces and urban residences—will also be explored, including their interior decorations: carpets, textiles, metalwork, ceramics and miniature paintings.

AHLU 2310-GREEK AND ROMAN ART
A study of the sculpture, architecture and painting of antiquity from Minoan times to the last years of the Roman Empire.  Emphasis will be placed on the "Golden Age" of Greece and on the triumphant years of the Roman Empire from Augustus Caesar to Constantine.

AHLU 2418-WOMEN IN RENAISSANCE ART
This course explores the role of gender in the art of the Italian Renaissance, considering women as viewers, subjects, patrons, and creators of Renaissance visual culture.  We consider objects both “high” and “low,” from easel paintings and sculpture to popular prints and the decorative arts.  Major artists considered include Leonardo da Vinci, Giovanni Bellini, Michelangelo, and Titian.

AHEU 3540-SEMINAR: CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
Readings in the theories and criticism of architecture since 1970, including such tendencies as late modernism, post-modernism, new urbanism, neo-rationalism, deconstructivism, neo-vernacular, etc.  Consideration will be given to the current discourse in journals, exhibitions, projects, and reviews.

AHEU 4540-SEMINAR: MODERN ART
Lectures and readings in the major movements of modern art.  Relevant journals and current exhibitions will be considered.

Future Course Offerings

Fall, 2008, Rose Hill - Tentative:
Gender & odern Art (Heleniak)
Art & Ecology (Isaak)
Modern Latin American (Mundy)
Iluminated Manuscripts (Rowe)
Northern Renaissance Art (Spalding)
Issues in Architecture (Wolf)

Spring, 2008, Lincoln Center - Tentative:
Age of Rembrandt (Ruvoldt)
Museum Methods (Isaak)
20th Century Art (Kalina)