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ARTH
55 courses with the subject ARTH, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ARTH 120Topics in Art History: Non-western2
Selected topics in non-western art history are covered. Topics vary from term to term. Credits 2 Degree Attributes CLAS: (C) The Arts SoAD: ARTH non-Western
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 126Buddhist Arts of Asia2
This course is an exploration of Buddhist iconography and ritual revealed in art and monuments from South; Southeast; and East Asia. The focus is on the generation of meaning through sculpture; painting; and architecture. Credits 2 Degree Attributes CLAS: (C) The Arts SoAD: ARTH non-Western
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 127Arts of Ancient India2
This course examines the artistic and architectural highlights of India from Indus Valley Culture to the 16th Century CE. We view the architecture; sculpture; and monuments of Buddhism and Hinduism; two of India’s most ancient Religions. Credits 2 Degree Attributes CLAS: (C) The Arts SoAD: ARTH non-Western
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 128Introduction to Material Culture2
Art History: Ancient to Baroque Art 2
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 130Topics in Art History: Ancient to Baroque2
Selected topics art history from ancient to baroque are covered. Topics vary from term to term. Credits 2 Degree Attributes CLAS: (C) The Arts SoAD: ARTH Ancient-Baroque
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 133Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture: From the Classical2
Ideal to Theatrical Expression
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 136Medieval Visual Culture2
This course surveys medieval visual culture from Late Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages. Examining the art; architecture; and material culture across Europe; themes considered may include multiculturalism; empire building; iconoclasm; gender; patronage; pilgrimage; ritual; and secular life. Credits 2 Degree Attributes CLAS: (C) The Arts SoAD: ARTH Ancient-Baroque
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 137Ancient Art: History Legend and Legacy2
74 2025-2026 Alfred University Undergraduate Catalog
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 140Topics in Art History: Modern2
71 2025-2026 Alfred University Undergraduate Catalog
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 14120th Century Art2
This class will provide a critical introduction to modern art. It will trace the contexts of modern art movements and explore key themes. We will look at a wide-range of art genres; including painting; sculpture; and photography. Credits 2 Degree Attributes CLAS: (C) The Arts SoAD: ARTH Modern
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 143Art and Social Ideals2
This course will introduce students to the development of the concept of modernism in art and will focus on discussing examples of related utopian visions of an idealized past or an anticipated future. Credits 2 Degree Attributes CLAS: (C) The Arts SoAD: ARTH Modern
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 144The Ideal Body2
Credits 2 Degree Attributes CLAS: (C) The Arts Creative Disc (not used) SoAD: ARTH Modern
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 146Modern Sculpture2
This course provides a critical introduction to modern sculpture in the twentieth century. It traces the contexts of modern sculpture; sculptors; their audiences; and materials; and explores key themes from the period. It examines sculpture made from a variety of materials—stone; marble; bronze; steel; fibers; ceramic; wood; glass; plastic—among others. Credits 2 Degree Attributes CLAS: (C) The Arts Creative Disc (not used) SoAD: ARTH Modern
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 149Photography and the Moving Image2
Sub-Total Credits 6
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 2
- Credits (max)
- 2
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 200Topics in Art History1-4
Topics vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit. Credits 1-4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Repeatable
- May be repeated for credit.
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 211Art in Our Time4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 211DDiscussion
Credits 0
- Subject
- ARTH
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 300Topics in Art History1-4
Topics vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit. Credits 1-4 Degree Attributes CoB: Humanities
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Repeatable
- May be repeated for credit.
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 304Global Arts: Contemporary Asia4
This course examines contemporary arts of Japan; China; North/South Korea; India; Pakistan; Tibet; and Vietnam; with a focus on emerging theories of global arts and diverse art practices; such as curating; viewing; and the making of Asian art today. Credits 4 Degree Attributes AU: Global Perspective CoB: Humanities
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 305South Asian Arts 15-20c: Mughals to Modern4
77 2025-2026 Alfred University Undergraduate Catalog
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 306Arts of Japan4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 307East Asian Design and Material Culture4
This course is a survey of ceramics; wood; metalwork; textiles and product design from the 15th century to the present in China; Korea and Japan. Emphasis is on aesthetics; production systems; social worlds and craft discourse. (Fall; odd years) Credits 4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 308Ceramics in Japan & Beyond4
A survey of Japanese ceramic objects and practice from prehistory to the present. Focus is on materials; techniques; aesthetics; and networks of makers; producers; and patrons. Also includes the study of Japanese influences on ceramics globally. Generally offered (Spring) Credits 4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 312Nature & the Museum4
This course explores how nature has become a key component of the museological gaze. In an institutional context; we will examine the emergence of natural history museums; from early; private; curio cabinets to the full- fledged science centers of today. (Spring) Credits 4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 322Medieval Art and Architecture4
This course explores medieval art--architecture; painting; sculpture and the decorative arts--through the study of subject matter and the major stylistic developments from the religious and secular spheres of medieval society. Other topics include patronage; artistic production; and workshop practices. Credits 4 Degree Attributes CoB: Humanities
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 324Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts4
This course surveys the role and development of illuminated manuscripts—hand-written; painted books—in Western Europe beginning with the seventh century and ending in the fifteenth century with the invention of the printing press. Credits 4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 326Medieval Materiality4
ARTH/HIST 391 Looting Europe 4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 330From Revolt to Revolution - 18th Century Art in Europe4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 333Baroque Art and Architecture4
This class is a survey of European art and architecture during the 17th century within cultural; religious; political and intellectual frameworks. Main themes include: the impact of the Counter Reformation on the visual arts; urban planning; art as propaganda; specialization of the art market; rise of art academies and art theory. Credits 4 Degree Attributes CoB: Humanities
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 344In the Studio: Modern and Contemporary Painting4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 346History of Modern Design4
The history of product and graphic design; focusing primarily on Europe and North America from the Industrial Revolution to the present. Particular emphasis will be placed on design in response to changes in society; politics; and technology. Credits 4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 3471989 and After4
This course tracks the global turn in art history and within contemporary artistic practice since 1989 with a particular focus on social upheaval; political transformation; and diasporic identity. Credits 4 Degree Attributes AU: Global Perspective
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 351In of and around Contemporary Craft4
This course investigates the nature and place of craft in modern culture. We traverse a century of craft-based practices--from the artisan guilds of the Arts and Crafts Movement to the virtual guilds of today--focusing on recent strategies and practices. Prerequisite: one 100-level art history course. Credits 4 Degree Attributes CoB: Humanities
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 352Contemporary Projects in Art4
This interactive course focuses on and studies the projects of selected contemporary artists. These projects serve as platforms for investigating issues and problems related to various contemporary art forms and movements including; the embodiment of the viewer; play and reality; new technologies and consciousness; ironic modernism; and the critique of the post-medium condition. This course can be substituted for ARTH 211 in the BFA curriculum. Cannot enroll in if student has taken Topics: Global Contemporary Art Since 1989. Credits 4 Degree Attributes AU: Global Perspective CoB: Humanities
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 353Global Hangover4
In the aftermath of WWII. the Cold War tried to divide the world into two camps in a binary opposition. This course will investigate the profound and global impact it has had on contemporary art. in and beyond the Eastern and Western blocks; and the long shadow it has cast that reaches into our day. Credits 4 Degree Attributes AU: Global Perspective CoB: Humanities
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 354Recent Sculptural Practices4
A series of recent projects exploring contemporary issues in sculpture will be the focus of this class. We will be looking an international array of artists; including: Matthew Barney (United States); Robert Irwin (United States); Juan Munoz (Spain); Doris Salcedo (Colombia); Thomas Schutte (Germany); and Rachel Whiteread (Britain). The work of these artists will be examined in the context of larger post-war debates. Credits 4 Degree Attributes AU: Global Perspective CoB: Humanities
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 355Picasso in Context4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 356Modern Ceramics in Europe and North America4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 367Landscape Across Cultures4
This course takes a broad interpretation of “landscape” as the springboard for an examination of land; space; site; and place in the visual arts; across cultures; geographies; and time periods. We will view a wide variety of differing cultural understandings of landscape as a way of considering how we; as humans; inhabit; interpret; and impact our world. (Annually) Credits 4 Degree Attributes CoB: Humanities
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 373Materiality in Experimental Film and Video Art4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 382Gender and Art History: Feminist Art in a Global Frame4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 391Looting Europe: How Hitler Stole the Continent's Art4
75 2025-2026 Alfred University Undergraduate Catalog
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 400Topics in Art History4
Topics vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: One 300-level art history course. Credits 4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Repeatable
- May be repeated for credit.
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 415The Persistence of Painting4
The seminar inquires about the conditions that make possible painting's persistence as a vital artistic medium and practice. Students develop an understanding of the ; conditions underlying the persistence of painting as a medium and practice by studying the approaches and strategies employed by both its participants and selected artists who have made significant contributions. It will help clarify some of the reasons for the privileged position that has presumably held in the ecology of art. (Fall) Credits 4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 420Islamic Art in the Mediterranean World4
This course traces the history of the art; architecture and culture of the Islamic world bordering the Mediterranean basin. Religious and secular works of art are examined in order to foster greater understanding and appreciation of Islamic visual culture and aesthetics. Credits 4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 439History of Ceramic Art Craft and Design: Global Flows4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 445Understanding Culture through the Lens of
- Subject
- ARTH
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 450Independent Study
Academic inquiry into an area not covered in any established course; and carried on outside the usual instructor/classroom setting. Approved Plan of Study required. Credits 1-4 384
- Subject
- ARTH
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026-undergraduate
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 460Exploring Art History: Concepts Methods and Practices4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 461Viewing Sculpture: Figurative Modernist Minimalist Performative4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 462Making Writing4
This course examines the relationship between making and writing in contemporary art. We will read; dissect; and discuss a spectrum of recent texts by artists; critics; and literary authors. In addition to these class conversations; students will be asked to regularly write short exercises and engage in weekly critiques. Over the span of the semester; students will improve their writing and produce a finished professional text in the form of a critical essay or artist proposal. This is a course that is geared to upper-division and graduate-level students and encourages enrollment from across all media and disciplines; including craft practices and performing arts. Credits 4 2025-2026 Alfred University Undergraduate Catalog
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 466Histories of Photography in the Non-Western World4
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 493Art in the Age of Digital Recursion4
Sub-Total Credits 24
- Subject
- ARTH
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
ARTH 499B.S. Thesis in Art History and Theory
Capstone course open to graduating majors in Art History and Theory for the development of an article of publishable quality presented as a B.S. Thesis. Students write the thesis under the guidance of their thesis advisor. Credits 2
- Subject
- ARTH
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2025-2026
- Source
- www.alfred.edu
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