98 courses with the subject ARH, 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.
Introduction to the visual language of art and architecture, formal artistic means, art historical and critical terms. Comparison of major art styles and periods in Western and non-Western art.
Introductory survey of the history of Western art from the Old Kingdom of Egypt to the end of the Middle Ages.
This course will study the history of Western art from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. Lectures and readings will emphasize cultural and historical context as well as the formal qualities of works of art. The student will become familiar with general ways to analyze art as well as diverse qualities of specific styles and movements in art.
Aesthetic and critical functions of film within two primary structural models: film as illusion vs. film as reality. Critical references from numerous stances: formalist, psychological, symbolist, existential, sociological, semiotic.
Continuation of ARH207. Works of selected film critics. Film showing at each class.
Study of selected art traditions in pre-modern India, China, and Japan. Various art historical perspectives will be applied. Students will gain practice in using analytic tools of art history, and in conducting art history research.
An interdisciplinary exploration of cultural, artistic, and architectural traditions of Africa, the Americas, Oceania, West Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia from ancient to modern times.
Selected topics courses are regularly scheduled courses that focus on a particular topic of interest. Descriptions are printed in the Schedule of Classes each semester. Selected topics courses may be used as elective credit and may be repeated for credit, provided that the topic of the course changes.
May be repeated for credit
May be repeated for credit
Survey of Chinese art from neolithic times to around A.D. 900. Archaeology, mortuary and religious art and secular traditions will be included as well as the entrance of Buddhism and the beginnings of landscape painting.
Survey of Chinese Art from the tenth century to the present including landscape painting, literati painting, garden art, calligraphy, and ceramics.
Survey of Japanese art from neolithic times to the nineteenth century. Wide range of media, including ceramics, sculpture, painting, architecture, and calligraphy.
Exploration of Japan's final "pre-modern" period, the Edo or Tokugawa (1600 - 1868), emphasizing its stunning variety in types of artistic medium (lacquer, painting, ceramics, prints, etc.) and in sources of artistic patronage (aristocratic, military, commoner, etc.).
We follow and analyze the development of Buddhist art from its beginnings in northeast India through central and East Asia, considering its impact on and adaptation to various Asian traditions; presentations and a research paper are required.
Examination of the many artistic roads and philosophical solutions that have been explored in the Chinese art world, and of the astonishng changes this world has undergone, between the mid 19th and early 21st century.
Survey of film history from its invention in the late 19th century, including key developments in film form through the silent era, and selective study of key concepts and genres to the present day. PREREQUISITE: Sophmore or greater.
Explores influence and role of nature and science in nineteenth-century American art and architecture, with an emphasis on the impact of Darwin's theory of evolution on art.
An exploration of African-American art from the early twentieth century to the present, in all media, focusing on the role of visual art in shaping personal, social, and political identity. Special attention is given to the Harlem Renaissance, the civil rights movement, contemporary trends, and to debates about specific controversial exhibitions.
The architectural history of the five boroughs from the earliest Dutch buildings of the seventeenth century to the most recent skyscrapers.
Major artists and artistic movements, primarily in Europe and the U.S., from the beginning of the twentieth century to 1970.
Theory and criticism of developments in art since 1970, including earthworks, feminist art, public art, collaboration, and internationalism.
Architecture, sculpture and painting in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, with emphasis upon the Early and High Renaissance.
Religious and secular painting in the Low Countries, France and Germany during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
European art from the fall of the Roman Empire through the barbarian invasions and Carolingian Revival to the end of the Romanesque period.
The evolution of the Gothic style in architecture and sculpture in France during the twelfth century. The iconography of programs in portal sculpture and stained glass. The dissemination of the Gothic style in Europe to the end of the fifteenth century.
Greek art from ca. 900 B.C. to the end of the Archaic period.
Focus on the art of the Classical and Hellenistic periods, fifth to first centuries B.C.
The art and architecture of the Roman Republic and Empire from the first century B.C. to the fourth century A.D.
A survey of the art and techniques of photography from the earliest forms in the 1840's. The mutual influences between photography and painting, especially in the nineteenth century. The development of cameras and films. The work of individual photographers and the language of criticism of photographs.
Significant developments in design and the decorative arts of the Modern Movement, largely in the twentieth century. A variety of object types will be considered and situated within the major movements in Europe and the United States, with emphasis on their social, cultural, political and economic contexts.
The development of the picturesque eclectic building styles in Europe and America including Romantic Classicism, Renaissance, Gothic, Queen Anne, Romanesque and Colonial Revivals. Some examination also of the influence of technology on architecture.
The development of new forms in architecture and urban design before World War II by theorists such as Wright, Gropis, Miles and LeCorbusier. The dissemination of these ides, especially in America. The anti-formalist reaction of the 1960s. Post-Modernism and eclecticism.
From the general categories of furniture, metalwork, ceramics, glass, textiles and interior design, the course focuses on certain media and historical periods.
The formation and development of Hindu Art on the Indian subcontinent and the genesis, as well as transformation, of Islamic art in India and its relationship to pan-Islamic traditions.
The arts of China, India and Japan; seventh century to the present. Hindu sculpture and architecture; Chinese painting and ceramics; the imagery of Zen Buddhism; Asian responses to the West.
American architecture, painting, and sculpture from the Colonial period to the present.
Major directions in European art such as Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Academic Art, the Pre-Raphaelites, Realism, and Impressionism.
An in-depth exploration of mythological imagery’s many functions in ancient Greece and Italy, including the enforcement of social values, formation of collective identities, political propaganda, and allusions to contemporary events.
Development of Egyptian art from the Pre-Dynastic Era through the end of the Late Period.
A survey of Islamic art in Persia, Syria, Egypt, North Africa, Spain, and India.
Traditional sculpture, painting, building and crafts of the indigenous peoples of Africa, the islands of the South Pacific, and North America.
The development of the national schools of painting in Italy, the Low Countries, Spain, France, and England in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Selected topics courses are regularly scheduled courses that focus on a particular topic of interest. Descriptions are printed in the Schedule of Classes each semester. Selected topics courses may be used as elective credit and may be repeated for credit, provided that the topic of the course changes.
Restrictions: Must have the following level: Undergraduate Must not be enrolled in the following class: Freshman
Restrictions: Must have the following level: Undergraduate Must not be enrolled in the following class: Freshman
The art and architecture of Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, and Iran from the Neolithic era to the Achaemenian Persian Empire studied in relation to myth, religion and social structure.
Survey of painting and architecture in the Hudson Valley from the Colonial period to 1940; some references to sculpture and the decorative arts.
The era from Louis XIV to Napoleon in painting, sculpture, architecture, and the decorative arts.
Covers development of art in late nineteenth century France and various approaches represented by Manet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot, and others. Avant-garde movements in the wake of Impressionism includes discussion of Seurat, van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cezanne.
An interdisciplinary exploration of artistic exchange between the Islamic sphere, Europe, and North America between the ninth and nineteenth centuries CE, highlighting the circulation of objects, techniques, designs, and ideas across cultural, political, religious, and geographical boundaries.
Surveys Surrealist ideas, writings, paintings, films, objects, etc. in their historical contexts, examining the various positions of those who claim the label "Surrealist," the impact that the movement had in its own time, and since.
Historical development of art museums and their function, including the related fields of public art education, arts administration, art conservation, etc. Career options in the field.
Exploration of the major developments and issues affecting the landscape genre (s) in Chinese painting between the second century BC and the present, with emphasis on how figures relate to the depicted landscape visually and/or conceptually.
What is art history? This question is explored through reading selected passages from the history of art history and from recent theoretical writings that question traditional approaches to the discipline. We look at diverse approaches that have been used to interpret art, including biography, style, periodization, iconography and iconology, psychoanalysis, patronage, feminism, Marxism, reception theory, social history, and semiotics.
Independent study and writing of a thesis under faculty supervision on a topic selected by the student in consultation with the faculty. Open to qualified Art History majors who have been admitted to the Art History honors program. Credit for ARH461 is not allowed unless ARH462 is completed.
Continuation of ARH461.
Selected topics courses are regularly scheduled courses that focus on a particular topic of interest. Descriptions are printed in the Schedule of Classes each semester. Selected topics courses may be used as elective credit and may be repeated for credit, provided that the topic of the course changes.
Restrictions: Must not be enrolled in the following class: Freshman
Restrictions: Must not be enrolled in the following class: Freshman
Philosophic and aesthetic foundations for a theory of criticism in the visual arts. Development of critical technique.
The earliest art and architecture of pre-literature cultures, especially in Europe before about 1000 B.C.
An examination of selected topics dealing with the art of Mesopotamia, Iran, Anatolia and the Levant from the seventh millennium to the end of the first.
This course examines selected topics relevant to the art and architecture of pharonic Egypt.
This course examines selected topics relevant to the cultures of Crete and Mycenaean Greece from the beginning of the third to the end of the second millennium B.C.
An examination of selected topics dealing with the art and architecture of Greece, from 1000 B.C. to the end of the first millennium B.C.
An examination of selected topics dealing with Roman art in the Republican Period and the Imperial Era, from the second century B.C. to the fourth century A.D.
An examination of selected topics dealing with East Christian art from the age of Constantine the Great in the early fourth century B.C. to the fall of Constantinople in A.D. 1453.
European art and architecture from the Early Christian period to the end of the Middle Ages c. A.D. 1500.
A detailed analysis of a specific topic concerned with Early Renaissance and High Renaissance art in Italy such as: the Renaissance Portrait; or, Donatello and Early Renaissance Sculpture; or, Classical Subjects in Renaissance Painting and Sculpture -- the influence of Classical Art and Literature. Topics will be chosen to take advantage of art collections and special exhibitions in New York City and other nearby museums.
A detailed analysis of a specific topic such as: Developments in Landscape Painting, Drawing and Prints in the Low Countries, Germany and Austria; Image and Meaning from Bosch to Bruegel; Albrecht Durer, His Contemporaries and His Influence. Topics will be chosen to take advantage of the art collections and special exhibitions of museums in New York City and the region.
This course examines a specific aspect of Renaissance and Mannerist art in Italy, including Italian artistic influence upon northern European artists during this time. Topics that might be investigated include: Problems in Mannerist Art; Titian and Venetian Painting of the Sixteenth Century; Michelangelo as Sculptor, Painter and Architect. Topics will be chosen to take advantage of the art collections and special exhibitions of museums in New York City and the region.
This course examines a specific aspect of the art and architecture of the seventeenth century in Europe such as: Rembrandt and His Influence; Genre Painting in the Low Countries; The Baroque Portrait; Bernini and the Roman Baroque. Topics will be chosen to take advantage of the art collections and special exhibitions in museums in New York City and the region.
A detailed analysis of an aspect of the period from Louis XIV to Napoleon in European Art and Architecture. Topics that could be investigated include: Asian Influences in European Art, Architecture and Gardens of the Eighteenth Century; Romantic Classicism to Neo-Classicism -- Changes in a Vision of Classical Antiquity; Women as Subjects, Patrons and as Artists in the Eighteenth Century. Topics will be chosen to take advantage of the art collections and special exhibitions in museums in New York City and the region.
A detailed analysis of an aspect of nineteenth-century European art.
Theory and criticism of major artists and artistic movements in Europe, America, and elsewhere from the beginning of the twentieth century.
A detailed analysis of an aspect of American art from the Colonial period to the present. Students should have a basic understanding of the styles and periods of European art since the Renaissance as a foundation for the study of American art on the graduate level.
This course examines selected topics relevant to the arts and architecture of China, Korea, and Japan from the earliest times to the twentieth century.
This course examines selected topics relevant to the arts and architecture of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
This course examines selected topics relevant to the arts and architecture of the Islamic world, including both the central Islamic lands and outlying areas of Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Art and architecture in Mexico, Central and South America before European intervention c. A.D. 1500.
Traditional sculpture, painting, building and crafts of the indigenous peoples of Africa, the islands of the South Pacific and North America.
Theory and criticism of architectural development at certain times and in certain places selected at the discretion of the instructor.
This course examines specific aspects of style, technique, and function of drawings in the context of works for which they are preparatory studies and, also, drawings as finished works of art. Detailed analysis of individual topics would be emphasized in the context of subjects such as: Italian Renaissance Drawings; or, Landscape-Studies from Nature; or, Redefinitions of Drawing in the Twentieth Century. Topics will be chosen to take advantage of the art collections and special exhibitions of museums and galleries in New York City and the region.
A detailed examination of a selected topic concerned with developments in the art of the print, such as: Innovation in Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Prints; or Illustrated Books and Artists' Prints; or Japanese Prints and their Influence on Western Artists in the nineteenth century.
The aesthetics and techniques of media other than architecture, painting, sculpture and the graphic arts, namely ceramics, metalwork, furniture, glass and other decorative objects.
Evolution of form and function in objects made in media such as furniture, glass, ceramics, metalwork and graphics with an emphasis on the rise of industrial design in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Aesthetics and criticism of photography from its inception in the nineteenth century until today.
Aesthetics and criticism of film since its inception at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Studies concerning the ways in which art is created, perceived and discussed as well as its relationship to the political, social, economic and religious forces of the society in which it is produced.
Survey Surrealist ideas, writings, paintings, films, objects, etc. in their historical contexts, examining the various positions of those who claim the label "Surrealist, the impact that the movement had in its own time, and since.
This course is an exploration of diverse trends in contemporary art, focusing on the relationship of this art to major social and political issues of our time.
Aesthetic basis of film as an art form. Critical analysis of six major film works from silent and sound eras. Examination of structural and symbolic theories of film; specific study of shooting scripts and final film. Readings from Eisenstein, Munsterberg, Arnheim, and contemporary criticism.
Selected topics courses are regularly scheduled courses that focus on a particular topic of interest. Descriptions are printed in the Schedule of Classes each semester. Selected topics courses may be used as elective credit and may be repeated for credit, provided that the topic of the course changes.
Restrictions: Must have the following level: Graduate
Restrictions: Must have the following level: Graduate
Selected topics courses are regularly scheduled courses that focus on a particular topic of interest. Descriptions are printed in the Schedule of Classes each semester. Selected topics courses may be used as elective credit and may be repeated for credit, provided that the topic of the course changes.
Restrictions: Must have the following level: Graduate
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