135 courses with the subject HOA, 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.
HOA 100Selected Topics1-6
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Introductory overview of art and architecture from antiquity through the late medieval period that emphasizes how visual culture relates to historical and intellectual circumstances, society values, technology and diverse and changing identities.
Introductory overview of art and architecture from the renaissance through the present day that emphasizes how visual culture relates to historical and intellectual circumstances, societal values, technology, and diverse and changing identities.
HOA 121Italian Art and Society from Ancient to Modern Times3
Offered only in Florence for Discovery Florence students. Introduction to the study of art history through some of the world's most famous buildings, sculptures and paintings, and examination of their corresponding cultural contexts.
The visual arts in the Americas (South, Central, and North America) from contact to the present, emphasizing diversity of makers and media, as well as exchanges among cultural traditions.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Selected aspects, drawing on appropriate resources in architecture, museums, and/or musical performance in immediate geographical area. Offered only in Florence. Specific topics determined each semester.
HOA 203Italian Arts from Antiquity to Michelangelo3
The visual arts in relation to broader cultural, historical, intellectual contexts from ancient times through the High Renaissance. Site visit to Rome and selected "all-school" field trips. Offered only in Florence.
HOA 204Italian Arts from the Medicis to the Futurists3
The visual arts in relation to broader cultural, historical, intellectual contexts from the Renaissance through the late 19th century. Site visit to Rome and selected field trips. Offered only in Florence.
Masterpieces of Italian sculpture from antiquity to present, including works by Donatello, Michelangelo, Bernini, and Canova. Lectures alternate with weekly site visits. Trips to Carrara, Pisa, Verona, and Rome. Offered only in Florence.
Selected aspects, drawing on appropriate resources in architecture, museums, and/or musical performance in immediate geographical area. Offered only in Strasbourg. Specific topics determined each semester.
Selected aspects, drawing on appropriate resources in architecture, museums, and/or musical performance in immediate geographical area. Offered only in London. Specific topics determined each semester.
The growth of London from the Norman Conquest to the present. Accent on important architectural areas, including the Guildhall, Westminster, Covent Garden, South Bank. Offered only in London.
Introduction to the art, architecture, music, and dance of Spain. Museum, gallery, and site visits. Concert, dance, and other performances. Topics vary. Offered only in Madrid.
Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Survey of Indigenous art, cultures, and histories in North America from the ancient world to the present, with emphasis on what is now the United States and its borders.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Development of art in Europe, the Near East, Egypt, and the Aegean to the close of the Bronze Age. Paleolithic painting and sculpture. Megalithic structures, rise of Egyptian civilization. Growth of Minoan and Mycenean cultures.
HOA 303Etruscans and Romans: Ancient Art and Society in Italy3
Explores art and society of ancient Italy from ca. 1000 B.C. to A.D. 138, with special emphasis on the early Etruscans through Rome under Hadrian. Requires previous course in art history. Offered only in Florence.
Survey of Italian art and architecture from c. 1200 to 1550 with an emphasis on style, patronage, artistic techniques, and the social, political, and devotional contexts of works by major artists and architects.
Offered only in Florence. Introduction to the works of Leonardo da Vinci, placed within the artistic, historic, and religious contexts of his time. Focuses primarily on Leonardo¿s artistic production and also considers his work as a scientist and engineer.
Social or ethical dimensions of art and architecture from any period that are relevant to the present day; topics include the role of gender, religion, nation, and ethnicity in constructing traditions and identities.
HOA 365Art in France from Impressionism to Surrealism3
Focus on major painters who lived and worked in Paris from 1860 to 1945. Emphasis on analyzing and writing about painting. Field trip to Paris. Conducted in French. Offered in Strasbourg only.
Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Still photography as a means of pictorial expression in the fine arts from 1840 to the mid-20th century. Interrelationships among photography, painting, and other visual arts.
Introduction to the practice and strategies of art as a tradable commodity. Topics include ethics of collecting, investment strategies, conservation and preservation of art, and art-related crime with its impact on the art market. Offered in London only.
American architectural history and theory from first settlements through federal and Georgian to various revival modes. Additional work required of graduate students.
American architectural history and theory from the Civil War through various revival modes to development of new commercial and residential forms before World War II. Additional work required of graduate students.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Arts of the African Diaspora. Emphasis on African American Art. Seventeenth century to present. Gender, socioeconomic, political and cultural contexts. Artistic implications of Black culture in comparative perspective with other artists and artistic movements.
Critical exploration of meanings, functions, techniques, and varieties of art in Native North American cultures, ancient to present. Attention to continuities, changes, and cultural exchanges; anthropological vs. art historical perspectives: limitations of term "art."
Major building traditions of Islam in the Middle East, North Africa, Spain, Turkey, and India elucidated through in-depth examination of major works and principles of architectural, urban, and garden design. Additional work required of graduate students.
Major masterpieces of Indian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese art and architecture from prehistoric times to the present. Influence of Asian art on modern artists in the West, including Chinoiserie and Japonisme. Comparison of Eastern/Western aesthetics also considered.
A chronological survey of the arts and visual culture of China. Major works of art and the material culture that surrounded them, from the Neolithic era to the present.
HOA 405The Mediterranean City: Architecture, Ritual and Power3
Examines a series of ritual sites around the Mediterranean basin; architecture, choreography, politics, considering innovation and continuity in the design, use , and abuse of mass spectacle as a tool for social identity. Offered only in Florence.
Examines works of art and architecture from Medieval Spain, within their multicultural Christian/Islamic/Jewish context. Emphasizing their ideological value as vehicles for identity, authority, and spiritual ideals.
HOA 411The Black Death and Medieval Art: Catastrophes and Cultural Change3
Painting and sculpture from 1260 to 1380, the effects of the Bubonic Plague (1348) as manifested in art. Day trips to Padua and San Gimignano; site visits in Florence. Offered only in Florence.
Exploration of the definition, meaning, and appeal of the Gothic through the ages as an architectural language, a literary and film genre, and the Goth subculture.
HOA 413Art, Faith, & Power in Late Medieval Italy3
Examines Italian painting, sculpture, and architecture from c. 1250 to 1400. Situates important works, patrons, and artists in their stylistic, geographical, social, political and religious contexts. Also addresses the techniques of late medieval artists.
A single city throughout its history, or various cities at a particular time in history. Additional work required of graduate students. Additional work required of graduate students.
HOA 420Fifteenth-Century Italian Art: Inventing the Renaissance3
Explores the stylistic, technical, political, religious, and social considerations that informed and transformed Italian art and architecture during the early Renaissance period.
HOA 424Sixteenth-Century Italian Art and Identity3
Explores the visual culture of 16th-century Italy, focusing on Florence, Rome, and Venice and on innovative artists such as Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian. Also examines issues of patronage and the status of the artist.
Interdisciplinary exploration of the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Supplemented by required field trip to Europe. Special application required.
Major decorative complexes in Italy from medieval, Renaissance, and baroque periods. Factors that affected their form. Architectural spaces in churches and palaces of Florence. Offered only in Florence.
Northern European painting, sculpture, and printmaking from the international style in the fourteenth century to Hieronymus Bosch in the late 15th century. Art presented in historical, philosophical, and social contexts of the Northern humanist tradition.
Northern European painting and printmaking of the sixteenth century, beginning with Albrecht Dürer and concluding with Pieter Breughel. Art presented in the context of protestant reformation and northern humanism.
HOA 437Renaissance Architecture in Italy:1400-16003
Architectural design and theory in Italy from 1400-1600, with special emphasis on various cultural contexts that affected the building process and on relationship between architectural practice and its theoretical framework. Covers Brunelleschi, Alberti, Bramante, Michelangelo, Palladio, and others. Offered only in Florence.
HOA 439French Architecture, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries3
Architecture of the Renaissance transported from Italy to France and developed into a specifically French architecture. Outstanding achievements of more than local interest. Additional work required of graduate students.
Painting and sculpture in Belgium, Holland, and France during the seventeenth century; Rubens, VanDyck, Jordaens, Hals, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Ruisdael, the Le Nains, and Georges de la Tour.
Architecture, sculpture, painting, and decorative arts of the Italian Baroque: early, high, and late Baroque styles in Florence, Bologna, Rome, and Venice. Site visits in Florence and study tours of Bologna and Rome. Offered only in Florence.
Survey of European architectural theory and practice from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth century. Discussion and analysis of major architects, buildings, and architectural treatises, principally from France, England, and Germany. Additional work required of graduate students.
Revolution as a dominant cultural force in nineteenth century art. Topics chosen from romanticism and nature, revolutionary France, ideal vision, science and technology. Gothic revival, and impressionism and shaped around current major art exhibits. Offered only in London.
HOA 459Realism to Symbolism: European Art, 1850-19003
Modernism from the politics of Courbet and the revolutions of 1848 to Munch and social anxiety as the 19th century draws to a close. Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism.
Dada, Surrealism. The utopian movements of Russian Constructivism, the Bauhaus in Germany, and De Stijl in Holland. Movements in art between the wars in the context of political instability, revolution, utopian idealism, the machine aesthetic, and the developing history of the unconscious mind.
Trends in twentieth-century art, Postimpressionism, cubism, surrealism. Abstract expressionism. Postmodernism. Shaped around current major art exhibits. Offered only in London.
Spanish art and architecture from the late eighteenth century to the present. Goya, succeeding styles and movements to the modernism of Picasso, Miro, and Dali, and later styles. The architecture of Gaudi. Offered only in Madrid.
Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Responses to transformations in politics, society, and technology after World War II. Existentialism, pop art, land art, performance art, video art, neo-expressionism, and post-expressionism.
HOA 473London Museums: Art, History and Science in Contemporary Culture3
A survey of London museums that examines not only the collections, architecture, and approaches to interpretation of these institutions of culture, but also considers wide-ranging contemporary issues within the larger museum world. Offered only in London.
Offered only in London. What do eleven important art objects teach us about London's history as the world's most global city? Students trace history of each object from its origins, to arrival in London, up to present, and learn about the artists and their contexts.
HOA 475Modern Architecture: The International Style to Present3
Architecture of the modern period since World War II. Major works and figures as framed by the larger architectural issues of the period. Additional work required of graduate students.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
HOA 482Art and Environment in American Culture Since 18003
Visual arts and environmental concern in the U.S. from the early national period to the present. Emphasizing diversity of artists and forms, the changing cultural constructions of nature, and tracing an ecological tradition in art.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
HOA 491History of Japanese Design: Studies in Material Culture3
Survey of design in Japan (pre-historical times to present), and influence of Japanese design on the West. Examines works in different media and situates these within a historical and cultural context.
HOA 498Senior Seminar: Research and Professional Practice3
Research, writing, and career exploration for senior art history majors. Students develop, edit, and revise texts spanning professional practices in art history.
HOA 512Islamic Palaces of Spain: from Past to Present3
Exploration of the Islamic palaces of Spain from the Middle Ages to the present with a focus on the Alhambra, its evolving material design, meaning, and representations in various media.
A survey of Italian urban history: design of cities, local rituals, politics, and patronage in ancient Rome, medieval Venice, Renaissance Florence, Baroque Turin, and modern Milan. Site visits in Florence and surrounding towns. Offered only in Florence.
Seminar explores various aspects of Michelangelo Buonarroti's long and vibrant career by focusing on his techniques, patrons, innovative style, unparalleled influence and fame, and primary sources that document them. Additional work required of graduate students.
Seminar that explores the domestic environment in Italy from c. 1300 to 1600, including palace architecture; religious and mythological images; and the visual culture of dining, marriage, and childbirth. Additional work required of graduate students.
Connects the visual culture of medieval and early modern Florence to distant places with which it had contact. Questions how Florentine art and architecture related to broader geographies and reinforced civic identity via methodologies that include Anthropology and Post-Colonial studies.
Fifteenth-century to present day woodcuts, engravings, etchings, aquatints, lithographs, and monotypes. Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, Blake, Daumier, Whistler, and others.
This course examines the production of drawings and prints, mainly in Flanders (modern-day Belgium) and the Netherlands during what is known as the early modern period: 1400-1700.
A consideration of music, literature, and the visual arts in the context of 17th-century life. A study of the interrelationship of the main forces in society and their expression in the arts.
Place of music and the visual arts in the context of contemporary life. Inter-relationship between the main forces of society and their expression in the arts.
Critical exploration of an important American movement, theme, period, or artist. Emphasizing discussion and recent scholarship. Topic announced each semester.
HOA 621Florentine Monuments, Contexts, and Audiences, 1300-16003
Explores key Florentine monuments and urban spaces from 1300 to 1600, focusing on the aesthetic, political, and social implications of their contexts, patrons, and intended settings and viewers.
Provides a foundation in the history of Italian art and architecture from c. 1300 to 1600. Develops graduate-level research and writing skills and addresses the cultural diversity of the Italian peninsula, issues related to materials, techniques, patronage, historiography, and methodology.
HOA 624Botticelli and Filippino: Renaissance Contexts and Modern Approaches3
Analyzes Botticelli and Filippino Lippi as they were understood in their lifetime and the modern era. Engages in the rebirth of interest in the Renaissance and the emerging discipline of art history. Considers methodologies such as art criticism and connoisseurship and the tensions between them.
Women artists and images of women in the works of their contemporaries. Students conduct original research, relating topic to their specific areas of interest (interdisciplinary studies).
Explores historical artistic techniques through a combination of hands-on experience, theoretical discussions of primary texts, and scientific examination of artworks and their conservation. Taught only in Florence, Italy
This interdisciplinary seminar will examine the nature and role of art in the celebrated Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Stuart courts of late sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England, up until the conclusion of the reign of William III.
Survey of European architectural theory and practice from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth century. Discussion and analysis of major architects, buildings, and architectural treatises, principally from France, England, and Germany. Additional work required of graduate students.
HOA 655Proseminar in Graduate Research Methods and Scholarly Writing3
Research methods and scholarly writing skills required to be successful M.A. candidates and to become competitive professionals in art history and related fields.
Early 20th-century foundations and development of criticism within the past two decades. Interpretive strategies, such as meta history, feminism, poststructuralism, and the anthropology of art.
Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
HOA 671Seminar on the History and Theory of Photography3-4
Reviews the history and theory of photography from 1839 to the present. Presents basic texts and primary issues such as theories of representation, notions of mass cultures, and the concepts of documenting imaging.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Two-semester seminar for which students produce and present substantial and original scholarship on individual capstone research projects. Provides a forum in which students workshop and collectively critique their research and prepare a professional presentation.
Final M.A. research project, equivalent to a thesis, in which students research, write and orally present substantial and original scholarly work in art history. Permission of director of graduate studies.
