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to some of the most important movements in Modern European Art. We will study the origins, aims and style of each movement and attempt to understand it in the broader context of its social, political and aesthetic context. We will also study the changing role of the artist, new audiences for art and the impact of major modern events and phenomena, including Revolutions, World Wars, the rise of cities, the ideas of Nietzsche and Freud, the spread of mass media, and changing concepts of sexuality. Throughout students will be introduced to art historical vocabulary and concepts and learn to analyze both the subject and form of modern works of art and to recognize the particular features and contributions of each movement. Students who have taken AH 213 From Impressionism to Surrealism may not receive credit for this course. Offered summer session online only.

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This course is designed to introduce students to the diverse variety of ancient material culture around the world. We will examine the artifacts, architecture, and art of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Aegean, Mesoamerica, Africa, India, China and Far East Asia, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, and the Islamic world. The lectures will follow a geographical and chronological framework, examining each culture from the early formative periods (third millennium BC), through classical antiquity (Greece and Rome included), up through the medieval periods. Throughout the course we will move from one region to another and back again, comparatively analyzing cultures as they develop and come into contact with one another. The goal of the course is to leave the students with a basic knowledge of ancient and non- western civilizations, as well as the ability to compare the ancients’ use of 359 / 445

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architecture of the 13th-16th centuries in Europe. Works of art are set into their religious, political, social and aesthetic context. The early weeks of the course focus heavily on Florence, but we also explore the art of the Renaissance in the North. The second part of the course looks at Baroque art in Italy, Spain, Flanders, and Holland. Throughout issues of patronage, iconography, artistic identity and the developments of new functions for works of art are examined. Artists studied include Giotto, Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Brunelleschi, Rubens, Velazquez, Bernini and Caravaggio. Offered as required.

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visual artists in Europe overturned every existing rule and completely altered our understanding of what art is and what it could be. Although art was no longer a “mirror”; of reality, these works profoundly reflected the enormous social, political, philosophical and scientific changes of the period. We will look at how the phenomena of Modernism, from the rise of the metropolis, to political Revolution, to changes in the concept of time, space, sexuality and human nature are revealed in the paintings, sculpture and architecture of the period. Movements to be studied include Impressionism, Symbolism, Expressionism, Futurism and Surrealism. We will come to an understanding of the period through readings, websites, films, presentations and firsthand study of works in New York City Collections. Offered fall semester.

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architecture from the prehistoric period to the present day. Students will be introduced to the basic language of architecture, as well as examining the social, political, economic, technological, and religious factors that have shaped the distinctive phases and styles of architecture throughout Western history. Offered as required. AH 215 American Art History. (A) (C) (R) (UU) One unit. In this course we look at a number of selected themes in American art and culture, examining how they have been explored in the past and continue to be explored in the 21st century. Rather than a typical chronological survey, each week we explore a topic that artists have returned to over and over again from colonial times to the present. We first examine the topic in an older period, and then how this theme or topic manifests itself in the present day. In this way, the art of the past becomes relevant to our own lives, and at the same time we see how the visual culture of today is rooted in ideas that have been around for as long as this nation has existed. While the first part of each pairing focuses on fine art (painting, sculpture and architecture) from the past, the second part looks at visual artistic media from today including painting, photography, films, advertisements, blogs, installations etc. Topics include: Fashioning the Self in Portraiture; Art and Democracy; The “Demonized” Other in American Art; The Sacred Wilderness; Art and War; The Old Gilded Age and the New; The Gritty City; Inequalities: Art in the Depression; America as Shopping Mall: Art about Consumer Culture. Offered as required.

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civilizations; it contributed seminally to artistic expression in both the western and non-western worlds. This course examines the birth and development of ancient Egyptian culture by examining major monuments of architecture, sculpture, and painting from the Predynastic Period through the New Kingdom. It places the 360 / 445

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contemporary thought and practice in the making, exhibiting, and marketing of visual art. The display of art throughout history and its relation to and impact on society will be investigated. Through essays, class discussions and field trips to local galleries, museums and auction houses, students will explore the importance of context and presentation in how works of art are perceived by the public. Students will design and install an exhibit in the Wagner College Gallery. This course is ideal for any student interested in visual culture, the arts, history, or marketing. Cross-listed as AR 221 and HI 240. Offered every other year.

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(WC) One unit. Modern day Greece is often cited as the birthplace of western civilization and religion. In this course we will examine this concept while surveying the art and architecture of the Bronze Age Aegean and Classical Greek civilizations. Students will learn about the material cultures of these civilizations through examinations of ceramics, sculpture, painting, and architecture, Minoan and Mycenaean palaces, Greek temples, bronze and marble sculptures of heroes, deities, and philosophers are but a few of the agencies of monumental expression covered in this course. This survey will touch upon issues relevant to the disciplines of Art History, Archaeology, History, Literature, and Religion. Students will engage the material through lectures, reading material, writing assignments, and museum trips. Offered every other year.

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course is a survey of the art of ancient Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq). The region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is known as the “Cradle of Civilization.” The first urban societies, monumental architecture, written language, and complex empires are just a few of the innovations that appeared here. From the fourth to first millennium BCE, Mesopotamia gave the world its first glimpse of advanced human civilization. Through incorporation of introductory texts and scholarly literature students will enjoy discovering the major issues confronted by Archaeologists, Anthropologists, Art Historians, and Linguists as they examine the culture of ancient Mesopotamia. Class sessions will consist of slide lectures, discussion of scholarly texts, and museum trips. Offered every other year. 361 / 445

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of artists and the varied means of expression they use from drawing to mass media to bio-engineering. We will navigate the contemporary art world by looking at a different theme each week such as: postmodernism, the body, time, space, identity, technology, consumerism, spirituality, political activism and more. The course includes lectures, engaged discussions, readings, films, and guest lecturers. AH 301 Art and Narrative. (A) (C) (RR) (WC) One unit. All great civilizations have a story to tell; great Assyrian kings bragged about military feats, Mayan nobles watched as champion athletes played a lethal ball-game, Renaissance painters illuminated biblical stories. In this course we will examine how these stories and ‘historical’ events found a place in the visual artistic tradition of multiple civilizations. We will examine the written tradition of narrative, analyzing the construction of stories, and look at how various stories are told. We will compare these texts to visual representations of stories, and dissect the imagery to better understand modes of visual narrative. Multiple cultures, from multiple time periods will be examined, including but not limited to: Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Mesoamerica, China, Japan, the Islamic Middle East, the Byzantine world, and Renaissance Europe. Offered every other year.

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ancient civilizations, for a time holding sway over the entire region of the Ancient Near East. Ruling with great military might, the Assyrians constructed massive palatial complexes containing extraordinary narrative relief sculpture documenting their exploits. This class will examine these complexes, looking at the architecture, art, and writing that were integral parts of the buildings. Students will actively participate in critiquing various scholarly texts and objects from area museums and will be responsible for a series of writing projects dealing with these palaces and the context for which they were created. This course meets the College requirements for International Perspectives Requirement. Offered as required.

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excites our visual sense, as well as hearing, smell, touch, and even taste. We will explore various moments in antiquity where cultures (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantium and early Islam) used a sensorial stage to motivate communities through costume, moveable artworks, ritual behaviors, feasting, and even perfume and incense. Students will become a more active member of the sensorial world that surrounds them. Offered as required.

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grounded in perception of our own bodies; we have always been fascinated with how we look, move, and perform in the world. This class will examine how, as early as prehistory, we have conceived of our bodies as art and through art by exploring concepts such as tattooing, athleticism, anatomy, performance, painting, and sculpture. We will do so through exploring conceptions of the human form in cultures from antiquity (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome),through modernity (the Enlightenment, medical practice, and modern dance and theatre)A H 310 Art and Aesthetic in the Third Reich (A) (WC) (RR) (L)One of the most murderous regimes in history, the Third Reich was also one of the most deeply invested in all areas of art and aesthetics. Beyond the realm of producing propaganda in every medium, from posters to film to processions, the Nazis stole or destroyed millions of works of art throughout Europe, planned the redesign of many major cities, held the most highly attended “art” exhibit ever held and attempted to control every facet of the visual arts. This course proposes that we cannot fully understand National Socialism without understanding the aesthetic ideology of the party and of Adolf Hitler and shows how “culture was not only the end to which power should aspire, but the means of achieving it.” Topics 362 / 445

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No two artists have attracted a greater legend, or occupy a more important place in the public conscience than Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin. Working at the end of the nineteenth century, both artists produced works of incredible expressive power, ambition and abstraction that lead them to the threshold of modern art. This course explores the life and works of Van Gogh and Gauguin in great depth, separating fact from fiction and myth from reality. Our studies look at their origins, artistic training, major themes and subjects, techniques, and their journeys both inward and outward. While setting their art against the culture, politics and religious beliefs of the nineteenth century, we explore the individual achievements and artistic vision of each. We will learn about these artists through readings, discussions, research, films and first hand examination of works in New York City collections. Offered as required.

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gender and the visual arts, concentrating on representation of women throughout history, as well as the work of women artists. Issues of gender are examined in relation to subject matter, stylistic preference, media, reception and criticism. Issues and topics to be explored include: sexual identity in artistic production; gender, race and art; queer theory in relation to the visual arts, post-colonialism and gender, themes of motherhood, prostitution and the female body; constructions of masculinity; the gaze and the gendering of vision. We begin in the Middle Ages and continue up through the work of contemporary artists in all media including painting, sculpture, installation, photography, architecture and cinema. We will learn about these issues through seminar discussion, readings, films and first-hand viewing of works of art. Pre-requisite: any art history or gender studies course.

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course focuses on art in the fin-de-siècle in three major cosmopolitan centers: Paris, Vienna, and Berlin, with occasional stops in Belgium, Norway, and England. Styles discussed include Expressionism, Symbolism, Post- Impressionism, Art Nouveau, and Jugendstil. The art of the period is explored in relation to issues of national identity c. 1900 and as a response to the shock of metropolitan life, a phenomenon experienced by artists in all three cities. These issues include attitudes toward sexuality, the rise of the crowd, alienation, the impact of psychoanalysis, escapism, and the withdrawal to the interior. We will also study the interrelation between painting, sculpture, architecture, design, and the popular arts in this period. The course attempts to understand better the shared visual language of turn-of-the century Europe, while illuminating the special contributions and characteristics of the art of each city. Offered every other spring. AH 397 Internship. (A) The internship in Art History exposes students to professional opportunities available within the discipline, for example at an Art museum, gallery, architectural site, public arts organization, or arts advocacy group. Internships will require a minimum of 100 hours per semester, the keeping of a weekly journal and the completion of a reflective paper at the end of the internship. Offered as required. 363 / 445

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