37 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.
A survey of the art and architecture of prehistoric Europe through Ancient Rome, 30,000 BC to 400 AD. Art of the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece and Rome is studied in historical contexts of idea, style, and technique.
A survey of the art and architecture of early Christianity through the Reformation, 4 th - 17 th centuries. Art of early Christianity, the Byzantine Empire, Romanesque and Gothic Europe, the Renaissance and Counter Reformation Europe will be studied in historical contexts of idea, style and technique.
A survey of the art and architecture of the 18 th through 21 st century. Within contexts of idea, style and technique, art of Neoclassicism/Romanticism, Realism and Impressionism will be studied, followed by analysis of great movements of the twentieth-century: Expressionism, Cubism, Neo-Realism, Abstraction, etc. The course concludes with contemporary art of the 21 st century.
Introducing the art of India, Japan and China (10,000 BC - 1700 AD), this course studies art in contexts of religion, politics, gender, literature and history. Hands-on learning of Chinese brush painting, Japanese woodblock printing and 6 th century Indian miniature painting.
Art, Time and Place explores public, private and sacred spaces, and the art and architecture that identifies and defines these spaces. In this course, students will study, through art, how past history informs life both in Scranton and on campus. A field trip to New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is included.
Students will study the history, society, religious beliefs and craft traditions of the pre-colonial peoples of the United States, as well as contemporary Native American artists. The course entails group work and a collaborative final project.
A general survey of architectural history from the prehistoric through the modern era, focusing on architectural style, the built environment, and the rituals which condition the use and design of structures and urban spaces. The course features walking tours of Philadelphia and/or the city of Scranton as well as guest lectures by area architects.
A survey of the art and architecture produced between 3000 and 1250 B.C. The course opens in the painted caves of Prehistoric Europe, and continues through the contemporaneous civilizations of the Ancient Near East (Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, Persia) and Egypt.
The course begins in the Aegean with the Minoan and Mycenaean cultures celebrated by Homer; surveys the art of classical Greece; and continues with the art of the Etruscans in ancient Italy. The course concludes with Roman art and architecture (3rd c. B.C. to 5th c.
The art and architecture produced by the first Christians borrowed much from the forms and ideas of Roman art. The course surveys art produced in Rome, Ravenna, Milan, Greece and Constantinople, 200-1400 A.D. Emphasis will be placed on the origin and symbolism of Christian imagery and architecture.
A survey of art and architecture in Western Europe, 1100-1400. Medieval architecture, manuscripts, paintings, and decorative arts will be presented as mirrors of medieval thought and spirituality.
The course focuses on African civilizations and cultures through African cultural productions: myths, literature, music, dance and cinema.
This course focuses on theology, image and artistic style in the making of the icon in Russia and East Europe. The icon will be studied from medieval through modern times. A field trip to St. Tikhan’s Monastery and local churches are included.
This cross-disciplinary course presents selected topics on women in the visual arts, including varied ways of thinking and writing about women, art and culture. Topics include a survey of women in art, being female in the Renaissance, contemporary women artists, female artists in Latin America, and 19th-century women artists.
This course focuses on African art and theory (beauty, functionality, aesthetics). In studying artifacts produced on the African continent, students will question and identify criteria for determining objects as “art.” African artistic influences on Western Art will be explored through a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This course considers African Americans in the visual arts, including varied ways of thinking and writing about African American art and culture. Topics include slavery and emancipation, the Harlem renaissance, the Civil Rights movement, African American women artists, and collecting African American art.
A survey of American architecture, painting and sculpture from the earliest exploration days. The course will cover art of Native America, the colonial period, the Civil War era and the 20th century.
As a survey of the art produced in Italy, 1200-1480, the course examines the production of art as it relates to society and culture. From St. Francis’ Assisi to Pope Sixtus IV’s Rome, and from Giotto to Botticelli, painting, sculpture, and architecture will be studied in contexts of history, gender, technology, intellectual life, theology and philosophy.
This course continues with a survey of art and society in Italy, 1480-1620. The papacy, during the 15th century, brings Michelangelo and Raphael to Rome, which remains a cultural capital for artists through the 17th century. Artists working in 16th century Florence, in the wake of Michelangelo, introduce a style that flourishes brightly, but briefly: Mannerism.
This course investigates the painting, sculpture, and architecture of Michelangelo. By considering the artistic traditions to which he fell heir as a Florentine artist, the traditional and the innovative aspects of Michelangelo’s work will be assessed. Readings from his letters and poetry and from 16th-century biographies will furnish a rich context for the appreciation of his work and for understanding the society to which he belonged.
Artist, scientist, author and free-thinker, Leonardo left few paintings, many drawings, and copious notes attesting the wide range of his intellectual curiosity. This course focuses both on the 15th-century world to which the artist belonged and on his many writings in order to measure Leonardo’s greatness as prodigy and visionary.
A survey of the painting, sculpture, and architecture produced in Europe between 1600 and 1750. The course opens in Bernini’s Rome of the Counter-Reformation and concludes in France at the royal courts of Louis XIV and XV.
Art produced in northern Europe (France, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands) differs remarkably from the art produced in Italy by Botticelli and Michelangelo. This course surveys painting north of the Alps by such artists as Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Hieronymus Bosch, and Albrecht Dürer.
The course explores the historical development of photography and considers the medium’s aesthetic components as well as the theoretical and representational issues it raises.
An exploration of painting and sculpture from Neoclassicism to Symbolism. Special emphasis will be given to works by J.L. David, Goya, Delacroix, Courbet, Manet, Morisot, Rodin, and Van Gogh. In addition to developing skills of visual analysis, the course will focus on the interaction between artist and society.
Impressionism, an artistic movement linked today with leisure and pleasure, developed out of conflict and challenged many standard European art practices. The course investigates the artistic goals and strategies of Manet, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Morisot, Cassatt and Pissarro and considers how their works respond to important social issues of the day. Paintings by the Postimpressionists Cézanne, Seurat, Van Gogh and Gauguin will be examined as reactions to the aims of Impressionism.
Beginning with pre- World War I works by Matisse and Picasso, this course surveys the painting, sculpture, architecture and photography of the period known as modernism, ending with an exploration of the contemporary phenomenon of postmodernism. Through examination of both artworks and texts by artists and critics, considerations of style and technique will be integrated with an analysis of historical context. A field trip to museums and galleries in New York City is included.
This course examines the works of these two influential modern artists by considering the aesthetic and historical context of their paintings, sculptures, prints, and writings on art. A field trip to the Barnes Collection, Philadelphia, is included.
Short study trips to provide students with the opportunity to study works of painting, architecture, and sculpture on site. Trips will be designed as themes: the Art Museums of London and Paris, The Bible in Text and Image (Italy), Renaissance Villas and Palaces, Michelangelo, etc.
This 3-week travel seminar explores the Society of Jesus in Counter-Reformation Rome through art produced from Paleo-Christian times through the 17 th century. In the footsteps of Ignatius of Loyola, students examine the intertwined histories of Rome and Ignatius, experiencing growth of the order chronologically as did the saint and his companions.
This cross-disciplinary course studies visual depictions of Heaven and Hell in Christian, Islamic, Jewish, Egyptian, Ancient Near-Eastern and Greco-Roman cultures, 3000 BC-1600 AD. Apocalyptic imagery based upon the biblical Book of Revelation is studied in historic, artistic, and theological contexts; with literary texts (e.g. Epic of Gilgamesh , Book of the Dead , Aeneid , Divina Commedia) supplying thought and image to artists.
This topics course explores various ways of looking at Italian medieval and Renaissance women in text and image. Primary texts by Hildegard von Bingen, Giovanni Boccaccio, Christine de Pisan, Leonbattista Alberti and Baldassare Castiglione will be studied for the light they shed on the notion and nature of woman. Great emphasis will be placed on in-class analysis of images, and a field trip to the Italian Renaissance collection of the Metropolitan Museum, NYC, will enable students to apply skills of visual analysis.
This course explores art inspired, commissioned and produced by the Society of Jesus, 1540 through 1840, in both the Old and New Worlds and among Asian cultures. Texts by Jerome Nadal, Louis Richeome and Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises will be studied as guides to thought and interpretation. (Students who take ARTH 312 for credit may not take ARTH 296 for credit.)
(Prerequisite: None, but previous course in art history desirable) A survey of Islamic art and architecture from Mongol invasion to the beginnings of European colonization by the West (13 th -19 th centuries). Politics, patronage, religion and literature will provide a rich context for the interpretation of Islamic art, as will a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Renaissance images were made, commissioned and viewed by particular audiences to whom the work of art communicated and reinforced contemporary beliefs and values. This course explores the meaning and purpose of murals produced for public and private use in homes, churches and civic structures. Contemporary literature of the period will also be studied.
Source: University of Scranton's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
