14 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 301Art History Bridge: Intermediate Level Special Topics3
ART 215 or ART 216 or permission of instructor. This course is intended as a special topics course for students who have completed their introductory level surveys but would like further study in art history before the level of specialization. Rather than focusing on traditional period-specific topics, these intermediate level courses will focus on topics relating to art to the humanities, bringing together developments in art, music, and literature.
ARTH 316Art Outside the Western Tradition3
Subject
ARTH
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit with different topics with permission of the instructor.
ART 215 or ART 216 or permission of instructor. Art historians use a variety of critical methodologies in their work. The dominant theories of analysis have changed over time, sometimes in response to developments in other fields and sometimes in response to changes in art. This course will familiarize students with these theories and methods, focusing on the ways in which art historians arrive at their interpretations.
ART 215 or ART 216 or permission of instructor. A study of the art and architecture of the ancient Near East, Egypt, the Aegean, Greece and Rome. Cornerstone WI
ART 215 or ART 216 or permission of instructor. Exploration of the origins, evolution, themes, and visual characteristics of European art of the early Christian through Gothic periods. Cornerstone WI
ART 215 or ART 216 or permission of instructor. An examination of the rebirth of the visual arts in Europe in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. Each semester will have a different focus: thus one semester will focus on northern European renaissance art, and another will focus on Italian Renaissance art. The major media and artists differ for these regions so the content will not be identical. The course may be repeated with a different focus. REAL Area A Cornerstone WI
ART 215 or ART 216 or permission of instructor. Topics offered might include a period defined more narrowly than “ancient/classical” (ART 410) or “medieval” (ART 411) – early Christian iconography, for example – or they may approach the period from a focus on a key monument (Hagia Sophia, for example), key medium (illuminated manuscripts), or a social/economic topic of importance to the period.
ART 216 or permission of instructor. An examination of the many exciting changes in art from 1950 until the present. Although chronology is important, the course centralizes key questions such as why abstraction, the impact of digital media on more traditional media such as painting and drawing, and the influence of identity group politics on art. REAL Area A Cornerstone WI
ARTH 423History of Photographic Media and Camera Arts (WI)3
ART 215 or ART 216 or permission of instructor. Provides an overview of the history and invention of photography and the camera, an examination of issues related to the development of photography as a tool of science, historical documentation, and art; and the place of photography and more recent developments in digital and video media in the history of art. REAL Area A Cornerstone WI
ARTH 430Curatorial Activism and Exhibition Design: How Museums Serve the Public3
ARTH 401 recommended but not required; ARTH 410 and ARTH 430 may be taken in any sequence. Beginning with the premise that the role of museums and exhibitions has changed significantly in the late 20th century, this course will identify exhibitions that both support and challenge the idea that museums have returned to their roots as cabinets of curiosity. In the process of doing so, exhibition protocols, exhibitions that have made history, curatorial roles, and the variables that influence curatorial decisions will be examined. REAL Area L
ARTH 431Special Topics in Modern/Contemporary Art History (WI)3
ART 215 or ART 216 or permission of instructor. Some of these requirements may be waived for BFA majors; check with adviser or instructor. A more in-depth exposure to contemporary art will be particularly useful for those students who intend to pursue an advanced degree and/or a career in museum studies. Topics will vary, focusing at times on an especially important movement in the 20th century, a significant artist, or more frequently, the impact of changes in new media on contemporary art. REAL Area A Cornerstone WI
An upper-level course in student’s primary discipline and Art History concentration or minor in Museum Studies The goal of the capstone is demonstration of the ability to apply appropriate art historical and/or appropriate museological methodologies to a research question chosen by the student. REAL Area L Cornerstone WI
