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Art History
Department of Art & Art History, College of Arts and Science

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*ARTH 317.6
Art of the 17th and 18th Centuries
1&2(3L/S)
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121 or HIST 226.

Baroque, "Baroque Classicism" and Rococo in Italy, France, Holland, Germany, England and Spain will be discussed.

*Denotes courses with a date of 1800 or earlier.

ARTH 319.6
Studies in 19th Century Visual Culture
1&2(3L/S)
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121.

Investigates 19th Century visual culture in Western Europe and North America. Examines the social production and consumption of visual culture, addressing issues of race, gender, sexuality and class. Issues of historiography will also be considered.

ARTH 322.6
Picturing the West: Representing the American and Canadian Frontiers, 1820-1940
1&2(1.5L-1.5S)
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121.

An examination of the ways the West was represented in visual culture during the period of colonial exploration and settlement. Photography, film, wild west events, painting, mapping and responses of First Peoples will be studied in the context of issues of race, gender and class.

ARTH 323.3
European Colonialism in the Visual Arts 1880-1920
1/2(3S)
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121.

Examines how visual culture played a central role in legitimizing European colonial expansion of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Photography, painting, popular prints, postcards, world fairs, and the urban planning of colonial cities will be studied. Anti-colonial resistance will also be examined.

ARTH 324.3
Early 20th-Century Studies in Art and Architecture 1900-1918
1/2(3L/S)
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121.

A study of visual culture and architecture in Europe and North America from 1900 to the end of World War I. Issues concerning art institutions, gender, class and the impact of modernism will be studied.

Note: Students with credit for ART 320 may not take this course for credit.

ARTH 325.3
Early 20th-Century Studies in Art and Architecture 1918-1940
1/2(3L/S)
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121.

A study of visual culture and architecture in Europe and North America from 1918 to World War II. Issues concerning art institutions, nationalism, gender, class and the impact of modernism will be studied.

Note: Students with credit for ART 320 may not take this course for credit.

ARTH 326.3
Studies in Photographic History 1830-1920
1/2(3L/S)
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121.

An introduction to the study of photography from the earliest experiments to 1920. Areas include photographic theory, art photography and commercial production. Special emphasis will be placed on photography in a Canadian context.

Note: Students with credit for ART 321 may not take this course for credit.

ARTH 328.3
Studies in Photographic History 1920 to the Present
1/2(3L/S)
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121.

An introduction to the study of photography from 1920 to current practices. Areas include recent critical debates, commercial production and the impact of new technologies. Special emphasis will be placed on photography in a Canadian context.

Note: Students with credit for ART 320 may not take this course for credit.

ARTH 352.3
Digital Culture and the Art of the Internet
2 (3S)
Prerequisite(s): 12 credit units of Art History including ARTH 120 or ART 121.

A seminar course of directed studies which focus on the impact of the Internet, the computer, and distance technologies upon the production and consumption of visual culture since the 1970s.

Note: While there is no required text book, course participants will be asked to purchase a "course pack" for about $30.

*ARTH 406.6
Renaissance Studies
1&2(3S)
Prerequisite(s): 12 credit units in history or art history, including either ARTH 120 and 121 or HIST 225.

A detailed investigation of the works of one of the following: Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Dürer, Titian, Michelangelo. The Renaissance as a concept in the history of style will receive special emphasis.

*Denotes courses with a date of 1800 or earlier.


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