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UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE COURSES

ARTH 120 and 121 may be taken under Requirement 5 or 7 of Program Types A, B, C, and Requirement 1 of Program Type D.

For Art Studio courses see ART.

ARTH 120.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» Introduction to the History of Art I
1(3L)

An introduction to the history of western visual culture from Ancient Greece to the Renaissance. The principles of art historical study will be examined.

Note: Students with credit for ART 110 may not take this course for credit.

ARTH 121.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» Introduction to the History of Art II
2(3L)

An introduction to the history of western visual culture from the Renaissance to the present day. The principles of art historical study will be examined.

Note: Student's with credit for ART 110 may not take this course for credit.

ARTH 250.3
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» Introduction to Visual Culture
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121; or 6 credit units Art History, Studio Art or cognate courses; or permission of the department.

In a series of case studies, this class will explore a wide range of visual media including painting, photography, digital imaging, the internet, video, advertising, cinema, television and architecture to ask how and why visual technologies have become so central to contemporary everyday life.

ARTH 252.6
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» First People's Art History
1&2(3L)

A survey of the art of the First Peoples of North America from the precontact era to the present. Particular emphasis will be placed on artistic production after 1940.

ARTH 257.6
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» Introduction to Canadian Art History
1&2(3L/S)
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121, or a course in the areas of fine arts or humanities.

Offers a brief introduction to traditional Native Canadian art practices and a survey of Canadian visual culture from the earliest period of European settlement to the present day. The institutional, geographic and social locations of artistic production and consumption will be studied. Issues of race, ethnicity, gender and class will be addressed.

ARTH 260.3*
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» History and Theory of European Architecture 1400-1700
1/2(3L/S)
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121.

An introduction to the architecture of the European states and their colonies 1400 to 1700. The institutional, geographic and social locations of architectural production will be studied. Issues of power, nationalism, and class will be examined.

Note: Students with credit for ART 262 may not take this course for credit.

*Denotes courses with a date of 1800 or earlier.

ARTH 261.3*
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» History and Theory of European Architecture 1700-1900
1/2(3L/S)
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121.

An introduction to the architecture of the European states and their colonies 1700 to 1900. The institutional, geographic and social locations of architectural production will be studied. Issues of power, nationalism, and class will be examined.

Note: Students with credit for ART 262 may not take this course for credit.

*Denotes courses with a date of 1800 or earlier.

ARTH 305.6*
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» Art of the 15th Century
1&2(3L/S)
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121, or HIST 225.

A history of 15th-century European painting and sculpture both north and south of the Alps. Special emphasis will be placed on Leonardo da Vinci, and the formal and iconographic sources for major monuments will be considered in their historic contexts.

*Denotes courses with a date of 1800 or earlier.

ARTH 308.3* (Formerly 306)
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» Art of the High Renaissance and Reformation Era (1500-1550)
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121.

The High Renaissance, Mannerism, and other trends in European painting and sculpture will be considered in the context of the Reformation; special emphasis will be placed upon Raphael, Michelangelo, and Dürer.

*Denotes courses with a date of 1800 or earlier.

ARTH 309.3* (Formerly 306)
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session» Art of the Late Renaissance (1550-1600)
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121.

Artistic trends in the second half of the 16th century will be considered in the context of the Council of Trent; special emphasis will be placed upon Late Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, and the painters of the Medicean Studiolo.

*Denotes courses with a date of 1800 or earlier.


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