History of Art (ARTH)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

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ARTH 1141
FWS: Who Owns Culture? Propaganda, Theft, Museums & Heritage Wars

Why do people care about art and history? And how do people use public displays of art for political purposes?  These questions will frame our investigations into "heritage policy," in which the arts' ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17265 ARTH 1141   SEM 101

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ARTH 2000
Introduction to Visual Studies

Provides a broad introduction of modes of vision and the historical impact of visual images, visual structures, and visual space on culture, communication, and politics. The question of "how we see" is ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2000, COML 2000, VISST 2000

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5605 ARTH 2000   LEC 001

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ARTH 2019
Thinking Surrealisms

Borrowing its title from a formulation of Marxist philosopher Ernst Bloch, and beginning from the "forays of demoralization" instigated by the Dadas, who bequeathed to surrealism the precious ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 2200, VISST 2190

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16525 ARTH 2019   SEM 101

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ARTH 2101
Indigenous Ingenuities as Living Networks

This course explores Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) knowledge and its application across the disciplines and through time. In particular, it offers a glimpse into Cornell's local indigenous culture ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIS 2100, AMST 2108

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17721 ARTH 2101   LEC 001

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ARTH 2200
Introduction to Art History: The Classical World in 24 Objects

This course is an overview of the art and archaeology of Greek and Roman world, covering the artistic production of the ancient Greeks from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period, and the art of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARKEO 2700, CLASS 2700

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8774 ARTH 2200   LEC 001

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  •  9017 ARTH 2200   DIS 201

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  •  9018 ARTH 2200   DIS 202

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ARTH 2550
Introduction to Art History: Latin American Art

This course is designed to introduce students to Latin American art from the pre-Columbian period to the present. It will cover the arts of ancient civilizations including the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Moche, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 2050

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16755 ARTH 2550   LEC 001

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ARTH 2600
Introduction to Art History: The Modern Era

Considers modern art in a historical and cultural context, from painting associated with the French Revolution through American pop art. The emphasis is on major movements and artists: Neo-Classicism (David), ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8422 ARTH 2600   LEC 001

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  •  8424 ARTH 2600   DIS 202

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  •  8425 ARTH 2600   DIS 203

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  •  8426 ARTH 2600   DIS 204

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  •  8427 ARTH 2600   DIS 205

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  • 16449 ARTH 2600   DIS 207

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  •  8428 ARTH 2600   DIS 208

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ARTH 3010
Photography and the American Dream

Who are 'the poor' in the United States? Who are the largest recipients of federal welfare and entitlement spending? Why is there an unprecedented simultaneous increase in wealth and poverty in the United ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3010, VISST 3010

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17404 ARTH 3010   SEM 101

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ARTH 3270
Constantinople/Istanbul, 330-1566

Ancient Byzantion, rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, raised by his successors to be the capital of a "Byzantine" empire, object of desire for travelers and crusaders, crowning ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 15977 ARTH 3270   LEC 001

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ARTH 3420
Culture of the Later Renaissance

This course explores networks of culture and power that develop over the course of the sixteenth century, from the beginning of the Reformation to the Wars of Religion that swept through the continent.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16339 ARTH 3420   LEC 001

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  • 16340 ARTH 3420   DIS 201

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  • 16341 ARTH 3420   DIS 202

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  • 16342 ARTH 3420   DIS 203

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  • 16343 ARTH 3420   DIS 204

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ARTH 3740
Painting Nineteenth Century America

Art and everyday life in nineteenth and early-twentieth century America with emphasis on Anglo-European traditions. Considers democratic cultures and identities through topical units: the Peale family ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3740, VISST 3740

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7842 ARTH 3740   LEC 001

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ARTH 4160
Topics in Colonial Encounters

Topic for spring 2015: Art and Identity in Colonial Latin America view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • Topic: Art and Identity in Colonial Latin America

  • 16777 ARTH 4160   SEM 101

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ARTH 4171
19th Century Art and Culture

An examination and analysis of the major trends in art from Neoclassicism and Romanticism through Post Impressionism and the dawn of the twentieth century. Lectures and readings will concentrate on the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6824 ARTH 4171   SEM 180

  • Taught in Washington DC.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 4310
Methods in Medieval

Topic for spring 2015: Narratives of Medieval Art view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • Topic: Narratives of Medieval Art

  • 16504 ARTH 4310   SEM 101

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ARTH 4507
Topics in Contemporary Art

Topic for spring 2015: The Art Super Star and the Global Art Economy view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6507, VISST 4507

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: The Art Super Star and the Global Art Economy

  • 16476 ARTH 4507   SEM 101

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 4600
Studies in Modern Art

Topic for spring 2015: U.S. Art of the 1960's view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4610

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: US Art in the 1960's

  •  8778 ARTH 4600   SEM 101

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 4605
Art/Science Intersections: More than Meets the Eye

This interdisciplinary seminar capitalizes on the extraordinary loan of seventeenth-century Dutch paintings from a private collection to the Johnson Museum, and an ongoing Mellon Foundation initiative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6605, VISST 4605

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15984 ARTH 4605   SEM 101

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 4761
Art and Social Histories

Topic for spring 2015: Mass Culture in the Great Depression. This seminar explores public art and popular entertainments as the means for everyday people to politically engage or escape the Great Depression ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4306, VISST 4761

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Mass Culture & the Great Depression

  •  7857 ARTH 4761   SEM 101

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 4856
Producing Cloth Cultures

It is a fundamental part of human activity to dress or cover one's body and environment. While the symbolic significance of such clothing has long been recognized, the activity of producing fabric itself ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6856, VISST 4857

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16443 ARTH 4856   SEM 101

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 4956
Pygmalion: Aesthetics of Touch

"Please Do Not Touch" is one of the signs we are most accustomed to seeing in art museums, yet the very need to make this request demonstrates how objects often invite, seek, even demand that we transgress ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 4602, SHUM 4997, VISST 4956

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17029 ARTH 4956   SEM 101

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ARTH 4992
Independent Study

Individual investigation and discussion of special topics not covered in the regular course offerings, by arrangement with a member of the department. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7355 ARTH 4992   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7356 ARTH 4992   IND 602

    • TBA

    • Bernstock, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7357 ARTH 4992   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Dadi, I

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7358 ARTH 4992   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Fernandez, M

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7359 ARTH 4992   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Finley, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7360 ARTH 4992   IND 606

    • TBA

    • Hassan, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7361 ARTH 4992   IND 607

    • TBA

    • Lazzaro, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7362 ARTH 4992   IND 608

    • TBA

    • McGowan, K

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7363 ARTH 4992   IND 609

    • TBA

    • Meixner, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7364 ARTH 4992   IND 610

    • TBA

    • Rickard, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7453 ARTH 4992   IND 611

    • TBA

    • Pan, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7454 ARTH 4992   IND 612

    • TBA

    • Robinson, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  8430 ARTH 4992   IND 614

    • TBA

    • Cohen Suarez, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  8431 ARTH 4992   IND 615

    • TBA

    • Anderson, B

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  8432 ARTH 4992   IND 616

    • TBA

    • Pincus, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 4997
Honors Research

The prospective honors student does rigorous independent readings supervised by a selected thesis advisor. By the end of the semester, an annotated bibliography and detailed outline of the thesis should ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits S/U NoAud

  •  6819 ARTH 4997   RSC 701

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 4998
Honors Work I

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6820 ARTH 4998   IND 601

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    • TBA

    • Staff

ARTH 4999
Honors Work II

The student under faculty direction prepares a senior thesis. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6821 ARTH 4999   RSC 701

    • TBA

    • Alexandridis, A

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9477 ARTH 4999   RSC 702

    • TBA

    • Anderson, B

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17533 ARTH 4999   RSC 703

    • TBA

    • Meixner, L

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17534 ARTH 4999   RSC 704

    • TBA

    • McGowan, K

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17563 ARTH 4999   RSC 705

    • TBA

    • Cohen Suarez, A

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 5992
Supervised Reading

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7375 ARTH 5992   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Bernstock, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7376 ARTH 5992   IND 602

    • TBA

    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7377 ARTH 5992   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Dadi, I

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7378 ARTH 5992   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Fernandez, M

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7379 ARTH 5992   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Finley, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7380 ARTH 5992   IND 606

    • TBA

    • Hassan, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7381 ARTH 5992   IND 607

    • TBA

    • Lazzaro, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7382 ARTH 5992   IND 608

    • TBA

    • McGowan, K

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7383 ARTH 5992   IND 609

    • TBA

    • Meixner, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7384 ARTH 5992   IND 610

    • TBA

    • Rickard, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7455 ARTH 5992   IND 611

    • TBA

    • Pan, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7456 ARTH 5992   IND 612

    • TBA

    • Robinson, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8434 ARTH 5992   IND 614

    • TBA

    • Cohen Suarez, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8435 ARTH 5992   IND 615

    • TBA

    • Anderson, B

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8436 ARTH 5992   IND 616

    • TBA

    • Pincus, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 5994
Supervised Study

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7365 ARTH 5994   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7366 ARTH 5994   IND 602

    • TBA

    • Bernstock, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7367 ARTH 5994   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Dadi, I

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7368 ARTH 5994   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Fernandez, M

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7369 ARTH 5994   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Finley, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7370 ARTH 5994   IND 606

    • TBA

    • Hassan, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7371 ARTH 5994   IND 607

    • TBA

    • Lazzaro, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7372 ARTH 5994   IND 608

    • TBA

    • McGowan, K

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7373 ARTH 5994   IND 609

    • TBA

    • Meixner, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7374 ARTH 5994   IND 610

    • TBA

    • Rickard, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7461 ARTH 5994   IND 611

    • TBA

    • Pan, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7462 ARTH 5994   IND 612

    • TBA

    • Robinson, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7966 ARTH 5994   IND 613

    • TBA

    • Pincus, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8438 ARTH 5994   IND 615

    • TBA

    • Cohen Suarez, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8439 ARTH 5994   IND 616

    • TBA

    • Anderson, B

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 6160
Topics in Colonial Encounters

Topic for spring 2015: Art and Identity in Colonial Latin America view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • Topic: Art and Identity in Colonial Latin America

  • 16781 ARTH 6160   SEM 101

  •  

ARTH 6310
Methods in Medieval

Topic for spring 2015: Narratives of Medieval Art view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • Topic: Narratives of Medieval Art

  •  9046 ARTH 6310   SEM 101

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ARTH 6507
Topics in Contemporary Art

Topic for spring 2015: The Art Super Star and the Global Art Economy view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4507, VISST 4507

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: The Art Super Star and the Global Art Economy

  • 16478 ARTH 6507   SEM 101

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 6605
Art/Science Intersections: More than Meets the Eye

This interdisciplinary seminar capitalizes on the extraordinary loan of seventeenth-century Dutch paintings from a private collection to the Johnson Museum, and an ongoing Mellon Foundation initiative ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4605, VISST 4605

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15986 ARTH 6605   SEM 101

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 6856
Producing Cloth Cultures

It is a fundamental part of human activity to dress or cover one's body and environment. While the symbolic significance of such clothing has long been recognized, the activity of producing fabric itself ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4856, VISST 4857

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16445 ARTH 6856   SEM 101

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)