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ARTH 1158
FWS: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii

Buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE and rediscovered in the mid eighteenth century, Pompeii serves as an ideal model for the study of ancient Roman daily life and death.  The forums, baths, theaters, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17411 ARTH 1158   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

ARTH 1160
FWS: Dangerous Women

Upon viewing Carolee Schneemann's Fuses, fellow avant-garde filmmaker Jonas Mekas proclaimed it the film of the year, saying, "It is so gorgeous… so dangerous." While Fuses was censored as pornographic, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18100 ARTH 1160   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

ARTH 2000
Introduction to Visual Studies

This course will introduce you to the field of Visual Studies.  Visual Studies seeks to define and improve our visual relationship to nature and culture after the modern surge in technology and knowledge.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5899 ARTH 2000   LEC 001

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ARTH 2355
Introduction to Art History: Medieval Art and Culture

Survey lecture course covering the creation, encoding, and reception of Medieval (roughly AD 500-1500) European, Byzantine, and Islamic architecture, ornament, manuscripts, liturgical and luxury objects.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MEDVL 2355

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17283 ARTH 2355   LEC 001

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  • 17284 ARTH 2355   DIS 201

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  • 17285 ARTH 2355   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

  • 16173 ARTH 2550   LEC 001

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ARTH 2710
Roman Wall Painting

Some of our very best evidence for Roman art survives in the form of frescoes in Rome, Ostia and (especially) the area surrounding Pompeii. This course will take you through imperial palaces, rural villas, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 2710, CLASS 2710

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16162 ARTH 2710   SEM 101

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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, ART 3810, VISST 3010

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16937 ARTH 3010   SEM 101

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ARTH 3230
Iconography of Greek Myth

Myths are traditional tales. Their authority becomes apparent in that they were constantly adapted to changing social, political, cultural, etc. conditions. Although this seems to be a widely accepted ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 3130, CLASS 3727

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16181 ARTH 3230   LEC 001

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ARTH 3600
Contemporary Art: 1960-Present

This course discusses new art practices since the 1960s. Although numerous artistic experiments took place during the first half of the twentieth century, it was with the declining importance of modernist ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VISST 3600

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9137 ARTH 3600   LEC 001

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ARTH 3650
History and Theory of Digital Art

In this course students will examine the role of mechanical, electronic and digital technologies in the arts of the late 20th and early 21st centuries with emphasis on Europe and North America. Beginning ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: INFO 3660, VISST 3650

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 16178 ARTH 3650   LEC 001

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ARTH 3800
Introduction to the Arts of China

This course offers a survey of the art and culture of China, from the Neolithic period to the 20th century. We begin with an inquiry into the meaning of national boundaries and the controversy of the Han ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 3800, ASIAN 3383

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16175 ARTH 3800   LEC 001

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ARTH 3900
Bollywood and Beyond: South Asian Cinema

This course provides an introduction to selected key themes in cinema and the moving image from South Asia. The course investigates documentary, artistic, and commercial cinemas, focusing on concepts and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17171 ARTH 3900   SEM 101

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 4155
Topics in Latin American Art

Topic for spring 2017: Art and Politics in Latin America: From Revolution to Dissimulation view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • Topic: Art and Politics in Latin America: From Revolution

  • 17174 ARTH 4155   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

  •  6884 ARTH 4171   SEM 180

  • Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 4352
Medieval Cosmologies: Text, Image, and Music

Cosmology can be understood as the search for order in the universe, for an underlying logic that structures and renders intelligible the raw chaos of sensory experience. In this sense, the production ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17096 ARTH 4352   SEM 101

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ARTH 4451
The World on Paper: Early Modern Printmaking (1475-1798)

Printmaking in early modern Europe ushered in a revolution in the production and perception of images, relatively cheap and available to a wide public. What kinds of images emerged, and what purposes did ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6451, VISST 4451

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 17134 ARTH 4451   SEM 101

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ARTH 4517
Saving Synagogues: Architecture, Historic Preservation and Communication

For almost two thousand years the synagogue has been the focal point of Jewish life and identity. It has been the most prominent of Jewish buildings, for Jews and non-Jews. Thousands of synagogues have ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16649 ARTH 4517   SEM 101

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ARTH 4601
Space, Gender, Body in Early Modern Art

The body is a universal. How we construct our understandings of it is not. In this class we will investigate conceptions and treatment of the early-modern body (1400-1700) mainly in Europe with excursions ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16194 ARTH 4601   SEM 101

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ARTH 4771
Indigenous Art, Film, and New Media: Anti-Colonial Strategies

This course examines Indigenous art, new media and film from three distinct interrelated perspectives of aesthetics/theory, technology and history/culture. The relationship between technology and tradition ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17218 ARTH 4771   SEM 101

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ARTH 4818
Exhibition Seminar

Public display of art objects and artifacts involves more than just artistic presentations. How is the title selected? What (whose) works are included? How are they displayed? How are they framed in the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17196 ARTH 4818   SEM 101

  •  

ARTH 4857
Biodiversity in Art: Unruly Passions in Collecting, Narrating and Creating

Consciousness of the world's diversity has historically been rooted to artistic endeavors and scientific exploration. Collecting, describing, narrating and ultimately creating of human, plant, and animal ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16184 ARTH 4857   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

  •  7388 ARTH 4992   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7390 ARTH 4992   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Dadi, I

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7391 ARTH 4992   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Fernandez, M

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7392 ARTH 4992   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Finley, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7393 ARTH 4992   IND 606

    • TBA

    • Hassan, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7394 ARTH 4992   IND 607

    • TBA

    • Lazzaro, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7395 ARTH 4992   IND 608

    • TBA

    • McGowan, K

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7397 ARTH 4992   IND 610

    • TBA

    • Rickard, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7483 ARTH 4992   IND 611

    • TBA

    • Pan, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7484 ARTH 4992   IND 612

    • TBA

    • Robinson, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  8211 ARTH 4992   IND 614

    • TBA

    • Cohen-Aponte, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  8212 ARTH 4992   IND 615

    • TBA

    • Anderson, B

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  8213 ARTH 4992   IND 616

    • TBA

    • Pincus, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  9634 ARTH 4992   IND 617

    • TBA

    • Moisey, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  • 18173 ARTH 4992   IND 618

    • TBA

    • Johnson, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

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

  • 17214 ARTH 4999   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Samuels, S

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 5992
Supervised Reading

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 Stdnt Opt

  •  7409 ARTH 5992   IND 602

    • TBA

    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7410 ARTH 5992   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Dadi, I

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7411 ARTH 5992   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Fernandez, M

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7412 ARTH 5992   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Finley, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7413 ARTH 5992   IND 606

    • TBA

    • Hassan, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7414 ARTH 5992   IND 607

    • TBA

    • Lazzaro, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7415 ARTH 5992   IND 608

    • TBA

    • McGowan, K

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7417 ARTH 5992   IND 610

    • TBA

    • Rickard, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7485 ARTH 5992   IND 611

    • TBA

    • Pan, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7486 ARTH 5992   IND 612

    • TBA

    • Robinson, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8214 ARTH 5992   IND 614

    • TBA

    • Cohen-Aponte, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8215 ARTH 5992   IND 615

    • TBA

    • Anderson, B

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8216 ARTH 5992   IND 616

    • TBA

    • Pincus, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9630 ARTH 5992   IND 617

    • TBA

    • Moisey, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 5994
Supervised 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 Stdnt Opt

  •  7398 ARTH 5994   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7400 ARTH 5994   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Dadi, I

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7401 ARTH 5994   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Fernandez, M

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7402 ARTH 5994   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Finley, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7403 ARTH 5994   IND 606

    • TBA

    • Hassan, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7404 ARTH 5994   IND 607

    • TBA

    • Lazzaro, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7405 ARTH 5994   IND 608

    • TBA

    • McGowan, K

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7407 ARTH 5994   IND 610

    • TBA

    • Rickard, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7491 ARTH 5994   IND 611

    • TBA

    • Pan, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7492 ARTH 5994   IND 612

    • TBA

    • Robinson, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7877 ARTH 5994   IND 613

    • TBA

    • Pincus, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8217 ARTH 5994   IND 615

    • TBA

    • Cohen-Aponte, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8218 ARTH 5994   IND 616

    • TBA

    • Anderson, B

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9631 ARTH 5994   IND 617

    • TBA

    • Moisey, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18174 ARTH 5994   IND 618

    • TBA

    • Johnson, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18619 ARTH 5994   IND 619

    • TBA

    • Samuels, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 6155
Topics in Latin American Art

Topic for spring 2017: Art and Politics in Latin America: From Revolution to Dissimulation view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • Topic: Art and Politics in Latin America: From Revolution

  • 17177 ARTH 6155   SEM 101

  •  

ARTH 6352
Medieval Cosmologies: Text, Image, and Music

Cosmology can be understood as the search for order in the universe, for an underlying logic that structures and renders intelligible the raw chaos of sensory experience. In this sense, the production ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • 17119 ARTH 6352   SEM 101

  •  

ARTH 6451
The World on Paper: Early Modern Printmaking (1475-1798)

Printmaking in early modern Europe ushered in a revolution in the production and perception of images, relatively cheap and available to a wide public. What kinds of images emerged, and what purposes did ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4451, VISST 4451

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 17135 ARTH 6451   SEM 101

  •  

ARTH 6517
Saving Synagogues: Architecture, Historic Preservation and Communication

For almost two thousand years the synagogue has been the focal point of Jewish life and identity. It has been the most prominent of Jewish buildings, for Jews and non-Jews. Thousands of synagogues have ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • 16654 ARTH 6517   SEM 101

  •  

ARTH 6601
Space, Gender, Body in Early Modern Art

The body is a universal. How we construct our understandings of it is not. In this class we will investigate conceptions and treatment of the early-modern body (1400-1700) mainly in Europe with excursions ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • 16197 ARTH 6601   SEM 101

  •  

ARTH 6734
The Ancient Senses

This course will take advantage of new scholarship on the history of the senses to explore Greek and Roman culture through the perceptual capacities of the body. We will examine ancient theories of embodiment ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 7734

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17616 ARTH 6734   SEM 101

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ARTH 6771
Indigenous Art, Film, and New Media: Anti-Colonial Strategies

This course examines Indigenous art, new media and film from three distinct interrelated perspectives of aesthetics/theory, technology and history/culture. The relationship between technology and tradition ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • 17554 ARTH 6771   SEM 101

  •  

ARTH 6818
Exhibition Seminar

Public display of art objects and artifacts involves more than just artistic presentations. How is the title selected? What (whose) works are included? How are they displayed? How are they framed in the ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • 17199 ARTH 6818   SEM 101

  •  

ARTH 6857
Biodiversity in Art: Unruly Passions in Collecting, Narrating and Creating

Consciousness of the world's diversity has historically been rooted to artistic endeavors and scientific exploration. Collecting, describing, narrating and ultimately creating of human, plant, and animal ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • 16185 ARTH 6857   SEM 101

  •  

ARTH 6900
Bollywood and Beyond: South Asian Cinema

This course provides an introduction to selected key themes in cinema and the moving image from South Asia. The course investigates documentary, artistic, and commercial cinemas, focusing on concepts and ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • 17172 ARTH 6900   SEM 101

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 6910
Vision in Theory

This course takes as its point of departure the foundational questions that have informed interdisciplinary inquiry into vision and visuality in recent decades: What is an image? How do images produce ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6142, GERST 6910

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16389 ARTH 6910   SEM 101

  •