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ARTH 1162
FWS: Constellations: Relating Image and Text

This seminar considers art and visual culture as sites through which we engage history, philosophy, and the world around us. From art objects to movies, book covers to social media we encounter images ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17655 ARTH 1162   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 1163
FWS: Origins of Photography

This course will allow freshmen to answer the question: from where, and how, did the idea evolve that one might catch a picture in a net, as one might catch not only a butterfly but the piece of sky in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17654 ARTH 1163   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.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2000, COML 2000, VISST 2000

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5426 ARTH 2000   LEC 001

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  • 17269 ARTH 2000   DIS 201

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  • 17270 ARTH 2000   DIS 202

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  • 17271 ARTH 2000   DIS 203

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  • 17272 ARTH 2000   DIS 204

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  • 17273 ARTH 2000   DIS 205

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  • 17274 ARTH 2000   DIS 206

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  • 18432 ARTH 2000   DIS 207

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  • 18433 ARTH 2000   DIS 208

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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

  •  9281 ARTH 2355   LEC 001

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  •  9282 ARTH 2355   DIS 201

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  •  9283 ARTH 2355   DIS 202

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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

  •  9071 ARTH 3010   SEM 101

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ARTH 3225
Archaic & Classical Greece

This lecture class centers on the formative periods of ancient Greek culture, the centuries from about 800-300 BCE. Its aim is to place Greece within the cosmopolitan networks of the Mediterranean and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 3225, CLASS 3735

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15661 ARTH 3225   LEC 001

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ARTH 3440
Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael, and their World

Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael transformed the art of their time. Leonardo was an extraordinary thinker, scientist, and engineer as well as artist. Michelangelo invented grandiose projects for ambitious ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VISST 3443

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15654 ARTH 3440   LEC 001

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ARTH 3565
Art & Architecture of Colonial Latin America

This course surveys the artistic and architectural traditions of Latin America during the period of Spanish colonial rule (ca. 1520s-1820s).  It will center on visual cultures of the viceroyalties of New ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 3565, VISST 3565

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15656 ARTH 3565   LEC 001

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ARTH 3651
Women in New Media Art

The work of women artists has been central to the development of new media art. These rich and varied practices include installation, virtual reality environments, net art, digital video, networked performance, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 3655, VISST 3651

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15659 ARTH 3651   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

  •  8683 ARTH 3800   LEC 001

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ARTH 3850
The Arts of Southeast Asia

The arts of Southeast Asia are studied in their social context, since in traditional societies creative processes are often mapped on the sequence of events that compose human lives. We will be looking ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3350, VISST 3696

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15909 ARTH 3850   LEC 001

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ARTH 3902
Curatorial Interventions

The intersectionality between the political landscapes of nation spaces, economic and political forces will be undertaken through curatorial practices for museums and the art market including international ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6902

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17074 ARTH 3902   SEM 101

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ARTH 4155
Topics in Latin American Art

This seminar will investigate question such, such as: How does the inclusion of technologically engaged practices in the history of Latin American art challenge our understanding of this art? Are there ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology

  •  9205 ARTH 4155   SEM 101

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ARTH 4160
Topics in Colonial Encounters

The colonial period in Latin America (circa 1521-1820s) witnessed the formation of one of the most diverse societies in the world.  Labor regimes, religious activities, marriage alliances, and commercial ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • Topic: Art and Identity in Colonial Latin America

  • 16952 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

  •  6372 ARTH 4171   SEM 180

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

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 4353
Corinth, An Ancient Metropolis

This traveling seminar explores the history and archaeology of one of the largest metropoleis of the ancient world. Straddling the Peloponnese and mainland Greece, Corinth was part of several empires. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17078 ARTH 4353   SEM 101

  • Field trip to Corinth during spring break. Dates TBD.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  • 18343 ARTH 4353   FLD 801

  • Taught in Corinth. Travel dated TBD.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 4558
Shaping Jewish Memory: Monuments, Memorials and Museums

This course examines how memory has been expressed in Jewish tradition in physical and spatial form, especially through the creation of commemorative objects, records, markers, monuments and museums. The ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16876 ARTH 4558   SEM 101

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ARTH 4606
Rembrandt: Flesh Paint Performance

Rembrandt was typical and exceptional in seventeenth-century Holland: typical because subject to the same market forces as others, and exceptional because he flouted that market, alienated patrons, innovating ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6606

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15705 ARTH 4606   SEM 101

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ARTH 4820
Art in Zen and Zen in Art

This course explores how the art of Zen (Chan) developed in China and was transmitted to Korea and Japan. It will also examine how ideas of Zen informed Western Modern art in both Europe and North America, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6820, ASIAN 4450, ASIAN 6650

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16520 ARTH 4820   SEM 101

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ARTH 4851
Performing Objects/Collecting Cultures

The twin phenomena of performing and collecting are as old as time, and both require an intense entanglement with things. This seminar examines the significance of objects and their related texts within ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16884 ARTH 4851   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

  •  6872 ARTH 4992   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6873 ARTH 4992   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Dadi, I

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6874 ARTH 4992   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Fernandez, M

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6875 ARTH 4992   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Finley, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6876 ARTH 4992   IND 606

    • TBA

    • Hassan, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6877 ARTH 4992   IND 607

    • TBA

    • Lazzaro, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6878 ARTH 4992   IND 608

    • TBA

    • McGowan, K

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6879 ARTH 4992   IND 610

    • TBA

    • Rickard, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6960 ARTH 4992   IND 611

    • TBA

    • Pan, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6961 ARTH 4992   IND 612

    • TBA

    • Robinson, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7614 ARTH 4992   IND 614

    • TBA

    • Cohen-Aponte, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7615 ARTH 4992   IND 615

    • TBA

    • Anderson, B

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7616 ARTH 4992   IND 616

    • TBA

    • Pincus, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  8421 ARTH 4992   IND 617

    • TBA

    • Moisey, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  9530 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

  •  9232 ARTH 4999   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Moisey, A

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17090 ARTH 4999   IND 602

  •  
    • TBA

    • Fernandez, M

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

  •  6888 ARTH 5992   IND 602

    • TBA

    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6889 ARTH 5992   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Dadi, I

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6890 ARTH 5992   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Fernandez, M

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6891 ARTH 5992   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Finley, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6892 ARTH 5992   IND 606

    • TBA

    • Hassan, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6893 ARTH 5992   IND 607

    • TBA

    • Lazzaro, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6894 ARTH 5992   IND 608

    • TBA

    • McGowan, K

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6895 ARTH 5992   IND 610

    • TBA

    • Rickard, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6962 ARTH 5992   IND 611

    • TBA

    • Pan, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6963 ARTH 5992   IND 612

    • TBA

    • Robinson, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7617 ARTH 5992   IND 614

    • TBA

    • Cohen-Aponte, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7618 ARTH 5992   IND 615

    • TBA

    • Anderson, B

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7619 ARTH 5992   IND 616

    • TBA

    • Pincus, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8418 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

  •  6880 ARTH 5994   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6881 ARTH 5994   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Dadi, I

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6882 ARTH 5994   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Fernandez, M

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6883 ARTH 5994   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Finley, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6884 ARTH 5994   IND 606

    • TBA

    • Hassan, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6885 ARTH 5994   IND 607

    • TBA

    • Lazzaro, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6886 ARTH 5994   IND 608

    • TBA

    • McGowan, K

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6887 ARTH 5994   IND 610

    • TBA

    • Rickard, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6968 ARTH 5994   IND 611

    • TBA

    • Pan, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6969 ARTH 5994   IND 612

    • TBA

    • Robinson, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7303 ARTH 5994   IND 613

    • TBA

    • Pincus, L

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7620 ARTH 5994   IND 615

    • TBA

    • Cohen-Aponte, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7621 ARTH 5994   IND 616

    • TBA

    • Anderson, B

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8419 ARTH 5994   IND 617

    • TBA

    • Moisey, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9531 ARTH 5994   IND 618

    • TBA

    • Johnson, C

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9665 ARTH 5994   IND 619

    • TBA

    • Samuels, S

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18764 ARTH 5994   IND 620

    • TBA

    • Anderson, B

      Van Oyen, A

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 6155
Topics in Latin American Art

This seminar will investigate question such, such as: How does the inclusion of technologically engaged practices in the history of Latin American art challenge our understanding of this art? Are there ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology

  •  9208 ARTH 6155   SEM 101

  •  

ARTH 6160
Topics in Colonial Encounters

The colonial period in Latin America (circa 1521-1820s) witnessed the formation of one of the most diverse societies in the world.  Labor regimes, religious activities, marriage alliances, and commercial ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • Topic: Art and Identity in Colonial Latin America

  • 16956 ARTH 6160   SEM 101

  •  

ARTH 6353
Corinth, An Ancient Metropolis

This traveling seminar explores the history and archaeology of one of the largest metropoleis of the ancient world. Straddling the Peloponnese and mainland Greece, Corinth was part of several empires. ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • 17084 ARTH 6353   SEM 101

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  • 18322 ARTH 6353   FLD 801

  • Taught in Corinth. Travel dates TBD.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ARTH 6558
Shaping Jewish Memory: Monuments, Memorials and Museums

This course examines how memory has been expressed in Jewish tradition in physical and spatial form, especially through the creation of commemorative objects, records, markers, monuments and museums. The ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • 16878 ARTH 6558   SEM 101

  •  

ARTH 6606
Rembrandt: Flesh Paint Performance

Rembrandt was typical and exceptional in seventeenth-century Holland: typical because subject to the same market forces as others, and exceptional because he flouted that market, alienated patrons, innovating ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4606

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15706 ARTH 6606   SEM 101

  •  

ARTH 6820
Art in Zen and Zen in Art

This course explores how the art of Zen (Chan) developed in China and was transmitted to Korea and Japan. It will also examine how ideas of Zen informed Western Modern art in both Europe and North America, ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4820, ASIAN 4450, ASIAN 6650

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16523 ARTH 6820   SEM 101

  •  

ARTH 6851
Performing Objects/Collecting Cultures

The twin phenomena of performing and collecting are as old as time, and both require an intense entanglement with things. This seminar examines the significance of objects and their related texts within ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • 16889 ARTH 6851   SEM 101

  •  

ARTH 6902
Curatorial Interventions

The intersectionality between the political landscapes of nation spaces, economic and political forces will be undertaken through curatorial practices for museums and the art market including international ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3902

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17075 ARTH 6902   SEM 101

  •