History of Art (ARTH)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

ARTH 2000

This course provides an introduction to modes of vision and the historical impact of visual images, visual structures, and visual space on culture, communication, and politics. It examines all aspects ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2000COML 2000VISST 2000

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3897 ARTH 2000   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6602 ARTH 2000   DIS 201

    • R Uris Hall 302
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6603 ARTH 2000   DIS 202

    • R Uris Hall 398
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6604 ARTH 2000   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6605 ARTH 2000   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6606 ARTH 2000   DIS 205

    • R Uris Hall G20
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6607 ARTH 2000   DIS 206

    • R Uris Hall G20
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7193 ARTH 2000   DIS 207

    • F White Hall 110
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7194 ARTH 2000   DIS 208

    • F White Hall 110
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 2355

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

  •  6926 ARTH 2355   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6927 ARTH 2355   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6928 ARTH 2355   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 2750

These seminars offer an introduction to the humanities by exploring historical, cultural, social, and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 2750SHUM 2750

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: The Afterlife of the Roman Landscape

  • 18755 ARTH 2750   SEM 102

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment preference will be given to students in the Humanities Scholars Program. See the Humanities Scholars Program website for the specific description of SHUM 2750, SEM 102, "Environmental Justice in Upstate NY." https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses

ARTH 3100

How did photography become the world's most dominant kind of visual representation?  This course investigates photography's scientific origins and complex relations to painting, portraiture, urban life, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6100

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17699 ARTH 3100   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 3111

Photography/Image Analysis/Graphic Design is a hands-on course devoted to the practical understanding of conception, production, and innovation in the photographic image world. Each unit of the course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18432 ARTH 3111   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 3225

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 3225ARTH 6225CLASS 3735

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17611 ARTH 3225   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 3625

This course takes a critical perspective on the centrality of Paris to canonical narratives of modernity and modern art and architecture. We will look both at some of the defining art movements of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6625SHUM 3625

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 17622 ARTH 3625   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 3850

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: ARTH 6850ASIAN 3350VISST 3696

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17624 ARTH 3850   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4305

A comparative and interdisciplinary seminar whose focus is the visual world created by the pan-Mediterranean (Iberian Peninsula, Maghreb, France, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and Persia) culture of "Courtly Love" ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6305NES 4795

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17729 ARTH 4305   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4351

Topic Spring 22: Spiral Relief Columns. In this seminar, we will consider the Roman medium of the spiral relief column (beginning with the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius) and its reception ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Spiral Relief Columns

  • 17754 ARTH 4351   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4630

Museum Histories considers current and ongoing crises in arts institutions (COVID, labor issues, underrepresentation of minorities, calls for restitution of wrongfully-acquired objects) in relation to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6630

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17812 ARTH 4630   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4720

During Europe's colonial era, the modern museum emerged as a site of cultural and scientific authority. This course investigates the history of imperial collections and collectors, with a focus on Britain ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19098 ARTH 4720   SEM 101

    • F Morrill Hall 423
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Ratcliff, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4816

China, a cultural giant of East Asia, made a passive entrance into modernity. With the advent of Western and American colonialism and imperialism, coupled with recent successes in westernization by the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7066 ARTH 4816   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4856

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
  • 17815 ARTH 4856   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4992

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

  •  5131 ARTH 4992   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5132 ARTH 4992   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Dadi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5133 ARTH 4992   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5134 ARTH 4992   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Finley, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5135 ARTH 4992   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Hassan, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5136 ARTH 4992   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Lazzaro, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5137 ARTH 4992   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5138 ARTH 4992   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5207 ARTH 4992   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5208 ARTH 4992   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5643 ARTH 4992   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Cohen-Aponte, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5644 ARTH 4992   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Anderson, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5645 ARTH 4992   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Presutti, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6138 ARTH 4992   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6283 ARTH 4992   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Johnson, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ARTH 4999

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6249 ARTH 4999   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6581 ARTH 4999   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7168 ARTH 4999   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Dadi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ARTH 5992

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

  •  5147 ARTH 5992   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5148 ARTH 5992   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Dadi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5149 ARTH 5992   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5150 ARTH 5992   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Finley, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5151 ARTH 5992   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Hassan, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5152 ARTH 5992   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Lazzaro, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5153 ARTH 5992   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5154 ARTH 5992   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5209 ARTH 5992   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5210 ARTH 5992   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5646 ARTH 5992   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Cohen-Aponte, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5647 ARTH 5992   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Anderson, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5648 ARTH 5992   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Pincus, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6136 ARTH 5992   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ARTH 5994

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

  •  5139 ARTH 5994   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

  • 20912 ARTH 5994   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Presutti, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5140 ARTH 5994   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Dadi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5141 ARTH 5994   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5142 ARTH 5994   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Finley, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5143 ARTH 5994   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Hassan, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5144 ARTH 5994   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Lazzaro, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5145 ARTH 5994   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5146 ARTH 5994   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5213 ARTH 5994   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5214 ARTH 5994   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5649 ARTH 5994   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Cohen-Aponte, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5650 ARTH 5994   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Anderson, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6137 ARTH 5994   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6284 ARTH 5994   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Johnson, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6324 ARTH 5994   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Samuels, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6739 ARTH 5994   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Anderson, B

      Van Oyen, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7250 ARTH 5994   IND 621

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Platt, V

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ARTH 6100

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3100

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18875 ARTH 6100   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6225

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 3225ARTH 3225CLASS 3735

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18938 ARTH 6225   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6305

A comparative and interdisciplinary seminar whose focus is the visual world created by the pan-Mediterranean (Iberian Peninsula, Maghreb, France, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and Persia) culture of "Courtly Love" ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4305NES 4795

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17735 ARTH 6305   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6351

Seminar topics rotate each semester. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Spiral Relief Columns

  • 17777 ARTH 6351   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6625

This course takes a critical perspective on the centrality of Paris to canonical narratives of modernity and modern art and architecture. We will look both at some of the defining art movements of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3625SHUM 3625

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17623 ARTH 6625   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6630

Museum Histories considers current and ongoing crises in arts institutions (COVID, labor issues, underrepresentation of minorities, calls for restitution of wrongfully-acquired objects) in relation to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4630

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17813 ARTH 6630   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6720

For description, see STS 4634.  view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19272 ARTH 6720   SEM 101

    • F Morrill Hall 423
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Ratcliff, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6816

China, a cultural giant of East Asia, made a passive entrance into modernity. With the advent of Western and American colonialism and imperialism, coupled with recent successes in westernization by the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7068 ARTH 6816   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6850

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3850ASIAN 3350VISST 3696

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 18869 ARTH 6850   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6856

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
  • 17817 ARTH 6856   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person