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009. Survey of Western Art (3 credits)
This course's goal is the development of critical tools for analyzing
works of art and architecture in the context of the major movements in Western art
from antiquity to the present. Works of art and architecture in the Washington
area will be emphasized. Expressly designed
for non-majors, no prerequisites.
Professor Marina.
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101. Introduction to Art History I (3 credits)
This course surveys major monuments of Western Art from the birth
of representational art in the Stone Age up to the thirteenth century. It
focuses on the artistic production of the ancient and medieval
civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean basin.
Fall 2005.
Professor Marina
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102. Introduction to Art History II: Renaissance to Modern
Art (3 credits)
This course surveys major achievements in pictorial art,
sculpture and architecture from the early Renaissance to
the twentieth century. Students will develop skills in analyzing
and interpreting original works of art. They will also learn
basic art-historical vocabulary and become familiar with
the concerns of the discipline, both traditional and more
recent.
Spring 2003
Professor Tilney
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103. Survey of Western Architecture (3 credits)
This course examines major examples of monumental, rather than
vernacular, architecture from antiquity to the present,
beginning with the architectural and urbanistic achievements of the ancient
Egyptians. Students acquire familiarity with the major period styles
and the visual and rhetorical tools to analyze and evaluate the built environment.
Professor Marina
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115. Medieval Art (3 credits)
This course explores the great variety of artistic production of the early
and central Middle Ages, approximately 300-1065. Its primary focus is Western
European art, with periodic forays into the Byzantine and Islamic worlds.
The development of new religious and state iconographies and the cross-pollination of artistic
ideas between media and geographic regions receive special attention. No prerequisite.
Fall 2005.
Professor Marina
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116. Later Medieval Art (3 credits)
This course examines the artistic production of the later Middle Ages,
approximately 1066-1400. Its primary focus is Western European art, with periodic forays into
the Byzantine and Islamic worlds. Pilgrimage arts and monastic patronage receive
special attention, as does the dramatic expansion in monumental architecture in this period.
No prerequisite.
Professor Marina
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120. Italian Renaissance Art (3 credits)
This course will examine Renaissance art and architecture
in Florence and Rome. It will consider the genesis of Renaissance
style in the work of Florentine masters of the Trecento,
the formation and development of the classical vocabulary
in Florence and Rome and the maturity of the classical style
in 15-16th C Rome.
No prerequisites.
Not offered 2005-06.
122. Art & Architecture of Medieval and Renaissance
Italy (3 credits)
This course will begin with a look at the Classical background,
and then move to the art of the Middle Ages to see what
the Renaissance wanted to revive, and what it felt it could
"improve" upon. This overview will also provide
the student with the language necessary to discuss works
of art, particularly the technical vocabulary of architecture.
The survey of the works of the major artists of the period
will be considered in their political, cultural and historical
context concluding with Leonardo da Vinci whose work takes
us over the threshold from the Early to the High Renaissance.
This course is taught at Villa le Balze, Georgetown's program
in Florence, Italy.
Professor Reynolds
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125. High Renaissance Art in Italy (3 credits)
This course will examine Renaissance architecture, sculpture
and painting in Florence, Rome and Venice. The
works of major artists and architects of the High Renaissance--Leonardo,
Michelangelo, Raphael and Bramante--will be treated fully.
The classical style in Venice, a parallel phenomenon, will
also be considered through the works of Giorgione and Titian.
Some classes will meet at the National Gallery of Art.
No prerequisites.
Spring 2006
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126. Patronage in Renaissance Italy (3 credits)
This course focuses on the different forms of patronage
in Italy from the 14th to the 16th centuries: religious,
private, civic, princely and papal. We will consider the
differences between the conditions in civic centers such
as Siena and Florence and the courtly centers of Mantua,
Ferrara, and Urbino. The courtly patronage of the Medici
in Florence is also considered. We will discuss the circumstances
under which the work of art was produced, its original placement,
its iconography (both political and religious) and the impact
(or not) of the patron on the artists' styles. There are
guided study tours.
This course is taught at Villa le Balze, Georgetown's program
in Florence, Italy.
Professor Reynolds
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130. Baroque Art (3 credits)
This course will survey the painting, sculpture, and architecture
of the seventeenth century in Europe. International currents,
such as the influence of Caravaggio throughout Europe, as
well as distinctly national styles, such as that of Holland,
will be examined. Artists to be studied include: Caravaggio,
Bernini, Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Velasquez. Students
will be encouraged to develop a critical approach to original
works of art, as well as an understanding of their meaning
and the context in which they were created. Class meetings
at the National Gallery will introduce students to original
works by many of the principal painters of the period.
No prerequisites.
Fall 2005
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134. Northern Baroque Art (3 credits)
This course will examine Northern European art of the 17th
C. The class will study the achievements of the leading
painters in Holland, Flanders and France such as Rembrandt
van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, Peter Paul Rubens and Nicolas
Poussin and the cultural, historical and economic contexts
in which they worked. In addition, we will consider the
development of various categories of subjects including
landscape, genre, still life and portrait painting. The
class will visit the National Gallery during the semester.
No prerequisite.
Not offered 2005-06.
Professor Tilney
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140. Modern Art (3 credits)
This course traces the key steps in the development of modern
art in Europe and America from its roots in the 19th century
to the present. Important movements to be examined are:
Realism, Impressionism, Symbolism, Expressionism, Cubism,
Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art and a variety
of contemporary trends. We will visit the National Gallery
of Art to study paintings and sculptures in the original.
Fall 2005, Spring 2006.
Professor Prelinger
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141. American Art (3 credits)
We will study artistic traditions in America from the Colonial
period to the twentieth century, examining characteristic
themes and stylistic developments in their historical contexts.
This course is a survey of movements such as Neo-Classicism,
Naturalism, Modernism, Regionalism, Impressionism, Realism,
Abstract Expressionism, Pop, Post-Modernism. What makes
American art uniquely American? What roles has the artist
played in society from the colonial period to modern times?
We will discuss the ambivalence of American culture in relation
to European culture. Trips to local museums will be required.
(Not offered 2005-06).
Professor Somma
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151. Modern American Art (3 credits)
We will study major artists in America from the 1890s through
the twentieth century, examining characteristic themes and
stylistic developments in their historical contexts. This
course is a survey of movements beginning with the Ash Can
School, Modernism, Regionalism, Impressionism, Realism,
Abstract Expressionism, Pop, Post-Modernism. We will discuss
the ambivalence of American culture in relation to European
culture. Trips to local museums will be required.
Summer 2006.
Professor Somma
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152. American Architecture of the 19th and 20th Centuries
(3 credits)
This course traces the development of modern architecture
in the United States by concentrating on the work of major
figures such as H . H. Richardson, Louis Sullivan, Frank
Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, Louis Kahn,
and Robert Venturi. The major issues to be explored are:
the relationship of new technologies to new building types;
city planning; tradition vs. innovation; regional vs. international
influences; Post-Modernism and revival of historical concerns.
Spring 2006.
Professor Somma
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180. Materials and Methods (3 credits)
This course involves a technical investigation of the history
of painting. The course involves both lectures and "hands-on"
studio execution of copies. Includes research paper and
examinations of lecture material.
Spring 2003.
Professor Moody
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227. Gothic Art & Architecture (3 credits)
This course is devoted to Western European art and architecture from the
twelfth to fifteenth centuries. It emphasizes analysis of the new architectural
style that gave the period its name. In addition, it will examine the luxurious
sculptural and pictorial arts flourished in and
around princely and episcopal courts, including manuscript illumination,
stained glass, architectural sculpture, devotional art, and wall and
panel painting.
Professor Marina
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245. Nineteenth-Century Art (3 credits)
This course will explore the major currents in nineteenth-century
painting. It will focus on both the European and the American
experience. Starting from the end of the eighteenth century,
we will trace the debate between classic and romantic art
and look at romanticism not just in France (Delacroix, Gericault)
but in Germany and America. We will then investigate the
genesis of modernism as it developed in France at mid-century
with Gustave Courbet and study the impact of the avant-garde
as it took shape in Europe. The course will examine topics
such as socially-engaged art, visionary painting and will
touch briefly upon Impressionism
and Post-Impressionism. It will culminate with a discussion
of the late nineteenth-century movement of Symbolism, as
seen in the work of artists such as van Gogh, Gauguin,
and Edvard Munch. There will be trips to the National Gallery
and other relevant museums to study works of art in the
original.
Fall 2005.
Professor Prelinger
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285/385. Art Confronting Difference (3 credits)
Difficult Art includes works that transgress conventional
expectations of art. Treating a broad span of history and
a variety of cultures, the course allows students to focus
on issues that may challenge common preferences or assumptions.
Fall 2002..
Professor Hilton
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300 level. Art History Seminars: Special Topics
Courses for advanced art history majors and minors (and
other students by permission) on specially selected subjects.
Recently offered seminars include: Cultural Cannibalism
(305), Art of the 21st C (364), Women Artists and Social
Change (382), Art in the Age of Dante (315), Giotto and
Italian Art (316). Methodology
will be emphasized.
Enrollment limited.
Professors Hilton, Marina and Prelinger
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312. Art History Seminar: Romanticism (3 credits)
Spring 2006.
Professor Prelinger
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343. Art History Seminar: German Expressionism and the Weimar
Republic (3 credits)
This course examines the art historical milieu of Germany
between the World Wars.
Not offered 2005-06.
Professor Prelinger
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351. Art History Seminar: Twentieth Century Turning Points
Pre-requisites: 9 credits in art history or permission.
This seminar examines the evolution of modern art from the
viewpoint of key moments or turning-points that affected
the nature or art or our understanding of what art could
be. Topics include: the invention of cubism; the origins
of abstract art; and the first manifestations of conceptual
art. As contexts for such innovations we will identify historical
circumstances that had multi-faceted effects on art, such
as wars, the Great Depression, Civil Rights movements, and
the rise of global economies and forms of communication.
The course will re-examine traditional presentations of
20th century art (in major museums and texts) and discover
a variety of relationships between artistic innovations
and historical turning points.
Professor Hilton, Spring 2006
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353. Art History Seminar: Arts of Russia
(3 credits)
Emphasizing the interplay of visual and performing arts
in Russian culture, this seminar concentrates on the ways
in which the arts interact in specific historical contexts:
for example, art and music in the Russian Orthodox Church,
the complex blend of Russian and Western traditions in the
arts of the court and the Academy, and the issue of state
control of the arts in the Soviet period.
The course is intended for graduate and advanced undergraduate
students.
Prerequisite: one art history course or background
in Russian history, language or culture.
Spring 2006
Professor Hilton
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400. Art History Senior Colloquium (1 credit)
A one credit capstone course for senior majors and (with
permission) minors, the colloquium is designed to draw together
a variety of academic experiences; it will emphasize methodology,
theory, professional practice, and general issues in the
field of art history.
Spring 2006.
Professor Hilton and Prelinger
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480. Art History Research Workshop (3 credits)
Professor Hilton
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490. Senior Thesis Art History (3 credits)
For and restricted to senior majors who have completed substanital siminar research.
Permission of thesis sponsor and the chair
required.
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430. Directed Studies in Museum Fieldwork (3 credits)
Advanced students may pursue an internship at an art museum
under the supervision of a museum curator and a professor.
Permission of Professor and Chair required.
Fall and Spring. Staff
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