The Courses
(All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise noted.)
The 100-level courses are introductory surveys intended primarily for first-year students, although they may be taken at the sophomore level or above.
The 300-level courses (ART-HIST 302-355) are the immediate continuation of the introductory courses for students at the sophomore level and above. They offer a more detailed survey of the art and architecture of a particular period.
The Topical and Special Topics Courses (ART-HIST 381-397) offer the more advanced student the opportunity to explore select problems in greater detail. Qualified undergraduates also may enroll in 600-level or 700-level graduate seminars. These, as well as the Special Topics courses, vary from semester to semester; detailed descriptions are available in the History of Art and Architecture Office, W301 South College.
100 Survey of Art: Ancient-Medieval Art (AT DG) (4 cr) (1st sem)
100H Survey of Art: Ancient-Medieval Art (AT DG) (4 cr) (1st sem)
110 Survey of Art: Renaissance-Modern Art (AT DG) (4 cr ) (2nd sem)
110H Survey of Art: Renaissance-Modern Art (AT DG) (4 cr) (2nd sem)
115 Visual Arts, Artists, and Cultures: An Introduction to Looking (AT DG) (4 cr)
116 Art and Visual Culture of East Asia (AT DG) (4 cr)
118 History of Architecture and the Built Environment (AT DG) (4 cr)
213 Venice: Art, History, and Environment (AT) (4 cr)
298 Practicum: Introduction to Art Museum Studies (1-3 cr)
302 Evaluating Greek Art: Ancient Culture, Scientific Technology and Modern Politics
303 Roman Art: Politics, Identity and Portraiture
305 Early Medieval Art
307 Romanesque and Gothic Art
308 Medieval Painting
310 Art and the City-State in Early Renaissance Italy
313 High Renaissance Art and Mannerism in Italy
314 The Baroque Artist in Italy
323 European Art 1780-1880
324 Modern Art 1880 to Present (AT DG) (4 cr)
327 Contemporary Art
328 Arts of the Americas to 1860
329 Latin American and U.S. Latinx Art, 1800-Present
334 History of Decorative Arts
335 History of Photography
342 19th-Century Architecture: Reform, History and Technology
343 20th-Century Architecture: Socialism, Capitalism and Globalization
345 Architecture Now
347 History of Islamic Art and Architecture I
348 History of Islamic Art and Architecture II
354 Art of Buddhism
355 Chinese Painting
370 Junior Year Writing
388 Special Topics in Asian Art
391A Seminar: Drawing in Contemporary Art
391B Seminar: Death in the Roman World
391C Seminar: Caravaggio
391E Seminar: Craft and Design in Japan
391M Seminar: Global 1950s: Beyond Abstract Expressionism
391N Seminar: Interiors
391P Seminar: Identity Politics and Art: 1960s to Today
391R Seminar: Visual Legacies of Colonialism
392M Seminar: Medieval Art of the Book
397A Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
397B Special Topics: Biology and Art
397C Nineteenth Century Art: Modernizing Sculpture, Canova to Duchamp
397F Special Topics: Art and Literature in Renaissance Florence
397P Special Topics: The Portrait in Medieval Europe
397R Special Topics: Women in Architecture
397V Special Topics: Vexed Antiquities: Introduction to Challenges of Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century
397W The Oriental Carpet in East and West
397X Special Topics in American Art
398 Practicum: Careers in Art History (1 cr)
415 Methods of Art History (IE)
498Y Practicum: The Digital Art Historian (2 cr)