Spring 2027

The Body, Sex, & Health in Art

Examines cultural representations of health, sex, disease, medicine, and death across various art forms, emphasizing how race, gender, and disability shape depictions of the body from ancient times to the present.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Nancy Marshall4.3/5

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.57 GPA, 81.9% A/AB (n=238 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.68 GPA, 87.8% A/AB (n=181 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Visual Analysis: Understand and apply formal analysis method of interpreting artwork, based on visually analyzing medium, form, color, and other material elements

  • Communication, oral: Contribute in informed and supportive ways to group discussion about artworks and articles

  • Communication, written: Compose short essays in proper expository prose style supporting an original thesis

  • Critical Thinking: Analyze essays in art history to identify the argument, defend or disagree with it, then apply it

  • Historical and Cultural Understanding: Identify and explain socio-historical reasons for different cultures’ arts

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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ARTHIST 107

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Professors

Spring 2027

Nancy Marshall

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Raw average: 4.58/5 from 55 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.57 GPA, 81.9% A/AB (n=238 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.68 GPA, 87.8% A/AB (n=181 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

NANCY R MARSHALL is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 150
DIS 320Classroom Instruction0 / 00
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 1800
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 150
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 150
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 150
DIS 305Classroom Instruction0 / 150
DIS 306Classroom Instruction0 / 150
DIS 307Classroom Instruction0 / 150
DIS 308Classroom Instruction0 / 150
DIS 309Classroom Instruction0 / 150
DIS 310Classroom Instruction0 / 150
DIS 311Classroom Instruction0 / 150
DIS 312Classroom Instruction0 / 150

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.57 GPA, 81.9% A/AB (n=238 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.68 GPA, 87.8% A/AB (n=181 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Cultural representations of health, sex, disease, medicine, and death.
  • Diverse art forms including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and performance.
  • The influence of race, gender, and disability on body representations.
  • Global perspectives including Europe, Asia, Africa, the Islamic World, and the US.
  • Historical timeline from antiquity to the modern era, with a focus on recent centuries.

Skills

  • Visual interpretation and formal analysis of artwork, including medium, form, and color.
  • Composing short expository essays with an original thesis.
  • Analyzing art history arguments to identify, evaluate, and apply them.
  • Identifying and explaining socio-historical contexts for artistic production.

Grades

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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ARTHIST 107 · Spring 2027

The Body, Sex, & Health in Art

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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