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Introduction to Afro-American Art is a historical survey examining the evolution of African American art from African heritage to the 1970s.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Requirements include one midterm with slide identification, three short reading summaries, and two longer analysis papers, with reading responses taking longer than expected.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Explores fundamental knowledge, theories, and methods in the transdisciplinary field of Visual Cultures.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleARTHIST 202 examines European and North American arts from the Renaissance to the present, analyzing masterpieces and their cultural contexts.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The course requires significant memorization and includes two tests, two essays, and a virtual exhibit. Reviewers note that the discussion section is mandatory but less valuable, and essay clarity is important.
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Fall 2023–Fall 2025ARTHIST 227: THE MODERNIST REVOLUTION covers the emergence and development of modernism in the visual arts from 1880 to 1970.
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Spring 2025–Spring 2025 · limited sampleExplore ancient Greek life and imagination through painted pottery imagery, mythology, and everyday subjects using the Chazen Museum collection.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2024 · limited sampleARTHIST 303 surveys arts and visual culture across different regions, periods, and cultures based on the specific topic selected.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Examines Western European art and architecture from 1000 to 1350, focusing on connections to theology, ritual, and courtly culture.
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Fall 2023–Fall 2023 · limited sampleARTHIST 350 covers the history of European painting from 1800 to 1900.
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The course is described as easy if students read the textbook and attend lectures, though one review notes it is challenging.
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Spring 2023–Fall 2024 · limited sampleARTHIST 403 is a variable topics course in art history.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2025 · limited sampleARTHIST 411 examines special topics in Asian art across South, East, Southeast, and Central Asia.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleExamines cultural and historical forces shaping arts of specific peoples or sites in Africa and the African Americas.
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Spring 2025–Spring 2025 · limited sampleCovers major developments in global visual art from the 1960s to the present.
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Fall 2025–Fall 2025 · limited sampleARTHIST 500 is a proseminar covering advanced, variable topics in Art History across diverse media, geographies, and cultures.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleThis course covers advanced topics in Ancient Art History through a seminar-style format.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2024 · limited sampleARTHIST 567 is a seminar-style course covering advanced topics in American Architecture.
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Advanced topics in Chinese Art History taught in a seminar-style format.
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ARTHIST 600 is a variable-topic course in art history covering diverse media, geographies, cultures, and time frames.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleARTHIST 603 is a Curatorial Studies Colloquium exploring theoretical and practical curatorial strategies, exhibition design, and audience engagement across diverse media.
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ARTHIST 681 is a mentored individual research course for students completing a thesis in an Honors program.
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ARTHIST 682 is a mentored individual research course for students completing a thesis in an Honors program.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleARTHIST 691 is a senior thesis course involving mentored individual research and study.
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ARTHIST 692 is a mentored individual research and study course for students completing a senior thesis.
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An undergraduate internship providing applied learning in museums and curatorial settings with substantial research components.
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ARTHIST 699 is a directed study course for advanced projects arranged with a faculty member.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleARTHIST 701 is a graduate practicum focusing on critical analysis, research methods, and historiography in art history, including source work in the Elvehjem collection.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2024 · limited sampleARTHIST 707 covers topics in specific aspects of 19th-century visual culture.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleARTHIST 715 explores various themes in the art, architecture, and visual culture of medieval Europe and the Mediterranean.
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ARTHIST 775 is a graduate-level course covering topics in Japanese art history.
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ARTHIST 776 is a graduate-level course covering topics in Chinese Art History.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleARTHIST 779 covers topics in the architecture and urbanism of Asia.
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