Art History | Course Atlas

Undergraduate Courses, Fall 2009

Last update: May 8, 2009.

ARTHIST 101: Art/Architecture, Prehistory to Renaissance
M/W 11:45 AM - 12:35 PM----------------------MAX: 150

Course Coordinator: Fletcher
Lecturers: Fletcher, Stone, Robins, Wescoat, Varner, Pastan, Campbell

Content: A general art history survey course focusing on the paintings, sculpture, and architecture of major civilizations including Ancient Egypt, the Ancient Americas, Greece, Rome, Byzantium and Islam, as well as that of Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance Europe. Two lectures and one small-group discussion meeting per week. Grading based on midterm and final exam, short response statements to some of the readings, a visual description and an analysis, and participation in discussion sections. Course is basic survey of art history but not a prerequisite for most period survey courses. NOTE: This course is managed by BLACKBOARD, the university-wide web container application.

Texts:

Stokstad, Art History, 3rd edition (new)
Pierce, Abacus to Zeus , 7th ed.
Readings on e-reserve.

Assessment: Either ARTHIST 101 or 102 may be applied to the major in Art History.

Pre-Requisites: None

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ARTHIST 104: Drawing I
TBA ---------------- M 6:00 – 9:00 PM --------------- MAX: 3

Content: Introduction to media, techniques, theory, and practice. This course explores and develops skills in representational drawing as a foundation for all disciplines, and as an art form in itself. Students will draw from a variety of subjects including the figure. Helpful to students wanting to put together a portfolio. Approximately $55.00-$75.00 for cost of materials.

Assessment: There will be class and sketchbook assignments. Evaluation will be based on class participation and attendance, growth of understanding, execution of assignments, completion of a sketchbook and a final portfolio. The three-hour class sessions will be complemented by outside assignments and individual consultation for the four credit hours in this course. Lab fee.

Pre-Requisites: None

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ARTHIST 105: Drawing & Painting I
TBA --------------- W 6:00 – 9 :00 PM ---------- MAX: 12 (3 seniors, 3 juniors, 3 sophomores, 3 freshmen)
Kjelgaard---------TuTh 1:00 – 3:00 PM --------- MAX: 12 (3 seniors, 3 juniors, 3 sophomores, 3 freshmen)

Content: Introduction to media, techniques, theory, and practice of drawing and painting. Students will develop skills through experimentation with a variety of techniques, and materials. Emphasis is placed on development of visual and aesthetic awareness. Suitable for beginners or intermediate students.

Assessment: There will be class and sketchbook assignments. Evaluation will be based on class participation and attendance, growth of understanding, execution of assignments, completion of a sketchbook and a final portfolio. The three-hour class session will be complemented by outside assignments and individual consultation for the four credit hours in this course. Materials expense approximately $100. Lab fee.

Pre-Requisites: None

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ARTHIST 106: Photography I
Francisco--------- MW 1:15 – 3:05 PM ---------- MAX: 12 (3 seniors, 3 juniors, 3 sophomores, 3 freshmen)
Francisco--------- TuTh 1:15 – 3:05 PM -------- MAX: 12 (3 seniors, 3 juniors, 3 sophomores, 3 freshmen)

Content: Introduction to media, techniques, theory, and practice. This course stresses both technical and aesthetic issues in photography. Students will learn to operate a camera, expose and develop film, make prints, and present their work. Visual awareness and sensitivity to communication through the photographic image is paramount. Student must have a 35mm camera with adjustable lens and shutter and 50mm lens preferred. A point and shoot or digital camera is not acceptable for this course.

Assessment: In lieu of final, student will prepare and present a portfolio of twenty images representing the best of all assignments. Grading for course is on participation, growth of understanding, mastery of technique and craft. Lab fee.

Pre-Requisites: None.

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ARTHIST 107: Film, Video, Photography 1
Brown-----------------Tu 6:30-9:30 PM--------MAX: 12 (3 seniors, 3 juniors, 3 sophomores, 3 freshmen)
Brown-----------------W 6:30-9:30 PM --------MAX: 12 (3 seniors, 3 juniors, 3 sophomores, 3 freshmen)

Content: Introduction to media techniques, theory, and practice. Students will learn still camera techniques and produce a color/sound media presentation. Students will produce several short video/film presentations related to the history and theory of film/video production. Hands-on camera editing classes will be augmented by film/video screenings that review the history of avant-garde film/video works.

Assessment: Problems in media technique and design will be assigned. Attendance and growth of understanding of techniques and aesthetics of photography/film/video will be considered in students' evaluations. Students are expected to have a 35mm adjustable camera. The three-hour class session will be complemented by weekly critique and individual consultation for the four credit hours in this course. Independent study is available to advanced students for variable credit. Lab fee.

Pre-Requisites: None.

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ARTHIST 108: Ceramics I
Kempler ------------- Tu 1:00 – 4:00 PM --------MAX: 12 ((3 seniors, 3 juniors, 3 sophomores, 3 freshmen)
Kempler ------------- W 9:00 – 12:00 PM --------MAX: 12 (3 seniors, 3 juniors, 3 sophomores, 3 freshmen)

Content: Introduction to media, techniques, theory, and practice of ceramic sculpture. This class explores ceramics as a medium of creative expression. Basic methods of hand building, glazing, and firing are taught. Creation of work of a personal and exploratory nature is emphasized.

Assessment: Grades will be based on weekly projects and on a substantial final project using various techniques. A minimum of four hours of studio work in addition to class time also required. Lab fee.

Pre-Requisites: None.

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ARTHIST 109: Sculpture I
Moore-------------- M 9:00 – 12:00 PM -----------MAX: 12 (3 seniors, 3 juniors, 3 sophomores, 3 freshmen)
Armstrong ------- W 1:00 AM – 4:00 PM --------MAX: 12 (3 seniors, 3 juniors, 3 sophomores, 3 freshmen)

Content: Introduction to media, techniques, theory, and practice. Various approaches to 3-D design are explored with particular sensitivity to sculptural concerns within the broader framework of contemporary art.

Assessment: Evaluation will be based on the development of each student through completion of projects and independent research. The three-hour class session will be complemented by outside assignments and individual consultation for the four credit hours in this course. Lab fee.

Pre-Requisites: None.

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ARTHIST 205R: Drawing and Painting II
Kjelgaard -------------- Tu 4:00 – 7:00 PM -------- MAX: 12

Content: Students with intermediate experience in drawing and painting will further develop and build on their skills. Emphasis will be placed on broadening the students’ acquaintance with visual elements and materials, modern and historical practices, and personal development. Independent projects will supplement in-class work.

Assessment: Grades will be based on class involvement, growth of understanding, execution of assignments and final portfolio. The three hour class session will be complemented by outside assignments and individual consultation for the four credit hours in this course. Cost of materials may vary depending upon the individual projects (approximately $100). Lab fee.

Pre-Requisites: ARTHIST 105.

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ARTHIST 206R: Photography II
Francisco ---------------- TuTh 3:15 – 5:05 PM --------------- MAX: 12

Content: Further training in camera techniques, film, exposure and development, print developers and toners, and presentation. Students will concentrate on aesthetic as well as technical issues related to photography.

Assessment: Class requires outside assignments and visits to galleries, museums and lectures outside of class time. Note: High school photography will not substitute for ARTHIST 106. Students must provide film, photo paper, mounting materials, and miscellaneous supplies. Supplies need not be purchased at once, but must be purchased. Lab fee.

Pre-Requisites: ARTHIST 106.

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ARTHIST 208R: Ceramics II
Kempler-------------- Tu 4:00 - 7:00 PM ------------- MAX: 8

Content: This course is designed for students with previous hands-building experience. Emphasis will be placed on exploring creative expression in clay, paying attention to the details of form and surface quality.

Assessment: Grades will be based on weekly projects and on a substantial final project using various techniques. A minimum of five hours of studio work in addition to class time also required. Lab fee.

Pre-Requisites: ARTHIST 108.

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ARTHIST 210: Contemporary Art Issues Workshop
Armstrong-------------- Th 1:00 - 4:00 PM ------------- MAX: 12

Content: This course is being offered only in the Fall, but not in Spring 2010. It is a requirement for the Art History/Visual Arts major.

Assessment: TBA

Pre-Requisites: TBA

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ARTHIST 222: The Art and Architecture of Ancient Rome
Crosslisted with Classics 222

Dickson --------------------- MWF 11:45 - 12:35 PM --------------------Max: 15

Content: Through the monuments and topography of ancient Rome we can trace the development of a world capital from a small cluster of houses on a hilltop into the artistic and political heart of the ancient Mediterranean world. The art and architecture have been studied for centuries and continue to be important because of their influences on subsequent generations of artists. This course is centered around a survey of Roman art from its early Italica origins through the Republican, Imperial, and Early Christian periods. At a basic level students will become acquainted with a variety of arts including, but not limited to, portraits, paintings, historical reliefs, gems, coins, triumphal arches, imperial fora, commemorative columns, and sarcophagi. In addition, we will study works of architecture both singly and as complexes paying particular attention to programs of design including both the structures themselves and the furnishings which would have completed them. On a more complex level we will consider themes such as portraiture as a political tool; the use of art to create a national identity and history; patronage; gender; social status; and power. Important recent developments including recent archaeological discoveries, techniques for recreating lost monuments, and the use of technology to aid our analysis of ancient art will also be covered. Finally, an integral part of this course will be placing these works of art and architecture into a social and historical context which will be aided by readings of ancient authors in translation. Students should come away from this course with a specific knowledge of important monuments and with a general sense of the ancient Roman Empire and its political and social history.

Texts: TBA

Assessment: At least one, 1-2 page critical synopsis; two midterm examinations; final paper/project; final examination. Other small written assignments, projects, or quizzes may be added as needed. Failure to complete any of the assignments will result in a failing grade for the course.

Pre-Requisites: None

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ARTHIST 225: Ancient Mesoamerican Art and Architecture
Crosslisted with LACS 270

Stone --------------------- MWF 12:50 - 1:40 PM --------------------Max: 20

Content: This introductory course covers the arts of the indigenous cultures of ancient Mexico and upper Central America from 1500 B.C. – A.D. 1550. Media include architecture, featherwork, textiles, ceramics, sculpture, jade, and metal. Cultures include: West Mexican, Olmec, Teotihuacan, Veracruz, Maya, Toltec, and Aztec, with an emphasis on the Maya and the Aztec. Original works of art in the Michael C. Carlos Museum will be featured.

Texts:

Mary Ellen Miller, Art of Mesoamerica from Olmec to Aztec, 4th ed.
Mary Ellen Miller, Maya Art and Architecture.
Richard F. Townsend, The Aztecs.

Assessment: Two short papers, three hourly exams.

Pre-Requisites: None

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ARTHIST 241: Northern Renaissance Art

Melion --------------------- MWF 9:35 - 10:25 AM --------------------Max: 25

Content: Innovations in painting, drawing, and prints of the Netherlands and Germany between 1400 and 1600; emphasis on methods of verisimilar imitation, on the secular and sacred functions of images, and on the rise of new pictorial genres. The second half of the course will be taught in conjunction with the exhibition "Scripture for the Eyes," opening at the Carlos Museum in mid-October.

Texts:

J. Snyder, L. Silver, and H. Luttikhuyzen, Northern Renaissance Art
C. Harbison, The Mirror of the Artist: Northern Renaissance Art
B. Lane, The Altar and the Altarpiece: Sacramental Themes in Early Netherlandish Painting
B. L. Rothstein, Sight and Spirituality in Early Netherlandish Painting
J. Clifton and W. S. Melion, Scripture for the Eyes: Bible Illustration in Netherlandish Prints of the Sixteenth Century

Assessment: Paper and two in-class exams.

Pre-Requisites: None, though ARTHIST 102 recommended.

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ARTHIST 252: European Painting, 1590-1789

McPhee --------------------- MWF 10:40 - 11:30 AM --------------------Max: 25

Content: This course will survey major works of painting and sculpture in seventeenth-century Italy,
France and Spain. We will consider the careers of artists such as Caravaggio, Bernini, Poussin and Velásquez and the patronage of private citizens, popes and kings. Throughout we will explore the interactions between artistic production and political, religious and scientific developments in seventeenth-century Europe.

Texts: TBA

Assessment:
Written Assignments:
I. Analysis of a work in the High Museum
II. Review of a scholarly book or article (3-5 typewritten pages)
Examinations:
I. Midterm consisting of slide identifications and comparisons based on works seen in class.
II. Final consisting of slide identifications and comparisons, and essays based on lectures and readings.

Pre-Requisites: TBA

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ARTHIST 275: Modern Architecture: 1880-1945
Rohrer -------------------- TuTh 1:00 - 2:15 PM --------------------Max: 25

Content: This course is an introduction to the history of architecture in the late 19th and early 20th century period--essentially a study of the modern movement and alternatives to it. We will consider not only architectural design and the built environment as they developed during this time, but also will study the theories and intentions which sustained and justified these cultural phenomena. We will further consider the specific socio-economic conditions which influenced their production. Also of importance to our exploration of the period will be critical response generated by these architectural developments, both in contemporary discourse and in subsequent studies.

Texts:

William J.R. Curtis, Modern Architecture Since 1900, Prentice-Hall, third edition, 1996
Kenneth Frampton, Modern Architecture: A Critical History, Thames & Hudson, third edition, 1992
Ulrich Conrads, Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-century Architecture, MIT Press, 1971

Assessment: There will be a midterm and a final examination, as well as a term paper of 10-12 pages.

Pre-Requisites: TBA

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ARTHIST/CL 329: ANCIENT GREEK SANCTUARIES
Wescoat -------------------- TuTh 2:30-3:45 --------------------Max: 15

Content: A large part of ancient Greek life was framed within a sacred context, but the gods were most emphatically honored and worshiped within sanctuaries, specially designated spaces dedicated to a particular god or gods. In this course we will examine the sacred spaces of ancient Greece, with particular emphasis on the early emergence of cult sites, on the diverse ritual practices and sacred festivals associated with different divinities, on the range and importance of votive dedications as religious offerings as well as works of art, and on the development of monumental architecture to meet the needs of ancient Greek worship. Our investigation will include the great Panhellenic sanctuaries at Olympia, Delphi, Isthmia, and Nemea, civic sanctuaries such as the sanctuary of Athena on the Akropolis in Athens, the Asiatic sanctuaries of Ephesos, Samos, and Didyma, the mystery cults of Demeter at Eleusis and the Great Gods on Samothrace, with the aim of exploring the role of Greek sanctuaries in the religious, social, and artistic culture of ancient Greece.

Texts: TBA

Assessment: One quiz, two exams, and a research paper. Grading based on written work and class participation.

Prerequisites: None.

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ARTHIST 305R: Drawing and Painting III
Kjelgaard ---------------- W 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ------------ MAX: 12

Content: This course builds on the information students have acquired at the 105 and 205 levels. In this course, students truly begin to develop their own expression and creative body of work. In addition, they continue to develop their skills and conceptual/aesthetic awareness.

Assessment: Students are expected to be highly motivated and capable of developing creative projects with advice from the instructor. Students are expected to devote a significant amount of time to their work beyond that required in class. Lab fee.

Pre-Requisites: ARTHIST 105, ARTHIST 205R or equivalent.

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ARTHIST 306R: Advanced Photography
Francisco---------------- W 6:00 – 9:00 PM ------------- MAX: 12

Particulars: Lab fee.

Assessment: TBA

Pre-Requisites: ARTHIST 106, ARTHIST 206.

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ARTHIST 308R: Ceramics III
Kempler ---------------- Tu 4:00 – 7:00 PM ----------- MAX: 8

Content: This course will provide an opportunity for those familiar with clay handbuilding techniques to further their individual ideas. It will focus on each student building their own personal artistic vocabulary. The process of this discovery will involve journaling, sketching and exercises in clay as well as slide lectures and group and individual discussions.

Particulars: Lab fee.

Assessment: TBA

Pre-Requisites: ARTHIST 108, ARTHIST 208. Prior ceramic experience is required.

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ARTHIST 329: Ancient Greek Sanctuaries
Wescoat------------- T/Th 2:30 – 3:45 PM -----------------Max: 25

Assessment: One quiz, two exams, and a research paper. Grading based on written work and class participation.

Pre-Requisites: None

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ARTHIST 345: The Formation of Islamic Art -- COURSE CANCELLED
Pastan------------- T/Th 10:00 – 11:15 AM-----------------Max: 20

Content: A survey of Islamic art and culture in its formative period from the seventh through the fourteenth centuries, beginning with a thorough exploration of the context in which Islam came into being by studying the rich traditions of Byzantine, Sassanian and Far Eastern civilizations. For the Islamic period, representative works will be examined from all media, including architecture, ceramics, metalwork, textiles and manuscripts. A major goal of the class will be to distinguish the unique characteristics of Islamic art despite its diverse sources and tremendous regional variations. Previous art history or Near Eastern studies experience desirable but not essential.

Texts:

Thomas Lippman, Understanding Islam
Oleg Grabar, Formation of Islamic Art
Reserve readings

Assessment: One quiz, one paper, two exams.

Pre-Requisites: TBA

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ARTHIST 363SWR: Literary and Visual Culture in Japan
Crosslisted with JPN363 and EAS 363
Crowley------------- MWF 2:00-2:50 PM-----------------Max: 6

Content: The goal of this course is to develop visual literacy in Japanese images and iconography. The course will begin with explorations of basic vocabulary and theory related to visual culture. We will then view examples of Japanese visual art from the 6th century to the present day, discussing ways to “read” paintings, picture scrolls, painted screens, sculpture, woodblock prints, theatrical performances, films, animated films, and comic books in the context of discussion of literary texts and aesthetic treatises contemporary to these works.

Texts: TBA

Assessment: TBA

Pre-Requisites: TBA

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ARTHIST 365: Postcolonial African Art
Crosslisted with AFS 389
Kasfir ------------- T/Th 11:30 – 12:45 PM-----------------Max: 10

Content: We will examine the sweeping changes which have characterized the African art of the past half century, beginning in the late colonial period of the 1950s. We approach this vast region of fifty-four countries by considering the major themes which crosscut all regions. These include the impact of 20thc colonization; the place of modernity in relation to tradition; urbanization and the emergence of a uniquely African form of popular art and culture; the introduction of European patronage into the colonial milieu; the transformation of formerly local or regional art forms into global commodities; the shifting identity of artists within these new systems of patronage and production; academic versus informal art training and the successes and failures associated with these as career paths; the postcolonial, transnational and national as regimes of value and as ideological positions.

Texts:

Chris Abani, Graceland, 2004.
Congo Chronicle: Patrice Lumumba in Urban Art
Flash Afrique! Photography from West Africa
Athol Fugard, Statements
S.L.Kasfir, Contemporary African Art
Simon Njami (ed.), Africa Remix : Contemporary Art of a Continent
Okwui Enwezor (ed.), The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa
1945-1994, In/sight: African Photographers from 1940 to the present
Clementine Deliss (ed.), Seven Stories About Modern Art in Africa
Susan Vogel (ed.), Africa Explores : 20th Century African Art
Others TBA

Assessment: Lecture and discussion format, with participation 20% of the grade; weekly reading response papers 30%, midterm exam 20%, research paper 30% (replaces final exam.)

Pre-Requisites: None

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ARTHIST 367: Visual Arts of the English-Speaking Caribbean
Chambers ------------- T/Th 1:00 – 12:15 PM-----------------Max: 25

Content: This class will look at the work of a fascinating group of modern and contemporary artists of African origin, with backgrounds in the Caribbean. Some of the practitioners still live and work in the islands of the region, such as Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad. Others, reflective of established patterns of migration and travel, have moved away from the Caribbean and are now living and working in countries such as the UK, US, and Canada. This class will examine the work of a range of Black artists whose practice came to the fore over the course of the last three or four decades, from the early 1970s up to more recent times. Artists to be studied include US practitioners of Caribbean parentage such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, artists of the Caribbean such as Albert Chong and Barrington Watson, and British artists of Caribbean birth and background such as Denzil Forrester and Tam Joseph.

Texts: Poupeye, Veerle. Caribbean Art. Thames and Hudson World of Art, 1998.

Assessment: Students are required to produce response papers, relating to the previous week’s class, with a word length of 500 words. A 3500 word paper, relating to some aspect of the class, must be submitted towards the end of the semester. Final grades will be based on attendance, participation, response papers and final paper.

Pre-Requisites: None

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ARTHIST 369: Nineteenth-Century American Art
Merrill------------- T/Th 10:00 - 11:15 AM-----------------Max: 25

Content: This course will focus on the decades surrounding the Civil War, exploring the many ways in which American artists anticipated and responded to the national crisis in landscape, genre, and still-life painting, photography, portraiture, and commemorative sculpture.

Text: TBA

Assessment: TBA

Pre-Requisites: TBA

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ARTHIST 379: African American Art
Crosslisted with AAS 379
Harris------------- T/Th 11:30 – 12:45 PM -----------------Max: 10

Content: This course is a survey class that will explore the development of African American art and culture from the vernacular expression of the antebellum period through the complicated issues of the twentieth century. Some attention will be paid to folk expression aswell as the development of painting, drawing, and sculpture as African Americans joined themainstream of contemporary art beginning in the nineteenth century. Cultural and historical issues will be discussed to contextualize the art expression.

Text: Patton, Sharon. African American Art.

Assessment: TBA

Pre-Requisites: TBA

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ARTHIST 379: Pattern and Performance in African American Art
Crosslisted with AAS 385
Harris------------- T/Th 2:30 – 3:45 PM -----------------Max: 10

Content: TBA

Text: TBA

Assessment: TBA

Pre-Requisites: TBA

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ARTHIST 387: Issues in the Conservation of Art and Cultural Property
Stein ------------------ Tu 1:00 - 4:00 PM--------------------Max: 12

Content: This course will provide an introduction to the field of Art Conservation as well as an overview of the principle issues surrounding the care and preservation of cultural properties. Lecture and discussion will address historic materials and technologies, as well as aging properties, deterioration, and conservation treatment. Examples will be drawn from a wide variety of cultures and will represent diverse media, including paper, paintings, stone, metals, ceramics, archaeological remains, and historic monuments. We will examine the use of science to recognize fakes or forgeries, document artists' working methods, and identify historic materials. Discussions will consider issues of aesthetics, artist’s intent, change over time, and compensation for loss or damage.

Texts: Course readings available through electronic Reserves Direct.

Assessment: TBA

Pre-Requisites: TBA

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ARTHIST 393: Introduction to Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Shpuza ---------------- Tu 6:00 - 9:00 PM ----------------MAX: 6

Content : This course is designed to provide students interested in architecture with a basic understanding of computer-aided design and graphic analysis. Emphasizing a hands-on approach, the course is structured around two projects which are designed to let students explore the potential of the computer, not merely as a drafting and presentation instrument but as an active analytical and design aid.

Texts : TBA

Assessment: TBA

Pre-Requisites: TBA

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ARTHIST 397R: Internships
Coordinator: Faculty

Internships are a valuable complement to art history courses. Students may apply to work in art-related institutions in the community including the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory, the High Museum of Art, commercial art galleries, architectural firms, auction houses, arts preservation agencies, and art publications. Through consultation with the internship coordinator, internships may be arranged both in Atlanta and elsewhere. These internships, when approved by the department and supervised by the personnel of the cooperating institutions under established guidelines, carry academic credit (4 hours per semester). For the internship guidelines and contact information for the internship coordinator, students can come by or call the Art History Department, 404-727-6282.

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ARTHIST 398R: Supervised Reading and Research

Reading and research projects decided upon between the student and a member of the faculty, with final approval from the chair. May be repeated for credit.

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ARTHIST 398R: Directed Study--Visual Arts

Contact Visual Arts (727-6315 or hchuan2@emory.edu) for more information.

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ARTHIST 470SWR: Archaeology, Art, and Cult in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace

Wescoat -------------------------- W 9:00 - 12:00 ----------------------------- Max 10

Content: Initiation into the ancient Greek mystery cult of the Great Gods on Samothrace held the promise for initiates of a ”life better in all ways than it had been before.” Here, Philip II met and fell in love with the Epriot princess Olympias, and subsequently the Sanctuary became the locus of splendid dedications by Hellenistic royalty. The initiation itself was kept secret on pain of death, but the rich archaeological record allows for an intriguing glimpse into this vibrant cult, the Hellenistic political world, and the dynamics that fueled an extraordinary production of innovative architecture and sculpture. In this seminar we will investigate the Sanctuary from multiple perspectives but chiefly with an eye to the way in which art, architecture and landscape are deployed to shape sacred experience.

Texts: TBA

Assessment: Critical assessment of readings, class discussion, contribution to the creation of a web site, and in-class presentations culminating in a research paper.

Pre-Requisites: None, although some background in the ancient Mediterranean world will serve well.

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ARTHIST 480S: Winslow Homer in Context

Merrill -------------------------- F 9:00 - 12:00 ----------------------------- Max 6

Content: This seminar will explore the life and works of Winslow Homer (1836-1910), widely regarded as one of the two greatest American artists (with Thomas Eakins) of the nineteenth century. Homer’s work in illustration, watercolor, and oil has long attracted leading scholars in the field, who have employed all the approaches of art history to settle the question we will also address in this course—of whether Homer is too idiosyncratic to consider in the context of his time, or whether he is in fact the perfect product of his age, as concerned with social change and material success as he is with the greater issues of morality and mortality.

Texts: TBA

Assessment: TBA

Pre-Requisites: TBA

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ARTHIST 485S: Early 20th-Century Art of the African Diaspora
Chambers ----------------------- W 1:00 - 4:00 PM ----------------------Max: 4

Content: This seminar will critically examine what is arguably the most fascinating period of visual arts creativity amongst African Americans and people of the African Diaspora, most notably those of the Caribbean region. Alongside (and indeed, an integral component of) what we have come to know as the Harlem Renaissance, was a concurrent flowering of creativity in the African diaspora. The seminar will take a closer look at the international connectivity, interplay and cross-fertilization of relevant artists and art forms during the first four decades of the 20th century. The century brought with it a renewed sense of hope and optimism, as well as pressing reminders of ongoing difficulties facing the world's Black people. This seminar will look at how the work of the world's Black artists responded to, and reflected, these tumultuous times, and what sorts of factors influenced their creativity.

Texts:

Martin, Tony. Literary Garveyism: Garvey, Black Arts, and the Harlem Renaissance (The New Marcus Garvey Library; No. 1) 1983.
Boyd, Valerie. Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston.
Powell, Richard J. Black Art and Culture in the 20th Century (Reissued as Black Art: A Cultural History.

Assessment: Students are required to produce weekly response papers, relating to the previous week’s class. The response papers should be a word length of 750 words. A 5000 word paper, relating to some aspect of the seminar, must be submitted towards the end of the semester. Students are also required to make class presentations on their research topics, of between 30 - 45 minutes’ duration. These presentations should be based on the research for their seminar paper. Final grades will be based on attendance, participation, response papers, presentation and final paper.

Pre-Requisites: None

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ARTHIST 495WR - Honors
Coordinator: Faculty

Open to candidates for honors in the senior year. In addition to the undergraduate course offerings, the Art History Department offers graduate courses toward the doctoral degree, to which undergraduates may be admitted. For information consult the appropriate section in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences catalog.

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