Credits: 3
Introductory Seminars in Art History are small classes for first- and second-year students that emphasize reading, writing, and discussion. While subject varies with the instructor, topics will be selected that allow students to engage broad issues and themes historically and in relationship to contemporary concerns and debates. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. Enrollment is capped at 15.
Credits: 3
An introduction to the study of literature. Why is imaginative literature worth reading and taking seriously? How do we prepare ourselves to be the best possible readers of imaginative literature?
Credits: 3–4
Examines focused topics in Art History.
Credits: 3–4
Surveys European painting and sculpture from the last decades of the Ancien Regime to the liberal revolutions of 1848. Major artists, such as David, Canova, Ingres, Constable, Turner, Gericault, Delacroix, Friedrich, Goya, Corot, and Thorvaldsen are examined in their political, economic, social, spiritual, and aesthetic contexts.
Credits: 3
Subject varies with the instructor, who may decide to focus attention either on a particular period, artist, or theme, or on the broader question of the aims and methods of art history. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. Representative subjects include the life and art of Pompeii, Roman painting and mosaics, history and connoisseurship of baroque prints, art and politics in revolutionary Europe, Picasso and painting, and problems in American art and culture. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
Research for a thesis of approximately 50 written pages undertaken in the fall semester of the fourth year by art history majors who have been accepted into the department's Distinguished Majors Program.
Credits: 3
Writing of a thesis of approximately 50 written pages undertaken in the spring semester of the fourth year by art history majors who have been accepted into the department's Distinguished Majors Program.
Credits: 3
Preparation of a 15-20 page dissertation proposal under the supervision of a dissertation advisor.
Credits: 3–12
Special Reading Problems
Credits: 1–12
For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
Credits: 1–12
For master's research, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
Credits: 3
Investigates problems in 18th-19th century art
Credits: 3
Investigates problems in architecture theory, comparative, and other topics
Credits: 3–12
Supervised Research
Credits: 1–12
For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected.
Credits: 1–12
For doctoral research taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.