Art History and Archaeology
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Summer 2022 Session Information
- SESSION A (First Half Term) courses are May 23–July 1, 2022
- SESSION B (Second Half Term) courses are July 5–August 12, 2022
- SESSION X (Full Term) courses are May 23–August 12, 2022
Courses
MASTERS OF THE BAROQUE
AHIS2314S001 3 points.
Course Number | Section/Call Number | Session | Times/Location | |
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AHIS2314S001 | 001/10224 | Session A |
Tu 01:00 PM–04:10 PM Th 01:00 PM–04:10 PM |
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Instructor | Points | Enrollment | Method of Instruction | |
Lindsey Schneider |
3 |
Open for Enrollment (auto-fill Wait List) |
In-Person |
EVAL THE EVID OF AUTHENTICITY
AHIS3010S001 4 points.
Course Number | Section/Call Number | Session | Times/Location | |
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AHIS3010S001 | 001/10221 | Session A |
Mo 01:00 PM–04:10 PM We 01:00 PM–04:10 PM |
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Instructor | Points | Enrollment | Method of Instruction | |
Lynn Catterson |
4 |
Open for Enrollment (auto-fill Wait List) |
In-Person |
EVAL THE EVID OF AUTHENTICITY
AHIS3010S002 4 points.
Course Number | Section/Call Number | Session | Times/Location | |
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AHIS3010S002 | 002/10222 | Session B |
Mo 01:00 PM–04:10 PM We 01:00 PM–04:10 PM |
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Instructor | Points | Enrollment | Method of Instruction | |
Lynn Catterson |
4 |
Open for Enrollment (auto-fill Wait List) |
In-Person |
JACKSON POLLOCK & THE NY SCHOOL
AHIS3426S001 3 points.
Coming on the heels of the MoMA's blockbuster exhibit, this seminar will trace the rise and fall of Abstract Expressionism, from its pre-World War II precipitates in Europe (Surrealism) and in America (Regionalism), to the crucial moment when, as scholar Serge Guilbaut has argued, New York 'stole' the idea of modern art, and finally, through the decade when Pop Art rendered Abstract Expressionism obsolete. Although special emphasis will be given to Jackson Pollock, whose persona and work reside at the literal and figurative center of the movement, we will also look closely at works by Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, Willem DeKooning, Lee Krasner, Louise Bourgeois, Helen Frankenthaler, Eva Hesse, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Cy Twombly. Class lectures and presentations will be supplemented with trips to New York's world-renowned museums.
Course Number | Section/Call Number | Session | Times/Location | |
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AHIS3426S001 | 001/10225 | Session A |
Tu 01:00 PM–04:10 PM Th 01:00 PM–04:10 PM |
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Instructor | Points | Enrollment | Method of Instruction | |
Kent Minturn |
3 |
Open for Enrollment (auto-fill Wait List) |
In-Person |
NYC AND THE HISTORY OF MUSEUM
AHIS3441S001 4 points.
This course will introduce students to the history of museums and display practices through New York collections. The birth of the museum as a constitutive element of modernity coincides with the establishment of European nation states. Throughout the course of the nineteenth century, museums were founded in major European and American cities to classify objects, natural and manmade, from plants and fossils to sculpture and clothing. This course presents the alternate art history that can be charted through an examination of the foundation and development of museums from cabinets of curiosity to the collection-less new museums currently being built in the Middle East and beyond. We will consider broad thematic issues such as nationalism, colonialism, canon formation, the overlapping methods of anthropology and art history, and the notion of 'framing' from the architectural superstructure to exhibition design. We will visit a wide variety of museums from the American Museum of Natural History to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum as in-depth case studies of more general concepts. Students will have the opportunity to meet museum educators, conservators and curators through on site teaching in a variety of institutions.
Course Number | Section/Call Number | Session | Times/Location | |
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AHIS3441S001 | 001/10223 | Session B |
Tu 01:00 PM–04:10 PM Th 01:00 PM–04:10 PM |
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Instructor | Points | Enrollment | Method of Instruction | |
Risham Majeed |
4 |
Open for Enrollment (auto-fill Wait List) |
In-Person |
American Art in a Global Context: 1750–1914
AHIS3442S001 4 points.
Through an examination of painting, sculpture, decorative arts, photography. fashion and visual culture of the United States from 1750 to 1914, the course will explore how American artists responded to and operated within the wider world, while grappling with issues of identity at home. Addressing themes shared in common across national boundaries, the class will consider how American art participated in the revolutions and reforms of the "long" nineteenth century, and how events of the period continue to impact our country today. The period witnessed the emergence of new technologies for creating, using and circulating images and objects, the expansion and transformation of exhibition and viewing practices, and the rise of new artistic institutions, as well as the metamorphosis of the United States from its colonial origins to that of a world power, including the radical changes that occurred during the Civil War. With many sessions taking place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the class will investigate how American art engaged with international movements while constructing national identity during a period of radical transformation both at home and abroad.
Course Number | Section/Call Number | Session | Times/Location | |
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AHIS3442S001 | 001/10368 | Session A |
Tu 09:00 AM–12:10 PM Th 09:00 AM–12:10 PM |
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Instructor | Points | Enrollment | Method of Instruction | |
Page Knox |
4 |
Open for Enrollment (auto-fill Wait List) |
In-Person |
COLLOQUIUM ON MAJOR TEXTS
AHUM1400V001 4 points.
This course explores the core classical literature in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Humanities. The main objective of the course is to discover the meanings that these literature offer, not just for the original audience or for the respective cultures, but for us. As such, it is not a survey or a lecture-based course. Rather than being taught what meanings are to be derived from the texts, we explore meanings together, informed by in-depth reading and thorough ongoing discussion.
Course Number | Section/Call Number | Session | Times/Location | |
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AHUM1400V001 | 001/11816 | Session A |
Tu 01:00 PM–05:00 PM Th 01:00 PM–05:00 PM |
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Instructor | Points | Enrollment | Method of Instruction | |
John Phan |
4 |
Open for Enrollment (auto-fill Wait List) |
In-Person |
ARTS OF CHINA JAPAN KOREA
AHUM2604S001 3 points.
Course Number | Section/Call Number | Session | Times/Location | |
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AHUM2604S001 | 001/10307 | Session A |
Tu 01:00 PM–04:10 PM Th 01:00 PM–04:10 PM |
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Instructor | Points | Enrollment | Method of Instruction | |
Yeongik Seo |
3 |
Open for Enrollment (auto-fill Wait List) |
In-Person |
ARTS OF CHINA JAPAN KOREA
AHUM2604S002 3 points.
Course Number | Section/Call Number | Session | Times/Location | |
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AHUM2604S002 | 002/10308 | Session B |
Tu 01:00 PM–04:10 PM Th 01:00 PM–04:10 PM |
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Instructor | Points | Enrollment | Method of Instruction | |
Cathy Zhu |
3 |
Open for Enrollment (auto-fill Wait List) |
In-Person |
MASTERPIECES-INDIAN ART & ARCH
AHUM2901S002 3 points.
Introduction to 2000 years of art on the Indian subcontinent. The course covers the early art of Buddhism, rock-cut architecture of the Buddhists and Hindus, the development of the Hindu temple, Mughal and Rajput painting and architecture, art of the colonial period, and the emergence of the Modern.
Course Number | Section/Call Number | Session | Times/Location | |
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AHUM2901S002 | 002/11039 | Session A |
Mo 01:00 PM–04:10 PM We 01:00 PM–04:10 PM |
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Instructor | Points | Enrollment | Method of Instruction | |
Mikael Muehlbauer |
3 |
Open for Enrollment (auto-fill Wait List) |
In-Person |