ARH - Art History

Art History: ARH

Lower-Division Courses

ARH X01. Introduction to the Visual Arts.

A broad survey of selected traditions of art with an emphasis upon understanding their visual elements and cultural significance.

ARH X02. Survey of Ancient through Medieval Art.

A study of selected visual works throughout the world from prehistoric time to 1400 CE.

ARH X03. Survey of Renaissance through Modern Art.

A study of selected visual works throughout the world from 1400 CE to the present.

ARH X04. Issues in Visual Culture.

Examines the modern and contemporary history of art and visual culture in relation to a broader set of problems fundamental to visual representation throughout the history of art.

ARH X09D. Special Topics in the History of Art.

ARH X14. Mexico City: Aztec to Modern.

Explores the building of Mexico City, sited in a lake bed surrounded by active volcanoes and tectonic activity, from the time of the Aztecs to the present. Addresses art, architecture, science, and engineering, as well as the role that art and archaeological museums have played in the capital's modern, urban identity.

ARH X19S. Topics in Art History.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Art and Art History. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

Upper-Division Courses

ARH X21. Problems in Art Historical Research.

Focus on developing research skills. Introduction to critical analysis in the context of using various resources and primary materials.

ARH X22. Issues in Exhibitions and Collections of Visual Arts.

Examines the histories and practices of collections and exhibitions in the visual arts.

ARH X22C. Textile Arts of the Indigenous Americas.

Explore the textile holdings of the Art and Art History Collection (AAHC) at UT Austin, analyzing ethnographic and historical collections from the Indigenous Americas. Learn about manufacture from weaving and dyeing technologies, social and ritual meaning from symbolism and iconography, and gender, power, and the economic value of hand-crafted cloth in ancient societies, while working with objects from UT's collections. Examine readings on archaeological, anthropological, and iconographic studies of ancient textile traditions, both in the Americas and in comparative global perspective. Develop a critical assessment of the ethical issues concerning exhibitions and collections of Indigenous American textiles.

ARH X22D. Collecting Latin America.

Introduction to the history of collecting Latin America, from pre-Columbian objects to modern art.

ARH X22E. Collecting Contemporary Art.

Examine the histories and practices of collections and exhibitions of contemporary visual art.

ARH X25. Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East.

Examines various aspects of material culture, including the rise of monumentality and urbanism; media such as writing and figurative arts; and the history and politics of archaeological research in the area of the Fertile Crescent, Turkey, and Iran.

ARH X26J. The Parthenon Through the Ages.

Examines why the Parthenon is of relevance today for a global audience. Subjects include the postantique lives of this unique monument as a Christian cathedral and pilgrimage site, a mosque, a ruin, and an archaeological icon; the various debates about its restoration and preservation; and the problem of cultural ownership.

ARH X26K. Myth and Images in the Greek and Roman Mediterranean.

Examines various methods of interpretation, such as archaeological and art historical analysis of mythical Greek and Roman narratives as they appear in visual arts of antiquity.

ARH X26L. Visual Cultures of the Mediterranean Islands.

Analysis of material and visual culture and the divergent histories of archaeology and art history in Cyprus, Crete, and Sicily.

ARH X26M. Art and Archaeology of Greek Sanctuaries.

Examines the archaeology of Olympia, Delphi, Dodona, Delos, and Samos, their global relevance today, and the history of archaeological research.

ARH X27N. Art and Politics in Imperial Rome.

Public art of the Roman Empire from Augustus to late antiquity, ca. 31 BC to AD 350.

ARH X27R. Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans.

Art and architecture from the archaeological sites of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Ostia as indices of Roman culture, 100 BC to AD 250.

ARH X27S. Art and Politics in Republican Rome.

The art and architecture of republican Rome, ca. 500-44 BCE, when the city established dominance in the Mediterranean and developed an artistic tradition that would flourish into the Empire.

ARH X27T. Art in the Age of Hadrian.

Examines art in Rome under the reign of emperor Hadrian (117-138), who inherited the empire at its greatest geographical extent.

ARH X27U. Love, Beauty, and Protection.

Examine selected works of Greek and Roman art (sixth century B.C. to fourth century A.D.) to explore how ancients thought about themselves with regard to love, sexuality, divine and human beauty, and protection from demonic forces. Focus on social and cultural contexts, gender, and practices of daily life.

ARH X28C. Mosques of the Islamic Worlds.

Examine mosque architecture beyond well-known examples from the Middle East, reaching less researched regions where Muslims have built and used mosques, including Africa, South and Southeast Asia, East Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

ARH X28D. Material Cultures of Coexistence.

Dicuss Muslims living in regions where non-Islamic socio-political systems and infrastructures predominate, exploring the material cultures produced in places where Islam did not originate as, or is not, the dominant authority.

ARH X28J. Arts of Islam, 650-1500.

Early Islamic art and architecture, with an emphasis on interconnections between the Islamic world and Europe. Examines unique ways Islamic visual culture developed out of the classical and late antique world. Artworks will be contextualized within early Islamic history, religion, and culture.

ARH X28K. Arts of Islam 1500-Present.

Later Islamic art and architecture, beginning with the world empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals, and extending into the modern and contemporary periods. Subjects include the social and historical context of Islamic art in these periods and its unique visual culture.

ARH X28L. Medieval Middle East History in One Hundred Objects.

Survey the history of the medieval Middle East, from the period of Late Antiquity (in the seventh century) to the rise of early modern empires of the Safavids, Ottomans, and Mughals (in the seventeenth century), through close examination of the meaning and significance of 100 objects.

ARH X28M. Modern Middle East History in One Hundred Objects.

Survey the history of the medieval Middle East, from 1500 to the present, through close examination of the meaning and significance of 100 objects.

ARH X28N. Arabs and Vikings: Art and Culture.

Explore the art and culture of the global Middle Ages through close examination of recent films, popular and academic publications, and works of art and architecture that reveal the interconnection between the European and the Islamic worlds.

ARH X29J. Byzantine Art.

Examination of the medieval art and architecture of the eastern Roman empire, including related traditions (Coptic, Armenian, Georgian, Crusader, Norman).

ARH X29N. Art and Architecture of Late Antiquity.

Examination of early Christian and late Roman art and architecture, including related traditions, such as Jewish, Coptic, Armenian, Georgian, Persian,and Syriac.

ARH X29R. Romanesque Art and Architecture.

Form and function of religious art in twelfth-century Europe.

ARH X29S. Topics in Art History.

ARH X29T. Art in the Age of Dante and Giotto.

Examine the art of the later Middle Ages in Italy (1200-1400), including work by Giotto, Duccio, Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, and Arnolfo de Cambio.

ARH X30G. Art at Court: The Gothic Period.

Changing manifestations of Gothic art and architecture at selected court centers, 1140 to 1400.

ARH X30J. Gothic Cathedral: Amiens.

An examination of the cathedral at Amiens, its meaning, structure, political and financial contexts, and sculptural programs, as well as its influence on other buildings in France and Germany.

ARH X31J. Art and Experience in Central Italy.

Art and architecture of central Italy.

ARH X31K. Early Italian Renaissance Art to 1470.

Traces the beginnings of the "rebirth" (renaissance) of the visual arts, from the end of the Middle Ages to the heyday of the Medici. Works of art are analyzed both in formal terms and in relation to contemporary society, religion, philosophy, economics, statecraft, gender, and other significant issues.

ARH X31N. Later Quattrocento Art, 1470-1500.

Explores the visual arts created in the Italian peninsula during the final decades of the fifteenth century, or Quattrocento. Emphasis will be on common themes such as the revival of antiquity, the exaltation of the prince, and specific local characteristics.

ARH X31P. Art and the City in Renaissance Italy.

Art, architecture, and emerging civic identity in Florence, Siena, Venice, and other Italian Renaissance city-states.

ARH X31Q. Art in Medici Florence.

Explores the social and cultural fabric of Florence before and after the rise to power of the Medici family beginning in the early fifteenth century.

ARH X31R. Michelangelo and His World.

Examine the work of artist Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564).

ARH X31S. Art, Geology, and Place in Italy.

Examine the intersection of art, geology, and the geographic notion of 'place' in Italy, using a thematic rather than geographic approach.

ARH X32K. Northern Renaissance Art, 1350-1500.

Northern European art from the International Style to van Eyck and Hieronymus Bosch.

ARH X32L. Northern Renaissance Art, 1500-1600.

Art and cultural development in the sixteenth century; artists include Duerer, Gruenewald, Holbein, and Brueghel.

ARH X33K. Italian Baroque Art.

The art of Italy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; includes the sixteenth-century sources from which Roman baroque developed.

ARH X33L. The Age of Rembrandt and Rubens: Northern Baroque Art.

Northern European art in the seventeenth century, stressing the Netherlands and Flanders.

ARH X33M. Rembrandt and Vermeer.

Examine the lives and work of Rembrandt (1606-1669) and Jan Vermeer (1632-1675) from diverse methodological perceptions.

ARH X35F. Art and the Moral Law.

Examines the revolutionary energy of 'Art for Art's Sake' in nineteenth century Europe and various artists' challenge to the moral law, especially in Britain and France.

ARH X35G. Art and Landscape 1778-1908.

In Europe, the arts of landscape (painting, gardening, poetry and the novel) flourished more creatively than ever in the period covered. Exploration of these arts, their intersections with each other, and across national boundaries.

ARH X35H. Buddhist Traditions and Nineteenth-Century Art.

Examines the extent to which Buddhism and Buddhist art influenced artists and Western culture in the nineteenth century, especially in the development of modernism.

ARH X35J. Nineteenth-Century Art.

Examines European art and themes in art during the nineteenth century.

ARH X35N. European Art, 1789-1848.

European painting and sculpture as social and political events from the French Revolution to the revolutionary crises of midcentury.

ARH X35R. Burne-Jones and Friends.

Explore the work of British symbolist painter Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) and its place within 19th-century European culture.

ARH X35T. Goya in Context.

Explore the works of Francisco Goya (1746-1828).

ARH X36D. Derek Jarman: Art and Film.

The place of Derek Jarman (1942-1994) in the history of film is assured, but he was also a painter, wrote memoirs, and created a famous garden. Discussion of all his works in the context of his life, British culture, and his HIV/AIDS status.

ARH X37K. Twentieth-Century European Art to 1940.

Major movements in the development of modern European painting and sculpture.

ARH X38J. Performing Art History.

Uses the work of one seminal performance, film, video, and installation artist as a case study for considering the history of minimalism, video, and performance in the United States and Europe from the 1960s to the present and for developing ways of writing about time-based media in general.

ARH X38L. Art since 1930: Modernism and Mass Modernity.

Avant-garde activity, primarily painting, photography, and film, in the United States and Europe from 1930 to 1970.

ARH X38M. Art and Culture: 1968 and After.

Artistic and critical activity in the United States and Europe from 1968 to the present.

ARH X38N. Sculpture as Model in the Twentieth Century.

Examines the inherent problems in making and interpreting sculpture in the twentieth century in the United States and Europe.

ARH X38V. Magazine as Archive: View Magazine 1940-1947.

Considers the fate of avant-garde culture globally during World War II and its immediate aftermath through the lens of View Magazine and primary research conducted in the Harry Ransom Center.

ARH X39J. American Art: Colonial Era to the Civil War.

Painting, sculpture, and architecture from the early seventeenth century to 1860.

ARH X39K. American Art: Civil War to the Armory Show.

Painting, sculpture, and architecture from 1860 to 1913.

ARH X39L. Twentieth-Century American Art to the 1950s.

Art in the United States from the Armory Show through abstract expressionism.

ARH X39M. American Art, 1958-1985.

Survey of major movements from 1958 to 1985, from pop art to graffiti art and new expressionism.

ARH X39N. Painting in America to 1860.

Painting in British colonial North America and the United States prior to the Civil War.

ARH X39P. Painting in the United States, 1860-1913.

Painting in the United States from the Civil War to the Armory Show.

ARH X39Q. Modernism in American Design and Architecture.

A historical survey of artifacts, buildings, and urban environments, focusing on responses to machine-age civilization.

ARH X39R. Art, Art History, and Medicine.

Examines similarities and differences between the discipline of art history and the types of visual training offered by medical schools in conjunction with museums. Builds observational skills necessary for both medicine and art history while remaining grounded in the methodologies and purposes of art history. Sharpens critical thinking skills about images and texts. Cultivates interdisciplinary collaboration in consideration of select examples of European and U.S. art, including-but not limited to--medical or anatomical subjects.

ARH X40L. History of Photography.

The history of photography, including major historic processes, influential photographers, critical debates, and the significant social, political, and economic circumstances that shaped the development of the medium and the diverse works that were created since its origins in the nineteenth century.

ARH X41D. Contemporary Latinx Visual and Performance Art.

Explore contemporary visual and performance art by Latinx artists working since the 1970's to the present. Examine artists who began to engage with and in civil rights discourse to intervene through their art-making practices; and to align with contemporary trends in the art world that began to expand in the 1970's, such as performance art, installation art, video art, and, later, digital art.

ARH X41J. Nineteenth-Century Latin American Art.

Art of the nineteenth century in Latin America, including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and the Caribbean.

ARH X41K. Modern Art of Mexico.

Mexican visual culture from the late nineteenth century through 1968. Emphasis on the emergence of modernist avant-gardes and popular entertainment, and their ambivalent relationship to state, church, and market. Also explores how self-consciously negotiating the tension between native and international influences, artists, critics, and curators contributes to notions of Lo Mexicano, or "Mexicanness.

ARH X41L. Chicano Art Histories and Futures.

Mexican American art since the 1960s, with an emphasis on the visual production and exhibition of identity inside and outside the Chicano civil rights movement and the politics of U.S. multiculturalism. An introduction to a broad range of art history written to date--including recent feminist and queer interventions--as a means of envisioning a supposed "post-Chicano" or "post-racial" moment.

ARH X41M. Contemporary Mexican Art.

Survey of visual culture beginning in the 1950s and 1960s, with a focus on key artists, exhibition spaces, and critical debates from the last thirty years in Mexico in light of international aesthetic currents and shifting political and economic conditions.

ARH X41N. Other Modernities: Latin American Art.

Development and sources of twentieth-century art in the Caribbean and Central and South America.

ARH X41P. Contemporary Latin American Art.

Development and sources of art in the Caribbean and Central and South America from the 1960s to the present.

ARH X41Q. Women in Latin American Art.

Development and sources of Latin American Women Artists considering feminist, gender and queer theories

ARH X41R. Apertures: Film and Photography Through Greater Mexico.

Exploration of the historical and aesthetic linkages and affinities between filmmakers and photographers working in greater Mexico, including prominent visitors and Americans of Mexican descent. Considers how Mexican culture is represented but also how borders between Mexico and the wider world--as well as among media--were blurred or brought into sharper focus by these exchanges.

ARH X41S. Art Cinemas of the Americas.

Examine art cinemas from the Spanish-speaking Americas from the 1950s to the present.

ARH X41T. Pop Art Americas.

Examine the history of Pop Art in Latin America and by Latinx artists in the US from the 1960s to the present.

ARH X41U. Chicana/o/x Film and Media.

Examine a history of Chicana/o/x production and representation in film and media from early 20th century to the present.

ARH X42J. Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies in the Fine Arts.

An introduction to women's studies and gender studies in relation to visual, theatrical, and musical culture in the United States and Europe.

ARH X44J. Twentieth-Century African American Art.

A survey of visual art produced by people of African descent in the United States with an emphasis on the twentieth century and its sociohistorical framework. Changes in modes of expression, formal concerns, pictorial themes, and the impact of the Black Arts movement, feminism, and Afrocentrism on art are explored, as well as the relationship of the work of black artists to art from West and Central Africa and the visual traditions of European and Euro-American artists.

ARH X44L. Art of the Harlem Renaissance.

Examine the factors which gave rise to the Harlem Renaissance, with a particular emphasis on art and artists.

ARH X44M. Photographs and Blackness in the United States.

Examine issues raised at the intersection of Blackness and photography in contemporary art of the United States.

ARH X45J. Contemporary Artists of the African Diaspora.

Examines a wide range of artists, practicing in different parts of the world, who are part of the African diaspora via such factors as the Atlantic slave trade and various patterns of international migration.

ARH X45K. Contemporary British Artists of the African Diaspora.

A look at a wide range of artists, practicing in Britain, who are part of the African diaspora via such factors as the Atlantic slave trade and various patterns of international migration.

ARH X45L. Diaspora Visions.

An exploration of border crossing by cultures and groups including Yorubas, Jews, Armenians, Tibetans, Hamish, Pakistanis, and Indians and the production of images by immigrants, exiles, and nomads in alien lands.

ARH X45M. Visual Arts of the Caribbean.

A look at a wide range of artists from the countries of the Caribbean, including examples of cinema and reggae music packaging.

ARH X45N. Cinema of the African Diaspora.

Examine work made in the past several decades by independent film-makers from different parts of the world, including the United States, which speaks to the history, challenges, and multiple identities of people in the African Diaspora.

ARH X46K. Introduction to African Art.

Investigates the lives and works of several artists who have made substantial contributions to the definition, history, and interpretation of the visual arts.

ARH X46L. Africana Women's Art.

Analysis of the diverse modes of presentation, mediums, definitions, and influences of Africana women artists in the diaspora. Designed to use critical theory and art history found in oral and written literatures, music, films, and other formal and informal documents.

ARH X46M. Visual Cultures of Africa.

Painting, textiles, ceramics, sculpture, performance, mixed media, photography, films, and the aesthetic ideas behind the production of African visual cultures from the perspectives of rituals, rites of passage, celebrations, initiations, documentations, and expressions.

ARH X47J. Preclassic Mesoamerican Art and Civilization.

Introduction to the origins and earliest developments in Mesoamerican art, architecture, and civilization, with emphasis on the social context of art and visual culture in preclassic Mesoamerica.

ARH X47K. Art and Archaeology of Ancient Peru.

The growth of civilization in South America from the earliest decorated textiles, pottery, and ceremonial buildings to the imperial Inca style.

ARH X47L. Mesoamerican Art and Culture.

Mesoamerican art, architecture, and its archaeological context, with emphasis on the social function of art and visual culture in ancient Mesoamerica up to the time of European contact.

ARH X47M. Maya Art and Architecture.

Introduction to the artistic traditions of the ancient Maya, tracing their development up to the time of European contact. Students will examine various important themes of Maya culture including history, ritual, and cosmology as revealed in sculpture, hieroglyphs, painting, and architectural design.

ARH X47N. Aztec Art and Civilization.

An introduction to the art, symbolism, and visual culture of the ancient Aztecs. Subjects include the representations of history and mythology in architecture, stone monuments, and pictorial manuscripts.

ARH X47P. Mesoamerican Writing Systems.

Examines the scripts of ancient Mesoamerica, focusing mostly on Maya and Aztec hieroglyphic writing. Subjects include methods of decipherment, the visual encoding of language in art and script, and the cultures of literacy in precolumbian Mesoamerica.

ARH X47R. Architecture and Sculpture in the Maya World.

Explore the ancient world of the Maya through the lens of architecture and sculpture.

ARH X48K. Formation of Indian Art.

Examine the artistic traditions of South Asia up to the fifth century C.E., with an emphasis on social and religious factors shaping its development.

ARH X48L. Later Indian Art.

Examines the development of artistic and architectural traditions in South Asia from the fifth through fourteenth centuries with an emphasis on their social and religious significance.

ARH X48M. The Taj Mahal and the Diversity of Indian Art.

Examination of the period when Islamic dynasties controlled much of the subcontinent and how a unique mix of forms and cultural practices shaped the development of monuments such as the Taj Mahal.

ARH X48N. Buddhist Art.

Explores the development of Buddhist art in South Asia, the land of its origin as well as its spread elsewhere. Focus on the question of "what is" Buddhist art.

ARH X48P. Art in the Himalayas.

Examines developments in various Himalayan regions, such as Tibet and Nepal, by focusing on certain subjects and styles in order to comprehend the roles of art in shaping culture and society.

ARH X49L. Contemporary Chinese Art.

Examines Chinese art and visual culture from the early twentieth century to the present. Analyzes complex issues involving modern and contemporary art scenes in China through artworks, artists' lives, and sociopolitical changes in China during this period.

ARH X49M. Art at the Crossroads: A View from South China.

Explore the southern Chinese coast as an integral part of the Indian Ocean world, whose multi-directional networks connect this East Asian region to South and Southeast Asia, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, and the East African coast.

ARH X59. Topics in Feminism and Gender.

An introduction to feminist and gender theories in relation to issues concerning visual representation.

ARH X60L. Topics in the History of Photography.

ARH X61. Topics in Latin American and Latinx Art.

ARH X61L. Topics in Ancient Near Eastern Art.

ARH X62. Topics in Greek and Roman Art.

ARH X62R. Topics in the Art of Late Antiquity.

ARH X63. Topics in Medieval Art.

ARH X64. Topics in Renaissance Art.

ARH X65. Topics in Baroque Art.

ARH X66J. Topics in Nineteenth-Century Art.

ARH X66N. Topics in Twentieth-Century Art.

ARH X66P. Topics in Modernism.

ARH X67. Topics in the Art of North America.

ARH X70. Topics in Pre-Columbian Art.

ARH X70J. Topics in Study in Guatemala.

Art and architecture of Guatemala.

ARH X70J.1. Ancient Maya Writing and History.

ARH X70J.2. Sacred Landscapes of the Precolumbian World.

ARH X70J.3. Baroque Art and Architecture in Spanish America.

ARH X72. Topics in the Art of Asia.

ARH X72.1. Chinese Literati Art.

ARH X73C. Topics in Africana Art.

ARH X73D. Topics in Diaspora Art.

ARH X73E. Topics in African American Art.

ARH X73E.1. Black Art, Brown Art.

ARH X74. Special Topics in the History of Art.

ARH X74.3. Colonial Encounter.

ARH X74.4. Blackness in the Contemporary Art Museum.

Explore issues related to the acquisition, stewardship, and repatriation of the art of the African Diaspora in the face of an increasingly virtual and market-driven art world.

ARH X75. Theories and Methods in the History of Art.

Examination of the theories and methods used by art historians and the changing nature of art historical inquiry.

ARH X76. Reading Tutorial in Art History Problems.

Individual projects to be completed under faculty supervision.

ARH X79H. Thesis Course for Departmental Honors.

Individual conference course in which student researches and writes a thesis.

Graduate Courses

ARH X80. Water Histories.

ARH X81. Topics in Latin American and Latinx Art.

ARH X81.1. Contemporary Brazilian Art.

Examine art and activism in contemporary Brazil to explore how artists are relating to, reflecting on, and resisting the democratic erosion in the country.

ARH X81L. Topics in Ancient Near Eastern Art.

ARH X81L.1. Visual Cultures in the Ancient Near East.

Examine scholarly methodologies for understanding how imagery encoded messages and how viewers developed strategies for making sense of them.

ARH X82. Topics in Greek and Roman Art.

ARH X82.1. Parthenon Throughout the Ages.

Examine the products of ongoing preservation and restoration of the Parthenon, its history and contemporary relevance.

ARH X82.2. Seeing Gods.

Examine textual and theoretical accounts of the religious phenomenon of epiphany across various belief systems.

ARH X82.3. Pompeii and Ostia: Visual Representation and Acculturation.

Examine how scholars in the past and the present have used evidence of visual representation and material culture to understand human beings living in Pompeii and Ostia.

ARH X82.4. Art and Politics in Republican Rome.

Explore the art and architecture of Republican Rome circa 500-44 B.C. and its relationship with visual culture and politics of the time.

ARH X82.5. Construction, Deconstruction, Reconstruction in Ancient Rome.

Study Roman architecture from Republic to Empire periods. Explore evidence for different phases of ancient buildings' lives - from construction to restoration to demolition - with a view to determining their political significances.

ARH X82.6. Art of the Roman Dictatorship.

Examine public art and architecture created in Rome during the last decades of the Republic (circa 100-44 BCE).

ARH X82R. Topics in the Art of Late Antiquity.

ARH X82R.1. Art, Gender, and Religion in Late Antiquity.

Examine the gendered experience of religion in Late Antiquity using the evidence of artistic record, with a primary focus on the Mediterranean world.

ARH X83. Topics in Medieval Art.

ARH X83.1. The Islamic City.

Explore the morphology, sociology, and historiography of cities in the Islamic world over time, from the medieval period to the present.

ARH X84. Topics in Renaissance Art.

ARH X84.1. Michelangelo and His World.

Examine the work of Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) in the context of his patrons and the history of the period in which he worked.

ARH X85. Topics in Baroque Art.

ARH X86G. Topics in Eighteenth-Century Art.

ARH X86J. Topics in Nineteenth-Century Art.

ARH X86N. Topics in Twentieth-Century Art.

ARH X86P. Topics in Modernism.

ARH X86P.1. Art Criticism, Theory, and Contemporary Art.

Explore the language of art criticism and to investigate the historical origin of some of the terms that have become central to the discourse of contemporary art.

ARH X86P.2. Writing About Contemporary Art.

Study the special problems facing those who write about contemporary art, which does not already have an established historical record or a generally accepted canonical interpretation.

ARH X86P.3. Film Cultures of the 1960s.

Examine the formal, theoretical, and social circumstances of the integration of various film cultures and surrealism in Europe and the United States during the post-war period.

ARH X86P.4. Archives and the History of Everyday Life.

Examine an overview of the work of a variety of individuals who consider history, biography, and the study of archives through the lens of the ephemeral and lived experience. Explore the relationship between writing biography and autobiography, archives and archival research and the production of knowledge, and the impact these choices have on the writing of history.

ARH X86P.5. Magazine as Archive.

Examine the magazine as archive and whether its temporal and material limit-terms constitute a viable frame for the writing of history.

ARH X87. Topics in the Art of North America.

ARH X90. Topics in Pre-Columbian Art.

ARH X92. Topics in the Art of East Asia.

ARH X93C. Topics in Africana Art.

ARH X93D. Topics in Diaspora Art.

ARH X93D.1. Visualizing Slavery.

Examine the work of modern and contemporary artists that touches on or explores the issue of slavery.

ARH X93E. Topics in African American Art.

ARH X94. Special Topics in the History of Art.

ARH X94.2. Administration and Development of Visual Resources Collections.

ARH X94.3. Poststructuralist Methods in Art History.

Examine an overview of influential examples of poststructuralist theory and how such theory can be applied to interpretive issues in the visual arts. Explore the writings of Barthes, Derrida, Lacan, Benjamin, and others.

ARH X94.4. When Practice Encounters Theory.

Study situations in which the theoretical position that guides an interpretation comes into conflict with the nature of the technical practices of the artist whose work is being interpreted.

ARH X94.5. Visual Cultures in Cyberspace.

Examine transatlantic computational art systems as expressive practices for computing aesthetics and interconnectivity of gendered, racial, and sexualized bodies.

ARH X94.6. Issues in Museum Studies.

Survey major issues in the field of museum studies.

ARH X95. Topics in Art Historical Methods.

ARH X96. Advanced Reading Tutorial.

ARH X96C. Reading Tutorial.

ARH X96K. Advanced Lecture Tutorial.

ARH X96L. Topics in the History of Latin American Art: Reading Tutorial.

ARH X96P. Qualifying Examination Preparation.

ARH X97. Doctoral Colloquium.

Conference course for students preparing for dissertation colloquium.

ARH X98. Thesis.

ARH X98T. Supervised Teaching in Art History.

Teaching under the close supervision of the course instructor for one semester; weekly group meetings with the instructor, individual consultations, and reports throughout the teaching period.