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Fall
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Course Offerings Fall 2004
| Course # |
Course |
Professor |
Days |
Time |
Location |
| AH 100 |
Introduction to Art and Art History  |
Denny |
M/W/F |
5:00pm–5:50pm |
319 SH |
| AH 110 |
Art History I |
Munman |
M/W/F |
12:00pm–12:50pm |
A1 LC |
| AH 200 |
Theories and Methods in Art History |
Baird |
T/Th |
2:00pm–3:15pm |
209 SH |
| AH 204 |
Greek Art and Archaeology |
Tobin |
T/Th |
12:30pm–1:45pm |
304 SH |
| AH 221 |
Medieval Architecture |
Grossman |
M/W/F |
9:00am–9:50am |
319 SH |
| AH 225 |
European Architecture 1750–1900. |
Rabens |
T/Th |
3:30pm–4:45pm |
319 SH |
| AH 230 |
History of Photography I: 1820–1920 |
Hales |
T/Th |
12:30pm–1:45pm |
319 SH |
| AH 232 |
History of Film I: 1890 to World War II |
Smith |
M/W |
4:00pm–6:50pm |
LC B1 |
| AH 235 |
History of Design I: 1760–1925 |
Margolin |
M/W |
9:30am–10:45am |
140 BSB |
| AH 252 |
Art of the Baroque and Rococo |
Rabens |
M/W |
9:15am–10:45am |
107 HH |
| AH 260 |
European Art from 1750–1900 |
Denny |
M/W/F |
11:00am–11:50am |
320 SH |
| AH 271 |
Native American Art |
Miller |
T/Th |
11:00am–12:15am |
320 SH |
| AH 273 |
Pre-Columbian Art of South America |
Miller |
T/Th |
2:00pm–3:15pm |
304 SH |
| AH 274 |
Pre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica |
Baird |
T/Th |
11:00am–12:15am |
107 HH |
| AH 275 |
South Asian Visual Cultures |
Taylor |
T/Th |
9:30am–10:45am |
320 SH |
| AH 320 |
Asian Architecture |
Taylor |
T/Th |
12:30pm–1:45pm |
303 SH |
| AH 322 |
Contemporary Architecture |
Fausch |
T/Th |
9:30am–10:45am |
107 HH |
| AH 420 |
History of Architecture I |
Borys |
T/Th |
12:30pm–1:45pm |
106 HH |
| AH 441 |
Topics in Medieval Art and Architecture: Responding
to Medieval Architecture and its Arts |
Grossman |
W |
5:45pm–8:45pm |
209 JH |
| AH 460 |
Topics in Modern and Contemporary Art |
Stokes |
T |
2:00pm–5:00pm |
320 SH |
| AH 480 |
History of Collecting and Museology |
Sokol |
M/W |
2:00pm–4:00pm |
319 SH |
| AH 510 |
Philosophical, Historiographic and Research Issues
in the History of Architecture and Art |
Hales |
T |
5:00pm–8:00pm |
303 HH |
| AH 560 |
Seminar in Modern Architecture, Art & Design: Form |
Higgins |
W |
1:00pm–4:00pm |
209 JH |
| AH 560 |
Seminar in Modern Architecture, Art & Design: High
Art, Low Art, and Kitsch: Questions and Issues |
Margolin |
M |
5:45pm–8:45pm |
209 JH |
| AH 561 |
Seminar in Contemporary Art & Architecture: Conceptual
Art–Practice and Theory |
Rorimer |
Th |
5:00pm–8:00pm |
303 HH |
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AH 100. Introduction
to Art and Art History
Professor Denny
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 5:00pm–5:50pm | 319 SH | 3
Hours
Forms, meanings, and purposes of art. Discussion of techniques, styles,
and content as well as historical and social contexts, in various media
and cultures. The course textbook is Artforms, by Preble. There will
be three examinations (including a final), a 4 2–5 page research
paper (topics to be assigned) and several short responses to field trips
(destinations to be assigned).
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AH 110. Art
History I
Professor Munman
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 12:00pm–12:50pm | A1 LC | 4 Hours
Survey of world art and architecture from prehistoric times to the end
of the Middle Ages. The text for this course is Marilyn Stokstad’s
History of Art (3rd ed.). There will be a short quiz in the third week,
two mid-term exams and a final, and a 5–7 page research paper.
The course also includes a discussion section meeting once a week, with
obligatory attendance.
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AH 200. Theories
and Methods in Art History
Professor Baird
Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00pm–3:15pm | 209 SH | 3 Hours
The methodologies and theories of the discipline and their application
to selected problems. Required for majors in art history. Prerequisites:
Sophomore standing and major in art history, or consent of the instructor.
This course focuses on reading, discussion, critical thinking, writing,
and formal presentation techniques. As such, student attendance, participation,
and timely completion of assignments are required for the successful
completion of the course. Each student will write 3–4 short papers
(3–4 pages; research, critical analysis, etc.), an annotated bibliography,
and will make 1–2 short oral presentations (with images) to the
class.
The following textbooks will be used: Sylvan Barnet, A Short Guide to
Writing About Art; Eric Fernie, ed., Art History and Its Methods; Vernon
Hyde Minor, Art History’s History; and additional readings or texts
may be assigned.
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AH 204. Greek
Art and Archaeology (Same as Classics 204 and
History 204)
Professor Tobin
Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30pm–1:45pm | 304 SH | 3 Hours
Contributions of archaeological excavations to the study of ancient
Greece, 6000 BC to 31 BC. Architecture, sculpture, and painting in their
social and historical contexts. Prerequisite: 3 hours of art history
at the 100 level or consent of the instructor.
The course will have three 75-minute exams, the last one being a non-cumulative
final. There will also be 10 weekly quizzes. Also required will be a
5-page paper based on a trip to the Art Institute of Chicago.
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AH 221. Medieval
Architecture
Professor Grossman
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 9:00am–9:50am | 319 SH | 3 Hours
The development of early Christian, Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic
Architecture. Prerequisite: 3 hours of art history at the 100 level or
consent of the instructor. There will be one quiz, one midterm and a
non-cumulative final exam; one short (3–4) page formal analysis
paper on a monument from an approved list; a research paper of 8–10
pages in length on a topic of your choosing in consultation with the
instructor, due near the end of the semester. Required texts are James
Snyder, Medieval Art painting-sculpture-architecture, 4th–14th
century, and a photocopied course pack.
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AH 225. European
Architecture 1750–1900
Professor Rabens
Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30pm–4:45pm | 319 SH | 3 Hours
The development of European architecture, urbanism, and architectural
theory from 1750 to 1900. Prerequisite: 3 hours of art history at the
100 level or consent of the instructor. There will be three exams, including
a final that will be partially cumulative. In addition, students will
write a short research paper on a topic to be chosen in consultation
with the instructor.
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AH 230. History
of Photography I: 1820–1920
Professor Hales
Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30pm–1:45pm | 319 SH | 3 Hours
History of photography from the 1820s to the beginning of the twentieth
century. Prerequisite: 3 hours of art history at the 100 level or consent
of the instructor.
This course covers the history of photography from its invention until
the explosive boom in photography in the early 20th century. A lecture
and discussion class, this course is meant to turn practitioners into
critics and critics into practitioners. All students will take essay-style
midterm and final exams, write two-to-four short critical papers, submit
pictures and photo-essays, read extensively in the history of photography,
and participate actively in discussion. In addition, we will look at
exhibitions at the Art Institute, the Museum of Contemporary Photography,
and other galleries and museums.
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AH 232. History
of Film I: 1890 to World War II (Same as English
232)
Professor Kevin Smith
Mondays and Wednesdays 4:00pm–6:50pm | LC B1 | 3 Hours
History of film from its beginnings in the 1890s up to World War II.
Prerequisite: 3 hours of art history at the 100 level or consent of the
instructor. AH/Engl 233 will provide an overview of trends in world cinema
from around 1895 to 1945, with broad coverage of national and industrial
contexts, stylistic trends, theoretical issues and technological developments.
Class will be conducted in a lecture-discussion format with regular screenings.
Be advised that a majority of the films viewed in class will be black
and white and silent. Two exams will be given: a mid-term and a final.
A research project/term paper, of 2500 words, will be due during the
14th week of the semester. Weekly quizzes will also be administered.
The required texts will be Jack Ellis and Virginia Wright Wexman's A
History of Film and a photocopied coursepack.
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AH 235. History
of Design I: 1760–1925
Professor Margolin
Mondays and Wednesdays 9:30am–10:45am | 140 BSB | 3 Hours
Survey of industrial and graphic design from the Industrial Revolution
to 1925. There will be two exams during the semester and one final. One
five page paper based on looking for letterforms in the environment,
looking at period-influenced architecture, or describing furniture in
the Art Institute. Texts include Meggs. A History of Graphic Design,
Duncan, Art Nouveau, Caplan and Cummings, Arts and Crafts Movement, and
Conrads, Programs and Manifestos in 20th Century Architecture. A reader
with photocopied selections is also required.
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AH 252. Art
of the Baroque and Rococo
Professor Rabens
Mondays and Wednesdays 9:15am–10:45am | 107 HH
AH 252 presents the arts of the Baroque and Rococo, beginning in the
late sixteenth century and ending after the French revolution in the
last years of the eighteenth. The course includes many of the greatest
painters, sculptors, and architects of modern Europe, including Bernini,
Caravaggio, Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Valasquez, Tiepolo, Watteau,
Boucher and Fragonard, to name only the most easily recognizable, and
will be taught by Professor Michael Rabens, a well-known specialist in
the periods to be covered.
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AH 260. European
Art from 1750–1900
Professor Denny
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 11:00am–11:50am | 320 SH | 3 Hours
Painting and sculpture in Western Europe from Neo-Classicism through
early Modernism. Prerequisite: 3 hours of art history at the 100 level
or consent of the instructor. Prerequisite: 3 hours of art history at
the 100 level or consent of the instructor. The course textbook is pending.
There will be two examinations (midterm and final), a Group Project presentation
(topics to be assigned) a five-page research paper (topics to be assigned),
and field trips.
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AH 271. Native
American Art
Professor Miller
Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00am–12:15pm | 320 SH | 3 Hours
Survey of the arts of the indigenous peoples of the United States and
Canada. Prerequisite: 3 hours of art history at the 100 level or consent
of the instructor. There will be a mid-term exam, two quizzes,
and a final exam. A short paper on an object in the Art Institute is
also required. Text books to be announced.
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AH 273. Pre-Columbian
Art of South America (Same as Latin American
and Latino Studies 239)
Professor Miller
Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00pm–3:15pm | 304 SH | 3 Hours
Credit is not given for Art History 273 if the student has credit in
Art History 269, Anthropology 228, Anthropology 269, Latin American and
Latino Studies 239 or Latin American and Latino Studies 259. The art
and architecture of South America, southern Central American, and Caribbean
cultures from 3000 B.C. to the sixteenth century, including Chavin, Moche,
Inca, Taino, and the gold-working cultures of northern South America
and lower Central America. Prerequisite: 3 hours of art history at the
100 level or consent of the instructor.
There will be a mid-term exam, two quizzes, and a final exam.
A short paper on an object in the Art Institute is also required. Text
books to be announced.
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AH 274. Pre-Columbian
Art of Mesoamerica
Professor Baird
Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00am–12:15pm | 107 HH | 3 Hours
Same as Latin American and Latino Studies 240. The art and architecture
of prehispanic peoples of Mexico and northern Central America, including
Olmec, Teotihuacan, Maya, Zapotec, and Aztec cultures. Prerequisite:
3 hours of art history at the 100 level or consent of the instructor.
There will be 2 quizzes, a mid-term, a final exam, and a research and
critical analysis paper. The following textbooks will be used: Mary E.
Miller, The Art of Mesoamerica (revised ed.); M. Miller and K. Taube,
The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya; Sylvan Barnet, A
Short Guide to Writing About Art; additional readings may be assigned.
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AH 275. South
Asian Visual Cultures
Professor Taylor
Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30am–10:45am | 320 SH | 3 Hours
Art and architectural traditions of South Asia, contextualizing their
uses and meaning within Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, and contemporary communities
of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Prerequisite: 3 hours of art history
at the 100 level or consent of the instructor. There will be midterm
and final exams (non-cumulative), one three page object description (from
the Art Institute collections), one oral presentation of a reading assignment,
and a final paper (10 pages) which is also presented orally in class.
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AH 320. Asian
Architecture (Same as Asian Studies 320)
Professor Taylor
Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30pm–1:45pm | 303 SH | 3 Hours
Survey of the historic and contemporary architectures of West Asia,
South Asia, Southeast Asia, China and Japan, as well as the architecture
of Asian diasporas. Prerequisite: 3 hours of art history at the 100 level
or consent of the instructor. There will be midterm and a final exam
(non-cumulative); drawing the plan and elevation of one building, with
a one page description of the building's use; one oral presentation of
a reading assignment; and a final paper (10 pages) which is also presented
orally in class.
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AH 322. Contemporary
Architecture
Professor Fausch
Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30am–10:45am | 107 HH | 3 Hours
Worldwide trends in recent architecture, urbanism, architectural theory,
and criticism since the 1960s. Prerequisite: 3 hours of art history at
the 100 level or consent of the instructor. The course explores architecture,
urban design, and planning from 1960 to the present, by examining a series
of oppositions as they have developed in relation to modernism and to
each other during this period.
We will follow a thematic format. In the introductory week we will review
the legacy of modernism and you will articulate your own positions on
architecture. In following weeks, the first class session will consist
of a lecture on the architecture and urbanism related to the theme, and
the second session will be devoted to student discussion of the readings.
You must complete the readings before coming to class, and attendance
and discussion will be weighted heavily in your grade. Each student will
give a presentation either of an additional reading or of a contemporary
work related to the themes of the course and will write a paper based
on his or her presentation. A final exam will synthesize all of the material
of the course. Course requirements: 1) 30%: Attendance and participation
in debates For 1–3 absences, highest possible grade=A; 4–6=B;
7–9=C; 10–12=D; 13 or more=F. 2) 10%: Position paper on architecture.
3) 15%: Presentation. 4) 15%: Paper based on presentation (due one
week after the presentation). 5) 30%: Final exam, based on both lectures
and readings
All components of each of these assignments must be completed to receive
a passing grade in the course. Papers will lose one grade for each
day they are late. No make-up exams will be given.
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AH 420. History
of Architecture I
Professor Borys
Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30pm–1:45pm | 106 HH | 3 Hours Undergraduate,
4 Hours Graduate
Review of the architecture, urbanism, and landscape architecture of
the Western (Atlantic/Mediterranean) world from its beginnings to the
late medieval period, comparing it to contemporary developments in other
parts of the world. Examination of the subject both historically and
thematically, considering building types, construction methods and materials,
social history and use, the role of architects, and the issue of evidence.
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AH 441. Topics
in Medieval Art and Architecture
Responding to Medieval Architecture and its Arts
Professor Grossman
Wednesdays 5:45pm–8:45pm | 209 JH | 3 Hours Undergraduate, 4 Hours
Graduate
In this course we will first look at the architecture as well as smaller
scale objects of the medieval West (with forays into the contemporary
cultures of Islam and Byzantium) in order to consider the issues surrounding
their creation and use in the middle ages. We will discuss how architecture
and material culture functions in public and private, secular and religious,
and luxury and everyday spheres. In the last weeks of the course we will
turn our attention to more recent nineteenth- and twentieth-century cultural
and artistic responses to these arts of the middle ages, and examine
how and why modern societies have used medieval forms and aesthetics.
We will look at Medieval Revival buildings in Chicago as well as other
responses to the middle ages in the United States and abroad. The course
is structured as a seminar, with ample student participation. Presentations
of readings and research topics are required, as well as a longer term
paper. No previous specialization in medieval art and architecture is
necessary.
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AH 460. Topics
in Modern and Contemporary Art
Professor Stokes
Tuesdays 2:00pm–5:00pm | 320 SH | 3 Hours Undergraduate, 4 Hours
Graduate
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AH 480. History
of Collecting and Museology
Professor Sokol
Mondays and Wednesdays 2:00pm–4:00pm | 319 SH | 3 Hours Undergraduate,
4 Hours Graduate
This course will introduce the student to the history of patronage and
collecting, from ancient times to the present. In addition, this course
will trace the evolution and development of museums, commercial galleries,
and corporate and government support of the arts. There will be discussion
and demonstrations concerning the care and feeding of an art collection,
and each student will develop plans for a site-specific exhibition. The
class will ordinarily meet on Monday afternoons, and the form of field
trips to museums, commercial galleries, etc., are usually scheduled on
Wednesday afternoons. Hull House Museum, Gallery 400, and the Campus
Art Collection will be primary campus resources used within the course.
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AH 510. Philosophical,
Historiographic and Research Issues in the History of Architecture and
Art
Professor Hales
Tuesdays 5:00pm–8:00pm | 303 HH | 4 Hours
This course represents an intensive introduction to the philosophical
and historical underpinnings to the discipline of art history; in addition,
it serves to present basic research methods in the discipline, including
the use of archival and secondary material, the development of a research
strategy, and the organization and presentation of research. Students
will read extensively: as much as one or two major works a week in some
cases. Shorter analytic papers addressing the underlying issues of the
week’s readings are expected for 12 of the 15 weeks. Students will
be responsible, in pairs, for presenting each week’s materials
and guiding the discussion. Over the course of the semester, students
will devise an original research project, develop a research strategy,
compile a bibliography and catalogue of relevant primary sources, and
present their results, in a classroom setting and in the form of an abstract,
outline, and bibliographic essay. Attendance is mandatory and late papers
are not accepted. While this description seems daunting, the course is
an adventure: few of us have read thoroughly and well in our discipline
or its underpinningsB we think we know what we should doubt and discover.
Over the course of the semester, a community of suffering adventurers
(or adventurous sufferers) develops, reading, writing and analytic skills
improve dramatically, and most graduate students discover the area, the
method or the theoretical basis for the work they will do over their
graduate careers. The final project is an opportunity to delve into an
area that’s significant to the individual, and usually provides
the template for a later and larger project in another classB often AH
511.
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AH 560. Seminar
in Modern Architecture, Art & Design
Form
Professor Higgins
Wednesdays 1:00pm–4:00pm | 209 JH | 4 Hours
This whole-text seminar will examine recent evolution of the idea of
artistic form as it relates to the social history of art and music, the
discipline of aesthetics and contemporary artists and artistic practice.
Books: Henri Bergson, Creative Evolution (1911), Mineola, NY: Dover,
1998. Nicolas Bourriaud, Relational Aesthetics, les Presses du Réel,
2002. Pierre Bourdieu, Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment
of Taste (1979), Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984.
Michel de Certeau, Heterologies, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota,
1985. Thomas Crow, The Intelligence of Art, Chapel Hill and London: University
of North Carolina Press, 1999. Henri Focillon, The Life of Forms in Art(1934),
New York: Zone Books, 1992. Suzi Gablik, The Reenchantment of Art,
London: Thames and Hudson, 1995.
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AH 560. Seminar
in Modern Architecture, Art & Design
High Art, Low Art, and Kitsch: Questions and Issues
Professor Margolin
Mondays 5:45pm–8:45pm | 209 JH | 4 Hours
The seminar will examine the way notions of high art, low art and kitsch
are constructed. We will begin with issues of how taste is defined, proceed
to theories of high and low art, take up issues around MOMA’s High
and Low art show, look at philosophical work on kitsch as well as sociological
literature on taste. Theories will be applied to specific movements and
examples in the art works beginning with the early avant-gardes and moving
up through Pop Art and then on the conceptual art and installations.
On of the major issues we will deal with is what is required to make
‘low’ forms acceptable in a museum or high art setting. The course will
also include a study trip to the reknowned Museum of Corntemporary Art.
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AH 561. Seminar
in Contemporary Art & Architecture
Conceptual Art: Practice and Theory
Professor Rorimer
Thursdays 5:00pm–8:00pm | 303 HH | 4 Hours
This seminar will examine the key issues pertaining to the range of
aesthetic production classified as “Conceptual”. Evolving
from and/or overlapping with Minimalism, Pop, and Fluxus, Conceptual
art redefined traditional painting and sculpture through its newly found
strategies, including linguistic, photographic, and installational means.
The course will deal with the principal ideas underlying post-1965
practice through the close study of major works by historically connected
artists as different from each other as Michael Asher, Gerhard Richter,
or Hanne Darboven. Readings will include Anne Rorimer, New Art in the
60s and 70s: Redefining Reality as well as texts by artists and critics
of the period.
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