Art History

(Offered fall, spring, and summer). (Meets Fine Arts Humanities requirement). In this course, students will develop an appreciation of and the ability to think critically about culture and be provided with the tools to understand, analyze, and discuss works of visual art and material culture.

(Offered fall, spring, and summer). (Meets Fine Arts Humanities requirement). In this course, students will develop an appreciation of and the ability to think critically about culture and be provided with the tools to understand, analyze, and discuss works of visual art and material culture.

(Offered fall). (Meets Fine Arts Humanities requirement.) Art History Criticism I is a survey course covering the development of Western art and architecture from antiquity to the early Renaissance. This course examines major forms of visual art such as painting, sculpture, and architecture which will include selections from the Western canon.

(Offered spring). (Meets Fine Arts Humanities requirement). Art History Criticism II is a survey course covering the development of Western art and architecture from the early Renaissance to the early 20th century. This course examines major forms of visual art such as painting, sculpture, and architecture which will include selections from the Western canon

(Offered fall and spring). (Meets Fine Arts Humanities requirement). This course provides an introduction to the history of architecture from ancient times to modern days. It explores the relationships between historical developments in architecture and wider changes in the social, technological, and aesthetics realms. The study of architecture will serve as a window into broader aspects of cultural history and will include selections from the Western canon.

(Offered fall and spring). (Meets Fine Arts Humanities requirement). This course provides an introduction to the history of architecture from ancient times to modern days. It explores the relationships between historical developments in architecture and wider changes in the social, technological and aesthetics realms. The study of architecture will serve as a window into broader aspects of cultural history. Simultaneously, the course will examine architecture as a unique medium, with its own visual codes, spatial forms and material structures. In this sense, the history of architecture will be seen in terms of the internal dynamics and ongoing issues of what it means to design and build in any context. The students will be expected to develop visual literacy in the forms and trends of architecture over the various periods. Emphasis will be placed on learning to look at buildings and architectural representations in a deeper way. The history of architecture will be read both from the outside, as a consequence of certain social, economic and ideological forces, and from inside, as a problem of the evolution of the construction materials, technology and science.