History of Art (ARTH)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

ARTH 1162

This seminar considers art and visual culture as sites through which we engage history, philosophy, and the world around us. From art objects to movies, book covers to social media we encounter images ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17655 ARTH 1162   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

ARTH 1163

This course will allow freshmen to answer the question: from where, and how, did the idea evolve that one might catch a picture in a net, as one might catch not only a butterfly but the piece of sky in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17654 ARTH 1163   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

ARTH 2000

This course will introduce you to the field of Visual Studies.  Visual Studies seeks to define and improve our visual relationship to nature and culture after the modern surge in technology and knowledge.  ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2000COML 2000VISST 2000

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5426 ARTH 2000   LEC 001

  • 17269 ARTH 2000   DIS 201

  • 17270 ARTH 2000   DIS 202

  • 17271 ARTH 2000   DIS 203

  • 17272 ARTH 2000   DIS 204

  • 17273 ARTH 2000   DIS 205

  • 17274 ARTH 2000   DIS 206

  • 18432 ARTH 2000   DIS 207

  • 18433 ARTH 2000   DIS 208

ARTH 2355

Survey lecture course covering the creation, encoding, and reception of Medieval (roughly AD 500-1500) European, Byzantine, and Islamic architecture, ornament, manuscripts, liturgical and luxury objects.  ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MEDVL 2355

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9281 ARTH 2355   LEC 001

  •  9282 ARTH 2355   DIS 201

  •  9283 ARTH 2355   DIS 202

ARTH 3010

Who are 'the poor' in the United States? Who are the largest recipients of federal welfare and entitlement spending? Why is there an unprecedented simultaneous increase in wealth and poverty in the United ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3010ART 3810VISST 3010

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  9071 ARTH 3010   SEM 101

ARTH 3225

This lecture class centers on the formative periods of ancient Greek culture, the centuries from about 800-300 BCE. Its aim is to place Greece within the cosmopolitan networks of the Mediterranean and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 3225CLASS 3735

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15661 ARTH 3225   LEC 001

ARTH 3440

Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael transformed the art of their time. Leonardo was an extraordinary thinker, scientist, and engineer as well as artist. Michelangelo invented grandiose projects for ambitious ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VISST 3443

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15654 ARTH 3440   LEC 001

ARTH 3565

This course surveys the artistic and architectural traditions of Latin America during the period of Spanish colonial rule (ca. 1520s-1820s).  It will center on visual cultures of the viceroyalties of New ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 3565VISST 3565

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15656 ARTH 3565   LEC 001

ARTH 3651

The work of women artists has been central to the development of new media art. These rich and varied practices include installation, virtual reality environments, net art, digital video, networked performance, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 3655VISST 3651

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15659 ARTH 3651   LEC 001

ARTH 3800

This course offers a survey of the art and culture of China, from the Neolithic period to the 20th century. We begin with an inquiry into the meaning of national boundaries and the controversy of the Han ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 3800ASIAN 3383

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8683 ARTH 3800   LEC 001

ARTH 3850

The arts of Southeast Asia are studied in their social context, since in traditional societies creative processes are often mapped on the sequence of events that compose human lives. We will be looking ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3350VISST 3696

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15909 ARTH 3850   LEC 001

ARTH 3902

The intersectionality between the political landscapes of nation spaces, economic and political forces will be undertaken through curatorial practices for museums and the art market including international ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6902

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17074 ARTH 3902   SEM 101

ARTH 4155

This seminar will investigate question such, such as: How does the inclusion of technologically engaged practices in the history of Latin American art challenge our understanding of this art? Are there ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology

  •  9205 ARTH 4155   SEM 101

ARTH 4160

The colonial period in Latin America (circa 1521-1820s) witnessed the formation of one of the most diverse societies in the world.  Labor regimes, religious activities, marriage alliances, and commercial ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Art and Identity in Colonial Latin America

  • 16952 ARTH 4160   SEM 101

ARTH 4171

An examination and analysis of the major trends in art from Neoclassicism and Romanticism through Post Impressionism and the dawn of the twentieth century. Lectures and readings will concentrate on the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6372 ARTH 4171   SEM 180

  • Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.

ARTH 4353

This traveling seminar explores the history and archaeology of one of the largest metropoleis of the ancient world. Straddling the Peloponnese and mainland Greece, Corinth was part of several empires. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17078 ARTH 4353   SEM 101

  • Field trip to Corinth during spring break. Dates TBD.

  • 18343 ARTH 4353   FLD 801

  • Taught in Corinth. Travel dated TBD.

ARTH 4558

This course examines how memory has been expressed in Jewish tradition in physical and spatial form, especially through the creation of commemorative objects, records, markers, monuments and museums. The ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  • 16876 ARTH 4558   SEM 101

ARTH 4606

Rembrandt was typical and exceptional in seventeenth-century Holland: typical because subject to the same market forces as others, and exceptional because he flouted that market, alienated patrons, innovating ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6606

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15705 ARTH 4606   SEM 101

ARTH 4820

This course explores how the art of Zen (Chan) developed in China and was transmitted to Korea and Japan. It will also examine how ideas of Zen informed Western Modern art in both Europe and North America, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6820ASIAN 4450ASIAN 6650

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16520 ARTH 4820   SEM 101

ARTH 4851

The twin phenomena of performing and collecting are as old as time, and both require an intense entanglement with things. This seminar examines the significance of objects and their related texts within ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16884 ARTH 4851   SEM 101

ARTH 4992

Individual investigation and discussion of special topics not covered in the regular course offerings, by arrangement with a member of the department. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6872 ARTH 4992   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Alexandridis, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6873 ARTH 4992   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Dadi, I

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6874 ARTH 4992   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Fernandez, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6875 ARTH 4992   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Finley, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6876 ARTH 4992   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Hassan, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6877 ARTH 4992   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Lazzaro, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6878 ARTH 4992   IND 608

    • TBA
    • McGowan, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6879 ARTH 4992   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Rickard, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6960 ARTH 4992   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Pan, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  6961 ARTH 4992   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Robinson, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7614 ARTH 4992   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Cohen-Aponte, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7615 ARTH 4992   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Anderson, B

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7616 ARTH 4992   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Pincus, L

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  8421 ARTH 4992   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Moisey, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  9530 ARTH 4992   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Johnson, C

ARTH 4999

The student under faculty direction prepares a senior thesis. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9232 ARTH 4999   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Moisey, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17090 ARTH 4999   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Fernandez, M

ARTH 5992

Individual investigation and discussion of special topics not covered in the regular course offerings, by arrangement with a member of the department. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6888 ARTH 5992   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Alexandridis, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6889 ARTH 5992   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Dadi, I

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6890 ARTH 5992   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Fernandez, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6891 ARTH 5992   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Finley, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6892 ARTH 5992   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Hassan, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6893 ARTH 5992   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Lazzaro, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6894 ARTH 5992   IND 608

    • TBA
    • McGowan, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6895 ARTH 5992   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Rickard, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6962 ARTH 5992   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Pan, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6963 ARTH 5992   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Robinson, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7617 ARTH 5992   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Cohen-Aponte, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7618 ARTH 5992   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Anderson, B

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7619 ARTH 5992   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Pincus, L

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8418 ARTH 5992   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Moisey, A

ARTH 5994

Individual investigation and discussion of special topics not covered in the regular course offerings, by arrangement with a member of the department. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6880 ARTH 5994   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Alexandridis, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6881 ARTH 5994   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Dadi, I

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6882 ARTH 5994   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Fernandez, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6883 ARTH 5994   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Finley, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6884 ARTH 5994   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Hassan, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6885 ARTH 5994   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Lazzaro, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6886 ARTH 5994   IND 608

    • TBA
    • McGowan, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6887 ARTH 5994   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Rickard, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6968 ARTH 5994   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Pan, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6969 ARTH 5994   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Robinson, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7303 ARTH 5994   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Pincus, L

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7620 ARTH 5994   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Cohen-Aponte, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7621 ARTH 5994   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Anderson, B

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8419 ARTH 5994   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Moisey, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9531 ARTH 5994   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Johnson, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9665 ARTH 5994   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Samuels, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18764 ARTH 5994   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Anderson, B

      Van Oyen, A

ARTH 6155

This seminar will investigate question such, such as: How does the inclusion of technologically engaged practices in the history of Latin American art challenge our understanding of this art? Are there ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology

  •  9208 ARTH 6155   SEM 101

ARTH 6160

The colonial period in Latin America (circa 1521-1820s) witnessed the formation of one of the most diverse societies in the world.  Labor regimes, religious activities, marriage alliances, and commercial ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Art and Identity in Colonial Latin America

  • 16956 ARTH 6160   SEM 101

ARTH 6353

This traveling seminar explores the history and archaeology of one of the largest metropoleis of the ancient world. Straddling the Peloponnese and mainland Greece, Corinth was part of several empires. ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  • 17084 ARTH 6353   SEM 101

  • 18322 ARTH 6353   FLD 801

  • Taught in Corinth. Travel dates TBD.

ARTH 6558

This course examines how memory has been expressed in Jewish tradition in physical and spatial form, especially through the creation of commemorative objects, records, markers, monuments and museums. The ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16878 ARTH 6558   SEM 101

ARTH 6606

Rembrandt was typical and exceptional in seventeenth-century Holland: typical because subject to the same market forces as others, and exceptional because he flouted that market, alienated patrons, innovating ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4606

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15706 ARTH 6606   SEM 101

ARTH 6820

This course explores how the art of Zen (Chan) developed in China and was transmitted to Korea and Japan. It will also examine how ideas of Zen informed Western Modern art in both Europe and North America, ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4820ASIAN 4450ASIAN 6650

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16523 ARTH 6820   SEM 101

ARTH 6851

The twin phenomena of performing and collecting are as old as time, and both require an intense entanglement with things. This seminar examines the significance of objects and their related texts within ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  • 16889 ARTH 6851   SEM 101

ARTH 6902

The intersectionality between the political landscapes of nation spaces, economic and political forces will be undertaken through curatorial practices for museums and the art market including international ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3902

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17075 ARTH 6902   SEM 101