History of Art (ARTH)Arts and Sciences
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Classes
ARTH 1100
Course Description
This lecture course introduces students to the History of Art as a global and interdisciplinary field. Team-taught by a selection of professors from the department, in collaboration with members of the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: SHUM 1100
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Section Topic
Topic: Ornament
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Baker Laboratory 335
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Section Topic
Topic: Ornament
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Section Topic
Topic: Ornament
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Section Topic
Topic: Ornament
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Section Topic
Topic: Ornament
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 1173
Course Description
How does one capture the likeness of an individual? What purposes do portraits serve, and by which criteria may they be judged? Are there aspects of a person that elude representation? We will pose these ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR White Hall B04
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Anderson, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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ARTH 2500
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: VISST 2500
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 2550
Course Description
This course is designed to introduce students to Latin American art from the pre-Columbian period to the present. It will cover the arts of ancient civilizations including the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Moche, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2555, LATA 2050, SHUM 2550, VISST 2550
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Cohen-Aponte, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Cohen-Aponte, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 2600
Course Description
This course offers a broad introduction to some of the artistic practices that have come to be known as "modern" in Europe and the United States. Beginning with the upheavals of the French Revolution and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Presutti, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Presutti, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Presutti, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Presutti, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Presutti, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 2800
Course Description
This course offers a survey of the art and culture of China from the Neolithic period to the twenty-first century to students who have no previous background in Chinese studies. The course begins with ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARKEO 2800, ASIAN 2288, SHUM 2800
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Pan, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Sibley Hall 208
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Pan, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 3540
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Finley, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 4101
Course Description
Works of art have always engendered political, social, and cultural meanings. This seminar presents an introduction to the methods used by art historians and the objects and ideas that constitute ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6101, VISST 4101
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Dadi, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ARTH 4110
Course Description
Topic Fall 2022: Commerce, Currencies, and Commodities: Reconfiguring the Archive view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6010
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Section Topic
Topic: Commerce, Currencies, and Commodities
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T To Be Assigned
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ARTH 4153
Course Description
Topic: Feminist Posthumanisms in the Visual Arts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6153, FGSS 4153, FGSS 6153, VISST 4153
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Fernandez, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 4310
Course Description
Topic: The Late Medieval Devotional Image. A commonplace in the scholarly literature surrounding late medieval visual culture in Spain is that it was always "late". The Spaniards lagged behind the Italians ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6310, JWST 4310, JWST 6310, MEDVL 4310, MEDVL 6310, NES 4700, NES 6700, RELST 4310, RELST 6310, SPAN 4570, SPAN 6590
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 4460
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 4545
Course Description
Topic for Fall 2022: Tutorial. The history of photography as an art has been mostly on the page, not on the wall. This course refocuses the standard museum and gallery history of photography back to the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6545
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Tutorial
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ARTH 4684
Course Description
This interdisciplinary seminar brings together critical theory and global visual arts to analyze the problem of work over the long twentieth century. By focusing on the labor of visual artists and their ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6684, COML 4684, COML 6684, ENGL 4984, PMA 4684, PMA 6684, SHUM 4684, SHUM 6684, VISST 4684, VISST 6684
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M A D White House 109
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 4696
Course Description
This online course will examine the history of the art market, from the 16th century to the present. We will study the production, sale and exchange of works of art as well as the patrons, artists and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4696, VISST 4696
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Finley, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 4822
Course Description
Tea is a ubiquitous commodity across time and cultures. The craze for tea has become a global phenomenon. The goal of this course is not only to elucidate the exchanges and transmissions that gave rise ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6822, ASIAN 4424, ASIAN 6624
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Pan, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 4991
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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1-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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1-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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1-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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1-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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1-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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1-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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1-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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1-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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1-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
ARTH 4998
Course Description
A course for senior Art History majors working on honors theses, with selected reading, research projects, etc., under the supervision of a member of the History of Art faculty. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
ARTH 5991
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ARTH 5993
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
ARTH 6010
Course Description
Topic Fall 2022: Commerce, Currencies, and Commodities: Reconfiguring the Archive view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4110
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Section Topic
Topic: Commerce, Currencies, and Commodities
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T To Be Assigned
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ARTH 6101
Course Description
Works of art have always engendered political, social, and cultural meanings. This seminar presents an introduction to the methods used by art historians and the objects and ideas that constitute ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4101, VISST 4101
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Dadi, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ARTH 6153
Course Description
Topic: Feminist Posthumanisms in the Visual Arts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4153, FGSS 4153, FGSS 6153, VISST 4153
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Fernandez, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 6310
Course Description
Topic: The Late Medieval Devotional Image. A commonplace in the scholarly literature surrounding late medieval visual culture in Spain is that it was always "late". The Spaniards lagged behind the Italians ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4310, JWST 4310, JWST 6310, MEDVL 4310, MEDVL 6310, NES 4700, NES 6700, RELST 4310, RELST 6310, SPAN 4570, SPAN 6590
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 6545
Course Description
Topic 2022: Tutorial. The history of photography as an art has been mostly on the page, not on the wall. This course refocuses the standard museum and gallery history of photography back to the book. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4545
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Tutorial
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ARTH 6684
Course Description
This interdisciplinary seminar brings together critical theory and global visual arts to analyze the problem of work over the long twentieth century. By focusing on the labor of visual artists and their ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4684, COML 4684, COML 6684, ENGL 4984, PMA 4684, PMA 6684, SHUM 4684, SHUM 6684, VISST 4684, VISST 6684
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M A D White House 109
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 6780
Course Description
Our title derives from the political philosopher Leo Strauss, who provides our initial analytic, methodological, and theoretical model. We extend beyond Straussian ideological positions to include art ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6661, GERST 6780, GOVT 6785, JWST 6780
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Morrill Hall 110
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Waite, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to graduate students.
ARTH 6822
Course Description
Tea is a ubiquitous commodity across time and cultures. The craze for tea has become a global phenomenon. The goal of this course is not only to elucidate the exchanges and transmissions that gave rise ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4822, ASIAN 4424, ASIAN 6624
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Pan, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person