History of Art (ARTH)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023. Courses of Study 2023-2024 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

ARTH 1100

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: SHUM 1100

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • Topic: Ornament

  •  5381 ARTH 1100   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • Topic: Ornament

  •  6290 ARTH 1100   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • Topic: Ornament

  •  6291 ARTH 1100   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • Topic: Ornament

  •  6292 ARTH 1100   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • Topic: Ornament

  •  6293 ARTH 1100   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 1173

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20065 ARTH 1173   SEM 101

    • TR White Hall B04
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Anderson, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ARTH 2500

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: VISST 2500

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17757 ARTH 2500   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17821 ARTH 2500   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 2550

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2555LATA 2050SHUM 2550VISST 2550

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 17517 ARTH 2550   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17655 ARTH 2550   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 2600

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17715 ARTH 2600   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17716 ARTH 2600   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17717 ARTH 2600   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17718 ARTH 2600   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17719 ARTH 2600   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 2800

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARKEO 2800ASIAN 2288SHUM 2800

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 17710 ARTH 2800   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19586 ARTH 2800   DIS 201

    • W Sibley Hall 208
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 3540

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19591 ARTH 3540   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4101

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6101VISST 4101

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5005 ARTH 4101   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4110

Topic Fall 2022: Commerce, Currencies, and Commodities: Reconfiguring the Archive view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6010

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Commerce, Currencies, and Commodities

  •  6350 ARTH 4110   SEM 101

    • T To Be Assigned
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4153

Topic: Feminist Posthumanisms in the Visual Arts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17705 ARTH 4153   SEM 102

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4310

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 17796 ARTH 4310   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4460

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 18044 ARTH 4460   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4545

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6545

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Tutorial

  • 10539 ARTH 4545   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4684

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 18891 ARTH 4684   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4696

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4696VISST 4696

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19128 ARTH 4696   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4822

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6822ASIAN 4424ASIAN 6624

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 17886 ARTH 4822   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4991

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

  •  4254 ARTH 4991   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4256 ARTH 4991   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4257 ARTH 4991   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4258 ARTH 4991   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Dadi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4259 ARTH 4991   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4260 ARTH 4991   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4261 ARTH 4991   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Hassan, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4262 ARTH 4991   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4263 ARTH 4991   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4311 ARTH 4991   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Lazzaro, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4861 ARTH 4991   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Pincus, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5007 ARTH 4991   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Anderson, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5008 ARTH 4991   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Cohen-Aponte, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  5061 ARTH 4991   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Platt, V

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ARTH 4998

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4165 ARTH 4998   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6063 ARTH 4998   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Dadi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6553 ARTH 4998   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  • 12044 ARTH 4998   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  • 12054 ARTH 4998   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  • 20004 ARTH 4998   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Anderson, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ARTH 5991

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

  •  3262 ARTH 5991   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4281 ARTH 5991   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Dadi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4282 ARTH 5991   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4283 ARTH 5991   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4284 ARTH 5991   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4285 ARTH 5991   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4286 ARTH 5991   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Lazzaro, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4287 ARTH 5991   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Hassan, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4288 ARTH 5991   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4312 ARTH 5991   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4862 ARTH 5991   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Pincus, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5009 ARTH 5991   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Anderson, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5010 ARTH 5991   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Cohen-Aponte, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5614 ARTH 5991   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Platt, V

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ARTH 5993

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

  •  4289 ARTH 5993   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4290 ARTH 5993   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Dadi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4291 ARTH 5993   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4292 ARTH 5993   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Lazzaro, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4293 ARTH 5993   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4294 ARTH 5993   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4295 ARTH 5993   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4296 ARTH 5993   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Hassan, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4297 ARTH 5993   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4313 ARTH 5993   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5011 ARTH 5993   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Anderson, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5012 ARTH 5993   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Cohen-Aponte, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5555 ARTH 5993   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Johnson, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5616 ARTH 5993   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Pincus, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5615 ARTH 5993   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Platt, V

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ARTH 6010

Topic Fall 2022: Commerce, Currencies, and Commodities: Reconfiguring the Archive view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4110

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Commerce, Currencies, and Commodities

  •  6351 ARTH 6010   SEM 101

    • T To Be Assigned
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6101

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4101VISST 4101

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5493 ARTH 6101   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6153

Topic: Feminist Posthumanisms in the Visual Arts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17708 ARTH 6153   SEM 102

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6310

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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  • 19990 ARTH 6310   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6545

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4545

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Tutorial

  • 10439 ARTH 6545   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6684

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 18897 ARTH 6684   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6780

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 18743 ARTH 6780   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to graduate students.

ARTH 6822

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4822ASIAN 4424ASIAN 6624

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20311 ARTH 6822   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person