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Classes
ARTH 1162
Course Description
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
FWS Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- TRGoldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Fresko, L
Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
ARTH 1163
Course Description
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
FWS Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- TRGoldwin Smith Hall G19
Instructors
Moisey, A
Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
ARTH 2000
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2000, COML 2000, VISST 2000
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- TRGoldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
Instructors
Moisey, A
Class Number & Section Details
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- WGoldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Moisey, A
Class Number & Section Details
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- WGoldwin Smith Hall G24
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Moisey, A
Class Number & Section Details
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- WGoldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Moisey, A
Class Number & Section Details
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- WGoldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Moisey, A
Class Number & Section Details
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- FGoldwin Smith Hall 181
Instructors
Moisey, A
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- FGoldwin Smith Hall 181
Instructors
Moisey, A
Class Number & Section Details
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- WWhite Hall 110
Instructors
Moisey, A
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- WWhite Hall 106
Instructors
Moisey, A
ARTH 2355
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MEDVL 2355
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- TRGoldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
Anderson, B
Robinson, C
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- WGoldwin Smith Hall 158
Instructors
Anderson, B
Robinson, C
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- RGoldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Anderson, B
Robinson, C
ARTH 3010
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3010, ART 3810, VISST 3010
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Meeting Pattern
- TRMorrill Hall 404
Instructors
Gaskins, B
ARTH 3225
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3225, CLASS 3735
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- MWKlarman Hall KG42
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
ARTH 3440
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: VISST 3443
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- MWWhite Hall 110
Instructors
Lazzaro, C
ARTH 3565
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 3565, VISST 3565
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- TRGoldwin Smith Hall 142
Instructors
Cohen-Aponte, A
ARTH 3651
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 3655, VISST 3651
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- MWGoldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
Fernandez, M
ARTH 3800
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3800, ASIAN 3383
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- TRGoldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Pan, A
ARTH 3850
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3350, VISST 3696
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- TRGoldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
McGowan, K
ARTH 3902
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6902
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- TRGoldwin Smith Hall G19
Instructors
Rickard, J
ARTH 4155
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6155, LATA 4155, LATA 6155, VISST 4155, VISST 6155
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
Section Topic
Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- WGoldwin Smith Hall G19
Instructors
Fernandez, M
ARTH 4160
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6160, LATA 4160, LATA 6160, VISST 4160
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Section Topic
Topic: Art and Identity in Colonial Latin America
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- RGoldwin Smith Hall G20
Instructors
Cohen-Aponte, A
ARTH 4171
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TWashington, DC
Instructors
Denker, E
Additional Information
Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ARTH 4353
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one field studies. Combined with: ARKEO 4353, ARKEO 7353, ARTH 6353, CLASS 4755, CLASS 7755
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- WGoldwin Smith Hall G20
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
Anderson, B
Additional Information
Field trip to Corinth during spring break. Dates TBD.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- TBA Other International
- Mar 31 - Apr 8, 2018
Instructors
Staff
Additional Information
Taught in Corinth. Travel dated TBD.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ARTH 4558
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4558, ARKEO 6558, ARTH 6558, JWST 4558, JWST 6558
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- RWhite Hall 110
Instructors
Gruber, S
ARTH 4606
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6606
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- TGoldwin Smith Hall 156
Instructors
Pincus, L
ARTH 4820
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6820, ASIAN 4450, ASIAN 6650
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- TGoldwin Smith Hall 156
Instructors
Pan, A
ARTH 4851
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6851, ASIAN 4445, ASIAN 6645, VISST 4851
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- WJohnson Museum 2L34 studio
Instructors
McGowan, K
ARTH 4992
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
ARTH 4999
Course Description
The student under faculty direction prepares a senior thesis. view course details
ARTH 5992
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
ARTH 5994
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
ARTH 6155
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4155, LATA 4155, LATA 6155, VISST 4155, VISST 6155
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
Section Topic
Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- WGoldwin Smith Hall G19
Instructors
Fernandez, M
ARTH 6160
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4160, LATA 4160, LATA 6160, VISST 4160
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Section Topic
Topic: Art and Identity in Colonial Latin America
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- RGoldwin Smith Hall G20
Instructors
Cohen-Aponte, A
ARTH 6353
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar. Field studies optional. Combined with: ARKEO 4353, ARKEO 7353, ARTH 4353, CLASS 4755, CLASS 7755
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- WGoldwin Smith Hall G20
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
Anderson, B
Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- TBA Other International
- Mar 31 - Apr 8, 2018
Instructors
Staff
Additional Information
Taught in Corinth. Travel dates TBD.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ARTH 6558
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4558, ARKEO 6558, ARTH 4558, JWST 4558, JWST 6558
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- RWhite Hall 110
Instructors
Gruber, S
ARTH 6606
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4606
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- TGoldwin Smith Hall 156
Instructors
Pincus, L
ARTH 6820
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4820, ASIAN 4450, ASIAN 6650
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- TGoldwin Smith Hall 156
Instructors
Pan, A
ARTH 6851
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4851, ASIAN 4445, ASIAN 6645, VISST 4851
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- WJohnson Museum 2L34 studio
Instructors
McGowan, K
ARTH 6902
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3902
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
Class Number & Section Details
Meeting Pattern
- TRGoldwin Smith Hall G19
Instructors
Rickard, J