History of Art (ARTH)Arts and Sciences
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Classes
ARTH 2000
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to modes of vision and the historical impact of visual images, visual structures, and visual space on culture, communication, and politics. It examines all aspects ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2000, COML 2000, VISST 2000
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- R Uris Hall 302
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Rickard, J
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- R Uris Hall 398
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Rickard, J
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- F Baker Laboratory G08
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F Baker Laboratory G08
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Rickard, J
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- R Uris Hall G20
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Rickard, J
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- R Uris Hall G20
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Rickard, J
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- F White Hall 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Rickard, J
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- F White Hall 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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
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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
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Anderson, B
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Anderson, B
Robinson, C
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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
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Anderson, B
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 2750
Course Description
These seminars offer an introduction to the humanities by exploring historical, cultural, social, and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 2750, SHUM 2750
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: The Afterlife of the Roman Landscape
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR A D White House 109
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Tally-Schumacher, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment preference will be given to students in the Humanities Scholars Program. See the Humanities Scholars Program website for the specific description of SHUM 2750, SEM 102, "Environmental Justice in Upstate NY." https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses
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ARTH 3100
Course Description
How did photography become the world's most dominant kind of visual representation? This course investigates photography's scientific origins and complex relations to painting, portraiture, urban life, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6100
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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
- MW Baker Laboratory 335
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 3111
Course Description
Photography/Image Analysis/Graphic Design is a hands-on course devoted to the practical understanding of conception, production, and innovation in the photographic image world. Each unit of the course ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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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 G24
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
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, ARTH 6225, CLASS 3735
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 3625
Course Description
This course takes a critical perspective on the centrality of Paris to canonical narratives of modernity and modern art and architecture. We will look both at some of the defining art movements of the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6625, SHUM 3625
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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
- MW Rockefeller Hall 128
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Presutti, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 3755
Course Description
This course explores the practice, theory, and methodology of humanities research, critical analysis, and communication through writing and oral presentation. We will study the work and impact of humanists ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3950, ASIAN 3375, NES 3750, SHUM 3750
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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
- MW A D White House 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Ghosh, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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: ARTH 6850, ASIAN 3350, VISST 3696
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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
- T Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
McGowan, K
- R Johnson Museum 2L41 lecture rm
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
McGowan, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 4305
Course Description
A comparative and interdisciplinary seminar whose focus is the visual world created by the pan-Mediterranean (Iberian Peninsula, Maghreb, France, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and Persia) culture of "Courtly Love" ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6305, NES 4795
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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
- T Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 4351
Course Description
Topic Spring 22: Spiral Relief Columns. In this seminar, we will consider the Roman medium of the spiral relief column (beginning with the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius) and its reception ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4351, ARKEO 6351, ARTH 6351, CLASS 4752, CLASS 7752, MEDVL 4351, MEDVL 6351, NES 4351, NES 6351, RELST 4351, RELST 6351, VISST 4351, VISST 6351
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Spiral Relief Columns
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Anderson, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 4630
Course Description
Museum Histories considers current and ongoing crises in arts institutions (COVID, labor issues, underrepresentation of minorities, calls for restitution of wrongfully-acquired objects) in relation to ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6630
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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 G24
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Presutti, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ARTH 4720
Course Description
During Europe's colonial era, the modern museum emerged as a site of cultural and scientific authority. This course investigates the history of imperial collections and collectors, with a focus on Britain ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6720, BSOC 4634, HIST 4634, HIST 6634, STS 4634, STS 6634
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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
- F Morrill Hall 423
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Ratcliff, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 4816
Course Description
China, a cultural giant of East Asia, made a passive entrance into modernity. With the advent of Western and American colonialism and imperialism, coupled with recent successes in westernization by the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6816, ASIAN 4473, ASIAN 6673, SHUM 4916
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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
- M Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Pan, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 4856
Course Description
It is a fundamental part of human activity to dress or cover one's body and environment. While the symbolic significance of such clothing has long been recognized, the activity of producing fabric itself ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6856, CLASS 4756, SHUM 4866, VISST 4857
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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
- W Johnson Museum 2L41 lecture rm
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
McGowan, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
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)
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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)
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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)
ARTH 4999
Course Description
The student under faculty direction prepares a senior thesis. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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
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)
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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)
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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)
Regular Academic Session.
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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
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)
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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)
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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)
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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 6100
Course Description
How did photography become the world's most dominant kind of visual representation? This course investigates photography's scientific origins and complex relations to painting, portraiture, urban life, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3100
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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
- MW Baker Laboratory 335
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 6225
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, ARTH 3225, CLASS 3735
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 6305
Course Description
A comparative and interdisciplinary seminar whose focus is the visual world created by the pan-Mediterranean (Iberian Peninsula, Maghreb, France, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and Persia) culture of "Courtly Love" ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4305, NES 4795
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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
- T Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 6351
Course Description
Seminar topics rotate each semester. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4351, ARKEO 6351, ARTH 4351, CLASS 4752, CLASS 7752, MEDVL 4351, MEDVL 6351, NES 4351, NES 6351, RELST 4351, RELST 6351, VISST 4351, VISST 6351
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Spiral Relief Columns
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Anderson, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 6625
Course Description
This course takes a critical perspective on the centrality of Paris to canonical narratives of modernity and modern art and architecture. We will look both at some of the defining art movements of the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3625, SHUM 3625
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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
- MW Rockefeller Hall 128
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Presutti, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 6630
Course Description
Museum Histories considers current and ongoing crises in arts institutions (COVID, labor issues, underrepresentation of minorities, calls for restitution of wrongfully-acquired objects) in relation to ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4630
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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 G24
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Presutti, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ARTH 6720
Course Description
For description, see STS 4634. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4720, BSOC 4634, HIST 4634, HIST 6634, STS 4634, STS 6634
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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
- F Morrill Hall 423
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Ratcliff, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 6816
Course Description
China, a cultural giant of East Asia, made a passive entrance into modernity. With the advent of Western and American colonialism and imperialism, coupled with recent successes in westernization by the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4816, ASIAN 4473, ASIAN 6673, SHUM 4916
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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
- M Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Pan, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 6850
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: ARTH 3850, ASIAN 3350, VISST 3696
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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
- T Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
McGowan, K
- R Johnson Museum 2L41 lecture rm
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
McGowan, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
ARTH 6856
Course Description
It is a fundamental part of human activity to dress or cover one's body and environment. While the symbolic significance of such clothing has long been recognized, the activity of producing fabric itself ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4856, CLASS 4756, SHUM 4866, VISST 4857
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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
- W Johnson Museum 2L41 lecture rm
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
McGowan, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)