History of Art (ARTH)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

ARTH 1163

This course will allow first-years 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 ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9460 ARTH 1163   SEM 101

    • MWF
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

ARTH 1164

We think that photographs show us a perfect re-creation of the world around us, but photographs are imperfect slices of reality. Historically, what kinds of people, places, and phenomena were photographs ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9500 ARTH 1164   SEM 101

    • MWF
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Marvin, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

ARTH 2000

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2000COML 2000VISST 2000

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  4588 ARTH 2000   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4589 ARTH 2000   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4590 ARTH 2000   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4591 ARTH 2000   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4592 ARTH 2000   DIS 204

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4593 ARTH 2000   DIS 205

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4594 ARTH 2000   DIS 206

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4595 ARTH 2000   DIS 207

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4596 ARTH 2000   DIS 208

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 2200

The art of Ancient Greece and Rome has a complex legacy within western culture that is inseparable from ideas about power, beauty, identity, and knowledge. As such, 'Classical' art has been appropriated ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARKEO 2700CLASS 2700

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  4499 ARTH 2200   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4500 ARTH 2200   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4501 ARTH 2200   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 2240

Why did the ancient Egyptians build pyramids, and why did they stop building them? Why did they depict things in ways that seem stiff and unnatural? Is ancient Egyptian art “art”? These are some of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 2433NES 2433

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1467 ARTH 2240   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 2700

This course focuses on African American and African Diaspora visual art from the 1800s to the present. It introduces significant artists and artworks as well as key movements, social, political, and economic ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2700ASRC 2700

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 11046 ARTH 2700   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Ekpo, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11047 ARTH 2700   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Ekpo, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11048 ARTH 2700   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Ekpo, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 2750

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 2750SHUM 2750

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Women, Textiles, and Texts in Feminist Thought

  •  1719 ARTH 2750   SEM 102

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Danisi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment preference given to: students accepted into the Humanities Scholars Program. For course description, see https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses

ARTH 2805

Trade in and to Asia proved to be a key force in creating our modern globalized world. The Indian Ocean and the China Seas converged on Southeast Asia, where a cosmopolitan array of ships from every shore ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2285SHUM 2805VISST 2805

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  4614 ARTH 2805   LEC 001

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • McGowan, K

      Pan, A

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • McGowan, K

      Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4615 ARTH 2805   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • McGowan, K

      Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4616 ARTH 2805   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • McGowan, K

      Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 3315

Grounded entirely in the collection of our on-campus museum, this course will introduce students to a broad chronological and geographical selection of examples of ‘Islamic’ visual culture via close encounters ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6315

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18192 ARTH 3315   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 3400

This lecture introduces students to the multivalent attitudes towards and understandings of the body in early modern Europe, and how artmakers contributed and responded to these forces between 1400 and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6400

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4648 ARTH 3400   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Howie, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 3650

In this course, we will examine the role of electronic and digital technologies in the arts of the late 20th and 21st centuries with emphasis on Europe and North America. Beginning with the cybernetically ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  4508 ARTH 3650   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 3755

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 3750

  • 0 Credits

  •  1745 ARTH 3755   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Platt, V

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ARTH 3803

How does art, architecture, and urban space interface with one another and what is the role of art in public space and public life? This course considers these questions within the context of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6803

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4642 ARTH 3803   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Lin, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4110

The Curatorial Practicum is a semester-long course offered at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum in collaboration with the Department of the History of Art and Visual Studies. This Spring 2026 the seminar theme, ... view course details

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

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 11049 ARTH 4110   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4151

From the 20th-century to the present, artists have made art using live entities including plants, animals, cells, tissue cultures and bacteria. They have designed habitats, plants, body organs, imaged ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Biological Art (Bio Art)

  •  4626 ARTH 4151   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4233

Topics Rotate: Spring 2026 topic: Olympia. Few sites of Greek antiquity enjoy a global resonance as large as that of Olympia, origin of the Olympic games. And yet, with its monumental archaeological traces ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  4608 ARTH 4233   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4305

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  4526 ARTH 4305   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4462

This seminar analyzes the contours of early modern Europe’s artistic and scientific landscapes through the lens of light and vision. This class will explore how early modern artists conceptualized the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6462

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  4650 ARTH 4462   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Howie, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4515

This seminar brings together work in critical black studies and psychoanalysis with recent black art histories to examine black abstraction and conceptualism. Blackness can be understood as a concept made ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  4652 ARTH 4515   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Ekpo, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4540

This seminar will offer a survey of film theory and history tailored for art historians, especially but not exclusively for modernists. The influence of cinema on twentieth-century aesthetics cannot be ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6540

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4633 ARTH 4540   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4695

Topic: Art of the Arab World, Central Asia, Iran, Turkey.This seminar focuses on the art and visual culture of West Asia and North Africa from the nineteenth century to the present. We will examine ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6695

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Art of the Arab World, Central Asian, Iran, Turkey

  •  4606 ARTH 4695   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Dadi, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4720

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  4964 ARTH 4720   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Ratcliff, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4754

This seminar provides a higher-level general introduction to, and survey of, contemporary theories, methods, and approaches in the archaeology of the Mediterranean world. Rather than focusing on a specific ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8540 ARTH 4754   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Manning, S

  • 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

  •  4635 ARTH 4822   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4844

An explosive period of artistic experimentation occurred in China following the end of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). The new artistic practices that were developed from the late 1970s onwards-from ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6844ASIAN 4844ASIAN 6844

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4644 ARTH 4844   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Lin, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4992

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4515 ARTH 4992   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4516 ARTH 4992   IND 602

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Dadi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4517 ARTH 4992   IND 603

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4518 ARTH 4992   IND 604

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4519 ARTH 4992   IND 605

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4520 ARTH 4992   IND 606

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4521 ARTH 4992   IND 607

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4522 ARTH 4992   IND 608

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Cohen-Aponte, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4523 ARTH 4992   IND 609

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Anderson, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4524 ARTH 4992   IND 610

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Presutti, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4525 ARTH 4992   IND 611

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4512 ARTH 4992   IND 612

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Howie, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4513 ARTH 4992   IND 613

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Ekpo, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  4514 ARTH 4992   IND 614

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Lin, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

ARTH 4999

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4529 ARTH 4999   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4530 ARTH 4999   IND 602

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4531 ARTH 4999   IND 603

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Dadi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4532 ARTH 4999   IND 604

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4533 ARTH 4999   IND 605

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4534 ARTH 4999   IND 606

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4535 ARTH 4999   IND 607

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Presutti, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4536 ARTH 4999   IND 608

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Anderson, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4537 ARTH 4999   IND 609

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Lin, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4538 ARTH 4999   IND 610

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Howie, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ARTH 5992

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4539 ARTH 5992   IND 602

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4540 ARTH 5992   IND 603

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Dadi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4541 ARTH 5992   IND 604

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4542 ARTH 5992   IND 606

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hassan, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4543 ARTH 5992   IND 607

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Lazzaro, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4544 ARTH 5992   IND 608

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4545 ARTH 5992   IND 610

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4546 ARTH 5992   IND 611

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4547 ARTH 5992   IND 612

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4548 ARTH 5992   IND 614

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Cohen-Aponte, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4549 ARTH 5992   IND 615

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Anderson, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4550 ARTH 5992   IND 616

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Pincus, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4551 ARTH 5992   IND 617

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ARTH 5994

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4552 ARTH 5994   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4553 ARTH 5994   IND 603

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Dadi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4554 ARTH 5994   IND 604

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4555 ARTH 5994   IND 605

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Finley, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4556 ARTH 5994   IND 606

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hassan, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4557 ARTH 5994   IND 607

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Lazzaro, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4558 ARTH 5994   IND 608

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4559 ARTH 5994   IND 610

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4560 ARTH 5994   IND 611

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4561 ARTH 5994   IND 612

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4562 ARTH 5994   IND 615

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Cohen-Aponte, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4563 ARTH 5994   IND 616

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Anderson, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4564 ARTH 5994   IND 617

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4565 ARTH 5994   IND 618

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Johnson, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4566 ARTH 5994   IND 619

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Samuels, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4567 ARTH 5994   IND 620

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Anderson, B

      Van Oyen, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4568 ARTH 5994   IND 621

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Platt, V

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4569 ARTH 5994   IND 622

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Presutti, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ARTH 6010

The Curatorial Practicum is a semester-long course offered at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum in collaboration with the Department of the History of Art and Visual Studies. This Spring 2026 the seminar theme, ... view course details

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

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  4632 ARTH 6010   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6151

Topic - Biological Art (Bio Art): From the late 20th-century to the present, artists have made art using live entities including plants, animals, cells, tissue cultures and bacteria. They have designed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Biological Art (Bio Art)

  •  4629 ARTH 6151   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6233

Topics Rotate: Spring 2026 topic: Olympia. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  4611 ARTH 6233   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6305

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  4639 ARTH 6305   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6315

Grounded entirely in the collection of our on-campus museum, this course will introduce students to a broad chronological and geographical selection of examples of ‘Islamic’ visual culture via close encounters ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3315

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18193 ARTH 6315   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6400

This lecture introduces students to the multivalent attitudes towards and understandings of the body in early modern Europe, and how artmakers contributed and responded to these forces between 1400 and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3400

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4649 ARTH 6400   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Howie, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6462

This seminar analyzes the contours of early modern Europe’s artistic and scientific landscapes through the lens of light and vision. This class will explore how early modern artists conceptualized the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4462

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  4651 ARTH 6462   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Howie, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6515

This seminar brings together work in critical black studies and psychoanalysis with recent black art histories to examine black abstraction and conceptualism. Blackness can be understood as a concept made ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  4653 ARTH 6515   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Ekpo, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6540

This seminar will offer a survey of film theory and history tailored for art historians, especially but not exclusively for modernists. The influence of cinema on twentieth-century aesthetics cannot be ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4540

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4634 ARTH 6540   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6653

In this course, we will examine the role of electronic and digital technologies in the arts of the late 20th and 21st centuries with emphasis on Europe and North America. Beginning with the cybernetically ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  4641 ARTH 6653   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6695

Topic: Art of the Arab World, Central Asia, Iran, Turkey.This seminar focuses on the art and visual culture of West Asia and North Africa from the nineteenth century to the present. We will examine ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4695

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Art of the Arab World, Central Asian, Iran, Turkey

  •  4607 ARTH 6695   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Dadi, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6720

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  4968 ARTH 6720   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Ratcliff, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6754

This seminar provides a higher-level general introduction to, and survey of, contemporary theories, methods, and approaches in the archaeology of the Mediterranean world. Rather than focusing on a specific ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8534 ARTH 6754   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Manning, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6803

How does art, architecture, and urban space interface with one another and what is the role of art in public space and public life? This course considers these questions within the context of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3803

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4643 ARTH 6803   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Lin, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  4637 ARTH 6822   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6844

An explosive period of artistic experimentation occurred in China following the end of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). The new artistic practices that were developed from the late 1970s onwards-from ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4844ASIAN 4844ASIAN 6844

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4646 ARTH 6844   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Lin, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person