History of Art (ARTH)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

ARTH 1154

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  3094 ARTH 1154   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Presutti, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

ARTH 1158

How can a painting serve as a map of political displacement and cultural survival? This seminar investigates the transformation of Chinese modernism as its center of gravity shifted from the cosmopolitan ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  3107 ARTH 1158   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Fung, 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 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 2000, COML 2000, VISST 2000

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5159 ARTH 2000   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5160 ARTH 2000   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5161 ARTH 2000   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5162 ARTH 2000   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5163 ARTH 2000   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5164 ARTH 2000   DIS 205

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5165 ARTH 2000   DIS 206

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5166 ARTH 2000   DIS 207

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5167 ARTH 2000   DIS 208

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 2222

This course offers an introduction to Greek mythology and its representation in Greek art, specifically vase-painting. It covers material from the late Geometric (8th c. BCE) to the Classical period (4th ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CLASS 2722

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5236 ARTH 2222   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Elahi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5237 ARTH 2222   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Elahi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5238 ARTH 2222   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Elahi, M

  • 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 2433, NES 2433

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15369 ARTH 2240   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Miller, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 2355

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MEDVL 2355

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5189 ARTH 2355   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5190 ARTH 2355   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5191 ARTH 2355   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 2501

Photography created a global image culture in the 20th century, thanks to the invention of film and the hand camera. This class surveys its modern uses for journalism, medicine, colonialism and its resistance, ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5232 ARTH 2501   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5233 ARTH 2501   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5234 ARTH 2501   DIS 202

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 2650

This survey course introduces students to key movements and figures in North American Art, Architecture, and Design across the twentieth century. Engaging with works of art and design from within the cannon ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2652

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  5239 ARTH 2650   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Blanchfield, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5240 ARTH 2650   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Blanchfield, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5241 ARTH 2650   DIS 202

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Blanchfield, C

  • 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 2800, ASIAN 2288, SHUM 2800

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  5177 ARTH 2800   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5178 ARTH 2800   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5179 ARTH 2800   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 3392

What can objects produced in the port cities of the Indo-Pacific world teach us about early modern globalization? Movement into and out of key trade centers in the Indo-Pacific became more interconnected ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6692, ASIAN 3392, ASIAN 6692

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17070 ARTH 3392   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Misra, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 3515

Why is the black home and black place an unstable concept in the United States? Why does spatial disinvestment, gentrification, redlining, and eminent domain disproportionately target black people and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3515, ASRC 3515

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  5235 ARTH 3515   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Ekpo, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 3550

This course concerns a selection of influential artistic movements in Latin American from the early twentieth century to the present. Attention is given to issues such as the effects of colonialism and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6550, LATA 3680, LSP 3551

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  5080 ARTH 3550   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  5215 ARTH 3803   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Lin, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4155

Topic: Latin American Moderinsims and Technology. The involvement of Latin American artists with modern media technologies dates at least to the late nineteenth century and has especially flourished in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology

  •  5203 ARTH 4155   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4320

An introduction both to the History of Art and to an interdisciplinary approach to research and analysis through close study of these two works. Beginning with a sampling of Said's Orientalism and its ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6320, NES 4320, NES 6320

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5218 ARTH 4320   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4444

This seminar examines “experimental media”, an umbrella term for experimental literature, poetry, film, video, photography, music, radio, theater, sound art, computer games, and other new media. With ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7774 ARTH 4444   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Born, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4515

Abstract art poses generative problems and possibilities for thinking racial blackness. Some accounts posit a turn from figurative representation to visual abstraction of blackness/black experience as ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  5226 ARTH 4515   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Ekpo, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4630

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6630

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5213 ARTH 4630   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Presutti, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4690

Since the late 19th century, the effects of capitalism across the globe have been profoundly transformative and have intensified with the demise of the older colonial empires, the rise of nationalism and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 6190, VISST 4641

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5097 ARTH 4690   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Dadi, I

  • 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 6822, ASIAN 4424, ASIAN 6624

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5209 ARTH 4822   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • 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 6844, ASIAN 4844, ASIAN 6844

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5222 ARTH 4844   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Lin, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 4855

This seminar explores how patterned cloths serve as a symbolic medium, functioning on multiple levels of understanding and communication. As spun, dyed, and woven threads of consequence, textiles can be ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  5195 ARTH 4855   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • McGowan, K

  • 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

  •  5083 ARTH 4992   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    See https://as.cornell.edu/registrar/independent-study for more information on applying for Independent Study.

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

  •  5099 ARTH 4999   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5100 ARTH 4999   IND 602

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5101 ARTH 4999   IND 603

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Dadi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5102 ARTH 4999   IND 604

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Alexandridis, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5103 ARTH 4999   IND 605

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5104 ARTH 4999   IND 606

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5105 ARTH 4999   IND 607

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Presutti, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5106 ARTH 4999   IND 608

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Anderson, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5107 ARTH 4999   IND 609

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Lin, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5108 ARTH 4999   IND 610

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Howie, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5109 ARTH 4999   IND 611

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Cohen-Aponte, 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
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5110 ARTH 5992   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • 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
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5123 ARTH 5994   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ARTH 6155

Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology. The involvement of Latin American artists with modern media technologies dates at least to the late nineteenth century and has especially flourished in ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology

  •  5200 ARTH 6155   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6190

Since the late 19th century, the effects of capitalism across the globe have been profoundly transformative and have intensified with the demise of the older colonial empires, the rise of nationalism and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4690, VISST 4641

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5199 ARTH 6190   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Dadi, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6320

An introduction both to the History of Art and to an interdisciplinary approach to research and analysis through close study of these two works. Beginning with a sampling of Said's Orientalism and its ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4320, NES 4320, NES 6320

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5220 ARTH 6320   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Robinson, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6444

This seminar examines “experimental media”, an umbrella term for experimental literature, poetry, film, video, photography, music, radio, theater, sound art, computer games, and other new media. With ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •  7768 ARTH 6444   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Born, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6515

Abstract art poses generative problems and possibilities for thinking racial blackness. Some accounts posit a turn from figurative representation to visual abstraction of blackness/black experience as ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •  5229 ARTH 6515   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Ekpo, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6550

This course concerns a selection of influential artistic movements in Latin American from the early twentieth century to the present. Attention is given to issues such as the effects of colonialism and ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3550, LATA 3680, LSP 3551

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  5216 ARTH 6550   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6630

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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4630

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5214 ARTH 6630   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Presutti, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6692

What can objects produced in the port cities of the Indo-Pacific world teach us about early modern globalization? Movement into and out of key trade centers in the Indo-Pacific became more interconnected ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3392, ASIAN 3392, ASIAN 6692

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17071 ARTH 6692   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Misra, D

  • 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

View Enrollment Information

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

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5217 ARTH 6803   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • 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

View Enrollment Information

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

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5211 ARTH 6822   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • 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

View Enrollment Information

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

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5224 ARTH 6844   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Lin, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 6855

This seminar explores how patterned cloths serve as a symbolic medium, functioning on multiple levels of understanding and communication. As spun, dyed, and woven threads of consequence, textiles can be ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •  5206 ARTH 6855   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ARTH 7323

Practices associated with sound art can be found throughout the global twentieth century, but it emerged as a concept around 1980. What does it mean to say that a concept emerged? We will discuss this ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 7323

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11051 ARTH 7323   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Piekut, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person