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AH 23 Modern Art
Zirwat Chowdhury
TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 147
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. History of modern art from 1860s to 1960s, from Manet and impressionists to pop art and minimalism. Study of origins and social functions, as well as aesthetic innovations and philosophical dilemmas of modernism. P/NP or letter grading.
AH 30 Arts of Japan
Kristopher Kersey
MW / 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm / Dodd Hall 147
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to art, architecture, and material culture of Japan, from earliest records to present. P/NP or letter grading.
AH M112B Archaic Greek Art and Archaeology
Sarah Morris
TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 247
(Same as Classics M153C.) Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 20 or Classics 10 or 51A. Study of development of art and architecture of Greek world from approximately 800 through 490 BC. P/NP or letter grading.
AH 119A Western Islamic Art
Lamia Balafrej
TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146
Lecture, three hours. From Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to Spain, 7th to 16th century. P/NP or letter grading.
AH M119D Archaeology and Art of Christian and Islamic Egypt
Katherine Burke
MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 78
(Same as Archaeology M112, Islamic Studies M112, and Middle Eastern Studies M112.) Lecture, three hours. Culture of Egypt transformed gradually after Muslim conquest in mid-7th century CE. According to material evidence such as ceramics, textiles, architectural forms, and building techniques, it is functionally impossible to separate pre-Islamic Christian Egypt from early Islamic Egypt. Although population may have become largely Muslim by 10th century, Egypt remained Coptic in many senses even to 14th century and retains sizeable Christian minority to present. Survey of archaeological remains and standing architecture of Egypt from 6th to 19th century, charting changes and continuities in material culture and shifts in human geography and land use. P/NP or letter grading.
AH 130 Selected Topics in Modern Art: Origins of Russian Avant-Garde
Natasha Medvedev
TR / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd Hall 147
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Changing topics in modern art (post-1780) that reflect interests of individual regular and visiting faculty members. May be repeated once for credit. P/NP or letter grading.
AH C131C Contemporary Art, 1980s to 1990s
Anna Khimasia
MW / 9:00 am – 10:15 am / Renee and David Kaplan Hall 169
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: course 23. Study of politics of representation at end of century, covering dominant strategies and trends in postmodernist art. Concurrently scheduled with course C231C. P/NP or letter grading.
AH 132 Selected Topics in Contemporary Art: Protest and Contemporary Art
Anna Khimasia
MW / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 146
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Changing topics in contemporary art (post-1945) that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated once for credit. P/NP or letter grading.
AH CM141 Colonial Latin America Art
JoAnna Reyes
MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146
(Formerly numbered C141.) (Same as Chicana/o and Central American Studies M187B.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Art and architecture of colonial Americas from 16th to 18th century. Concurrently scheduled with course C241. P/NP or letter grading.
AH C148G Gardens in Chinese Art and Culture
Hui-shu Lee
TR / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd Hall 146
Lecture, three hours. Overview of practice, theory, and representation of Chinese gardens in their historical, philosophical, artistic, social, and cultural contexts through literary writings, paintings, and aspects of material culture. Concurrently scheduled with course C248G. P/NP or letter grading.
AH C149 Selected Topics in Chinese Art: Lecture 1
Lothar Von Falkenhausen
M / 9:00 am – 11:50 am / Dodd Hall 247
Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in Chinese art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C249A. P/NP or letter grading.
AH 154D Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art: Lecture 1
Saloni Mathur
TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Haines Hall A2
Lecture, Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Topics in modern and contemporary South Asian art from 1900 to present. P/NP or letter grading.
AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Debating Globalization: Chinese Art in Modern/Contemporary World
Hui-shu Lee
W / 11:00 am – 12:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.
AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Pieter Bruegel’s Cosmos
Gregory Todd Harwell
R / 12:00 pm – 1:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.
AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Seminar 1
Stella Nair
R / 11:00 am – 12:50 pm / Dodd Hall 220
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.