02611/Art History

Art History courses offered at Temple University are of two basic types: very broad-ranging introductory surveys of art, from prehistoric times to the present, and the more closely focused courses, treating limited segments of the vast historic panorama, such as Greek Art, Italian Renaissance Art, or Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Approximately 60 courses of the latter type are offered over the span of a four-year period. A further dimension of the curriculum is the junior year abroad program in Rome, Italy or Temple Japan.

This is only a partial listing of courses offered.

C051. The Visual Experience (3 s.h.) F S Core: AR

An introduction to art from the position of the observer, the artist, the scholar, and the critic. Covers techniques of architecture, painting, drawing and sculpture, with a short survey of art from its beginning's to present day; museum trips. Emphasis on an analysis of individual works.

C052. Arts of Asia (3 s.h.) Core: AR

Architecture, sculpture, painting and the functional arts of Asia (India, China, Japan and Southeast Asia). A historical examination of the art as a religious expression and as a product of changing social and economic conditions. The material culture of Asia will be examined with an emphasis on differing worldviews and perspectives with which to "see" art. Field trips.

C055. Art Heritage Western World I (3 s.h.) F Core: AR

Architecture, sculpture, and painting of the ancient world to the High Renaissance. Historical examination of the impact of social, economic, and religious conditions; stylistic changes through the ages; contemporary trends in the perspective of historical parallels. Field trips.

C056. Art Heritage Western World II (3 s.h.) S Core: AR

Architecture, sculpture, and painting from the High Renaissance to the present. Historical examination of the impact of social, economic, and religious conditions; stylistic changes through the ages; contemporary trends in the perspective of historical parallels. Field trips.

HO95. Art Heritage Western World I (3 s.h.) F Core: AR

Honors section of C055

HO96. Art Heritage Western World II (3 s.h.) S Core: AR

Honors section of C056.

0103. Art of the Film (4 s.h.) SS

An introduction to the study of film as a work of art. The relationship of film to the novel, drama, and modern art movements. How to "read" a film by an analysis of how films use images/sounds and inscribe cultural values, such as images of women, African Americans, marriage, and the family. Various genres of Film -- anti-war, noir, comedy, etc.

0108. History of Photography (4 s.h.)

The photographic process from its inception to contemporary innovations. Critical approaches to evaluation and interpretation are also explored.

0111. Greek Art (4 s.h.) F

A survey of the architecture, sculpture, vase painting, and the other arts of ancient Greece from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Period.

0112. Roman Art (4 s.h.) S

Traces the development of art on the Italian peninsula with the development of Etruscan art and its impact on the emerging city of Rome. Also discusses the development of imperial Roman art and Italy and the provinces, to 300 CE.

0116. The Dark Ages (4 s.h.)

Hiberno-Saxon, Merovingian, Carolingian, Ottonian, and Romanesque art. Manuscript illumination.

0117. Gothic Art (4 s.h.)

The evolution and characteristics of Gothic art, especially in France, Germany, and the Low Countries, with emphasis on architecture.

0123. Early Renaissance: Italy (4 s.h.)

Italian art from Giotto to Leonardo da Vinci with emphasis on the Florentine and Venetian schools.

0124. High Renaissance: Italy (4 s.h.)

Painting and sculpture in Italy from Leonardo da Vinci to 1600. The style of the High Renaissance in Raphael, Michelangelo, Mannerism, the Venetians-Giorgione, Titian, and Tintoretto.

0125. Northern Art 1300 1600 (4 s.h.)

Late Gothic and Renaissance traditions in France, Germany, and the Low Countries, with emphasis on 15th century Netherlandish art and 16th century German painting, sculpture, and graphics.

0127. German Expressionist Art & Architecture (4 s.h.) F S

Study the impassioned paintings and prints of Kollwitz, Munch, Kirchner, Klee, Nolde, Beckmann and Kokoschka. Experience the vibrant buildings of Taut, Mendelsohn, and Scharoun.

0130. 17th Century Art, Italy/France (4 s.h.)

Developments from the late 16th through the 18th centuries, with emphasis on the Caracci school, the Academy, and Poussin, the creation of the high baroque; by Cortona, Bernini, and Borromini; and the flowering of the French and Italian rococo.

0131. 17th Century Art: Holland and Spain (4 s.h.)

Baroque art in northern Europe and Spain. Artistic and cultural relationships among Flanders, Holland, Germany, and the Hispanic world in the 17th and early 18th centuries, with emphasis on Rubens, Hals, Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Velasquez. The concept of "painterliness," the influence of Transaction, Caravaggio, and the developments of secular painting.

0135. Romanticism (4 s.h.) F

European art of the romantic era, 1750 to 1850. Painting, sculpture, and selected works of architecture in England, France, and Germany, with attention to such giants as Canova, Goya, Friedrich, and Turner.

0140. Historical Epic Films (4 s.h.) SS

This course will discuss the motion picture film as an interpretation of historical epic. It will cover the relation of the modern historical interpretation to artistic interpretations of the period in other times, and the role of the film as one of the visual arts.

0142. Modern Painting and Sculpture 1900-45. (4 s.h.) F

This course examines the major artists and movements in art from 1900 to 1945, placing them within a larger social and political context. Movements to be considered include: Fauvism; Cubism; Futurism; German Expressionism; the Russian Avant-Garde; De Stijl; Purism; the Bauhaus; Dada; Surrealism; and American Early Modernism.

0143. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism (4 s.h.)

This course will study the art of France, in the second half of the 19th century as the origin of modernism. Methodologies such as feminism, social art history, and psychoanalytic perspectives will be engaged to analyze the artists and their pictorial work in a variety of media.

0144. Modern Art: 1945 to the Present (4 s.h.) S

This course examines the major artists and movements in art from 1945 to the present, placing them within a larger social and political context. Developments to be considered include: Abstract Expressionism; Neo-Dada; Nouveaux Realisme; Assemblage; Environments; Happenings; Pop; Op; Minimal; Post-Minimal; Performance; Earthworks; Conceptual; Installation; New Image; Neo-Expressionism; Post/Neo-Conceptual; and others. Issues of feminism, multiculturalism, and critical theory are also considered.

Note: This course will be offered as 0120 in the summer.

0147. Cubism and its Influence (4 s.h.)

Traces the invention of cubism by Picasso and its influence on Futurists in Italy and Cubo-futurists in Russia and the Abstract painters in Europe and America.

C148. Issues in National Cinema (3 s.h.) SS Core: IS

A selection of films from modern Europe and Third World cultures which demonstrate both their interaction with postmodern politics, theory and culture, and the development of an international alternative discourse to Hollywood commercial film-making. Films will be selected according to a theme each semester. Past courses: Italian Neo-Realism, Independent Film Makers, and Women in Film.

0150. Symbolism, Dada, and Surrealism (4 s.h.) F

Twentieth-century movements concerned with the visual expression of psychological pressures and private obsessions; reflections of the worlds of the absurd and of fantasy. Moreau, Redon, van Gogh, Gaughin, Ensor, Munch, Khnopff, Klimt, Duchamp, di Chirico.

0151. American Art (4 s.h.) F

From the early limners and sculptors through the colonial period and the 19th century to abstract expressionism and pop art and minimal art.

0163. Contemporary American Realism (3 s.h.)

The course will investigate the stylistic meanings of Realism in the 20th century, after the Modernist period of abstraction. Questions of content and criticism will be discussed to focus on the meaning of Realism in the contemporary art world.

0171. Chinese Art (4 s.h.) F

The art and architecture of China from 3500 BC to the present. This class begins with ancient art found in tombs progressively turning to the formation of the empire and the introduction and development of the Buddhist tradition. In the later periods emphasis will be given to the painting traditions. Concluding with art in the 20th century, we will examine some of the ways China represents itself today.

0177. Philadelphia Museums (4 s.h.) SS

Lectures and several field trips to art museums. The paintings, sculpture, and other arts visible within the greater Philadelphia area.

0180. Main Trends American 20th Century Painting (4 s.h) SS

Ashcan School, Early American Modernism, Regionalism, Abstract Expressionism, Assemblage, Pop-Optical Art, Minimal Art, Photo-Realism, and Neo-Expressionism will be discussed.

0183. Frank Lloyd Wright (2 s.h.)

America's most creative architectural genius. His building designs for dwellings, skyscrapers, industrial plants, housing projects, hotels, theaters, and museums. Also his design of furniture, glass, fabrics, and other crafts.

0188. Art Criticism 20th Century (4 s.h.)

Major writers, ideologies, and tendencies in art criticism of the 20th century, with attention to the contemporary situation.

0201. European Decorative Arts (4 s.h.)

Traces the development of crafts from the beginning to the Industrial Revolution, focusing on the role of the craft-worker in his society, the role of the patron, and the style of different eras. Includes European, Mediterranean, and Islamic crafts. Field trips.

0202. History of Modern Crafts (4 s.h.) S

Period: 19th century Arts and Crafts movement through 20th century studio Crafts movement. Personnel: Individuals, workshops in decorative arts. Locales: England, United States, Europe. Issues: Educational reform, notions and institutions (e.g. Bauhaus); stylistic influences on crafts from Japanese Aesthetics to Abstract Expressionism. Trips required.

0210. Philadelphia Architecture (4 s.h.) F

This course traces the development of Philadelphia architecture from the 17th to the 20th centuries, with special attention given to the major architects who contributed to that development.

Note: This course in taught on-line.

0218. Indian Art (4 s.h.) S

The art and architecture of the Indian sub-continent from 2500 BC to the present. The Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Islamic religions have been crucially important for the formation of south Asian culture and art. This class will emphasize how religious ideas have been made visually manifest in the arts. Art's role in the formation of modern India will also be examined. Field trips.

0229. Greek and Roman Sculpture (4 s.h.)

Traces the development of sculpture in Greek and Roman societies, beginning with the first monumental stone sculpture and ending in the fourth century C.E. Styles, artists, uses, and functions will be studied.

0258. Picasso and Modern Masters (4 s.h.) SS

This course investigates the work of four manor modern artists - Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp, and Brancusi -- and places them in a variety of cultural, social, esthetic, and historical contexts. Because the works of these artists are strongly represented in the Philadelphia Museum and in other local collections, several trips to examine work first-hand are planned.

0263. Painting: Late 19th Century (4 s.h.) SS

Survey of European painting between 1870 and 1900, concentrating on Realism and Symbolism in France, Belgium, England, Germany, Austria and Scandinavia. Artists to be considered in detail are Monet, Cezanne, Batien-Lepage, Gauguin, Rossetti, Burne-Jones, Whistler, Leighton, Knopff, Menzel, Hodler, Munch and Zorn.

0278. Art Nouveau (4 s.h.)

The fine and decorative arts in Europe from 1880 to 1914, including painting, sculpture, and architecture as well as jewelry, glassware, metalwork, furniture, and posters. Artists studied include Toulouse-Lautrec, Galle, Horta, Lalique, Klimt, Munch, Beardsley, Mucha, and Gaudi.

0293-0294/0295-0296. Independent Study (2 - 4 s.h.) F S

Intensive study in a specific area under individual guidance.

W300. Topics in Art History (4 s.h.) F S Core: WI

A selected topic from a specific period in the history of art will be discussed with emphasis on the stylistic development and relationship to other artistic styles.

W306. Topics in Art History (4 s.h.) F S Core: WI

A selected topic from a specific period in the history of art will be discussed with emphasis on the stylistic development and relationship to other artistic styles.

W308. Topics in Art History (4 s.h.) F S Core: WI

A selected topic from a specific period in the history of art will be discussed with emphasis on the stylistic development and relationship to other artistic styles.

0341. Architecture: Historic, Ancient, Renaissance (3 s.h.) F

Traces the history of western architecture from the ancient world to the High Renaissance and Mannerism of the late 16th century.

0342. Architectural History, Renaissance to the 20th century (3 s.h.) S

Traces the history of western architecture from the 17th century through the 20th century. The evolution of architectural thought, various formal languages (style) and theoretical concepts studied through the examination of selected buildings within their specific political, social, economic, and cultural milieu.