0803. The Art of Sacred Space (3 s.h.) Core: AR.

(Formerly: GE-ARTS 1013.)

Where do people go to communicate with the divine? Explore with us where and how people of the many different cultures of the Greco-Roman world communicated with their gods. Why are graves and groves considered sacred space? When is a painting or sculpture considered sacred? Whom do the gods allow to enter a sacred building? Can a song be a prayer or a curse? How can dance sway the gods? Why do gods love processions and the smell of burning animals? The journey through sacred space in Greco-Roman antiquity will engage your senses and your intellect, and will reveal a mindset both ancient and new.

Note: This General Education `Arts` pilot course fulfills the Core Arts (AR) requirement.

0808. The Visual Experience: Arts of the Western World (4 s.h.) Core: AR.

(Formerly: GE-ARTS 1014.)

Philadelphia has extraordinary resources in the arts. This course will give you direct exposure to the visual arts, and help you understand their relationship with music, dance, theater, and the other artistic expressions that also form our heritage. Through visits to museums and performances, guest speakers, lectures, films and discussions, you will be introduced to the great monuments and the major movements that place the visual arts of the western world in a broad cultural framework. You will learn about the concepts that connect the progression of ideas in artistic communication and expression from the ancient world to modern times.

Note: This General Education `Arts` pilot course fulfills the Core Arts (AR) requirement.

1001. The Visual Experience (3 s.h.) F S. Core: AR.

(Formerly: ART H C051.)

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 beginnings to present day; museum trips. Emphasis on an analysis of individual works.

Note: Field trips are mandatory in this class.

1101. Art Heritage of the Western World I (4 s.h.) F. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0055.)

Prerequisite: Restricted to matriculating Tyler students only.

Architecture, sculpture, and painting of the ancient world to the Early Renaissance examined historically; the impact of social, economic and religious conditions; stylistic changes through the ages; contemporary trends in the perspective of historical parallels.

Note: Field trips are mandatory in this class.

1102. Art Heritage of the Western World II (4 s.h.) S. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0056.)

Prerequisite: Restricted to matriculating Tyler students only.

Architecture, sculpture, and painting from the Early Renaissance to the present examined historically; the impact of social, economic and religious conditions; stylistic changes through the ages; contemporary trends in the prospective of historical parallels.

Note: Field trips are mandatory in this class.

1148. International Cinema (3 s.h.) SS. Core: IS.

(Formerly: ART H C148.)

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.

1155. Art Heritage of the Western World I (3 s.h.) F. Core: AR. $.

(Formerly: ART H C055.)

Architecture, sculpture, and painting of the ancient world to the Early Renaissance examined historically; the impact of social, economic and religious conditions; stylistic changes through the ages; contemporary trends in the perspective of historical parallels.

Note: Field trips are mandatory in this class.

1156. Art Heritage of the Western World II (3 s.h.) S. Core: AR. $.

(Formerly: ART H C056.)

Architecture, sculpture, and painting from the Early Renaissance to the present examined historically; the impact of social, economic and religious conditions; stylistic changes through the ages; contemporary trends in the prospective of historical parallels.

Note: Field trips are mandatory in this class.

1801. Arts of Asia (3 s.h.) Core: AR. $.

(Formerly: ART H C052.)

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 world views and perspectives with which to `see` art.

Note: Field trips are mandatory in this class.

1955. Honors Art Heritage of the Western World I (3 s.h.) F. Core: AR. $.

(Formerly: ART H H095.)

Architecture, sculpture, and painting of the ancient world to the Early Renaissance examined historically; the impact of social, economic and religious conditions; stylistic changes through the ages; contemporary trends in the perspective of historical parallels.

Note: Field trips are mandatory in this class.

1956. Honors Art Heritage of the Western World II (3 s.h.) S. Core: AR. $.

(Formerly: ART H H096.)

Architecture, sculpture, and painting from the Early Renaissance to the present examined historically; the impact of social, economic and religious conditions; stylistic changes through the ages; contemporary trends in the prospective of historical parallels.

2001. European Decorative Arts (4 s.h.) F. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0201.)

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

Note: Field trips are mandatory for this course.

2002. History of Modern Crafts (4 s.h.) S. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0202.)

Traces the ideas, personnel, workshops, objects & styles of the Arts & Crafts Movement from William Morris to Henry Mercer (1850s-ca. 1915), in Europe and the United States. Charles & Margaret Mackintosh in Scotland, Eliel Saarinen in Finland, Charles Ashbee and the Guild of Handicraft in England will be studied, among others; Stickley, Roycroft, Frank Lloyd Wright, Tiffany, etc., in the U.S., and other key designers/crafters of clay, metal, fiber, wood, glass. The influence of Japanese art & craft is a key issue for this course; also the development of the various forms of Art Nouveau.

Note: Field trips are mandatory for this class.

2003. History of Modern Crafts & Design, Part 2 (4 s.h.) S. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0203.)

Continues the study of key schools, workshops, individuals, techniques, attitudes and styles pertaining to craft & design in the 20th century, principally in Europe and the U.S. In this segment, we see how the Arts & Crafts reform ideas developed last semester influenced groups such as the Wiener Werkstaette (Vienna Workshops) and the Bauhaus. We`ll examine the Bauhaus` early years, and opposing impulses of German Expressionism & Functionalism, then look at Art Deco, along with other 20th century machine styles. Designing for industry is a major topic; also the Japanese connection continues to be important. Crossovers between painting styles and craft approaches, the `studio craft movement` and various evolving issues in late 20th century crafts (e.g., gender, function, quality, postmodernism) will occupy the balance of the semester.

Note: Field trips are mandatory for this class.

2008. History of Photography (3 s.h.) S.

(Formerly: ART H 0108.)

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

2011. Philadelphia Architecture (4 s.h.) F.

(Formerly: ART H 0210.)

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.

2013. Art of the Film (4 s.h.) SS.

(Formerly: ART H 0103.)

An introduction to the study of film as a work of art, an analysis of the ways filmic style and structure express meaning on several levels. Specific directors or auteurs, actors, movements, styles and technical or message-laden filmic challenges are treated, as are the relationship of film to the novel, the drama, and to the larger context of modernist and post-modern art credos and movements. Various genres of feature film, such as anti-war, feminist, noir, comedy, action, etc., are considered.

2039. Myth and Allegory in European Art, 14c - 18c (4 s.h.) $.

(Formerly: ART H 0139.)

A study of myth and allegory as represented in visual art across several periods -- the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Romantic -- works created in a range of materials and formats, including book illumination, printed books, engravings, painted murals, canvases and panels, sculpture in-relief and in-the-round, at life-size, miniature and colossal scales. The relation of form and meaning to texts and to earlier visual models, as well as to the larger cultural context. Gothic personification figures of Virtues and Vices, moralizing works such as "The Ship of Fools," Renaissance poetic and dynastic allegories, giants, the emblem books, Baroque religious, moralizing and dynastic image-complexes, Romantic nature-allegories and social criticism, all number among the major forms considered.

Note: Field trips are required.

2096. Topics in Art History (4 s.h.) F S SS. Core: WI. $.

(Formerly: ART H W300.)

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.

2110. Special Topics (4 s.h.)

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

2117. Archaeological Excavation (3 to 6 s.h.) SS.

(Formerly: ART H 0217.)

Requires permission of the instructor. Credit given for participating in an archaeological excavation.

2129. Greek and Roman Sculpture (4 s.h.) $.

(Formerly: ART H 0229.)

Traces the development of sculpture in Greek and Roman societies, beginning with the first monumental stone sculpture and ending in the 4th century C.E. Styles, artists, uses, and functions will be studied.

Note: Field trips are mandatory for this class.

2141. Architectural History: Ancient to Renaissance (3 s.h.) F.

(Formerly: ART H 0341.)

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

2142. Architectural History: Renaissance to the 20th Century (3 s.h.) S.

(Formerly: ART H 0342.)

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.

2196. Greek and Roman Sculpture (4 s.h.) S. Core: WI. $.

(Formerly: ART H W229.)

See description for Art History 2129.

2197. Topics in Art History (3 s.h.) F S SS. Core: WI, AC.

(Formerly: ART H W306.)

Prerequisite: Restricted to matriculating Tyler students only.

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.

2198. Topics in Art History (4 s.h.) F S. Core: WI.

(Formerly: ART H W308.)

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.

2200. Topics in Art History (4 s.h.)

(Formerly: ART H 0306.)

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.

2215. Late Antique/Byzantine Art (4 s.h.) S. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0115.)

Traces the origins and development of Christian art in the Latin West from 300 to 800 CE, and Byzantine art, with an emphasis on the architecture and painting in Constantinople.

2216. The Dark Ages (4 s.h.) F. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0116.)

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

2217. Gothic Art (4 s.h.) S. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0117.)

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

Note: Field trips are mandatory for this class.

2300. Special Topics (4 s.h.) F S. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0328.)

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.

2323. Early Renaissance: Italy (4 s.h.) F. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0123.)

Central Italian art from Giotto to Leonardo da Vinci; and the Venetian school from Bellini through Titian, Veronese, Tintorello.

Note: Field trips are mandatory for this class.

2325. Northern Art 1300-1600 (4 s.h.) F. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0125.)

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.

Note: Field trips are mandatory for this class.

2329. Renaissance and Baroque Architecture (4 s.h.) S. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0129.)

Humanism and the revival of antiquity in Florence and Rome form the background for a study of the theory and practice of Alberti, Michelangelo and Palladio. The subsequent evolution of Mannerist and Baroque style in Italy leads to an examination of 17th and 18th century architecture in France, England and Germany.

Note: Field trips are mandatory in this class.

2400. Special Topics (4 s.h.)

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

2431. Baroque/Rococo: Italy and Spain (4 s.h.) F. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0130.)

Art in Italy and Spain in the age of Caravaggio, the Carracci invention of the Academy, the High Baroque of Cortona, Bernini, and Velasquez.

Note: Field trips are mandatory in this class.

2432. Baroque/Rococo: Northern (4 s.h.) S. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0131.)

Art in Holland in the age of Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer, the High Baroque as an international style with Rubens and Van Dyck, with artistic relations between Italy, Flanders, France, England and Spain.

Note: Field trips are mandatory in this class.

2496. Baroque/Rococo: Italy and Spain (4 s.h.) S. Core: WI. $.

(Formerly: ART H W130.)

Art in Italy and Spain in the age of Caravaggio, the Carracci invention of the Academy, the High Baroque of Cortona, Bernini, and Velasquez. Writing Intensive.

Note: Field Trips are mandatory in this class.

2500. Special Topics (4 s.h.)

A selected topic from the 19th Century in the history of art will be discussed with emphasis on the stylistic development and relationship to other artistic styles.

2535. Romanticism (4 s.h.) F. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0135.)

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 Piranesi, Canova, David, Goya, Friedrich, Runge, Ingres, Gericault, Delacroix, Constable and Turner.

Note: Field trips are mandatory in this class.

2543. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism (4 s.h.) F S. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0143.)

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.

Note: Field trips are mandatory for this course.

2563. Painting: Late 19th Century (4 s.h.) SS.

(Formerly: ART H 0263.)

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.

2596. Baroque/Rococo Northern (4 s.h.) F. Core: WI. $.

(Formerly: ART H W131.)

Art in Holland in the age of Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer, the High Baroque as an international style with Rubens and Van Dyck, with artistic relations between Italy, Flanders, France, England and Spain. Writing intensive.

Note: Field Trips are mandatory for this class.

2600. Special Topics (4 s.h.)

A selected topic from the 20th Century in the history of art will be discussed with emphasis on the stylistic development and relationship to other artistic styles.

2642. Modern Painting and Sculpture 1900-45 (4 s.h.) F. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0142.)

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.

Note: Field trips are mandatory for this course.

2644. Modern Art: 1945 to the Present (4 s.h.) S. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0144.)

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 Realism; 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: Field trips are mandatory for this course.

2651. Symbolism, Dada, and Surrealism (4 s.h.) F. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0150.)

20th 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, Gauguin, Ensor, Munch, Khnopff, Klimt, Duchamp, di Chirico.

Note: Field trips are mandatory for this course.

2658. Picasso and Modern Masters (4 s.h.) SS.

(Formerly: ART H 0258.)

This course investigates the work of four major 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.

2701. Main Trends in American 20th Century Painting (4 s.h.) $.

(Formerly: ART H 0180.)

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

2704. 19th Century American Art (4 s.h.) F S. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0184.)

A survey of the painting and sculpture of the 19th century in America.

2751. American Art (4 s.h.) $.

(Formerly: ART H 0151.)

This course is a study of the major figures, themes, events, and stylistic developments in American Modernism from the late 19th century to the mid 20th century. In our lectures and discussions, we will trace the course of American art through analysis of its key junctures, including experiments in Urban Realism by the “Ashcan” painters, or New York Realists; Alfred Stieglitz’s 291 gallery and the emergence of American abstraction; the 1913 Armory Show; Machine Age Modernism; the New Negro Movement; the Depression years; and the approach of World War II, with a forward glance to Post-War directions in American art. Readings will include contemporary scholarship as well as period texts.

Note: Field trips are mandatory for this course.

2752. American Architecture (4 s.h.) $.

(Formerly: ART H 0152.)

An examination of the major movements and architects in the history of American architecture.

2800. Special Topics (4 s.h.)

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

2807. East Meets West (4 s.h.) $.

(Formerly: ART H 0307.)

A comparison of the American chromolithography industry (Currier and Ives), with the craft of the Japanese woodblock print (Hokusai, Hiroshige), reflects the numerous ways these two different cultures illuminate one another, not only in terms of print-making technology and the rise of graphic design and illustration, but with respect to larger cross-cultural and art-historical questions.

2818. Indian Art (4 s.h.) S. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0218.)

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.

Note: Field trips are mandatory for this class.

2819. Southeast Asian Art (4 s.h.) S. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0219.)

The art and civilization of Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Indonesia, focusing on the key aspects that have shaped cultures from the 5th century AD to modern times.

Note: Field trips required.

2868. Arts of Asia (4 s.h.) S. Core: AC. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0168.)

Architecture, sculpture, painting and the functional art 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.

2871. Chinese Art (4 s.h.)

(Formerly: ART H 0171.)

This course presents a survey of the visual arts in China from the Late Neolithic to the 20th century. Our examination will include both formal analyses and consideration of physical, social, religious, and political contexts. While a historical chronology is generally followed, we will also consider topics that cut across dynastic divisions, among them, ritual art, the relationship between art and belief, the development of the literati aesthetic, the rise of landscape painting, the use of art as propaganda and social protest, and the shifting boundaries of 'Chinese' art. By the end of the semester, the student should have a general understanding of the major periods in Chinese art history and a deeper knowledge in areas of particular interest.

2990. Honors Special Topics (3 s.h.) F S. Core: AR.

(Formerly: ART H H194.)

Prerequisite: Majors only.

Selected topic from a specific period.

3082. Independent Study (1 to 3 s.h.)

(Formerly: ART H 0196.)

Intensive study in a specific area under individual guidance. Students must get permission from their department before attempting independent study.

3182. Independent Study (1 to 3 s.h.)

(Formerly: ART H 0195.)

Intensive study in a specific area under individual guidance. Students must get permission from their department before attempting independent study.

3324. High Renaissance: Italy (4 s.h.) S. $.

(Formerly: ART H 0124.)

Painting and sculpture in Italy from Leonardo da Vinci to 1600. The High Renaissance style of Raphael, the art of Michelangelo, Mannerism, and the Counter-Reformation, through Caravaggio.

Note: Field trips are mandatory for this class.

4082. Independent Study (1 to 4 s.h.) F S SS.

(Formerly: ART H 0296.)

Intensive study in a specific area under individual guidance. Students must get permission from their department before attempting independent study.

4182. Independent Study (4 s.h.) F S SS.

(Formerly: ART H 0295.)

Intensive study in a specific area under individual guidance. Students must get permission from their department before attempting independent study.