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Undergraduate Concentration
The fine arts department offersprograms in studio art and art history for the undergraduate studentwho wishes to study the visual arts as a creative artist or asa humanist.
Art History
Art is the legacy of humanaccomplishment, the cultural and intellectual record of our finestaspirations. The history of art is a discipline that examinesthis record of art and architecture in an artistic and culturalcontext. The Brandeis art history program is designed to givethe student breadth and depth of knowledge by offering coursesthat broadly survey Western and Asian art but also examine ingreater detail important art movements such as Impressionism andPost-Impressionism, the Age of Cathedrals, Photography, and JapaneseWoodblock Prints. By taking this comprehensive program the studentis well prepared to enter art history graduate programs or begincareers in the arts.
Studio
Art is a language of its ownmaking and as such a student is educated in visual thinking andcreativity through the fundamental process of direct experience.The studio department offers diverse approaches in painting, sculpture,printmaking, design, and drawing. The studio program fosters astudent's ability to make an informed judgment and it is supplementedthrough a distinguished visiting artist program, a strong pedagogicallink with the Rose Art Museum, and trips to important museumsand galleries in New York City, Washington, D.C., and the Bostonarea. Through the core of studio classes the student is able torealize with excellence his or her potential for expression andinformed vision. Studio is an appropriate vehicle for an intellectualexperience within the liberal arts context and students are assistedin the preparation for B.F.A. and M.F.A. graduate programs.
Post-Baccalaureate Programin Studio Art
The fine arts department offersa post-baccalaureate certificate program for students with a bachelor'sdegree who are interested in extending their experience in studioart. The program's structure emphasizes independent work withassistance achieved through critical interaction with facultyand visiting artists. Students can prepare portfolios for admissionto graduate school, or achieve the self-sufficiency necessaryfor continued studio work outside an academic environment.
Art History
The art history concentratoris offered a variety of courses in ancient to contemporary Westernart and Asian art. The student may specialize in a given areaand choose a faculty advisor who will guide his or her work. TheHonors Program in art history requires the completion of a SeniorThesis written under the close supervision of an advisor and afaculty committee. In addition to the courses given at Brandeis,the art history concentrator may enroll in special seminars givenby the staff of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. These coursesrange from Egyptian art to American landscape painting to thepreservation and scientific examination of works of art and allof them involve contact with art objects in the Museum's worldfamous collection. Students may also receive academic credit forinternships taken in off-campus museums and art galleries.
Minor in Art History
A minor in art history is offeredin addition to the major. This gives the student majoring in anotherdepartment the opportunity to flexibly construct a program ofsix art history courses that reflect his or her own personal oracademic interests.
Studio
It is recommended that studentsconsidering a studio art concentration enroll in a beginning paintingor sculpture course in their sophomore year to allow time to developtheir work in a sequence of courses taken over a period of threeyears. Studio concentrators are expected to take art history classesas an important component of their concentration requirement andto deepen their creative experience. Concentrators are encouragedto extend their intellectual and creative involvement throughsummer art programs and participation in full studio faculty reviewsof their work during sophomore, junior, and senior years.
An undergraduate concentrationin studio art is not required of applicants, but studentsshould be working beyond the beginning level in painting or sculpture.Applicants will be required to submit a group of slides of theirwork. GMAT or GRE scores are not required. (For more informationapplicants should contact the fine arts department.)
Graham Campbell, Chair
Painting.
Pamela Allara
Modern and contemporary Europeanand American art. History of photography. Film history. Women'sart history.
Carl Belz
Contemporary painting and sculpture.Museum methods and procedures.
Gerald Bernstein
American art and architecture.
Thomas Bills, UndergraduateAdvising Head
Sculpture.
Lynette Bosch
Renaissance, Baroque, and LatinAmerican painting and sculpture.
Susan Lichtman
Painting.
Robert Maeda
Asian art.
Charles McClendon
Medieval art and architecture.
Nancy Scott
Late 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-centuryEuropean and American art, from the French Revolution to WorldWar II.
Concentration may be electedin either applied arts (studio) or art history. A minimum of 12semester courses is required of all students to fulfill the departmentalconcentration.
Applied Arts
Studio concentrators are requiredto take:
A.Any two of the following courses: FA 1a, 1b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b; FA103a, FA 103b, FA 106a in any combination.
B.FA 110d, Senior Studio.
C.Four additional semesters of studio electives.
D.Four semesters of art history, from among the FA and cross-listedcourses, consisting of one course in ancient or medieval art,one course in Asian art, and two courses in Renaissance to Modernart. Studio concentrators may take either FA 76a or FILM 100afor an elective, but not both.
Art History
Art history curriculum generalrequirements: 10 required courses from among the FA and cross-listedcourse offerings, plus two electives.
A.FA 17a or one course each in ancient and medieval. Students whotake FA 17a must take one additional elective from the FA andcross-listed courses to fulfill 10 required courses.
B.FA 18b plus two electives in Renaissance through Modern orthree courses selected from the following four fields: Renaissance,Baroque, Modern, Architecture/American.
C.One course in Asian art.
D.FA 197b, Seminar in Methods and Approaches in the History of Art.
E.One research seminar or readings course.
F.Two semesters of studio work.
G.The remaining elective courses may be selected from departmentand cross-listed offerings, or with permission of the facultyadvisor, may be taken in related areas outside of the department.Concentrators may take either FA 76a or FILM 100a for an elective,but not both. Prospective graduate students in the history ofart are advised to acquire skills in foreign languages, whichare necessary for graduate study.
The studio faculty has developedthe studio courses listed in the catalog in the belief that theartist-teacher stands at the center of the syllabus of the studiocourses. Their presentation is structured through interactionwith the individual student. In the best interest of the students'development it is advised that they utilize all the studio faculty,so as to enrich their educational experience through the diverseofferings of the department. In the event that a student wishesto enter a full-year course at mid-year and feels that work previouslyaccomplished evidences a competency that is equivalent or superiorto that course, the student may request that his or her work beviewed by the instructor. Enrollment prerequisite is the consentof the instructor.
Six courses are required inart history:
A.One pre-Renaissance or Asian art course.
B.Five additional art history courses, which may include FA 76aor FILM 100a, but not both.
Studio fine arts courses donot count toward the history of art minor; no more than two coursestaken abroad (or off campus) and no advanced placement coursesmay be counted toward the minor.
A.Students enroll in two courses each semester:
1. An independent study ortutorial with a faculty advisor. The advisor and student meeteach week in the student's studio for a critique of his or herwork.
2. A studio class from thefine arts curriculum deemed appropriate to the student's needsand interests.
B.Students receive a full studio faculty review of their work bothmid-year and at the end of the academic year. The Post-BaccalaureateProgram culminates in a special student exhibition in a galleryon campus.
C.There is a one-year residency requirement which may be extendedto an additional year with permission of the program chair.
STUDIO
All studio courses are semesterclasses with the exception of 107d, 108d, 110d, 111d, and 112d,which are full-year classes.
FA 1a Elements of Designin Art I
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Enrollment limited to 20.Beginning-level course. Preference to first-year students andsophomores. Studio fee: $20 per semester.
Color: An exploration of coloras subject and content in art. This is a beginning-level practicalstudio course. Usually offered every year.
Staff
FA 1b Elements of Designin Art II
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Enrollment limited to 20.Beginning-level course. Preference to first-year students andsophomores. Studio fee: $20 per semester.
The theoretical and visualstudy of pictorial form in non-representational drawing. Thisis a beginning-level practical studio course. Usually offeredevery year.
Staff
FA 3a Introduction to DrawingI
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Enrollment limited to 20.Beginning-level course. No previous drawing experience necessary.Preference to first-year students and sophomores. Studio fee:$20 per semester.
Introduces students to theoriesof visual art through the practice of drawing. Translation ofperceptual experience into pictorial language is fundamental tothis course. Students may draw from still-life situations, fromlandscape and architectural spaces, and from the human figure.Offered every year in multiple sections.
Ms. Lichtman and Ms. Nuss
FA 3b Introduction to DrawingII
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Enrollment limited to 20.Beginning-level course. No previous drawing experience necessary.Preference to first-year students and sophomores. Studio fee:$20 per semester.
See FA 3a for course description.Offered every year in multiple sections.
Staff
FA 4a Three-DimensionalDesign I
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Enrollment limited to 20.Beginning-level course. Preference to first-year students andsophomores. Studio fee: $25.
Exploration of three-dimensionalaspects of form, space, and composition utilizing a variety ofmaterials and sculptural techniques. Emphasizes students inventingimages through the use of modern materials and contemporary ideasabout sculpture. Assignments are based on abstract thought andproblem solving. The intent of this course is to give studentsa rich studio experience and promote a fresh and meaningful approachto visual concepts. Usually offered every semester.
Staff
FA 4b Three-DimensionalDesign II
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Enrollment limited to 20.Beginning-level course. Preference to first-year students andsophomores. Studio fee: $25.
See FA 4a for course description.Usually offered every semester.
Staff
FA 98a Independent Study
Prerequisites: Normallyopen only to fine arts concentrators in their junior and senioryears. Appropriate prerequisites. As the number of times FA 98amay be taken is limited by department regulations, the interestedstudent should consult the department advising chair and/or hisor her advisor. Signature of the instructor is required. Appropriatestudio fees will be charged for studio courses.
Usually offered every year.
Staff
FA 98b Independent Study
See FA 98a for special notesand course description. Usually offered every year.
Staff
FA 99d Senior Research
Prerequisites: A grade pointaverage in fine arts courses of 3.00. Studio students petitionin the spring of their junior year, art history students at thebeginning of their senior year. Signatures of the instructor andFine Arts chair are required for enrollment. Appropriate studiofees will be charged for studio courses.
Usually offered every year.
Staff
FA 103a Intermediate DrawingI
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Prerequisite: Any introductorystudio course or permission of the instructor. Signature of theinstructor required. Studio fee per semester: $20.
Investigation of drawing issues.Basic training in various media and methods of visual articulation.Usually offered every year. Course may be repeated for one semester.
Mr. Goldberg
FA 103b Intermediate DrawingII
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Prerequisite: Any introductorystudio course or permission of the instructor. Signature of theinstructor required. Studio fee per semester: $20.
See FA 103a for course description.A continuation of FA 103a. Usually offered every year.
Mr. Goldberg
FA 104a Advanced DrawingI
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Prerequisites: FA 103a and103b or permission of the instructor. Signature of the instructorrequired. Studio fee per semester: $15.
Offers a wide range of experiencein drawing. Perceptual and conceptual issues will be pursued,and students will be encouraged to concentrate on the more complexpersonal and creative aspects of drawing. Usually offered everyyear. Course may be repeated for one semester.
Mr. Campbell
FA 104b Advanced DrawingII
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Prerequisites: FA 103a and103b or permission of the instructor. Signature of the instructorrequired. Studio fee per semester: $15.
See 104a for course description.A continuation of FA 104a. Usually offered every year. Coursemay be repeated for one semester.
Mr. Campbell
FA 106a Workshop in Printmaking:Intaglio
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Prerequisite: Either FA1 or FA 3. May be repeated once for credit. Signature of the instructorrequired. Studio fee per semester: $30.
Exploration of various methodsof intaglio printmaking. Usually offered every semester.
Ms. Nuss
FA 107d Beginning Painting
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Signature of the instructorrequired. Studio fee per semester: $20.
Introduction to the basic languageof painting and a thorough investigation of painting materialsand methods. Usually offered every year.
Ms. Lichtman
FA 108d Intermediate Painting
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Prerequisite: FA 107d orpermission of the instructor. Signature of the instructor required.Studio fee per semester: $20.
An intermediate-level paintingcourse, emphasizing the plastic and formal means necessary tocreating work that will become an increasingly personal statement.Usually offered every year.
Mr. Campbell
FA 110d Senior Studio
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Prerequisite: FA 108d, 112dor permission of the instructor. Signature of the instructor required.Studio fee per semester: $20.
Heuristic in nature, this isa year-long course culminating in a final studio faculty reviewof the work produced. Review will take the form of an exhibition.Student work can be undertaken in sculpture or painting or a combinationof both. Usually offered every year.
Mr. Goldberg
FA 111d Beginning Sculpture
[ ca ]
Prerequisite: FA 4a andFA 4b, or permission of the instructor. Beginning-level course.Preference to first-year students and sophomores. Studio fee persemester: $30.
A continuation of various waysof thinking about building sculpture through the use of materials.Assigned readings and museum visits required. Usually offeredevery year.
Staff
FA 112d Intermediate Sculpture
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Prerequisites: Both semestersof FA 111d or FA 4a and b. Signature of the instructor required.Studio fee per semester: $45.
Exploration of diverse sculpturalconcepts utilizing various materials and techniques. Emphasison personal motivation and development. Usually offered everyyear.
Mr. Bills
ART HISTORY
FA 12a History of AsianArt
[ nw ca ]
Enrollment limited to 40.
A selective survey of the artof the three major Asian areas: India, China, and Japan. Usuallyoffered every year.
Mr. Maeda
FA 13b Buddhist Art
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Enrollment limited to 30.
The history of Buddhist artin India, China, and Japan, including Zen art. Usually offeredevery third year. Last offered in the spring of 1997.
Mr. Maeda
FA 14a When Tokyo was calledEdo: Japanese Art from Edo to Meiji
[ cl33 nwca ]
Enrollment limited to 25.
The art and culture of theEdo period (1600-1867) as reflected in its major urban centers,Edo and Kyoto. Emphasis on the popular arts and the Japanese woodblockprint. The course culminates in Japan's opening to the West andmodern technology in the Meiji Restoration. Usually offered ineven years.
Mr. Maeda
FA 17a History of Art I:From Antiquity to the Middle Ages
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Enrollment limited to 60.
A survey of major styles inarchitecture, sculpture, and painting from prehistoric times tothe Gothic cathedral. Usually offered every year.
Mr. McClendon
FA 18b History of Art II:From the Renaissance to the Modern Age
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Enrollment limited to 60.Open to first-year students and sophomores.
A study of the major stylesin architecture, painting, and sculpture of the West from theRenaissance to the early 20th century. Usually offered every semester.
Mr. Bernstein (spring)
Ms. Scott (fall)
FA 19b Lives of the Artists
[ cl5 ca]
Enrollment limited to 35.
Integrates the study of worksof art with the literature of artists' lives, which serves asthe foundation to understanding the genesis of human creativity.Diverse historical periods and varying levels of fame will bereflected in the choice of artists to be studied. Usually offeredin even years.
Ms. Scott
FA 21b Survey of WesternArchitecture
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Enrollment limited to 60.Especially recommended for first-year students, sophomores, andfine arts concentrators.
A historical survey of Westernarchitecture from prehistoric times to the present. Traces thevarious stages of architectural development in Europe and Americain a chronological format. Usually offered every year.
Mr. Bernstein
FA 22b History of BostonArchitecture
[ cl33 ca]
Enrollment limited to 60.
A survey of the history ofBoston architecture and urban planning from the first settlementin 1630 to the contemporary city. The presentation will be chronologicaland divided into four sections: Colonial, Federal, Victorian,and Modern. Usually offered in odd years.
Mr. Bernstein
FA 24b Twentieth-Centuryand Contemporary Latin American Art
[ cl24 nwca ]
Enrollment limited to 60.
This course is a selectivesurvey of the outstanding figures and movements that have madesignificant contributions to the history of Latin American art.Special focus will be on Mexican, Puerto Rican, Argentinian, Guatemalan,and Cuban artists. Usually offered every third year. Last offeredin the spring of 1994.
Ms. Bosch
FA 41a Art and the Originsof Europe
[ cl17 cl39ca ]
Enrollment limited to 25.
Architecture, sculpture, andpainting in Eastern and Western Europe from the decline of theRoman Empire to the Crusades. Usually offered in odd years.
Mr. McClendon
FA 42b The Age of Cathedrals
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Enrollment limited to 35.
Architecture, sculpture, andpainting (including stained glass) in Western Europe from the12th to the 15th century with particular attention to the greatchurches of medieval France. Usually offered in even years.
Mr. McClendon
FA 43a The Art of MedievalEngland
[ cl39 ca]
Enrollment limited to 30.
A survey of art and architecturefrom the end of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance. Particularconcern for the synthesis of native and foreign cultures and theirartistic styles, resulting from the barbarian invasions, the Normanconquest, and political rivalry with France. Usually offered inodd years.
Mr. McClendon
FA 45a St. Peter's and theVatican
[ cl2 cl33cl45 ca ]
Enrollment limited to 30.
The history, growth, and developmentof Christendom's most famous shrine, with particular concern forthe relationship between the design and decoration of the Renaissance/Baroquechurch and palace complex and their early Christian and medievalpredecessors. Usually offered every year.
Mr. McClendon
FA 51a Art of the EarlyRenaissance in Italy
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Enrollment limited to 30.
Major painters, sculptors,and architects in Rome, Florence, and Venice from Masaccio toLeonardo da Vinci. Usually offered in odd years.
Ms. Bosch
FA 54b Renaissance Art inNorthern Europe
[ cl30 ca]
Enrollment limited to 30.
A survey of the art of theNetherlands, Germany, and France in the 15th and 16th centuries.Cultural developments such as the invention of printing, the ProtestantReformation, and the practice of alchemy and witchcraft will beconsidered through the work of major artists. Usually offeredevery fourth year. Last offered in the spring of 1995.
Ms. Bosch
FA 58b High and Late Renaissancein Italy
[ cl17 cl30ca ]
Enrollment limited to 30.
A study of 16th-century painting,sculpture, and architecture from Leonardo da Vinci to Tintoretto.Usually offered every year.
Ms. Bosch
FA 60a Baroque in Italyand Spain
[ cl2 ca]
Enrollment limited to 30.
A study of the art of Italyand Spain in the 17th century. Major masters (Bernini, Caravaggio,Velasquez) will be studied in depth, and Rome will be viewed asthe great artistic center of the 17th century. Usually offeredin odd years.
Ms. Bosch
FA 61b Inventing Tradition:Women as Artists, Women as Art
[ cl7 cl15cl35 ca ]
Enrollment limited to 60.
The role of women in the historyof art, as creators of art, and as the subject of it. Issues ofgender and representation will be discussed, using the lives andart of women from the Renaissance to contemporary art. Usuallyoffered in odd years.
Ms. Allara
FA 70a Paris/New York: Revolutionsof Modernism
[ cl26 ca]
Enrollment limited to 50.
A chronological survey of paintingand sculpture. Emphasis on the rise of modernism with Manet andthe Impressionists, Picasso and the language of Cubism, and theAbstract Expressionist generation in America. Usually offeredin odd years.
Ms. Scott
FA 71a Modern Art and ModernCulture
[ cl26 ca]
Enrollment limited to 50.
A thematic study of the artsof the 20th century, emphasizing three trends: primitivism, spiritualism,and the redefinition of reality. Individual artists and art movementswill be examined in the context of literature, politics, and aesthetictheory. Artists include Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, and Duchamp.Usually offered in even years.
Ms. Allara
FA 75a High Art/Low Art:Modern Art and Popular Culture
[ cl35 ca]
Enrollment limited to 50.
Examines the relationship betweenhigh, or elite, culture and popular culture in the 20th century.How have major modernist movements such as Impressionism, Cubism,and Pop Art been influenced by mass culture? What happens to traditionaldefinitions of art in the age of mass communication? Topics includecaricature, comics, advertising, and "the image world"of film and television. Usually offered in odd years.
Ms. Allara
FA 76b History of Photography
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Enrollment limited to 60.
The history of photographyfrom its invention in 1839 to the present. Photography is studiedas a documentary and an artistic medium. Topics include: AlfredStieglitz and the photo-secession, Edward Weston and straightphotography, Robert Frank and street photography, and post-modernphotography. Usually offered in odd years.
Ms. Allara
Seminars in the Boston Museumof Fine Arts
The following seminars areoffered by the curators of the Museum of Fine Arts to a few selectedgraduate and undergraduate students of Boston University, BrandeisUniversity, Boston College, Tufts University, and Wellesley College.
FA 83a American Photographyfrom the 1890s to the 1940s
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Prerequisite: Previous courseworkin the history of photography recommended. Restricted to studentswith concentrations in fine arts. Enrollment limited at the discretionof the Fine Arts chair and the instructor. Signature of departmentchair required. Interested students are required to consult theFine Arts chair in regard to this course.
Surveys 50 years of Americanphotography using the resources of the Museum's extensive collection.Among the photographers studies are Alfred Stieglitz, F. HollandDay, Gertrude Käsebier, Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler, EdwardWeston, Berenice Abbot, Walker Evans, and Margaret Bourke-White.Focus on the intensive study of original works of art. Will beoffered in the fall of 1998.
Ms. Havinga
FA 84a Studies in ArchaeologicalMaterials
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Prerequisite: Previous courseworkdin anthropology, archaeology, or art history strongly recommended.See FA 83a for restrictions and necessary signatures.
Examines various classes ofartifacts found in archaeological contexts, concentrating on manufacturingtechniques, art historical and scientific analysis, and anthropologicalinterpretation. The material culture of the ancient Near East,Africa, and the classical world form the core of the seminar,but examples from such other culture areas as Mesoamerica andthe Far East are also discussed. Curation, conservation, restoration,detection of forgeries, and technological change are among theissues addressed. Students should be prepared to work extensivelywith original materials and archive collections. Visits to othermuseum collections and excavations are part of the course. Willbe offered in the fall of 1998.
Mr. Lacovara
FA 86a Contemporary AmericanStudio Furniture
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See FA 83a for restrictionsand necessary signatures.
New England is the country'srichest region for studio furniture, and the Museum of Fine Artshas been a leader in collecting 20th-century American furnitureduring the past 25 years. The class includes historic overviewof American furniture, visits to local furniture-making shopsand schools, trips to local galleries, and extensive time withthe collection. Emphasis is placed on understanding modern woodworkingand upholstery techniques. Identification of design concepts,and placement of contemporary furniture within an historical andart historical context. Will be offered in the spring of 1999.
Mr. Ward
FA 87a Regional Styles inAncient Greek Art
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Prerequisite: Introductionto Classical Art strongly recommended. See FA 83a for restrictionsand necessary signatures.
Seminar participants examineworks of art from various parts of the Greek world in order todefine regional stylistic traits. Objects from Attica, Boeotia,Laconia, the Cyciades, Asia Minor, and southern Italy are included.Chronological emphasis is on the Archaic and Classical periods.The social and political context for the emergence of regionalidentities is outlined, and the effect of interactions among regionson the development of style is assessed. Includes extensive studyof original works of art in the Museum's collection, includingcoins, pottery, stone sculpture, and terra-cotta figurines. Willbe offered in the spring of 1999.
Ms. Russell
FA 98a Independent Study
See FA 98a listing under studiosection for special notes and course description. Usually offeredevery year.
Staff
FA 98b Independent Study
See FA 98a listing under studiosection for special notes and course description. Usually offeredevery year.
Staff
FA 99d Senior Research
See FA 99d listing under studiosection for special notes and course description. Usually offeredevery year.
Staff
FA 102a American Avant-GardeFilm and Video
[ ca ]
Prerequisite: FILM 100a.Enrollment limited to 20.
The tradition of independentfilm and video art in the United States from 1920 to the present.Artists include Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage, Bill Viola, and YvonneRainer. Usually offered in even years.
Ms. Allara
FA 120a Modern Architecture
[ ca ]
Enrollment limited to 60.
Survey of 19th- and 20th-centuryarchitecture. Usually offered in odd years.
Mr. Bernstein
FA 121a Contemporary Architecture
[ ca ]
Enrollment limited to 60.
A study of stylistic and technologicaldevelopments in post-World War II architecture. Usually offeredin even years.
Mr. Bernstein
FA 122a American Architectureand Urban Planning
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Enrollment limited to 60.
A survey of American architecturefrom the Colonial period to the present. Usually offered in oddyears.
Mr. Bernstein
FA 123a American Painting
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Enrollment limited to 60.
A survey of American paintingfrom the colonial period to the present. Usually offered everythird year. Last offered in the fall of 1994.
Mr. Bernstein
FA 130a Twentieth-CenturyAmerican Art
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Enrollment limited to 60.
A chronological survey of Americanart from 1900 to 1990. Movements studied include social realism,abstract expressionism, and pop art. Usually offered in odd years.
Ms. Allara
FA 131b Center Stage: Womenin Contemporary American Art
[ cl42 ca]
Prerequisite: FA 18b orFA 61b.
This course will examine thecontribution of women artists to American painting, sculpture,photography, video, and performance art from 1960 to the present.The reciprocal influences between artists, critics, and politicalactivists will be analyzed. Usually offered in odd years.
Ms. Allara
FA 170b Nineteenth-CenturyEuropean Painting and Sculpture
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Enrollment limited to 25.
A survey of movements in paintingand sculpture from the French Revolution through the periods ofRomanticism, Realism, and Impressionism. Usually offered in evenyears.
Ms. Scott
FA 171a Impressionism: Avant-GardeRebellion in Context
[ cl23 ca]
Enrollment limited to 25.
Focuses on the major artistsfrom the period 1863-86, from the time of Manet and the Salondes Refusés, through the eight group exhibitions of Monet,Renoir, Degas, Cézanne, Pissarro, Morisot, and Cassattand company. The antithesis of Impressionism, its academic rivals,the backdrop of the sociopolitical context, the Second Empire,and the Third Republic, will be provided, as well as the rootsof the movement's dissolution. Offered every third year.
Ms. Scott
FA 171b Contemporary Paintingand Sculpture
[ cl23 ca]
Signature of the instructorrequired.
Developments in painting andsculpture since World War II, with emphasis on American art. Considerationof major trends of the period, including Abstract Expressionism,Pop Art, Minimalism, Color Field Painting, and Realism. Usuallyoffered in even years.
Mr. Belz
FA 172a History of ModernSculpture
[ ca ]
Signature of the instructorrequired.
Nineteenth- and 20th-centurysculpture, its processes, methods, materials, and problems, fromCanova to recent trends. Usually offered every third year. Lastoffered in the fall of 1996.
Ms. Scott
FA 173a Georgia O'Keeffeand Stieglitz Circle
[ cl36 ca]
Enrollment limited to 30.
The focus of this lecture coursewill be the art of Georgia O'Keeffe, her stylistic evolution,sources, and collaboration with contemporaries, especially Stieglitz,Strand, Dove, Demuth, Marin, and Hartley. Their collective aestheticaspirations will be set against early 20th-century Modernism andimportant recent trends from Europe. Usually offered in odd years.Last offered in the spring of 1998.
Ms. Scott
FA 173b Picasso
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Enrollment limited to 15.
The major contributions ofall periods of Picasso's career, from Blue and Rose to the innovativelanguage of Cubism and Surrealism, are studied in conjunctionwith the work of contemporaries Juan Gris, Georges Graque, andHenri Matisse and the poets Apollinaire and Breton who inspired,challenged, and competed with this most prolific artist of ourcentury. Usually offered in odd years.
Ms. Scott
FA 174b Post-Impressionismand Symbolism 1880-1910
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Enrollment limited to 40.
The course curriculum willcover: Post-Impressionist artists, Seurat, Cezanne, Van Gogh,and Gauguin and more broadly, Symbolist trends, Expressionismand art nouveau at the end of the 19th century. These trendswill be followed through chronologically to the early 20th centuryin the art of Matisse and the Fauves and in the first wave ofGerman Expressionism. Usually offered in even years.
Ms. Scott
FA 175b Duchamp to Deconstruction
[ cl23 cl35ca ]
Prerequisite: FA 18b. Enrollmentlimited to 30.
The Modernist roots of Postmodernismin the visual arts and art criticism. The art and writings ofDada and Surrealist artists such as Duchamp and Magritte, theFrench deconstructive criticism of Barthes, Foucault, and Derrida,and postmodern American artists such as Warhol, Sherman, and Koonsare linked. Usually offered in even years.
Ms. Allara
FA 179b Chinese LandscapePainting
[ cl41 nwca ]
Enrollment limited to 25.
A survey of China's great traditionof landscape painting from the Sung dynasty through the Ch'ing.The painters covered in the course will range in style from therealistic to the eccentric and fantastic. Usually offered in oddyears.
Mr. Maeda
FA 181b The Art of Japan
[ cl41 nwca]
Enrollment limited to 25.
A survey of Japanese traditionalarts, including Buddhist art, screen and scroll paintings, andJapanese prints. One aim of this course is to define Japanesetaste in the arts. Usually offered in odd years.
Mr. Maeda
FA 182a The Art of China
[ cl41 ca]
Enrollment limited to 25.
A survey of Chinese art fromantiquity to the Ch'ing dynasty. Usually offered in even years.
Mr. Maeda
FA 184a Studies in AsianArt
[ ca ]
Usually offered every thirdyear. Last offered in the spring of 1995.
Mr. Maeda
FA 185b Japanese PictorialTraditions
[ ca ]
Enrollment limited to 25.
A history of Japanese pictorialart that will focus upon native characteristics such as designand color, brushwork and composition, realism and abstraction.Usually offered in even years.
Mr. Maeda
FA 191b Studies in RenaissanceArt
[ ca ]
Signature of the instructorrequired.
Usually offered every thirdyear. Last offered in the spring of 1995.
Ms. Bosch
FA 192a Studies in ModernArt
[ ca ]
Signature of the instructorrequired.
An undergraduate seminar, opento concentrators and minors, that will analyze artists, stylisticmovements, and the cultural and social background of various artisticperiods from the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics may vary fromyear to year and the course may be repeated for credit. Qualifiednonconcentrators admitted with the permission of the instructor.Usually offered every year.
Ms. Allara
FA 194b Studies in AmericanArt
[ ca ]
Signature of the instructorrequired.
Usually offered in even years.
Mr. Bernstein
FA 197b Methods and Approachesin the History of Art
[ ca ]
Signature of the instructorrequired.
Usually offered every year.
Ms. Allara
FA 198b Introduction toMuseum Methods and Procedures
[ ca ]
Signature of the instructorrequired.
Usually offered every thirdyear. Last offered in the spring of 1996.
Mr. Belz
FA 200d Post-BaccalaureateTutorial/Independent Study
Mr. Bills, Mr. Goldberg, andMs. Lichtman
FA 204d Advanced Drawing
Geared towards the advancedpainter or sculptor, who is already involved in independent work.Structured in the format of a seminar involving the activity ofdrawing and the analysis of other drawings (including those producedin class). This course is not driven by a particular mode of drawing,but by the desire to move each individual's work to a deeper andmore meaningful place.
Mr. Goldberg
The Art and Archaeology ofAncient Greece
The Art and Archaeology ofAncient Rome
Topics in Greek and Roman Artand Archaeology
Introduction to the MovingImage