Art History
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See Fine Arts.
(1-99) Primarily for Undergraduate Students
AAAS/FA
74b
Introduction to African Art
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Surveys the visual artistic traditions of Africa. Investigates the different forms of visual art in relation to their historical and socio-cultural context. Symbolism and complexity of Africa's visual art traditions are explored through analysis of myth, ritual, cosmology, and history. Usually offered every second year.
Staff
AAAS/FA
75b
History of African American Art
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"Black art has always existed," stated artist Romare Bearden. "It just hasn't been looked for in the right places." This course examines how Black artists in the U.S. explore beauty, individuality, justice and other themes through personal, racial, and societal lenses. Usually offered every third year.
Ellen Tani
ECON/FA
87a
Economics and the Arts
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Prerequisite: ECON 2a or 10a; FA 30a, 30b, 57a, 59a or 62a. The FA course may be taken concurrently with ECON/FA 87a.
Economics and art history provide dual lenses for studying the mechanics of art auctions and building collections. The course will focus on the intersection of history and patronage of specific artists and works of art with the marketplace. Usually offered every second year.
Staff
FA
34a*
History of Asian Art
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A selective survey of the art of the three major Asian areas: India, China, and Japan. Usually offered every second year.
Aida Wong
FA
92b*
Internship and Analysis in Art History
Students may petition to receive credit for internships completed in museums, galleries and arts institutions. Student must get a faculty sponsor with whom they will agree in advance on the internship and requirements for receiving credit. Art history credit can also be earned by completing one of several internships offered at the Rose Art Museum for which students apply in the spring semester for the following academic year. At the Rose, focus may center in the areas of education, registrar, exhibition installation, or curatorial work. All student applications to the Rose, with preference given to upperclassmen, must be endorsed by a faculty recommendation. Usually offered every semester.
Staff
FA
3a
Introduction to Drawing I
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Beginning-level course. No previous drawing experience necessary. Preference to first-year students and sophomores. May be repeated once for credit if taught by different instructors.
A studio class that introduces a range of drawing materials and methods, intended for both studio majors and non-majors. Students will draw from direct observation of still-life, landscape, and the human figure. Drawing media may include graphite, charcoal, ink, and collage, as well as watercolor and pastel. The drawings of great artists throughout history will be studied to provide examples of what is possible within this broad and expressive visual language. Usually offered every semester.
Ariel Freiberg, Alfredo Gisholt, and Susan Lichtman
FA
30a
History of Western Art I: From Antiquity to the Middle Ages
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Open to all students; first-year students and sophomores are encouraged to enroll.
Surveys the artistic and architectural traditions of the peoples of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East from prehistory to the end of the Middle Ages with an emphasis on their cultural context, meaning and stylistic characteristics. Usually offered every year.
Charles McClendon or Jonathan Unglaub
FA
30b
History of Western Art II: From the Renaissance to the Modern Age
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Open to all students; first-year students and sophomores are encouraged to enroll.
A study of the major styles in architecture, painting, and sculpture of the West from the Renaissance to the early twentieth century. Usually offered every year.
Peter Kalb or Jonathan Unglaub
FA
33b
Islamic Art and Architecture
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Through case studies of cities, sites, and monuments, the course presents an overview of the art and the architecture of the Islamic world beginning from the seventh century up to the present. Some of the themes include, but are not limited to, Islamic material culture, orientalist imaginations, systems of governance and the colonial present, search for the local identity, urban modernity and nationalism, and globalization. Usually offered every second year.
Muna Guvenc
FA
42b
The Age of Cathedrals
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Architecture, sculpture, and painting (including stained glass) in Western Europe from the twelfth to the fifteenth century, with particular attention to the great churches of medieval France. Usually offered every second year.
Charles McClendon
FA
45a
Early Renaissance Art in Tuscany from the Age of Dante to the Medici
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Course to be taught at Brandeis program in Siena.
Examines the development of late Medieval and Renaissance Art and Architecture between 1200 and 1500, with an emphasis on the centers of Siena and Florence, and artists who worked in these cities. Usually offered every year.
Jonathan Unglaub
FA
45b
Art of the Early Renaissance in Italy
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May not be taken for credit by students who took FA 45a in prior years.
Examines major painters, sculptors, and architects in Florence, Rome, and Venice from Giotto to Bellini (1290-1500). Important themes include the revival of Antiquity, the visual arts and the culture of Humanism, the rise of the Medici, art and the ideal of the Republic, the development of art theory and criticism, naturalism and the sacred image, and the relation of artists and patrons during times of crisis (Black Death, Pazzi Conspiracy, and Savonarola). Usually offered every second year.
Jonathan Unglaub or Staff
FA
46b
High and Late Renaissance in Italy
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May not be taken for credit by students who took FA 58b in prior years.
Examines the major works of art produced in Italy in the sixteenth century. It focuses on the principal centers of Florence, Rome, and Venice. The foremost artists of the age, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian, receive in-depth coverage. The course also considers the social institutions, ecclesiastical, courtly and civic, that furnished the patronage opportunities and promoted the ideas that occasioned, even demanded, new artistic forms of grace and harmony, energy and torsion. Usually offered every year.
Jonathan Unglaub
FA
47b
Renaissance Art in Northern Europe
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A survey of the art of the Netherlands, Germany, and France in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Cultural developments such as the invention of printing, the Protestant Reformation, and the practices of alchemy and witchcraft will be considered through the work of major artists. Usually offered every fourth year.
Jonathan Unglaub
FA
48a
Baroque Art and Architecture in Italy
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This course counts towards minors in Architectural Studies, Italian Studies, and Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Immerse yourself in the spectacle of Papal Rome during the long seventeenth-century (1580-1730) when it was the artistic capital of Europe. We will study Caravaggio and Bernini in depth as the prevailing artistic forces, while considering the major contributions of the Carracci, Borromini, Poussin, Gentileschi, and Cortona. Apart from the patronage strategies of successive Popes and how they reshaped Rome with grand churches, palaces, and urban spaces, we will consider architectural and artistic production in such diverse centers as Venice, Naples, Bologna, and Turin. Usually offered every third year.
Jonathan Unglaub
FA
56a
American Art
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May not be taken for credit by students who took FA 123a in prior years.
A survey of American painting from the colonial period to the early twentieth-century. Usually offered every third year.
Peter Kalb
FA
57a
Paris/New York: Revolutions of Modernism
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May not be taken for credit by students who took FA 70a in prior years.
A chronological survey of painting and sculpture from the French Revolution to the emergence of Pop Art and Minimalism. Principal periods: Manet and the Impressionists, Picasso and Cubism, Matisse, expressionism, Dada and Surrealism, abstract expressionism and Pop avant-garde in America. Usually offered every second year.
Staff
FA
58a
Politics on a Pedestal: Statues, Sculpture, Monuments
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Recent controversies and demonstrations at the sites of Confederate monuments highlight how long-standing political power may reverberate over time. This course examines texts and sites of sculpture from ancient Greece and Rome to flashpoints of crisis and destruction. Topics will include history's great artists, from Michelangelo to Rodin, as well as political themes in sculpture from Rome, Paris, Berlin to Moscow, New York, and Charlottesville. The course examines in detail the iconography and diverse styles of sculpture, whether at memorials , monuments or contemporary sites of remembrance. Usually offered every third year.
Staff
FA
59a
Modern Art and Modern Culture
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May not be taken for credit by students who took FA 71a in prior years.
A thematic study of modernism in twentieth-century painting and sculpture, emphasizing three trends: primitivism, spiritualism, and the redefinition of reality. Individual artists and art movements will be examined in the context of literature, politics, and aesthetic theory. Artists include Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, and Duchamp. Usually offered every second year.
Peter Kalb
FA
61a
History of Photography
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The history of photography from its invention in 1839 to the present, with an emphasis on developments in America. Photography is studied as a documentary and an artistic medium. Topics include Alfred Stieglitz and the photo-secession, Depression-era documentary, Robert Frank and street photography, and postmodern photography. Usually offered every second year.
Peter Kalb
FA
62a
Art since 1945
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Survey of developments in painting and sculpture since World War II. Consideration of major trends of the period, including abstract expressionism, pop art, minimalism, color field painting, and realism. Usually offered every second year.
Peter Kalb
FA
69b
Inventing Tradition: Women as Artists, Women as Art
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Provides an art-historical overview and a feminist critique of gender and representation followed by select case studies of the art and life of women artists. Examples include non-Western art. Usually offered every second year.
Gannit Ankori
FA
70b
The Art of China
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A survey of Chinese art from antiquity to the modern period. Usually offered every second year.
Aida Wong
FA
71b
The Art of Japan
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A survey of Japanese art from antiquity to the modern period. Usually offered every second year.
Aida Wong
FA
72b
Introduction to Korean Art
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Surveys Korean and Korean American art, focusing on later historical periods from the Joseon dynasty to the present. We will examine art and social systems, material culture, and shifting artistic identities in the country’s transition to modernity. The latter part of the course will focus on modern and contemporary art of Korea as well as the works of Korean American artists. Usually offered every second year.
Staff
FA
76a
Palestinian and Israeli Art, Film and Visual Culture: Intersecting Visions
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Israelis and Palestinians have been creating vibrant and bold works of art that both reflect and transcend the region's conflict-ridden history. This course offers a critical comparative study of Israeli and Palestinian art, exploring contentious expressions of pain and trauma as well as shared visions of hope and peace. Usually offered every second year.
Gannit Ankori
FA
77b
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Latin American Art
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May not be taken for credit by students who took FA 24b in prior years.
This course is a selective survey of the outstanding figures and movements that have made significant contributions to the history of Latin American art. Special focus will be on Mexican, Argentinean, Brazilian, Venezuelan and Cuban artists. Usually offered every third year.
Staff
FA
80a
Modern Architecture
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Explores major architectural developments from the19th to the 21st century. While tracing major stylistic developments and new building types that have characterized "modernism" in architecture, the course also studies new forms of global dominance (via colonialism), expression of new sovereignties around the world (via the nationalist movements) and the creation of the new spaces of capitalism and consumption (the highway, the mall, the suburb, etc.) Usually offered every year.
Muna Guvenc
FA
86b
Museum Studies
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May not be taken for credit by students who took FA 85b in prior years.
An experiential learning seminar focused on the art object in the context of the museum; the history of museums (architecture, educational mission, curatorial presentation); museum ethics and provenance studies; new theories of museums and their expanded role in the community. Usually offered every second year.
Staff
FA
96a
Senior Research in Art History
Prerequisite: A minimum GPA in fine arts courses of 3.00. Art history students consult with faculty the second semester of their junior year and petition to enroll at the beginning of their senior year.
Usually offered every year.
Staff
FA
96b
Senior Research in Art History
Prerequisite: A minimum GPA in fine arts courses of 3.00. Art history students consult with faculty the second semester of their junior year and petition to enroll at the beginning of their senior year.
Usually offered every year.
Staff
FA
98a
Independent Study in Studio Art
Prerequisites: Normally open only to studio majors in their junior and senior years. As the number of times FA 98a may be taken is limited by department regulations, the interested student should consult the department studio advising head and his or her adviser.
Usually offered every year.
Staff
FA
98b
Independent Study in Art History
Prerequisites: Normally open only to art history majors in their junior and senior years. As the number of times FA 98b may be taken is limited by department regulations, the interested student should consult the art history advising head and his or her adviser.
Usually offered every year.
Staff
FA
99a
Senior Research in Studio Art
Prerequisites: A GPA in fine arts courses of 3.00.
Usually offered every year.
Staff
FA
99b
Senior Research in Studio Art
Prerequisites: A GPA in fine arts courses of 3.00. Interested studio students must take FA 99a in the fall semester of their senior year, in addition to FA 110a and 110b. At the beginning of the spring semester, students wishing to pursue honors will have their artwork reviewed by studio faculty. Based on this review, eligible students will be given permission to enroll in FA 99b for the spring semester.
Usually offered every year.
Staff
(100-199) For Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students
CA
125a
Provocative Art: Outside the Comfort Zone
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Presents, analyzes and discusses art that provokes controversies, discomfort, and other strong responses. This class will focus on a broad range of artistic expressions, including visual art, theater, film, music, and literature with Brandeis faculty as well as visiting artists. Usually offered every year.
Will Chalmus
FA
143a
The Art and Peoples of the British Isles: Antiquity and the Middle Ages
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Surveys the art and architecture of the many peoples who inhabited England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales over the first 1,500 years of the common era, with a particular concern for the distinct nature of different cultural traditions and their synthesis that created a unique artistic legacy. Usually offered every fourth year.
Charles McClendon
FA
145a
St. Peter's and the Vatican
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The history, growth, and development of Christendom's most famous shrine, with particular concern for the relationship between the design and decoration of the Renaissance/Baroque church and palace complex and their Early Christian and Medieval predecessors. Usually offered every second year.
Charles McClendon
FA
149a
The Age of Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer
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Explores the major figures of seventeenth-century painting in the Netherlands and Flanders: Rubens, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, and Vermeer. During this time, the ideal of Renaissance painter/courtier gives way to the birth of the modern artist in an open market, revolutionizing the subjects, themes, and styles of painting. Usually offered every second year.
Jonathan Unglaub
FA
155a
Impressionism: Avant-Garde Rebellion in Context
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Focuses on major 19th century artists in France, from the innovation of Edouard Manet to the formation of the group called the Impressionists. Study of the series of independent exhibitions, mounted between 1874 - 1886, and organized by the unlikely allies Edgar Degas and Claude Monet, including women artists Morisot and Cassatt. Also analysis of the influence of Japanese art from abroad, and the new 'objective' style, shaped in part by the invention of photography, will be a focus. The next generation - Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, and Van Gogh - develop stylistic ideas out of Impressionism, and re-shape its aims. Usually offered every third year.
Staff
FA
156b
Postimpressionism and Symbolism, 1880-1910
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Artists Vincent Van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat and Cézanne, first identified with Post-Impressionism, are contextualized with Toulouse-Lautrec and others who defined the French art world before 1900. Symbolism has its roots in the art work of Redon, Van Gogh and above all Gauguin, here studied in context with poetry and art criticism of the times. The Expressionist move toward an abstract idiom in Norway, Germany and Austria will focus on Edvard Munch and Gustav Klimt. Decorative styles such as Art Nouveau and Jugendstil define the bridge to the 20th century. The course ends with early 20th century masters, Matisse and the Fauves, and finally German Expressionism. Usually offered every fourth year.
Staff
FA
157a
Georgia O'Keeffe: Art and Life
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Explores the art of Georgia O'Keeffe, and her place in American culture and history, within the larger development of American modernism in the culture of New York and the Southwest. Other important painters of the early 20th century, from Marin, Hartley, Dove and Demuth to the photographers Stieglitz, Strand and Steichen, paralleled and fueled her creative work. On-campus resources in Native American arts, along with museum visits, will enlarge our view of O'Keeffe's world. Usually offered every third year.
Staff
FA
164a
The Re-Invention of Art
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By the 1960s, the United States was the art-world capital. Radical art, however, appeared everywhere. Examines US art of the 1960's-1970s in light of artistic production in, among other places, Germany, England, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, Senegal, and Japan. Usually offered every year.
Peter Kalb
FA
165a
Contemporary Art
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May not be taken for credit by students who took FA 152a in prior years.
After theories of power and representation and art movements of pop, minimalism, and conceptual art were established by the 1970s, artists began to create what we see in galleries today. This course addresses art at the turn of the millennium with attention to intersections of art and identity, politics, economy, and history. Usually offered every second year.
Staff
FA
166b
Representing Globalism
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For several decades, artists have been investigating the character and consequences of life under global capitalism. Through examination of writings by artists, theorists, and historians in the context of art since the turn of the millennium, this course seeks to uncover stories of the global present and possible futures. Usually offered every year.
Peter Kalb
FA
169a
Ecology and Art
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Provides a theoretical foundation and art historical background for discussion of contemporary art that draws attention to the ecologies, primarily natural but also cultural, of which it and we are a part. Usually offered every third year.
Peter Kalb
FA
170a
Arts of the Ming Dynasty
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Examines a broad array of arts from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The first half of the course focuses on activities in and around the Chinese court. The second half concentrates on monuments related to literati and popular cultures. Usually offered every second year.
Aida Wong
FA
172b
Taiwan's Art at the Edge of Empires
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Prerequisite: One course in Fine Arts or East Asian Studies.
This course examines artistic expressions of Taiwan in relation to China, Japan, and the United States, focusing on painting and film. Issues of imperialism, (post-)colonialism, nationalism, and indigeneity will be examined
Aida Wong
FA
173b
Art in Shanghai
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Examines the art and visual culture of Shanghai'China's symbol of modernity'from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries, encompassing painting, architecture, calligraphy, fashion, advertising, among other topics. Usually offered every third year.
Aida Wong
FA
174a
Art and Trauma: Israeli, Palestinian, Latin American and United States Art
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A comparative and critical examination of the various ways in which personal traumas (illness, death, loss) and collective traumas (war, the Holocaust, exile) find meaningful expression in the work of modern and contemporary artists from diverse regions. Usually offered every second year.
Gannit Ankori
FA
178a
Frida Kahlo: Art, Life and Legacy
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Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) has become an international cultural icon. Her innovative paintings brilliantly re-envision identity, gender and the female body, inspiring celebrities from Madonna to Salma Hayek. This course explores the art and life of Frida Kahlo, as well as her immense influence on contemporary art, film and popular culture. Usually offered every second year.
Gannit Ankori
FA
178b
Seminar on Chinese Calligraphy and Practice
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Prerequisite: Some knowledge of reading Chinese. May not be taken for credit by students who took FA 191a in prior years.
Introduces the major scripts and canonical works of Chinese calligraphy. Besides studying historical developments, students gain hands-on experience with producing their own works. The class combines theory and practice to advance understanding of the aesthetic, critical language, and the functions of this enduring art. Usually offered every year.
Aida Wong
FA
180a
Contemporary Architecture
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Presents major innovations and stylistic developments in world architecture in the aftermath of World War II. Examining the larger social, political and cultural contexts within which architecture operates, the course will trace the diverse positions that characterize the contemporary architecture across the globe. Special attention will be paid to the relationships between theories, debates, and the creative capacity of design and practice in architecture since the mid-twentieth century. Usually offered every second year.
Muna Guvenc
FA
181a
Housing and Social Justice
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Employs housing as a lens to interrogate space and society, state and market, power and change, in relation with urban inequality and social justice. It trains students to become participants in the global debates about housing. In doing so, it teaches students about dominant paradigms of urban development and welfare and situates such paradigms in the 20th century history of capitalism. It will explicitly adopt a comparative and transnational urban approach to housing and social justice, showing how a globalized perspective provides important insights into local shelter struggles and debates. Usually offered every second year.
Muna Guvenc
FA
187a
Approaches to Architecture and the City
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Trains students in developing the ability to conduct architectural and urban analysis of the built environment. Through a comparative case-study approach'based on selected readings, real spaces, and creative projects'students will better understand architectural and urban design in relation to social, cultural, human, and political aspects. Usually offered every year.
Muna Guvenc
FA
191b
Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Art
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Preference to Fine Arts majors and minors, Italian Studies minors, and Medieval and Renaissance minors only. Topics may vary from year to year; the course may be repeated for credit as topics change.
Usually offered every third year.
Jonathan Unglaub
FA
192a
Studies in Modern and Contemporary Art
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Topics may vary from year to year; the course may be repeated for credit.
Usually offered every second year.
Peter Kalb or Staff
FA
193a
Studies in Modern and Contemporary Architecture
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Topics may vary from year to year; the course may be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor.
Usually offered every third year.
Staff
FA
197a
Studies in Asian Art
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May not be taken for credit by students who took FA 184a in prior years. Topics may vary from year to year; the course may be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor.
Usually offered every third year.
Aida Wong
FA
199a
Methods and Approaches in the History of Art
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Explores various ways of analyzing works of art and provides an overview of the historical development of the discipline. Designed specifically for junior and senior art history majors. Usually offered every year.
Charles McClendon
FA/NEJS
183a
Breaking Boundaries in Contemporary Israeli Culture
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Explores how the Creative Arts reflect, challenge, and reconfigure various cleavages and barriers that characterize contemporary Israeli society. This course will focus on literary, visual and cinematic artworks, organized around thematic clusters and major theoretical issues. Usually offered every second year.
Gannit Ankori and Ilana Szobel
Art History: Modern Contemporary
CA
125a
Provocative Art: Outside the Comfort Zone
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Presents, analyzes and discusses art that provokes controversies, discomfort, and other strong responses. This class will focus on a broad range of artistic expressions, including visual art, theater, film, music, and literature with Brandeis faculty as well as visiting artists. Usually offered every year.
Will Chalmus
FA
30b
History of Western Art II: From the Renaissance to the Modern Age
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Open to all students; first-year students and sophomores are encouraged to enroll.
A study of the major styles in architecture, painting, and sculpture of the West from the Renaissance to the early twentieth century. Usually offered every year.
Peter Kalb or Jonathan Unglaub
Art History: Non-Western
AAAS/FA
74b
Introduction to African Art
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Surveys the visual artistic traditions of Africa. Investigates the different forms of visual art in relation to their historical and socio-cultural context. Symbolism and complexity of Africa's visual art traditions are explored through analysis of myth, ritual, cosmology, and history. Usually offered every second year.
Staff
FA
34a*
History of Asian Art
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A selective survey of the art of the three major Asian areas: India, China, and Japan. Usually offered every second year.
Aida Wong
FA
33b
Islamic Art and Architecture
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Through case studies of cities, sites, and monuments, the course presents an overview of the art and the architecture of the Islamic world beginning from the seventh century up to the present. Some of the themes include, but are not limited to, Islamic material culture, orientalist imaginations, systems of governance and the colonial present, search for the local identity, urban modernity and nationalism, and globalization. Usually offered every second year.
Muna Guvenc
FA
70b
The Art of China
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A survey of Chinese art from antiquity to the modern period. Usually offered every second year.
Aida Wong
FA
71b
The Art of Japan
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A survey of Japanese art from antiquity to the modern period. Usually offered every second year.
Aida Wong
FA
72b
Introduction to Korean Art
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Surveys Korean and Korean American art, focusing on later historical periods from the Joseon dynasty to the present. We will examine art and social systems, material culture, and shifting artistic identities in the country’s transition to modernity. The latter part of the course will focus on modern and contemporary art of Korea as well as the works of Korean American artists. Usually offered every second year.
Staff
FA
77b
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Latin American Art
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May not be taken for credit by students who took FA 24b in prior years.
This course is a selective survey of the outstanding figures and movements that have made significant contributions to the history of Latin American art. Special focus will be on Mexican, Argentinean, Brazilian, Venezuelan and Cuban artists. Usually offered every third year.
Staff
FA
157a
Georgia O'Keeffe: Art and Life
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Explores the art of Georgia O'Keeffe, and her place in American culture and history, within the larger development of American modernism in the culture of New York and the Southwest. Other important painters of the early 20th century, from Marin, Hartley, Dove and Demuth to the photographers Stieglitz, Strand and Steichen, paralleled and fueled her creative work. On-campus resources in Native American arts, along with museum visits, will enlarge our view of O'Keeffe's world. Usually offered every third year.
Staff
FA
170a
Arts of the Ming Dynasty
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Examines a broad array of arts from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The first half of the course focuses on activities in and around the Chinese court. The second half concentrates on monuments related to literati and popular cultures. Usually offered every second year.
Aida Wong
FA
172b
Taiwan's Art at the Edge of Empires
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Prerequisite: One course in Fine Arts or East Asian Studies.
This course examines artistic expressions of Taiwan in relation to China, Japan, and the United States, focusing on painting and film. Issues of imperialism, (post-)colonialism, nationalism, and indigeneity will be examined
Aida Wong
FA
178a
Frida Kahlo: Art, Life and Legacy
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Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) has become an international cultural icon. Her innovative paintings brilliantly re-envision identity, gender and the female body, inspiring celebrities from Madonna to Salma Hayek. This course explores the art and life of Frida Kahlo, as well as her immense influence on contemporary art, film and popular culture. Usually offered every second year.
Gannit Ankori
Art History: Ancient Medieval
CLAS
133a
The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece
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Surveys the main forms and styles of Greek art and architecture from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period in mainland Greece and on the islands of the Aegean. Archaeological remains and ancient literary evidence help explore the relationships between culture, the visual arts, and society. Usually offered every second year.
Alexandra Ratzlaff or Staff
CLAS
134b
The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Rome
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Surveys the art and architecture of the ancient Romans from the eighth century BCE to the end of the empire in Sicily, mainland Italy (with focus on Rome, Ostia, Pompeii, and Herculaneum), and in the Roman provinces. Usually offered every second year.
Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow or Staff
CLAS
136b
Ancient Technology and Modern Approaches
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Examines the greatest technological discoveries from the classical world. How did these engineering and technological marvels turn the tides of war and alter the trajectory of civilizations? In hands-on modules, this course will introduce modern technology such as 3D Scanning & Printing, XRF, Virtual Reality, Drones and others, as a means of analyzing the ancient world. Usually offered every third year.
Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow or Staff
CLAS
140a
Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Greek and Roman Art and Text
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An exploration of women, gender, and sexuality in ancient Greece and Rome as the ideological bases of Western attitudes toward sex and gender. Includes, in some fashion, Greek and Roman myth, literature, art, architecture, and archaeological artifacts. Usually offered every third year.
Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow
CLAS
145b
Topics in Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology
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Topics vary from year to year and the course may be repeated for credit. Topics include daily life in ancient Rome; Greek and Roman technology and art; Rome, City of Marble; and Athens and the golden age of Greece. See Schedule of Classes for the current topic and description. Usually offered every second year.
Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow or Staff
CLAS
150b
Pompeii: Life in the Shadow of Vesuvius
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Examines Pompeii and Herculaneum, buried by Vesuvius in 79 CE, using the ancient cities' art, architecture, and wall writings to understand the social, political, economic, and religious realities of Roman life on the Bay of Naples, especially in the first century CE. Usually offered every third year.
Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow
FA
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The Age of Cathedrals
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Architecture, sculpture, and painting (including stained glass) in Western Europe from the twelfth to the fifteenth century, with particular attention to the great churches of medieval France. Usually offered every second year.
Charles McClendon
FA
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The Art and Peoples of the British Isles: Antiquity and the Middle Ages
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Surveys the art and architecture of the many peoples who inhabited England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales over the first 1,500 years of the common era, with a particular concern for the distinct nature of different cultural traditions and their synthesis that created a unique artistic legacy. Usually offered every fourth year.
Charles McClendon