Distribution of Subject Matter of Art History Courses

Introductory Courses

1Bodies & Buildings: Introduction to the History of Art in the Ancient World and the Middle Ages
2 Introduction to the History of Art II
4Introduction to World Architecture 
5Introduction to Contemporary Art 

Field Surveys - Pre-Modern (Ancient & Medieval Art to 1400)

10.01The Art of Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East 
10.02Art and Archaeology of Israel 
10.03Art in Egypt
11.01Art in Ancient Greece: Temples Gods, and Heroes  
11.02Alexander to Cleopatra: Art in an Unsettled World
12.01Roman Art 
12.02Roman Architecture
13.01Early Medieval Art 
13.02Italian Medieval Art and Architecture 
15.01Gothic Art and Architecture 
17.02 Cities of the Biblical World
17.05Castles, Cloisters and Cathedrals 
17.06The Arts of the Middle Ages​​​​​​​
18.01Ancient Art and Myth 

Advanced Seminars – Pre-Modern

80.01Ideals of Physical Beauty 
80.02Domes 


Field Surveys - Non-Western

31.01Arts of South Asia 
31.02Art and Industry: The Visual and Material Culture of South Asia, 1800 to the present 
31.03Arts of Islam
31.04Collecting Islamic Art 
32.012000 Years of Korean Painting 
32.11Korean Art 
32.21Sacred Art and Architecture of Japan 
32.22The Japanese Painting Tradition 
33.01African Art 
38.01Sacred Architecture of Asia 
38.02Contemporary Art of Asia 
38.03East Meets West 
The following can also be Non-Western in addition to Pre-Modern:
10.01The Art of Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East
10.02
Art and Archaeology of Israel 
10.03Art in Egypt

Mid-level - Non-Western

62.20Modern and Contemporary Korean Art 
62.30Japanese Prints 
62.71Islamic Architecture 
62.81Women and Art in East Asia 

Advanced Seminars – Non-Western

82.01Arts and Culture of Korea's Last Dynasty 
82.02The Camera in Nineteenth-Century Asia 

Field Surveys - Early Modern Europe (1400-1800)

20.01Michelangelo 
20.02Lifelikeness and Artifice: High Renaissance & Mannerism 
20.03Southern Baroque Art
20.04Faith & Empire: Art in the Early Modern World   
21.01Northern Renaissance Art
21.02Northern Baroque Art 
21.03Rembrandt 
22.01Velasquez and the Spanish Baroque 
27.01The Ideal City 
27.02Living Stone: Sculpture in Renaissance & Baroque Italy
27.03Building Boom: Architecture and Urbanism in Early Modern Italy
28.01The Global Renaissance 
28.02Going for Baroque
28.03Vision and Reality in the Art of Northern Europe in the 15th Century 
28.04Reform and Response in Sixteenth-century Northern Europe 
28.05Art and Society in the Age of the Rococo 
28.06(See Field Surveys – Modern Contemporary )
28.07Art Writing and Writers on Art
28.08Italian Art from Renaissance to Baroque: Crisis and Invention
28.09Art on the Move: Renaissance Italy & the Islamic World
28.10(See Diachronic courses )

Foreign Study Program Courses

(Consult Art History Department Chair)

26.01can be found at the end in "Diachronic"
26.02FSP: Early Modern Architecture in Rome
26.03FSP: The Language and Culture of Rome (equivalent to Italian 2)
26.04FSP: The Architecture and Urbanism of Rome
26.05 FSP: Early Modern Art in Rome

Mid-level - Early Modern Europe

61.71Italian Renaissance Architecture 

Advanced Seminars - Early Modern Europe

81.02History of Museums and Collecting 
81.03The Viral Image: Early Modern Prints

Field Surveys - Modern and Contemporary (1800-present)

28.06European Art in the Age of Revolution
40.01American Art and Identity 
40.02The American Century 
40.0320th Century Art from Latin America 
40.04Mexicanidad: Race/Raza, (trans)Nation, and Mexican(o/a/x) Cultural Identity
40.05Latinx Art and Activist Print Media
41.01Modernism and Modernity
41.02Twentieth-Century Art in Europe
41.03European Art 1750-1850
41.04European Art: 1850-1900
42.01Unmaking History 
43.01Feminist & Queer Video Art
47.01Building America 
47.02Modern Architecture 
47.03Contemporary Architecture 
48.01Introduction to Contemporary Art
48.02Histories of Photography
48.03The Arts of War 
48.04Women in Art 
48.05Satire: Art, Politics & Critique 
48.06Borderlands Art & Theory
48.07Michelangelo's Modernism
48.08The Photographic Medium

Mid-level - Modern and Contemporary

63.01Mexican Muralism 
63.11Art, Things, and the Experience of the French Revolution
63.12When Media Were New 
63.13 Bad Art!
63.22Contemporary Art in the Middle East
63.23Global Contemporary Art
63.71Art and Money 
63.72Aesthetics of the Digital 
63.73Art in the Age of Climate Change
63.74The Museum 

Advanced Seminars - Modern and Contemporary

83.01Advanced Topics in Contemporary Art
83.02Contemporary Art: Disaster, War and the Ethics of Witnessing 
83.03Modern Art: Art, Spectacle, and Strategies of Resistance
83.05Art and the Law
83.06Art and Life! Avant-garde techniques, 1890-1970

Diachronic (these courses count as other/electives)

17.01Rome The Eternal City 
26.01History of Art in Rome  (FSP course; Consult Art History Department Chair)
28.07Art Writing and Writers on Art
28.10Fahion in Art: Dress, Identity and Power
38.04Food and Art: A Global History 

*First-Year Seminars do not count toward the Art History Major

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