First-Year Courses in History of Art (Division 392)
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History of Art 101, 102, 103 and 108, while covering different areas, are all considered equivalent introductions to the discipline of art history. These four introductory survey courses consider not only art objects as aesthetic experiences but also the interactions among art, the artist, and society. The lecture and discussion sections explore the connections between the style and content of works of art and the historical, social, religious, and intellectual phenomena of the time. Attention is also given to the creative act and to the problems of vision and perception which both the artist and his/her public must face.
Although it would be logical to move from History of Art 101 to History of Art 102, this is not required. One course in European/American art (101 or 102) and one course in Asian or African art (103 or 108) serve as a satisfactory introduction to the history of art for non-concentrators (concentrators should see the department’s handbook for more information on requirements). The introductory courses are directed toward students interested in the general history of culture and are especially valuable cognates for students in the fields of history, philosophy, literature, and musicology as well as the creative arts.
Course requirements and texts vary with individual instructors, but an effort is always made to introduce students to works of art in the collections of the university as well as in the museums of Detroit and Toledo. Photographic material is available for study in the Image Study Gallery, G026 Tisch Hall. Examinations usually include short essays and slides which are to be identified, compared, and discussed.
Hist. Art 101. Near Eastern and European Art from the Stone Age to the End of the Middle Ages.
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).
Credits: (4).
Course Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/F2000/101-001.html
This course offers an introduction to major monuments and periods of art from antiquity through the Middle Ages. Its purpose is not only to acquaint students with key works of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, Romanesque and Gothic art and architecture, but also to help them develop a vocabulary for the description and analysis of works of art, and to provide them with a basic understanding of the methods and aims of art historical study. Lectures will be supplemented by weekly discussion sections on readings drawn from a general art historical survey and a course pack. Written work will consist of two short papers on objects in the Kelsey Museum and the Museum of Art; there will be a midterm and a final exam.
Hist. Art 108/AAS 108. Introduction to African Art.
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).
Credits: (4).
Course Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/F2000/108-001.html
This course is a one-term introductory survey of the arts of Africa. Sculpture, pottery, textiles, architecture, body adornment, and performance will be examined and discussed on the basis of aesthetic, religious, political, and social contexts. Although the main emphasis of the course will be on "traditional art," we will discuss many changes and continuities within African artistic traditions as evidenced in late twentieth-century African art. The course is arranged geographically from western through central to eastern and southern Africa, and will conclude across the Atlantic Ocean with a brief investigation of African visual traditions in the Caribbean and the Americas. Weekly discussion sections, movies and videos, and museum visits will complement the lecture.
Hist. Art 214/AAS 214. Introduction to African-American Art.
Section 001.
Instructor(s): J Francis
Prerequisites & Distribution: AAS 111. (3). (Excl).
Credits: (3).
Course Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/F2000/214-001.html
This course will cover much of this century's history of African-American painting, sculpture,
photography, and mixed media practices. Moving through the material chronologically, we will discuss
a variety of stylistic strategies and the artists' staked-out positions regarding race, gender, sexuality,
class, and nation. We will also consider audience reception, namely, audiences responses to the art
and to the artists themselves.
Hist. Art 221/Class. Arch. 221. Introduction to Greek Archaeology.
Section 001.
Instructor(s): Nassos Papalexandrou (papalexa@umich.edu)
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).
Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/F2000/221-001.html
See Classical Archaeology 221.001.
Hist. Art 271. Origins of Modernism: Nineteenth Century Visual Culture.
Section 001.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).
Credits: (4).
Course Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/F2000/271-001.html
This course examines a series of remarkable episodes in modern French painting, from the establishment of an official, State-sponsored form of Classicism to the succession of movements – Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, and Neo-Impressionism – that emerged in opposition to official art. The Nineteenth Century is the period during which modern art developed its characteristic strategies and behavioral patterns: an insistence on innovation, originality, and individuality; a contentious involvement with tradition; a critical relationship with both institutional and commercial culture; and a somewhat strained allegiance with radical politics and alternative subcultures. It is also the period that witnessed a thorough-going reassessment of visual representation, and a parallel concern with the possibilities and limitations of the medium of painting. The course is designed to encourage close readings of images (by David, Gericault, Manet, Degas, Seurat, Cezanne, et al.) within the parameters of their historical contexts and of recent critical debate.
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