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Academic Year 2001/2002

Introduction to the Practice of Art History
ARHA 101 FA

This course emphasizes the practice of the discipline of art history by means of five thematic units, each focusing on art historical method and theory by reference to specific case studies. The cases are drawn from the history of world art and are not limited to Western art. Each of the three sections has a different cultural focus, corresponding to the primary expertise of the professor. The three sections meet jointly to introduce each unit and for periodic review.

Major readings for the course may include (in addition to section readings):
Michael Baxandall, "Introduction: Language and Explanation" in PATTERNS OF INTENTION: ON THE HISTORICAL EXPLORATION OF PICTURES
J. Bialostocki, "Iconography and Iconology"
Oleg Grabar, "The Iconography of Islamic Architecture"
Ian Hodder, READING THE PAST: CURRENT APPROACHES TO INTERPRETATION IN ARCHAEOLOGY
Keith Jenkins, RE-THINKING HISTORY
W. Eugene Kleinbauer, "Determinants of Art Historical Investigation"
George Kubler, THE S HAPE OF TIME: REMARKS ON THE HISTORY OF THINGS
Peter Mark, "Is There Such a Thing as African Art?"
Erwin Panofsky, "Introductory", in STUDIES IN ICONOLOGY
Heinrich Wolfflin, "The Most General Representational Forms", in PRINCIPLES OF ART HISTORY

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ART    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Within the context described in the course description, this section will focus on the art and architecture of Carolingian Europe. Founded in the German Rhineland during the eighth century CE, the Carolingian empire reunited most of western Europe for the first time since the end of effective Roman rule. During the one hundred fifty years of their dominion over most of western Europe, Carolingian kings and their subordinates, both lay and ecclesiastical, emerged as prolific patrons of painting, sculpture and the arts of the book --which will provide the focus and case studies for the first three thematic units-- as well as of such monuments of architecture and urbanism as the palace complex at Aachen and monasteries such as Saint-Gall and Corvey --the primary focus of the last two units.

Major Readings

F. Mutherich & J. Gaehde, CAROLINGIAN PAINTING
Additional readings for Section 01 will be announced.

Examinations and Assignments

Six short written assignments, midterm and final exams.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

Instructor(s): Maines,Clark   

Times: .M.W.F. 10:00AM-10:50AM;     Location: DAC100

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 19)

SR. major: X   Jr. major: X

SR. non-major: X   Jr. non-major: X   SO: 7   FR: 12

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Reading Non-Verbal Texts, Writing

SECTION 02

Within the context described in the course description, this section will focus on the importation of the European traditions of painting and sculpture to eastern North America during the colonial period and early republic, roughly 1600 to 1828. What uses were there for these arts along with the wilderness frontier? How did artists and craftspeople adapt established traditions to the needs and expectations of colonial communities? How were the arts used to define and represent the new "American " citizen?

Major Readings

Wayne Craven, AMERICAN ART: HISTORY AND CULTURE
James Deets, IN SMALL THINGS FORGOTTEN
Additional readings for Section 02 will be announced.

Examinations and Assignments

Six short written assignments, midterm and final exams.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

Instructor(s): Milroy,Elizabeth L.   

Times: .M.W.F. 10:00AM-10:50AM;     Location: ZLKA106

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 19)

SR. major: X   Jr. major: X

SR. non-major: X   Jr. non-major: X   SO: 7   FR: 12

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Reading Non-Verbal Texts, Writing

SECTION 03

Within the context described in the course description, this section will focus on the art and architecture of Mughal India. Founded in northern India in the early 1500's, the Mughal empire was one of the largest centralized states in the history of the pre-modern world. During the two centuries of their effective imperial rule over much of the Indian subcontinent, the Mughal emperors and their subordinates were prolific patrons of painting and the arts of the book--which will provide the focus and case studies for the first three thematic units--as well as of such monuments of architecture and urbanism as the Taj Mahal and the capital cities of Fatehpur Sikri and Shahjahanabad--the primary focus of the last two units.

Major Readings

Catherine B. Asher, ARCHITECTURE OF MUGHAL INDIA
Milo Beach, THE IMPERIAL IMAGE: PAINTINGS FOR THE MUGHAL COURT
Michael Brand and Glenn D. Lowry, "Fatehpur Sikri: Akbar's City of Victory"
Vishakha N. Desai, "Painting and Politics in Seventeenth-Century North India: Mewar Bikaner, and the Mughal Court"
Richard Ettinghausen, THE EMPEROR'S CHOICE
Janice Leoshko, "Mausoleum for an Empress", in ROMANCE OF THE TAJ MAHAL
R. Nath, "The Diwan-i Khas of Fatehpur Sikri: A Symbol of Akb ar's Belief in Surya-Purusa"
Ahsan Jan Qaisai, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IN MUGHAL INDIA: THE EVIDENCE FROM PAINTING
John F. Richards, THE MUGHAL EMPIRE
John Seyller, "The Formation and Diffusion of the Imperial Mughal Style"
Som Prakash Verma, MU GHAL PAINTERS AND THEIR WORK

Examinations and Assignments

Six short written assignments, midterm and final exams.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

Instructor(s): Wagoner,Phillip B.   

Times: .M.W.F. 10:00AM-10:50AM;     Location: DAC300

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 19)

SR. major: X   Jr. major: X

SR. non-major: X   Jr. non-major: X   SO: 9   FR: 10

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Reading Non-Verbal Texts, Writing

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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