Overview of painting, sculpture, and architecture
produced in Europe and North America, focusing on
work created between the 14th and 21st centuries.
Exploration of key theoretical problems and ways
of looking especially important to the history of
art. Multiple perspectives and methods of analysis
provided through lectures, scheduled discussions,
and museum fieldwork. Key works situated in a
variety of contexts: the role of art in religious
and memorial practices; the rise of the social
status of the artist; drawing as a form of
thinking; art as a tool of power and politics; art
as constructor of gender and identity; visual
narrative; the potentials and limitations of
various technical media; definitions of
"modernism"; the uses of "classicism."
produced in Europe and North America, focusing on
work created between the 14th and 21st centuries.
Exploration of key theoretical problems and ways
of looking especially important to the history of
art. Multiple perspectives and methods of analysis
provided through lectures, scheduled discussions,
and museum fieldwork. Key works situated in a
variety of contexts: the role of art in religious
and memorial practices; the rise of the social
status of the artist; drawing as a form of
thinking; art as a tool of power and politics; art
as constructor of gender and identity; visual
narrative; the potentials and limitations of
various technical media; definitions of
"modernism"; the uses of "classicism."
- Teacher: Matthew Johnston