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*These Intro to Art History courses meet at the Cleveland Museum of Art on Wednesdays. Bus transportation is provided.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS101 INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY - 3 cr. An essential survey of the major works of painting, sculpture, and architecture of the Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Modern periods including discussion of historical and intellectual context. A prerequisite course for all others that provides a familiarity with art historical methodology, as well as a firm foundation for further study. Return to course listPrerequisite AH 101. Introduction to various drawing media and techniques. Studio practice. For elective credit only; not applicable to the Core or the major or minor in Art History or Humanities. 248 INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY AND GRAPHIC DESIGN - 3 cr. Prerequisite AH 101. An introductory course with a focus on elements of typography and the use of letterform as a design element; analysis of historical and contemporary trends in type design; the application of typography to the field of graphic design. For elective credit only; not applicable to the Core or the major or minor in Art History or Humanities. Return to course list303 ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART - 3 cr. </> Painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy from the 14th through the 16th centuries, including such masters as Giotto, Masaccio, Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Giovanni Bellini, and Titian. Influence of Humanism and of shifting political and religious ideas. Return to course listEuropean and American painting, sculpture, and architecture from Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, and Realism, through Impressionism, including artists such as Goya, David, Delacroix, Blake, Courbet, Manet, Monet, and Cassatt. Return to course listSurvey of the art and architecture and decorative arts of Japan from the Neolithic period to the 20th- century, with an emphasis on their cultural and religious contexts. Special emphasis on the stimulus of contacts with China and Korea in the evolution of the visual arts in Japan, including the impact of Buddhism. Return to course list320/499 ART OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN WORLD - 3 cr. How artists and patrons developed a new visual language to communicate the beliefs of the emerging Christian religion within the context of the late Roman empire. Return to course list399 INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN ART - 3 cr. A broad overview of the arts of sub-Saharan Africa. The course will begin with an examination of the region’s earliest known art, from the rock art of the southem Sahara, to the stone, terracotta, ivory and bronze sculptures found at scattered sites throughout the continent. The class will then explore the artistic traditions of different ethnic groups, and will consider such thematic issues as the relationship between gender and art; the question of authenticity in art production; the differing approaches to form; art as a means of communication; and art as an expression of political, religious or social power.Return to course list 431 SIXTEENTH-CENTURY ART IN ROME: MANNERISM TO COUNTER-REFORMATION - 3 cr. Prerequisite: AH 101. Developments in painting, sculpture, and architecture in Rome during the 16th century, focusing on tth transition from Mannerism to the Counter-Reformation. Considers major artists and works from the late period of Michelangelo to the arrival of Caravaggio in Rome in 1592, examining them in a broader cultural context from the impact of the Council of Trent to the patronage of popes, cardinals, and princes. Return to course list498A, B, & C INDEPENDENT STUDY - 1-3 cr. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and department chair. Special projects in art history. Projects must be approved prior to registration. Senior art history majors and graduate humanities students only.
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