This course examines global artistic tendencies since 1945, in their art-historical and socio-historical contexts. The class considers such developments as American abstraction and the rise of New York, neo-dada, pop, minimalism, conceptual art, earthworks, the influence of feminism, postmodernism, the politics of identity, conceptions of the site and the institution, global publics and the global culture of art, and the theoretical issues and debates that help to frame these topics. Group B

Prompted by recent concerns about ‘fake news’ and the proliferation of digitally manipulated photographs, the course explores the history of the illustrated press from its nineteenth-century origins to today. How did images contribute to readers’ sense of what is worthy of attention in the realm of politics, fashion, and the arts? How did practices of pictorial reporting influence the unfolding of events? In what ways did arts periodicals prompt the emergence of artistic forms that blurred traditional distinctions between media?

European architectural, urban and landscape design from (precisely) 1537 to about 1750. Specific topics include Tuscany under the first three grand dukes; Rome in the 17th century; France under the first three Bourbon kings; the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire; the significant enlargement or establishment of capital cities (Turin, Amsterdam, Versailles, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Dresden, Berlin, Vienna); the rise of the English country house; the English landscape garden; palaces, pilgrimage churches, and monastic complexes in Bavaria, Franconia and Austria.

Focusing on buildings and representations created from the 11th through the 13th century, this course explores the intersection between artistic production and the movement, peaceful and bellicose, of people, ideas, and objects during the Romanesque and early Gothic periods. Topics include monastic and royal patronage; the pilgrimage church and Crusader castle as specific building types; iconographic programs and their political agendas; the transnational circulation of artefacts and cross-cultural visual encounters. Group A, Counts for ARU

This course explores how art and architecture have profoundly shaped visual experiences and shifting understandings of the past and present. Featuring different case studies, each section includes work with original objects, site visits and writings about art.

This one-semester capstone course is required of senior and j-term junior Plan B majors. Students create work in media of their choice and develop the skills necessary for presenting a cohesive exhibition of their work at the end of their final semester, as required by the Plan B major. Course material includes installation or distribution techniques for different media, curation of small exhibitions of each others’ work, and development of critical discourse skills through reading, writing and speaking assignments.

This course considers the many ways through which places are constructed, culturally, socially and physically. We examine how to analyze contextual factors and intervene effectively within the complexity of the built environment. A final project involving the examination and manipulation of place and space through modeling and graphic communication is required. A required fee of $75 to cover group-supplied materials and/or printing is charged at the time of registration. Students are responsible for directly purchasing any additional supplies that may be required.

Advanced problems in sculpture using bronze casting, welding and various media. A required fee of $25 to cover group-supplied materials is charged at the time of registration. Prerequisites: ARS 273 and permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 12.

The primary goal of this studio is to gain insight into the design and representation of architectural space. Students gain skills in graphic communication, model making, and working in multiple media including digital modeling. We look at the architecture of the past and present for guidance and imagine the future through conceptual models and drawings. This course asks students to take risks, intellectually and creatively, to foster a keener sensitivity to the built environment as something that can be analyzed and manipulated.

An introduction to visual experience through a study of the basic elements of photography as an expressive medium. Prerequisite: ARS 162, 172 or permission of the instructor. Each section involves either black and white or a combination of darkroom and digital processes. A required fee of $75 to cover group-supplied materials is charged at the time of registration. Enrollment limited to 15.