Topics course. An examination of the fundamental role of the visual arts in fashioning an extraordinary and indelible image of rulership. Ensembles and individual objects in many media (painting, sculpture, architecture, landscape design, printmaking, furniture and tapestries, numismatics, works commissioned in Rome, and literary production) will be related to the centralized bureaucracy that came to define the French state. Time permitting, we shall briefly consider the impact of Versailles on other European courts.

This course introduces the diverse artistic and cultural traditions in China from the Neolithic period to the nineteenth century. A variety of visual materials, including archaic jades, ritual bronzes, mortuary sculpture, temple murals, and scroll paintings, will be examined both as examples of the culture in which they were made as well as works collected and valued for their aesthetic qualities. With updated archaeological material, this course considers artistic creation in relation to society, class, ethnicity, religion, and changing perception of what constitutes Chinese art.

What kinds of places do people call home, and where do they choose to bury their dead? How have communities marked their territories, or cities reshaped landscapes? What does it mean to enshrine the sacred, to nurture civic gardens, or to create a consumer paradise--in 8th-century Spain or 11th-century New Mexico, 19th-century Beijing or contemporary Dubai? Working across cultures, and from antiquity to the present, this class highlights both global and distinct, local perspectives on the history of architecture and the built environment. Enrollment limited to 40.

This course examines a selection of key buildings, images, and objects created from the prehistoric era, the ancient Middle East, Egypt, Greece and Rome, and medieval times to European and American art of the last 500 years. Over the semester we will study specific visual and cultural traditions at particular historical moments and become familiar with basic terminology, modes of analysis and methodologies in art history.

Emphasizing discussion and short written assignments, these colloquia have as their goal the development of art historical skills of description, analysis, and interpretation. Unless otherwise indicated, each section is limited to 18, normally first years and sophomores. What roles have the visual arts played in the organization and understanding of various cultures around the world?

Emphasizing discussion and short written assignments, these colloquia have as their goal the development of art historical skills of description, analysis, and interpretation. Unless otherwise indicated, each section is limited to 18, normally first years and sophomores. Art and Trade will examine the dynamic exchange of art, ideas, commodities, and technologies that have crossed through Asia and beyond over the past two millennia. What forces have shaped the visual cultures of Asia? And, in turn, how have these visual cultures been received and transformed outside Asia?

By permission of the Archaeology Advisory Committee, for junior or senior minors.

Same as GEO 112. What makes a mineral or a rock particularly useful as a stone tool or attractive as a sculpture? Students in this course will explore this and other questions by applying geological approaches and techniques in studying various examples or rock art and stone artifacts to learn more about human behavior, ecology and cultures in the past.

The goal of the course is that students will achieve a superior level of proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic using this four-skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening) approach. Students will read authentic texts by writers throughout the Arab world. Topics address a range of political, social, religious, and literary themes and represent a range of genres, styles, and periods. Covers Al-Kitaab, Book 3, Units 6-10. Prerequisite: ARA 300, or the completion of Al-Kitaah, Book 3, Units 1-5 or its equivalent in another format.

Continued conversation at a more advanced level, with increased awareness of time-frames and complex patterns of syntax. Further development of reading and practical writing skills. Prerequisite: ARA 200 or the equivalent, or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 18 students.