Contact department for description.

Not available at this time

The course explores a range of intellectual and multi-disciplinary approaches to the practice of art history and the interpretation of works of art through case study examinations of the works of 19th century American realists Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins. The course integrates student reflections on skills and knowledge gained from General Education and Art History courses with application of knowledge, critical analysis, research, and creative thinking skills to the contemporary practice of art history.

We will explore potential career paths with guest speakers from museums, libraries, archives, galleries, auction houses, and more. The course is designated to help majors begin to plan art history careers through coursework, internships, and other work experiences.

We will explore potential career paths with guest speakers from museums, libraries, archives, galleries, auction houses, and more. The course is designated to help majors begin to plan art history careers through coursework, internships, and other work experiences.

Contact department for description.

Not available at this time

Now that our world is increasingly virtual, what is the significance of material objects? How has the history of craft in Japan come to shape our current understanding of what Yanagi Setsu rhapsodized as the beauty of everyday things?? This course examines the history of artisans and designers in Japan in order to analyze the meaning of materiality, craftsmanship and skill, technique and applied knowledge, and our human relationship with things.

Focusing on the British Empire and various styles, genres, and types of art, this course explores the visual archive that was produced across the 400-year history of Transatlantic Slavery to understand how race and colonialism were constructed and reified through access to cultural capital and various forms of artistic production.

Students in the course will curate an exhibition of works of art that represent the city of Venice from the seventeenth century to the present. Arguably the most ?picturesque? city in the world, Venice?s unique charms have attracted famous artists as well as amateur photographers over the centuries. How did depictions of the city change over time? What aspects most attracted artistic interest? Students will select paintings, prints and drawings from the museum collections of Smith College, Amherst College, and Mount Holyoke College to be exhibited.