Source: http://web.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/catalog/2013-2014/cota/art/ah_ud.html
Timestamp: 2019-04-22 20:51:26+00:00

Document:
Survey of ceramic art in the United States from 1900 to the present. Consideration of American ceramic art within the context of contemporary art history, and of significant ceramic works in relation to modern and postmodern movements in art.
Prerequisites: AH 111A, 111B, or consent of instructor.
Historical survey of prints and drawings, with emphasis on technical and stylistic developments and on the role played by these media in relation to other arts through the 20th century.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 365. Letter grade only (A-F).
Prerequisite: AH 111B or consent of instructor.
Examination of 19th century photography.
Prerequisites: AH 111A, 111B or consent of instructor.
Survey of American art from the time of European settlement to roughly 1900 with special focus on cultural, political, and historical contexts. Combines slide lecture with discussion of primary and secondary readings.
Examination of emergence and transformation of landscape painting in Europe and America between 1750 and 1850 with special focus on cultural, political, and historical contexts. Combines slide lecture with discussion of primary and secondary readings.
Letter grade only (A-F). Not open for credit to students with credit in AH 502.
Architecture, mosaics and sculpture of Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople from the decline of the Roman Empire to the end of the Byzantine era.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 408 or 598B. Letter grade only (A-F).
Prerequisites: AH 111A, or consent of instructor.
Arts of Northern Europe from Merovingian through the Romanesque periods.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 409 or 598C. Letter grade only (A-F).
Architecture, sculpture, and painting in western Europe from the 12th through the 14th centuries, with special attention to the construction and decoration of the great cathedrals, and to the development of new approaches to style and content in the figural art of the 14th-century Italy.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 410 or 598D. Letter grade only (A-F).
History of 20th and 21st c. photography. Emphasis on critical issues ranging from the fine art print to photo-based arts, from the "truth" of documentary to constructed realities. Study of the camera's impact on modern and postmodern visual culture.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 411 or 511. Letter grade only (A-F).
Theoretical and practical considerations in the discipline of art history, specifically issues relating to art interpretation, classification, valuation, and circulation.
Survey of Greek Art from beginnings in Aegean period through late Hellenistic period. Key monuments of architecture, sculpture, painting, vase-painting, and so-called minor arts discussed relative to contemporary theories, criticism, and history. Focus on techniques and materials of various arts.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 416 or 598E. Letter grade only (A-F).
Survey of Italian arts before the Romans, including indigenous art of the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, and Roman Art from early Republic to Age of Constantine. Discussion of major art forms of architecture, painting, sculpture and so-called minor arts.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 417 or 598L. Letter grade only (A-F).
Examination of stylistic and technical developments of fifteenth-century Italian painting, sculpture, and architecture, as well as interaction of cultural, social, and religious developments with visual arts. Special attention to the revival of classicism, and influence of private patrons.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 423 or 598F. Letter grade only (A-F). Course fee may be required. Information on fees related to this course can be found here.
Examination of 6teenth-century Italian painting, sculpture, and architecture, emphasizing that of Florence, Venice, and Rome. Historical, cultural, religious, and theoretical framework. Special attention to works by a handful of major artists (Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, and the Mannerists).
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 424 or 598G. Letter grade only (A-F).
Examination of artistic developments in Northern Europe, particularly Flanders, France, and Germany, from the 14th century through 16th century. Historical, cultural, and religious and theoretical framework. Special attention to iconography, and the changing role of the artist in society.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 425 or 598H. Letter grade only (A-F).
Examination of intertwined political and artistic situations in Netherlands (Flanders and Holland), England and Spain during seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Emphasis on relationship between Rubens and Velasquez, contrast between Rubens and Rembrandt, and Flemish influence in England.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 426 or 598J. Letter grade only (A-F).
Explores birth of Baroque in Rome, and role of Counter-Reformation in shaping artistic genres in Italy and France in early 17th century. Covers influence of Versailles court of "Sun King," Louis XIV, in late 17th and early 18th centuries, especially in independent Teutonic states.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 427 or 598K. Letter grade only (A-F).
Study of contemporary art display theory/practice including exhibition typologies, curatorial models, and recent transformations in museums, galleries and the art market. Designed for Museum and Curatorial Studies Certificate students and others interested in studying museum practices within a broader context. Not open for credit to students with credit in AH 435B/535B.
Prerequisites: AH 111A, 111B or consent of advisor and instructor.
Study of history of art museums and how displays reflect social and cultural conditions and political ideologies. Attention to controversial exhibitions, and recent transformations in the field.
Class is required of students seeking Museum Studies Certificate and those pursuing MA with emphasis in Museum Studies. Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 435; AH 435, 435A, or 535A. Letter grade only (A-F).
Examination of Neo-Classicism, Realism, Romanticism, photography and the academic tradition in art and culture of Europe from 1789-1850.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 436 or 598M. Letter grade only (A-F).
Analysis of the development of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in France from 1850 to 1900.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 437 or 598N. Letter grade only (A-F).
Examination of key developments, trends, movements of the period including Abstraction, Non-Objective art, Expressionism, Dada, and Surrealism.
Letter grade only (A-F). Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 438 or 598P.
Examination of key developments, trends, movements of the period including Pop Art, Happenings, Minimal Art, Art and Technology, Environmental, Concept, Performance and Video Art.
Letter grade only (A-F). Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 439 or 598Q.
International survey focusing on developments in art from late twentieth century to present. Examination of precedents, traditions, legacies behind current art. Consideration of critical/theoretical issues and factors influencing production and reception of current art.
Prerequisites: AH 111A and 111B, or consent of instructor.
Thematic approach to Graphic Design history, with consideration of pioneering designers, movements, and cultural, social, political and technological influences in the evolution of graphic design.
Not openfor credit to students with credit in AH 366. Letter grade only (A-F).
Practice in writing and conducting research in art history, and introduction to various methodologies and debates within the discipline, including biography, formalism, semiotics, gender studies, psychoanalysis, Marxism, post-colonialism, and visual culture studies.
Study of the history of art history as intellectual discipline. Reading- and writing-intensive seminar designed specifically for undergraduate art history majors in final year of study and for graduate students in M.A. in Art History program.
Letter grade only (A-F). Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 307 or AH 307.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate School of Art major and 111A and 111B, or consent of instructor.
A text-based examination of western art theory and criticism up to the mid-nineteenth century.
Letter grade only (A-F). Not open for credit to students with credit in AH 308.
A text-based examination of western art theory and criticism from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. Not open for credit to students with credit in AH 309.
A text-based examination of western art theory and criticism from the mid-twentieth century to the present.
Letter grade only (A-F). Not open for credit to students with credit in AH 310.
Exploration from a Western perspective of the conceptual, expressive, and aesthetic aspects of traditional African art as related to its cultural context and to Western concepts of art. Focus on West Africa.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 455 or 598R. Letter grade only (A-F).
Exploration from a Western perspective of the historically various and changing frames of reference surrounding perception, interpretation, and consideration of Native American art through focus on selected traditions.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 456 or 598S. Letter grade only (A-F).
Prerequisites: AH 112 or consent of instructor.
Art, architecture, and urban planning in Mesoamerica from 1200 BCE to the Spanish conquest of 1519-1521, with emphasis on religious, political, and economic functions, as well as interpretive assumptions and methods of scholars in the field.
Art, architecture, and urban planning in the Andean region from 1200 BCE to the Spanish conquest of 1532, with emphasis on religious, political, and economic functions, as well as interpretive assumptions and research methods of scholars in the field.
Prerequisites: AH 111A, 111B, 112 or consent of instructor.
A survey of art and architecture in Mesoamerica and the Andean region of South America from about 1000 BC to the Spanish conquest. Special attention will be focused on the social, political and economic contexts of objects and architecture from this period, as well as on the research methods and theoretical assumptions of scholars investigating this field.
Letter grade only (A-F). Not open for credit to students with credit in AH 457.
Prerequisite: AH 111A, 111B, 112, or consent of instructor.
Investigation of developments in visual culture in Latin America from the late-18th century to the mid-20th century, with special emphasis on artists in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Investigation of developments in visual culture in Latin America from the mid-20th century to the present, with special emphasis on artists in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, and Venezuela, as well as Latino/Latina artists.
Fine art, graphic art, photography, popular art, and architecture produced by artists of/in Mexico from 1780 to the present, with emphasis on historical contexts, the varied functions objects were made to serve, and debates concerning production, circulation, and/or reception.
Near Eastern, Egyptian and Aegean art.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 465 or 598U. Letter grade only (A-F).
Formation and development of Buddhist art in India and subsequent metamorphoses in Cambodia, Thailand and Indonesia examined.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 466 or 598V. Letter grade only (A-F).
Formation and development of Hindu art in India and the genesis, as well as transformation, of Islamic art of India compared to pan-Islamic characteristics will be examined.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 467 or 598W. Letter grade only (A-F).
Formation and development of Chinese art from third millennium to 10th century A.D.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 468 or 598X. Letter grade only (A-F).
Development of Chinese art from the 11th century A.D. through the culmination of the tradition and its transformation in the 2oth century will be explored.
Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 469 or 598Y. Letter grade only (A-F).
Prerequisite: One of the following: AH 113A, 113B, 111A, 111B, A/ST 393, 451, consent of instructor.
Survey of sacred architecture, sculpture, painting, gardens and decorative art from neolithic culture through Zen Buddhism, reading images in regard to religious, political and social values.
Not open for credit to students with credit in AH 470. Letter grade only (A-F).
Prerequisite(s): AH 113A, 113B, 111A, 111B, A/ST 393, 451, or consent of instructor.
Analysis of secular painting, architecture, ceramics and garden design in the Momoyama and Edo periods, linking the wide variety of subjects and styles to the competing values of samurai, priest, aristocrat or merchant class patrons.
Prerequisite: One of the following: AH 113A, 113B, 111A, 111B, A/ST 393, 451, or consent of instructor.
Examination of painting, prints, photography and graphic design in regard to the issues of individual and national identity in an era when being modern was often linked to being Western. We also consider manga in regard to earlier modern adaptations of traditional design.
Not open for credit to students with credit in AH 471. Letter grade only (A-F).
Prerequisite: One of the following: AH 113A, 113B, 111A, 111B, A/ST 393, 451, or consent of the instructor.
Investigation of architecture, gardens, sculpture and ceramics in light of debates over internationalism or nationalism, modernity or tradition. The political and economic implications of design choices will be highlighted.
Prerequisites: AH 113A or 113B or 111A; AH 111B.
Analysis of "Japaneseness" and "foreign-ness" in Japan between 1868 and 1970. Examination of Japanese creations of and reactions to "modernity" in regard to national identity as expressed in architecture and gardens. Related consideration of urbanism and nationalism.
Independent research conducted under supervision of faculty member. Student and instructor must have on file in School of Art office signed written agreement, established at beginning of course, outlining description of work, specific tasks required, nature of final report, and basis for determining final grade.
Prerequisite: AH 447 or consent of instructor.
Opportunity for extensive work with faculty supervision on individual problems in art history.
Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 units. Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 496. Letter grade only (A-F).
Directed individual research and group discussion concerning a topic in art history.
Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units in the same semester and 9 units in different semesters. Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 497 or 611 beyond combined maximum units. Letter grade only (A-F).
Topics from selected areas of Art History. Content may vary each semester.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units in the same semester and a total of 12 units in different semesters. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Prerequisites: AH 431 or consent of instructor.
Opportunity for extensive individual work with faculty supervision on problems in museum studies, including utilizing the resources of The Center for Southern California Studies in the Visual Arts.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 3 units in the same semester and 9 units in different semesters. (6 hrs. lab.) Not open for credit to students with credit in ART 499Q.

References: ART 365
 ART 408
 ART 409
 ART 410
 ART 411
 ART 416
 ART 417
 ART 423
 ART 424
 ART 425
 ART 426
 ART 427
 ART 435
 ART 436
 ART 437
 ART 438
 ART 439
 ART 307
 ART 455
 ART 456
 ART 465
 ART 466
 ART 467
 ART 468
 ART 469
 ART 496
 ART 497
 ART 499