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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 20:59:40+00:00

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This introductory class explores the production, dissemination and consumption of art, architecture and visual culture up to and including the 1600s. In a series of case studies drawn from differing cultures and geographies both local and global, it will consider a range of questions including: What is the role of the artist, builder and designer in society? What are the media, genres and contexts for communicating thought, and how and when do they engage in cultural, social and political action (if they do)? What does it take for art and visual culture to open up a space for relating to the world we live in, differently? How does the study of art, architecture and visual culture from the past generate curiosity, expand understandings, and ask new questions, in the present moment? This class will engage with these and other demanding questions.
This introductory class explores the production, dissemination and consumption of art, architecture and visual culture from the 1700s to the present day. In a series of case studies drawn from differing cultures and geographies both local and global, it will consider a range of questions including: What is the role of the artist, architect and visual culture in society? What are the media, genres and contexts for communicating thought, and how and when do they engage in cultural, social and political action (if they do)? What does it take for art and visual culture to open up a space for relating to the world we live in, differently? How does the study of art, architecture and visual culture (past and present) generate curiosity, expand understandings, and ask new questions, in the present moment? This class will engage with these and other demanding questions.
In a series of case studies, this class will explore a wide range of visual media including painting, photography, digital imaging, the internet, video, advertising, cinema, television and architecture to ask how and why visual technologies have become so central to contemporary everyday life.
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121; or 6 credit units in Art History, Studio Art or cognate courses; or permission of the department.
The computer was originally designed for numerical calculations, computer networks for communication between academic researchers, and video games for light-hearted entertainment. In this class we examine how artists have used, hacked, modded, and otherwise subverted these and other digital technologies as part of their artistic practice.
Prerequisite(s):ARTH 120 or ARTH 121.
An introductory survey of Aboriginal art history within the Canadian regions of the West Coast, Plateau, Western Sub-Arctic and Arctic.
Prerequisite(s): 3 credit units ARTH or Aboriginal cognate course: INDG; IPJP; ANTH 224.3; ARCH 353.3, ARCH 457.3; ENG 242.3, ENG 335.3, ENG 338.3; HIST 264.3, HIST 265.3, HIST 266.3, HIST 482.3; POLS 222.3, POLS 322.3, POLS 323.3, POLS 422.3; SOC 219.3, SOC 319.3, SOC 341.3; OR other course on Aboriginal peoples approved by the course instructor.
An introductory survey of Aboriginal art history within the Canadian regions of the Plains, Woodlands, Eastern Sub-Arctic and East Coast.
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120, ARTH 121, or ARTH 253.
A survey course which reflects the great change in Canadian Art and Architecture from ancient aboriginal art to the origins of modernism in the late 19th Century. In this class we will consider the major accomplishments of pre-European art, Colonial Art and Architecture and the growing maturity of 19th Century cultural production. The art and architecture of Canada will be considered from the perspective of both particular outgrowth of this place as well as sharing similarity with the cultural forms of neighboring communities and imperial centres of production. The emergence in Canada of centres of artistic and craft production, cultural institutions and art and professional organizations will also be looked at.
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121.
A survey course which reflects developments in Canadian Art and Architecture from the closing years of the 19th Century through to the present day. In this course we will consider the major movements in Canadian Art as well as significant contributors and social factors, (race, religion, gender, class), which have influenced art of this period.
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121, or a course in the areas of fine arts or humanities.
Note: Students with credit for ART 257 will not receive credit for this course.
What is Modernism? Modernity? Modern Art? How have these ideas affected out understanding in the nature of art and the role of the artist in society? How has Western art production of the past 100 years affected contemporary visual culture? What is the role of art and the artist in the 21st Century? This course will study the visual culture of the 20th century within the social and historical contexts in which it was created. It will also examine the critical vocabularies that have developed around the artistic and cultural legacy of Modernism.
Note: Students with credit for ART 260 or ART 262 may not take this course for credit. This course is not offered every year.
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121; or 6 credit units HIST courses; or CMRS 111 and permission of the instructor.
Note: A foundational knowledge of both the critical study of art (formal and contextual analysis) and medieval European history would be the best of all possible backgrounds for this course; the instructor recognizes, however, that most students will be more familiar with one or the other, but not both fields. A list of recommended background reading is included with this syllabus. Students should expect to be confronted with unfamiliar terminology and historical information and must be prepared to inform themselves through additional research.
The High Renaissance, Mannerism, and other trends in European painting and sculpture will be considered in the context of the Reformation; special emphasis will be placed upon Raphael, Michelangelo, and Dürer.
Note: Students with credit for ART 306 or ART 308 will not receive credit for this course.
Note: Students with credit for ART 306 or ART 309 will not receive credit for this course.
Exhibition Technique addresses the evolving network of social and historical relations that generate multiple and increasingly hybrid meanings in the production and reception of art. When Brian O'Doherty coined the critical term white cube in the 1970s, artists were already paying attention to the circumstances in which their work was presented. The situation of an artistic gesture is the subject of this inquiry. Who does an artwork call on to secure its meanings – what are its aesthetic allegiances and precedents? How do institutional structures, political currents and popular trends inform the significance of aesthetic work? What is the role of patrons? Who are the curators? What use is the canon?
Note:This course is offered for Art History credit but students may opt to use this for Studio credit should they so choose (with selected difference in evaluation criteria).
Examines how visual culture played a central role in legitimizing European colonial expansion of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Photography, painting, popular prints, postcards, world fairs, and the urban planning of colonial cities will be studied. Anti-colonial resistance will also be examined.
Note: Students with credit for ART 323 will not receive credit for this course.
A study of visual culture and architecture in Europe and North America from 1918 to World War II. Issues concerning art institutions, nationalism, gender, class and the impact of modernism will be studied.
Note: Students with credit for ART 320 or ART 325 may not take this course for credit.
An introduction to the study of photography from 1920 to current practices. Areas include recent critical debates, commercial production and the impact of new technologies. Special emphasis will be placed on photography in a Canadian context.
Note: Students with credit for ART 321 or ART 328 may not take this course for credit. This course is not offered every year.
How do artists, filmmakers, architects, urban planners and thinkers imagine their urban spaces? What determines their point of view in the cities in which they live? How do they represent their urban imaginaries as contested, multiple and constantly mutating, from Mexico City to Havana, Barcelona to Saskatoon, Johannesburg to Paris and London, etc.? This course will engage critically with these and other demanding questions. Materials to be examined may include painting, photography, architecture, cultural theory, film, new media, popular culture, performance, sculpture, installation art, graffiti and fashion.
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of Humanities, Fine Arts, or Social Sciences, or permission of the department.
A survey/seminar course that reviews the art history of Aboriginal peoples of Saskatchewan from the Artefact (pre-1700s), Transitional (1700-1900), to Modern-Contemporary (1900-today) periods. Works to be examined include rock art, architecture, pottery, pipes, shields, drums, painted robes, clothing, moccasins, bags, and mix-media Modern-Contemporary works. The design and subject matter of Aboriginal art are discussed within its specific cultural context of the time period, which includes values and beliefs associated with land, spirituality, mythology, and the influence of significant historical and social transitions. Course content will be reviewed through power point presentations, videos, group discussions and possibly, gallery/ museum field trips and guest artists.
Prerequisite(s): 3 credit units of ARTH or 3 credit units in Native Studies or Aboriginal courses from NS; IPJP; ANTH 224.3; ARCH 353.3, 457.3; HIST 264.3, 265.3, 266.3, 482.3; POLS 222.3, 322.3, 323.3, 422.3; SOC 219.3, 319.3, 341.3; EIND 380.3, 450.3.
This seminar will examine contemporary Aboriginal art, from the mid to late 1900s. Emphasis will be on Canadian artists.
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units from ARTH 120, ARTH 121, ARTH 253, or ARTH 255.
What is the postmodern project? What constitutes the postmodern in art? How have artists articulated the condition of postmodernity across the categories of nation, gender, race, sexuality and globalization? This course will engage critically with these and other demanding questions. Materials to be examined include painting photography, architecture, cultural theory, film, new media, popular culture, performance, sculpture, installation art and fashion.
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120 and 121 and a second or third-year course in art history.
Note: Students with credit for ART 418 or ART 420 will not receive credit for this course.
For senior students who are interested in practical professional practice experience in careers related to the study of the history of art and visual culture. The course will be divided into four components focusing on careers in Academe: Commercial and Public Gallery management; Architecture; and Collections and Curatorship. Each of these areas of study will be facilitated through seminars, workshops, site visits, invited speakers and assigned projects.
Prerequisite(s): ARTH 120, 121, at least two senior Art History courses, and/or permission of the instructor.
In this class we will discuss “books” that force the reader to confront the technologies of transmission, books where the medium and the message refuse to be divorced. We will study works from fine presses, both historical and contemporary, artists’ books, chapbooks, and graphic novels, and there will be the opportunity for interested students to introduce other visual forms of text to the class, such as video games, electronic poetry or street art. We will study the theory of textual objects and gain further insight by becoming, ourselves, makers of textual objects. The final assignment, which can be collaborative, will be a critical essay, a textual object, or some combination of the two.
Note: Students with credit for ARTH 498.3: The Book as Object Fine Printing Artists Books Chapbooks and Graphic Novels may not take this course for credit.
This seminar will examine contemporary Aboriginal art, from the late 1900s to the present day. Emphasis will be on Canadian artists.
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units from ARTH 120, ARTH 121, ARTH 253, ARTH 255, ARTH 355.
Students writing an M.A. thesis must register for this course.

References: ART 257
 ART 260
 ART 262
 ART 306
 ART 308
 ART 306
 ART 309
 ART 323
 ART 320
 ART 325
 ART 321
 ART 328
 ART 418
 ART 420