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Southern Baroque Art
HA-515 | 3 CR The church answers Protestant aus-
terity with the glorious spectacle of Baroque painting,
sculpture, and architecture. Naturalism and realism, the
classical revival, and the uses of space, time, and light
are examined through such masters of the seventeenth
century as Caravaggio, the Caracci, Bernini, Cortona,
Borromini, Ribera, and Velazquez. Baroque subjects
brought about by the Catholic Reformation such as
visions, ecstasy, martyrdom, and mysticism will be
analyzed.
Northern Renaissance Art
HA-516 | 3 CR Examines early painting in Flanders,
as well as in France, The Netherlands, Germany, and
England from 1400 to 1600. The altar pieces and
portraits of Jan Van Eyck, the prints of Albert Durer, and
the peasant scenes of Pieter Bruegel the Elder are high-
lights of the course.
Documentary Film
HA-517 | 3 CR Students examine and discuss
the earliest one-reelers, Cinema Verite, experimental
and art films as well as recent feature-length motion
pictures and videos. Filmmakers as diverse as The
Lumiere Brothers, Thomas Edison, Diziga Vertov, Robert
Flaherty, Leni Riefenstahl, Frederick Wiseman, and D.A.
Pennybaker are included.
Drawings/Prints Seminar
HA-519 | 3 CR Participants study the history of
drawings and prints from the fifteenth to the twentieth
centuries. Emphasis is on key figures such as Pisanello,
Durer, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Rembrandt,
Goya, Degas, and Picasso.
American Art 1770– 1940
HA-520 | 3 CR This condensed course examines
American art and its major themes and issues c.
1770–1940. Students study painting, sculpture, photog-
raphy, and to a lesser extent, architecture. Instruction
will focus on the interrelationship between American
themes and national identity (for example, the Hudson
River School and western landscape tradition); the link
between the production and reception of art works; and
the achievement of well-known artists. American Art
begins with colonial portraiture and continues, covering
Antebellum genre painting, American impressionism,
“The Ash Can School,” regionalism, and World War II
propaganda art.
Pre-Columbian Art
HA-522 | 3 CR This survey course introduces stu-
dents to the art of the geographic area which includes
Mexico, Central and South America, and the Spanish-
speaking Caribbean. Brazilian cultural expressions are
also presented. The course begins with pre-Columbian
Peru in 1500 BC and continues to 1492. The focus ison
art in various media and architecture of pre-Columbian
cultures.
Rembrandt & His Contemporaries
HA-523 | 3 CR Participants study 17th-century
art mainly in The Netherlands. The Caravaggisti, Hals,
Rembrandt, Vermeer, landscape, still-life, and genre
specialists are included.Native American Art
HA-526 | 3 CR This course focuses on the art
and architecture of the woodlands, plains, southwest,
northwest coast, and arctic Native American peoples.
Collections of Native American art in local museums
are studied.Roman Art
HA-529 | 3 CR Explores Etruscan and Roman art
and architecture in its cultural, political, and social
context. Students study monuments in Rome and else-
where in the Empire and examine questions of stylistic
change, acculturation, patronage, and religion.Medieval Art I
HA-531 | 3 CR Students explore the architecture,
painting, mosaics, sculpture, and the minor arts of the
Early Christian, Byzantine, Migration, and Carolingian
periods that make up the Early Middle Ages. Emphasis
is placed on the evolution of form and style, as well as
iconography and symbolism. Considerable attention is
given to the social, religious, and intellectual context of
each work. Students do research on selected topics and
develop critical thinking skills.Medieval Art II
HA-532 | 3 CR This course begins with the art
of northern Europe after the Carolingian period and
extends through the International Gothic age. It exam-
ines the painting, sculpture, and architecture of the
Anglo-Saxon, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic peri-
ods. Students are introduced to the art and architecture
of the later Middle Ages, with an emphasis on the styles,
iconographic approaches, and techniques of produc-
tion used by the cultures in which they flourished.Oceanic Art
HA-533 | 3 CR This course examines the creation,
form, and impact of the richly varied arts of the South
Seas and the Pacific Islands, including Easter Island,
Papua-New Guinea, Hawaii, and New Zealand. It
also covers the islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and
Micronesia where the arts mark, motivate, and contain a
significant portion of everyday life.Issues in Art History
HA-551 | 3 CR Provides both advanced under-
graduate and graduate students the opportunity to
study in-depth a particular research problem or theme
in art history. The format consists primarily of lectures
with follow-up discussions. The course topics vary as
determined by the instructor and the department chair.Women in Photography
HA-552 | 3 CR This class explores the work of
women photographers from c. 1840 to the present,
and the complex role gender plays in their work and
the response of their audience. Photography has
proven open to woman on both the amateur and the
professional level to an extent unknown in the so-called
fine arts. The primary emphasis is on images made by
women artists and the ways they have been chronicled
and discussed in both traditional and feminist history
and art criticism.Dada and Surrealism
HA-553 | 3 CR This course covers Dada and Sur-
realist art, film, and literature, focusing on its sources in
idealism, materialism, and psychoanalysis. Emphasis is
placed on issues of paternal authority and transgres-
sive sexuality; the role of women not only as the subject
matter of art, but also as artists in their own right;
as well as how Dada and Surrealism radicalized our
understanding of painting, sculpture, film, photography,
text, and collage.Museology
HA-560 | 3 CR Museums in New York City serve as
a learning lab for the study of museum methodology.
Classes are held at various collections in the city as well
as at Pratt. The course covers registration, curatorial
procedures, educational programs, and conservation
programs. Issues of how contemporary museums meet
the needs of a changing society are explored.Special Topic: Exhibition
HA-561 | 1 CR Students analyze current exhibition
in terms of its museological approach. Field trips to
the exhibition provide an in-depth understanding of
the objects, the subject, and the museum’s curator’s
underlying concept in structuring the show. Alterna-
tive modes of organizing the exhibition are considered
and discussed in class. This course can be linked to
other related theoretical or practical courses to provide
insight into an actual exhibition.Art History of Venice (Venice)
HA-590I | 3 CR On-site study of painting,
architecture, sculpture, and drawing of Venice is the
prime purpose of this course. Classes held on-site will
alternate with lectures and discussions that place the
material in its art historical context. Study of ancient
Byzantine and Gothic art in Venice will precede discus-
sion of Renaissance art with its rich cross currents
of influence from Byzantium, Northern Europe, and
Central Italy. Technical innovations of Venetian Renais-
sance artists and later developments in the Baroque
will be considered. Students will carry out visually-
based assignments, including papers that analyze and
compare art works in Venice. The Marciana Library will
serve as a resource.