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3000  Arts of Japan (3) Fulfills Fine Arts or Humanities Exploration.
   Introduces students to the broad range of artistic production in Japan including painting, sculpture, and wood block prints. Particular attention will be given to locating these works within a cultural, political, historical, and religious framework. Using analytical skills developed in the foundation course (ART H 2500), students will explore such issues as the impact of Chinese culture and Buddhist religion on Japan.

3020  Arts of China (3) Fulfills Fine Arts or Humanities Exploration.
   Introduces students to the history of Chinese art. Emphasizes the impact of religious and philosophical traditions (Daoism, Buddhism, Confucianism) on the arts.

3030  Buddhist Art (3) Fulfills Fine Arts or Humanities Exploration.
   Focuses on Buddhist art in Asia, exploring the development of Buddhist art in India with relation to Indian philosophical traditions. How the imagery is tailored to reflect changes in the doctrine and practice of Buddhism in China, Japan, and South Asia.

3100  Antiquity: The Classical Ideal (3) Fulfills Fine Arts or Humanities Exploration.
   Explores the art and architecture of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Students will examine key historical moments to develop a critical framework for understanding the 'classical ideal.' Principles of archaeology will open discussions on modern perceptions of Antiquity. Comparisons are made with revival movements.

3150  Medieval Art and Architecture (3) Fulfills Fine Arts or Humanities Exploration.
   Presents the art and architecture of the East and West European Middle Ages from the Late Antique to the Late Gothic periods. Lectures, projects, and discussions collectively ground works of art in a cultural context. Students will compare traditional and contemporary methodologies for interpreting diverse forms of art.

3170  East Mediterranean Cultures (3)
   Course content includes the art and architecture of Coptic, Byzantine, Islamic, and Crusader communities. The focus is on distinguishing art which developed within its own Eastern traditions from objects drawing on European influence.

3200  Renaissance Europe (3) Fulfills Fine Arts or Humanities Exploration.
   Builds upon the concepts introduced in Art History 2500 and examines 15th- and 16th-century art in Europe. The goal is to understand what is meant by the cultural movement of the Renaissance and to explore its relationship to the works of the leading artists of Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany.

3250  Baroque Art in Europe (3) Fulfills Fine Arts or Humanities Exploration.
   The 17th century was a time of dynamic political, social, and religious changes calling for a re-examination of tradition and the purposes of art. Many artists in Italy, Flanders, Holland, Spain, France, and England experimented with ways of involving the viewer in their art for persuasion and more engagement in the issues of the day. This course expands on the introduction in Art History 2500 with an exploration of ways that works of painting, sculpture and architecture serve a cultural purpose in the conception and propagation of ideas.

3310  Revolutionary Era (3) Fulfills Humanities Exploration.
   This course is a study of transformations in the art and culture of 18th-century Europe and America from the aristocratic late Baroque and Rococo to the onset of Romanticism.

3320  Romantic Era (3) Fulfills Fine Arts or Humanities Exploration.
   Study of European and American 19th-century Romanticism: as a celebration of nature; as an assertion of the value of feeling and emotion in private experience; and as a subjective orientation to the intensity of religious and mystical experience.

3330  Realism and Impressionism (3) Fulfills Fine Arts or Humanities Exploration.
   Study of European and American culture as reflected in the works of artists during the period from 1830 through the turn-of-the-century. Themes include: realism, luminism, impressionism, tonalism, naturalism, architectural eclecticism, and monumental sculpture.

3400  20th c. Art & Architecture (3)
   Students will be introduced to the range of art and architecture of the 20th c. Lectures and discussion will focus on art historical methods used to identify the major movements and trends within a global context.

3600  The History of Photography (3)
   Traces the different directions photography has taken since its inception, using the social and cultural environment as a context and focus on the ever-increasing use of photography by artists in the creative process from the first uses of the camera obscura to the present. The specific reasons that set the stage for the 'invention' of photography and how photography changed the role of the artists of the 19th- and 20th-centuries will be discussed. The lectures will cover documentary photography and the rise of photography as a separate art form. The course will also discuss photography's characteristics as an art form and how it has changed our perceptions of the world. In the 20th-century, photographs have become a discreet language of signs, symbols, and metaphors with implied narratives.

3700  Study Abroad in Art History (1 to 6) Prerequisite: Intended for Art History Majors and Minors

4000  Japanese Ink Painting (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500.
   Focuses on art, artistic production and patronage involved with the practice of Zen Buddhism in Japan. We will trace the evolution of painting from private devotional works to public display.

4001  Japanese Narrative Tradition (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500.
   Traces the evolution of the Japanese tradition of court art from its flowering in the 11th-century in both image and text to its appropriation by the merchant class in the 17th- through19th-centuries. We will concentrate on the idea of narrative in religious hand scrolls, tales, and popular texts over a period of eight centuries.

4002  Arts of Pre-modern Japan (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500.
   Examines the rich interplay and development of the arts of Edo Japan (1601 1868): woodblock prints, genre screens, Chinese style painting, and the social milieu in which they were made. The course will also examine the impact of the West in the early Meiji period.

4020  Chinese Painting (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500.
   The specific focus of this course will be on the evolution theory and practice of Chinese painting from the 2nd-century through the 17th.

4021  Chinese Bronze Culture (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500.
   Focuses on the ritual bronze vessels of China. Consideration will be given to recent archeological finds and attempts to develop a chronology.

4030  Japanese and Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500.
   Course charts the development of Buddhist sculpture in Japan and China.

4040  The Indian Temple: A Frame of Reference (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500.
   Examines the sacred space of Hindu and Buddhist Temples in Asia.

4090  Senior Seminar in Japanese Art (3) Prerequisite: ART H 3000.

4095  Senior Seminar in Chinese Art (3) Prerequisite: ART H 3020.

4110  Greek Art and Architecture (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500 and 3100.
   Artistic achievement of Ancient Greece from the Bronze Age through the Alexandrine Empire is examined in lecture and discussion. The course includes aspects of Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations before turning to developments at Early Greek, Classical, and Hellenistic sites. Students are acquainted with principles of archaeology.

4120  Roman Art and Architecture (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500 and 3100.
   The art and architecture of Rome and her dominions constitute a foundation for understanding the history of the Roman Republic and Empire. Course content ranges in date from the Etruscan period to the Late Antique. Students are acquainted with principles of archaeology.

4150  Early Medieval Themes (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500 and 3150.
   Explores the early history of Christian art and architecture and the development of representational systems of spiritual subjects. Objects are highlighted against a cultural context undergoing profound change.

4160  Topics in Medieval Art (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500 and 3150.
   Students will examine artistic developments which accompany periods of medieval growth and prosperity. Versatile urban achievements will be placed in a broader historical context. Reassessing the terms Romanesque and Gothic is central to the content in light of contemporaneous political, social, economic and religious changes.

4170  Islamic Art and Architecture (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500 and 3180.
   Focuses on the art and architecture of Islam as a visual expression of a powerful theocracy. The artistic influence, beginning in the 7th-century, of Islam on a Judeo-Christian heritage will be examined.

4190  Senior Seminar in Ancient and Medieval Art (3)
   The advanced study of ancient and medieval art through historical/contextual methods, addressed through lecture, discussion, and student project.

4195  Senior Seminar in the History of the Book (3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
   Assesses structure and decoration in the manufacture of books from the time of Hammurabi to the appearance of incunabula. Directed student projects will guide course content.

4210  Italian Renaissance Art: Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500.
   Emphasizes an understanding of the nature of artistic acheivements just before and during the Early Renaissance in Central and Northern Italy. Major attention is given to the circumstances of art production and patronage that supported the development of a new naturalism of representation.

4220  Italian Renaissance Art: Sixteenth Century (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500.
   Florence, Rome, and Venice were the centers for High Renaissance art in the early16th-century, and by the 1540s many artists experimented with an idealism in art that was directly derived from the works of the High Renaissance masters Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo Buonarroti, and Titian. This course examines the achievements of the High Renaissance masters in their context and considers how their art prepared the way for the later diversity of developments.

4230  Northern Renaissance Art: Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500.
   Examines the art of France, the Netherlands, and Germany and considers how social, religious, and political factors contributed to the development of a Northern tradition of realism.

4250  Southern Baroque Art and Architecture (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500.
   Course focuses on understanding the artistic productivity that was seen in Italy, Spain, and France in the 17th century. The emphasis will be exploring several basic historical problems raised by the art: What notions were current about the nature of art and its functions? What subjects were acceptable and what was the character of artistic imagery? Who were the patrons and what was the relationship between art and society?

4260  Northern Baroque Art in the Seventeenth Century (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500.
   Explores different topics and examines the most recent developments in the study of the art of the Netherlands.

4290  Senior Seminar in Renaissance and Baroque Art (3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
   A capstone seminar for Art History majors. The course is organized around selected readings and group discussions of the historiography and methods used in the study of Renaissance and Baroque art. Students pursue independent research that may become part of the Senior Paper.

4295  Senior Seminar in History of Prints (3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
   Printed pictures using the techniques of woodcut, engraving, etching, and lithography were the most popular forms of visual art and communication before the invention of photography. This course, centered on the Utah Museum of Fine Arts' collection of prints, is a study of the history and methods of printmaking from the 15th century to the present. Students carry out independent research projects with the primary objective of developing the necessary skills to increase knowledge and enjoyment of prints.

4310  American Art I (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500.
   The study of the art and culture of 18th-century America from the late Baroque and Rococo to the onset of Romanticism (inclusive of the arts of classical revivalism).

4320  American Art II (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500.
   The study of American culture as reflected in the works of artists during the period from 1830 through the turn-of-the-century. Themes include: romanticism, luminism, impressionism, tonalism, naturalism, architectural eclecticism, and monumental sculpture.

4330  Impressionism and Post-impressionism (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500.
   The study of the lives and art of Impressionists (Manet, Boudin, Monet, Degas, Morisot, Cassatt, Renoir, Pissaro, Sisley, et al.) and Post-Impressionist (Seurat, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, et al.).

4390  Senior Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Art (3) Prerequisite: ART H 2500 and 3250.
   Study of transformations in the art and culture of 18th-century Europe and/or America from the aristocratic late Baroque and Rococo to the onset of Romanticism (inclusive of the arts of classical revivalism).

4395  Senior Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Art (3) Prerequisite: ART H 3320 and 4320.
   The study of European and/or American culture (occasional emphasis on Utah possible) as reflected in works by the artists of the 1800s. Themes include: romanticism, realism, luminism, impressionism, tonalism, naturalism, architectural eclecticism, and monumental sculpture.

4396  Utah Art (3) Prerequisite: ART H 4310 and 4320.
   A seminar on Utah arts including: architecture, sculpture, painting, printmaking, photography, et al. Themes include: ancient arts and Native American arts, as well as Euro-American romanticism, realism, tonalism, impressionism and post-impressionism plus modernism and post-modernism within the context of this place.

4400  Topics in Art Criticism (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500.
   Works of major critics, both historic and contemporary, are analyzed to identify the philosophical positions on which their critical criteria are based. Modern, Postmodern and Contemporary critical interpretive and analytical methods, including feminist and psychological approaches, literary critical methods (deconstruction, post-structuralism, semiotics), and anthropological methods of interpretation are examined along with traditional formalist art historical approaches. Course is designed to include lectures, individual and group reports, discussion and critical interpretation of assigned readings. Grades will be based on student participation, written and oral reports, and assigned critical essays.

4410  Topics in Early Twentieth-Century Art and Architecture (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 2500.
   Examines specific themes in early modern art including, but not limited to, contributions of women artists of the period or reactions of individual artists to industrialization, mechanization, urbanization, war and resultant social upheaval. Selected topics that relate to Cubism, French and German Expressionism, Surrealism, Dada, and American modernist developments from 1900 to 1940 will be explored through lecture, student reports, assigned projects, and panel discussions. Grading will be based on student participation, reports, and a research paper written on an approved topic.

4420  Topics in Mid Twentieth-Century Art and Architecture (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 3420.
   Concentrates on a specific theme, topic, or direction associated with art produced since mid-20th Abstract Expressionism, Minimal, Pop, Photo-Realism, Environmental and earth works, and conceptual directions in Asia can be included. Topics related to cultural and gender issues, and how these are interpreted by artists will be explored. The role of critics of the late modern period will be an integral part of class readings and discussions.

4430  Topics in Contemporary Art and Architecture (3) Recommended Prerequisite: ART H 3430.
   Directions explored by artists during the pluralistic 1970s, the postmodern 1980s, and the multi-cultural artists of the 1990's are the basis for this course. Critical reviews of current exhibitions will be assigned for discussion in class, or for presentation and summary by individual students. Grading will be based on student participation, class discussion, a research paper or project and/or a service-learning project.

4490  Senior Seminar in the History of Art Criticism (3) Prerequisite: ART H 3400 and 4400.
   Focuses on the writings of a selected critic or on a particular method of interpretation. All assigned readings are selected to explore a particular critical method in depth with alternative viewpoints. Students will report weekly on an assigned topic taken from the readings.

4495  Senior Seminar in Modern & Contemporary Art (3) Prerequisite: ART H 3430 and 4430.
   For art history majors. Various methods for arriving at an understanding of the issues that concern today's artists makes up the content for this course. Topics for reading and discussion will include cultural expressions, the materials and media available to artists today, site specific sculpture, installation and themes explored by contemporary women artists.

4500  Special Topics in Art History (3) Prerequisite: Declared major or minor in Art History.
   The lecture course provides for the study of the art and architecture of a culture that is part of the regular art history curriculum. Offered occasionally.

4750  Directed Study in Art History (3) Prerequisite: Senior Standing.
   Independent study option for art history students.

4751  Directed Study in Art History (3) Prerequisite: Senior Standing.
   Independent study option for art history students.

4752  Directed Study in Art History (3) Prerequisite: Senior Standing.
   Independent study option for art history students.

4753  Directed Study in Art History (3) Prerequisite: Senior Standing.
   Independent study option for art history students.

4754  Directed Study in Art History (3) Prerequisite: Senior Standing.
   Independent study option for art history students.

4850  Internship in Art History (3) Prerequisite: Advanced standing in major.
   Practicum on- or off-campus with a pre-approved agency.

4950  Art History Senior Seminar (3) Prerequisite: Senior Standing.
   Research preparation for the senior paper.

4999  Honors Thesis/Project (3)
   Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on their Honors degree.

6000  MFA Graduate Project in Art History (3) Prerequisite: MFA student in the Department of Art and Art History.
   Designed for students accepted in the M.F.A. Program, Department of Art and Art History.

6001  MFA Graduate Project in Art History (3) Prerequisite: MFA student in the Department of Art and Art History.

6002  MFA Graduate Project in Art History (3) Prerequisite: MFA student in the Department of Art and Art History.

6003  MFA Graduate Project in Art History (3) Prerequisite: MFA student in the Department of Art and Art History.

6004  MFA Graduate Project in Art History (3) Prerequisite: MFA student in the Department of Art and Art History.

6005  MFA Graduate Project in Art History (3) Prerequisite: MFA student in the Department of Art and Art History.

6010  Advanced Japanese Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.

6020  Advanced Chinese Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.

6100  Advanced Ancient Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.

6150  Advanced Medieval Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.

6200  Advanced Renaissance Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.

6250  Advanced Baroque Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.

6310  Advanced Eighteenth-Century Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   This graduate course is a study of transformations in the art and culture of 18th-century Europe and/or America, from the aristocratic late Baroque and Rococo to the onset of Romanticism (inclusive of the arts of classical revivalism).

6320  Advanced Nineteenth-Century Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   This graduate course is a study of European and/or American culture (occasional emphasis on Utah possible) as reflected in works by the artists of the 1800s. Themes include: romanticism, realism, luminism, impressionism, tonalism, naturalism, architectural eclecticism, and monumental sculpture.

6330  Advanced Regional (Utah) Arts (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   This graduate course is a study of the Arts of Utah (architecture, sculpture, painting, printmaking, photography, etc.). Themes include: ancient arts and Native American arts, and Euro-American romanticism, realism, tonalism, impressionism, and post-impressionism plus modernism and post-modernism within the context of THIS place.

6400  Advanced 20th c. Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   Topical or thematic study in 20th c. art.

6410  Advanced Contemporary Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   Topical or thematic study in contemporary art.

6500  Special Topics in Art History (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   This seminar provides for the study of the art and architecture of a culture that is not a part of the regular art history curriculum. Offered occasionally.

6800  Seminar: Historiography (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   Exploration of the history and methods of the art history discipline through reading and discussion. Students will write individual papers in several states and drafts for evaluation by the group in terms of the application of method and critical response to current issues.

6830  Seminar: Asian Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.

6840  Seminar: Ancient and Medieval Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.

6850  Seminar: Renaissance and Baroque Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.

6860  Seminar: Eighteenth-Nineteenth c. Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   Study of European and/or American culture (occasional emphasis on Utah possible) as reflected in works by the artists of the 1700s, 1800s and after. Themes include: romanticism, realism, luminism, impressionism, tonalism, naturalism, architectural eclecticism, and monumental sculpture.

6870  Seminar: Art of the Twentieth Century (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.

6910  Directed Studies in Asian Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.

6920  Directed Studies in Ancient and Medieval Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.

6930  Directed Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.

6940  Directed Studies in Eighteenth-Nineteenth c. Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   Involves a student research project, weekly progress reports, and a final research presentation and paper on a subject drawn from 18th-century and/or 19th-century art history, and/or regional (Utah) art historical studies.

6950  Directed Studies in 20th c. Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   Opportunity for graduate students in the Art History Program to work independently on a topic of particular interest not typically covered in a class. Students will study current artistic expressions and responses to them by recognized critics.

6955  Directed Studies in Contemporary Art (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
   Research in contemporary art historical specialty.

6970  Thesis Research: MA (3 to 9) Prerequisite: Students in MA Program in ART H.
   For graduate students conducting research leading to completion of Master's Thesis in Art History.

6980  Faculty Consultation: M.A. (3) Prerequisite: Students in MA Program in ART H.