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The Minor in Art History

Course Requirements for the Minor: 21 units

The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this minor.

1 course required:

SUBJ NUM Title Sustainable Units Semester Offered Course Flags
ARTH 110 Art History Survey: Prehistory to Medieval   3.0 FA  GE
Survey of the visual arts from prehistory through the Middle Ages. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved General Education course. (000705)

1 course selected from:

SUBJ NUM Title Sustainable Units Semester Offered Course Flags
ARTH 120 Art History Survey: Renaissance to 1800   3.0 SP  GE
Survey of the major visual arts of Europe and the U.S. from the Renaissance to 1800. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved General Education course. (021083)
ARTH 130 Art History Survey: 1800 to the Present   3.0 FS  GE  USD
Survey of the major visual arts of Europe and the U.S. from 1800 to the Present. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved General Education course. This is an approved US Diversity course. (021084)

1 course selected from:

SUBJ NUM Title Sustainable Units Semester Offered Course Flags
ARTH 140 Far Eastern Art Survey   3.0 FS  GC
Survey of the major visual arts of India, China, and Japan from the prehistoric to the nineteenth-century period. An emphasis on the traditional Buddhist, Taoist, and Shinto arts. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Global Cultures course. (000707)
ARTH 150 Survey of Arts of the Americas, Oceania, and Africa   3.0 FS  GE  GC
A survey of visual arts, including Pre-Columbian, Post-Columbian, Native American, Islamic, and African. These arts will be placed in their historical, social, and religious contexts. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved General Education course. This is an approved Global Cultures course. (000709)

4 courses selected from:

SUBJ NUM Title Sustainable Units Semester Offered Course Flags
ARTH 400 Art History Issues   3.0 FS  
In-depth investigation of certain special areas of interest in art history based upon particular faculty competencies and student interest. 3 hours lecture. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 9.0 units. (000856)
ARTH 411W Greek Art (W)   3.0 FS  W
In-depth study of the art and architecture of the Greek world during the Bronze Age, Aegean, Geometric, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods. An emphasis will be placed upon understanding the development of the Greek artistic concepts, such as idealism and realism, within their cultural and political context. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Writing Course. Formerly ARTH 411. (000858)
ARTH 412W Roman Art (W)   3.0 FS  W
In-depth study of the art and architecture of the Roman world covering the Republican, Early, and Late Imperial periods. An emphasis is placed upon understanding the political, religious, and social elements of Roman art and architecture. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Writing Course. Formerly ARTH 412. (000860)
ARTH 413W Medieval Art (W)   3.0 FS  W
In-depth thematic study of the art and architecture of the Middle Ages, with units on religion, geography, monstrosity, gender, race, etc. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Writing Course. Formerly ARTH 413. (000843)
ARTH 433W 20th Century Art (W)   3.0 FS  W
Prerequisite: ARTH 130.
An investigation of the history of modern art from the early-to-mid twentieth century. The course covers such movements as Cubism, Expressionism, Constructivism, Dada, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and Minimalism. An emphasis is placed on understanding how art relates to critical debates and social and historical contexts. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Writing Course. Formerly ARTH 433. (000777)
ARTH 441W Contemporary Art (W)   3.0 FS  W
Prerequisite: ARTH 130.
An investigation of artists and issues in the global contemporary art world. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Writing Course. Formerly ARTH 441. (000838)
ARTH 451W American Art (W)   3.0 FS  W
This course investigates the development of American art from the Colonial period to World War II. It concentrates on painting, but also considers sculpture, architecture, photography, as well as decorative and folk arts. Artists to be explored at some depth include Benton, Cole, Henri, Homer, Krasner, Lawrence, O'Keefe, Pollack, Rivers, and West. Art will be presented in its social and historical contexts. The roles played by museums, galleries, and art schools, and the influence of collectors and dealers will be examined. Mutual influences between American and European, Non-Western, and Ethnic cultures will be discussed. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Writing Course. Formerly ARTH 451. (000835)
ARTH 471W Ancient Mexican Art (W)   3.0 INQ  W
A survey of ancient Mexican art and culture of formative, classic, conquest, including the Olmec, Teotihuacan, Zapotec, Mxtec, Classic Gulf Coast, Toltec, and Aztec. Sites discussed include El Tajin, La Venta, Monte Alban, Milta, Tula, and Tenochtitlan 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Writing Course. Formerly ARTH 471. (000841)
ARTH 472W Maya Art (W)   3.0 INQ  W
An investigation of the art of the ancient Maya of Mexico and Central America prior to European contact, from the Preclassic to Postclassic periods. The relationship of art to religious beliefs and practices will be explored, as well as the development of local styles associated with royal courts. Sites discussed include Tikal, Palenque, Copan, Uxmal, and Chichen Itza 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Writing Course. Formerly ARTH 472. (020618)
ARTH 473W Meso-American/Colonial Art (W)   3.0 INQ  W
Prerequisites: ARTH 120.
 This course is also offered as CHST 473W.
A survey of Mexican art and culture from the Cortesian Conquest, the Colonial Period of monastery- and church-building, the Revolution of 1810, the Revolution of 1910, and the painters of the great revolutionary mural movement that followed, Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueriros, to contemporary artists who have tended toward international pluralism. Attention is given to the process of acculturation that produced the modern Mexican peoples, their national character, and their contemporary art. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Writing Course. Formerly ARTH 473. (000842)
ARTH 474W Ancient Andean Art (W)   3.0 INQ  W
An investigation of the art of Peru and adjacent regions prior to European contact. The relationship of art to religious beliefs and practices, political ideologies, and the significance of styles and technologies are examined. Cultures surveyed include Chavin, Paracas, Nasca, Moche, Tiwanaku, and Inka, as well as the Northern Andean civilizations such as San Agustin. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Writing Course. Formerly ARTH 474. (020619)
ARTH 475W American Indian Art (W)   3.0 INQ  W
Investigation of the traditional and contemporary arts and cultures of the Amerindian and Eskimo of the continental United States, Canada, and Alaska. Six major culture areas will be examined: the Arctic, Pacific Northwest, California, the Southwest, and Eastern Woodlands, and the florescent cultures of the Plains and Intermontane. Such problems as a definition of Indian Art, transoceanic contact, acculturation, and the moral and ethical questions posed by Indian Rights will be considered. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Writing Course. Formerly ARTH 475. (000852)
ARTH 476W African Art (W)   3.0 INQ  W
An investigation of the arts and cultures of the African continent, with major emphasis upon the Negroid peoples south of the Sahara, the medieval kingdoms of the Sudan and the rain forest cultures and great civilizations of Ife, Benin, and the Congo, the sculpture, painting, body art, architecture, music, dance, belief systems, aural tradition of folklore, and reciprocal influences with other continents will be considered. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Writing Course. Formerly ARTH 476. (000853)
ARTH 481 Modern History of Interiors, Furnishings, and Architecture   3.0 FS  
Survey of the language of form and space and stylistic vocabularies related to interiors, furnishings, and architecture for 19th and 20th century European and American art from the Colonial period. Styles such as Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Bauhaus, Memphis, and Post Modern will be addressed, and architects and designers such as William Morris, Frank Lloyd Wright, Eileen Gray, and LeCorbusier will be included. 3 hours lecture. (000778)
ARTH 484 History of Photography   3.0 FS  
The development of photography from roots in classical and medieval discoveries to the present, its role in historical documentation, its reciprocal influence upon the arts, its contribution to science, and its importance as an extension of human vision. Non-silver processes and fusion of photography with computer and other media will be examined. Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Alfred Stieglitz, and Edward Weston are among the photographers to be considered. 3 hours lecture. (000773)
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