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Studio Art B.A.

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Division of Humanities
  • Program Type: Baccalaureate
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2023
  • Required credits to graduate with this degree: 120
  • Required credits within the major: 52
  • Degree: Bachelor of Arts
The goal of the studio art curriculum is to introduce liberal arts students to the technical, conceptual, and communication skills necessary to activities in the visual arts and to help them understand the major traditions and the place of visual arts in our culture. Studio courses serve the needs of students planning to pursue graduate studies in art, students interested in exploring their own creative potential as part of the general education, and students preparing for secondary school teaching. Program Student Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will be able to demonstrate proficiency in a variety of technical skills including understanding materials, processes, safe use of tools and environmental stewardship. 2. Students will be able to integrate formal, technical and conceptual intentions within two-dimensional and three-dimensional art practice. 3. Students will be able to critique and analyze their own artwork and the art of others. 4. Students will demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the major historical traditions and contemporary developments of art, including historical, social and cultural contexts.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
  • via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)
Admission Requirements
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the Office of Admissions website.
General Requirements
All students are required to complete general University and college requirements. For more information, see the general education requirements.
Program Requirements
Students are required to complete 2 semester(s) of any second language. with a grade of C-, or better, or S, or demonstrate proficiency in the language(s) as defined by the department or college.
Studio courses are assessed an individual lab fee. No grades below C- are allowed. Courses may not be taken S/N, unless offered S/N only. A minimum GPA of 2.00 is required in the major to graduate. The GPA includes all, and only, University of Minnesota coursework. Grades of "F" are included in GPA calculation until they are replaced.
Required Courses
The Studio Essentials courses are preparation for advanced work in studio art. The two related parts must be taken concurrently and in sequence during the first year. One 1xxx art history course is also recommended during the first year.
First Term of Studio Essentials
ARTS 1101 - Studio Essentials: Observational Drawing [ART/P] (2.0 cr)
with ARTS 1103 - Studio Essentials: Materials and Design [ART/P] (2.0 cr)
Second Term of Studio Essentials
ARTS 1102 - Studio Essentials: Experimental Drawing [ART/P] (2.0 cr)
with ARTS 1104 - Studio Essentials: Materials and Space [ART/P] (2.0 cr)
Second Year Requirements
ARTS 2101 - Drawing From Life [ART/P] (2.0 cr)
ARTS 2601 - The Artist in Studio and in Society [FA] (2.0 cr)
ARTS 2602 - Digital Fundamentals [ART/P] (2.0 cr)
Second Year Portfolio
Second Year Portfolio Review (spring semester only)
Senior Thesis Project
ARTS 4902 - Senior Thesis Project I (2.0 cr)
ARTS 4903 - Senior Thesis Project II (2.0 cr)
Concentrated Studio Art Courses - Primary Medum
Complete 16 credits in one major medium.
Printmaking
complete 16 credits from the following:
ARTS 3007 - Media Studies: Printmaking [ART/P] (2.0-4.0 cr)
ARTS 3200 - Printmaking Studio I [ART/P] (4.0 cr)
ARTS 3210 - Printmaking Studio II [ART/P] (4.0 cr)
or Painting
complete 16 credits from the following:
ARTS 3013 - Media Studies: Painting [ART/P] (2.0-4.0 cr)
ARTS 3300 - Painting Studio I [ART/P] (4.0 cr)
ARTS 3310 - Painting Studio II [ART/P] (4.0 cr)
or Sculpture
complete 16 credits from the following:
ARTS 3015 - Media Studies: Sculpture [ART/P] (2.0-4.0 cr)
ARTS 3400 - Sculpture Studio I [ART/P] (4.0 cr)
ARTS 3410 - Sculpture Studio II [ART/P] (4.0 cr)
or Ceramics
complete 16 credits from the following:
ARTS 3012 - Media Studies: Ceramics [ART/P] (2.0-4.0 cr)
ARTS 3650 - Ceramics Studio [ART/P] (4.0 cr)
or Drawing
complete 16 credits (beyond Studio Essentials courses and one semester of Drawing from Life) from the following:
ARTS 2101 - Drawing From Life [ART/P] (2.0 cr)
ARTS 3017 - Media Studies: Drawing [ART/P] (2.0-4.0 cr)
ARTS 3100 - Drawing Studio [ART/P] (2.0-4.0 cr)
or Photography/Digital Imaging
complete 16 credits from the following:
ARTS 3016 - Media Studies: Photographic and Digital Processes [ART/P] (2.0-4.0 cr)
ARTS 3500 - Photographic and Digital Processes [ART/P] (4.0 cr)
Art, Studio Electives
Complete 10 credits that differ from primary medium.
Take 10 or more credit(s) from the following:
· ARTS 3002 - Media Studies: Artist's Books [ART/P] (2.0-4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3006 - Media Studies: Feminist Art: A Studio Perspective [ART/P] (2.0-4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3007 - Media Studies: Printmaking [ART/P] (2.0-4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3012 - Media Studies: Ceramics [ART/P] (2.0-4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3013 - Media Studies: Painting [ART/P] (2.0-4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3014 - Media Studies: Fabric as Form [ART/P] (2.0-4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3015 - Media Studies: Sculpture [ART/P] (2.0-4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3016 - Media Studies: Photographic and Digital Processes [ART/P] (2.0-4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3017 - Media Studies: Drawing [ART/P] (2.0-4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3100 - Drawing Studio [ART/P] (2.0-4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3200 - Printmaking Studio I [ART/P] (4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3210 - Printmaking Studio II [ART/P] (4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3300 - Painting Studio I [ART/P] (4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3310 - Painting Studio II [ART/P] (4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3400 - Sculpture Studio I [ART/P] (4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3410 - Sculpture Studio II [ART/P] (4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3500 - Photographic and Digital Processes [ART/P] (4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3650 - Ceramics Studio [ART/P] (4.0 cr)
· ARTS 3994 - Directed Research [ART/P] (1.0-5.0 cr)
· ARTS 3xxx
· ARTS 4xxx
Art History Electives
Take 8 or more credit(s) from the following:
· ARTH 2102 - Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece [FA] (2.0-4.0 cr)
· ARTH 2103 - Art and Archaeology of Ancient Rome [FA] (2.0-4.0 cr)
· ARTH 2104 - Irish Art and Archaeology [FA] (2.0-4.0 cr)
· ARTH 2106 - Rome, Jerusalem, and Constantinople: The Art of Three Ancient Capitals [FA] (2.0-4.0 cr)
· ARTH 2xxx
· ARTH 3112 - Faith, Image, and Power: Art and the Byzantine Empire [FA] (4.0 cr)
· ARTH 3113 - Early Islamic Art and Culture [FA] (4.0 cr)
· ARTH 3132 - Castles and Cathedrals [FA] (4.0 cr)
· ARTH 3142 - Art of the Italian Renaissance, 1300-1520 [FA] (4.0 cr)
· ARTH 3161 - After Leonardo: Mannerist and Venetian Renaissance Art [FA] (4.0 cr)
· ARTH 3171 - Baroque Art [FA] (4.0 cr)
· ARTH 3191 - American Art to 1900 [FA] (4.0 cr)
· ARTH 3201 - Nineteenth-Century Art in Europe [FA] (4.0 cr)
· ARTH 3211 - Modern European Art from Impressionism to Surrealism [FA] (4.0 cr)
· ARTH 3221 - Global Contemporary Art, 1945 to the Present [FA] (4.0 cr)
· ARTH 3231 - History of Photography [FA] (4.0 cr)
· ARTH 3272 - Athens, Art, and Theatre [FA] (4.0 cr)
· ARTH 3273 - Ars Otii: The Art of Roman Leisure [FA] (4.0 cr)
· ARTH 3274 - Modern Art in Germany [FA] (4.0 cr)
· ARTH 3281 - Women and Art [FA] (4.0 cr)
· ARTH 3291W - Facing the Past: Portraiture and Social History [FA] (4.0 cr)
· ARTH 3xxx
· ARTH 4xxx
 
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ARTS 1101 - Studio Essentials: Observational Drawing (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Preparation for advanced work in studio art. Basic exercises of drawing, use and exploration of materials and methods in line and form development, problems of spatial representation. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: coreq 1103, one 1xxx ArtH course recommended during the same year
ARTS 1103 - Studio Essentials: Materials and Design (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Preparation for advanced work in studio art. Elements of two-dimensional design and color theory, introduction to painting and printmaking. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: coreq 1101; one 1xxx ArtH course recommended during the same year
ARTS 1102 - Studio Essentials: Experimental Drawing (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Preparation for advanced work in studio art. Continued development of drawing, use and exploration of materials and methods in line and form development, problems of spatial representation. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: 1101, coreq 1104; one 1xxx ArtH course recommended during the same year
ARTS 1104 - Studio Essentials: Materials and Space (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Preparation for advanced work in studio art. Elements of three-dimensional design, introduction to sculpture. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: 1103, coreq 1102; one 1xxx ArtH course recommended during the same year
ARTS 2101 - Drawing From Life (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 [max 6.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Via the study of human anatomy, the course increases and improves students' knowledge and skill in drawing as a traditional art form and as a preparation for work in other media. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 2601 - The Artist in Studio and in Society (FA)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies: ARTS 1105/ARTS 2601
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Preparation for advanced reasoning, writing, and communication skills in studio art. Theories, philosophy, history of visual arts, contemporary trends in art, selected readings. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: 1102, 1104, major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 2602 - Digital Fundamentals (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies: ARTS 1106/ARTS 2602
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Preparation for advanced work in studio art. Basics of using digital technologies to create independent works, support other studio media or professional practices. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: 1102, 1104, major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 4902 - Senior Thesis Project I
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall
A two-semester sequential capstone course for majors, with a focus on the planning and preparation of a senior exhibit and the investigation of other professional skills. Students participate in a portfolio review by the studio art and art history faculty, concentrating on work from the major medium and other work completed since the Second-Year Portfolio Review. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: senior ArtS major, completion of Second Year Portfolio Review
ARTS 4903 - Senior Thesis Project II
Credits: 2.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
A two-semester sequential capstone course for majors, with a focus on the planning and execution of a senior exhibit as well as instruction on related professional skills.[Note: materials fee required] prereq: 4902
ARTS 3007 - Media Studies: Printmaking (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Study of and practice in various contemporary methods of printmaking: application of drawing skills, color, composition, and personal expression to alternative printmaking techniques. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3200 - Printmaking Studio I (ART/P)
Credits: 4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Study of and practice in various methods of printmaking: application of drawing skills, color, composition, and personal expression to printmaking techniques. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent for non-major jrs and srs
ARTS 3210 - Printmaking Studio II (ART/P)
Credits: 4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Study of and practice in various methods of printmaking: application of drawing skills, color, composition, and personal expression to printmaking techniques. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent for non-major jrs and srs
ARTS 3013 - Media Studies: Painting (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Study of and practice in various contemporary methods in painting: application of drawing skills, color, composition, and personal expression to alternative painting techniques. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3300 - Painting Studio I (ART/P)
Credits: 4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
The development of painting as a means of artistic expression including basic technical, material, and formal compositional problems. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent for non-major jrs and srs
ARTS 3310 - Painting Studio II (ART/P)
Credits: 4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
The development of painting as a means of artistic expression including basic technical, material, and formal compositional problems. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent for non-major jrs and srs
ARTS 3015 - Media Studies: Sculpture (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Study and practice in various specialized methods, techniques, and processes in sculpture not covered by the regular curriculum. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3400 - Sculpture Studio I (ART/P)
Credits: 4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Exploration of sculpture as a means of artistic expression, including an introduction to the planning and construction of three-dimensional forms using both traditional and contemporary techniques. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent for non-major jrs and srs
ARTS 3410 - Sculpture Studio II (ART/P)
Credits: 4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Exploration of sculpture as a means of artistic expression, including an introduction to the planning and construction of three-dimensional forms using both traditional and contemporary techniques. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent for non-major jrs and srs
ARTS 3012 - Media Studies: Ceramics (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Study of and practice in specialized methods and techniques in ceramics not covered under the regular curriculum. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3650 - Ceramics Studio (ART/P)
Credits: 4.0 [max 16.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
For students who have a working knowledge of basic forming and glazing techniques. Emphasis on advanced hand building and wheel techniques, critiques, glaze experiments, and firing. Assigned projects for the course may vary from semester to semester. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor instr consent
ARTS 2101 - Drawing From Life (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 [max 6.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Via the study of human anatomy, the course increases and improves students' knowledge and skill in drawing as a traditional art form and as a preparation for work in other media. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3017 - Media Studies: Drawing (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Study and practice in various specialized methods, techniques, and processes in drawing not covered by the regular curriculum. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3100 - Drawing Studio (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Continued development of the skills and understandings required by problems of drawing. Emphasizes self-direcction, experimental approaches and materials, and study of contemporary concepts. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: 2101
ARTS 3016 - Media Studies: Photographic and Digital Processes (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Study and practice in various specialized methods, techniques, and processes in photo or digital processes not covered by the regular curriculum. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3500 - Photographic and Digital Processes (ART/P)
Credits: 4.0 [max 16.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
The development of photographic and digital processes as a means of artistic expression including basic technical, material, and formal compositional problems. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3002 - Media Studies: Artist's Books (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Personal expression through artist's books. Designed for students who have a working knowledge of the basic principles and skills of art such as drawing, 2D and 3D design, composition, and color theory. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3006 - Media Studies: Feminist Art: A Studio Perspective (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
The impact of the women's movement of the 1970s on contemporary art. Exploration of the notion of "women's work" as a studio practice; the materials, methods, and issues that define feminist work. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3007 - Media Studies: Printmaking (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Study of and practice in various contemporary methods of printmaking: application of drawing skills, color, composition, and personal expression to alternative printmaking techniques. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3012 - Media Studies: Ceramics (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Study of and practice in specialized methods and techniques in ceramics not covered under the regular curriculum. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3013 - Media Studies: Painting (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Study of and practice in various contemporary methods in painting: application of drawing skills, color, composition, and personal expression to alternative painting techniques. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3014 - Media Studies: Fabric as Form (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Focus on the possibilities of fabric as the primary medium in art making. Topics include surface manipulation via hand and mechanical processes and using fabric to construct independent forms. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3015 - Media Studies: Sculpture (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Study and practice in various specialized methods, techniques, and processes in sculpture not covered by the regular curriculum. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3016 - Media Studies: Photographic and Digital Processes (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Study and practice in various specialized methods, techniques, and processes in photo or digital processes not covered by the regular curriculum. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3017 - Media Studies: Drawing (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Study and practice in various specialized methods, techniques, and processes in drawing not covered by the regular curriculum. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3100 - Drawing Studio (ART/P)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Continued development of the skills and understandings required by problems of drawing. Emphasizes self-direcction, experimental approaches and materials, and study of contemporary concepts. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: 2101
ARTS 3200 - Printmaking Studio I (ART/P)
Credits: 4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Study of and practice in various methods of printmaking: application of drawing skills, color, composition, and personal expression to printmaking techniques. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent for non-major jrs and srs
ARTS 3210 - Printmaking Studio II (ART/P)
Credits: 4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Study of and practice in various methods of printmaking: application of drawing skills, color, composition, and personal expression to printmaking techniques. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent for non-major jrs and srs
ARTS 3300 - Painting Studio I (ART/P)
Credits: 4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
The development of painting as a means of artistic expression including basic technical, material, and formal compositional problems. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent for non-major jrs and srs
ARTS 3310 - Painting Studio II (ART/P)
Credits: 4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
The development of painting as a means of artistic expression including basic technical, material, and formal compositional problems. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent for non-major jrs and srs
ARTS 3400 - Sculpture Studio I (ART/P)
Credits: 4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Exploration of sculpture as a means of artistic expression, including an introduction to the planning and construction of three-dimensional forms using both traditional and contemporary techniques. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent for non-major jrs and srs
ARTS 3410 - Sculpture Studio II (ART/P)
Credits: 4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Exploration of sculpture as a means of artistic expression, including an introduction to the planning and construction of three-dimensional forms using both traditional and contemporary techniques. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent for non-major jrs and srs
ARTS 3500 - Photographic and Digital Processes (ART/P)
Credits: 4.0 [max 16.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
The development of photographic and digital processes as a means of artistic expression including basic technical, material, and formal compositional problems. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor or instr consent
ARTS 3650 - Ceramics Studio (ART/P)
Credits: 4.0 [max 16.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
For students who have a working knowledge of basic forming and glazing techniques. Emphasis on advanced hand building and wheel techniques, critiques, glaze experiments, and firing. Assigned projects for the course may vary from semester to semester. [Note: materials fee required] prereq: major or minor instr consent
ARTS 3994 - Directed Research (ART/P)
Credits: 1.0 -5.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
An on- or off- campus undergraduate research experience individually arranged between a student and a faculty member for academic credit in areas not covered by the regular curriculum. [Note: materials fee required]
ARTH 2102 - Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece (FA)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Fall Odd Year
Beginning with the Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean (Minoan, Cycladic, and Mycenaean), this course follows the development of the painting, sculpture, and architecture of ancient Greece, concentrating on the Classical period in Athens and the Hellenistic period in the Mediterranean. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or sophomore status or instr consent
ARTH 2103 - Art and Archaeology of Ancient Rome (FA)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Spring Even Year
In-depth study of Roman art and archaeology beginning with the Villanovans and Etruscans and ending with the rise of Early Christian art. Focus on the public and political art of the various emperors. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or sophomore status or instr consent
ARTH 2104 - Irish Art and Archaeology (FA)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Ireland looms large in our imaginations and remains a bucket list item for many. Yet, what is it exactly that one sees when one visits the emerald isle? This course introduces students to the rich artistic and architectural heritage of Ireland and the various historical, literary, social, political, and environmental forces that shaped it. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or soph status or instr consent
ARTH 2106 - Rome, Jerusalem, and Constantinople: The Art of Three Ancient Capitals (FA)
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Rome, Jerusalem, and Constantinople were important capitals of the medieval world and their study offers an exciting window into the major empires of the time. This course introduces students to Byzantine, Islamic, and Late Antique art and architecture as reflected in the monuments of these three cities over their long histories. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or soph status or instr consent
ARTH 3112 - Faith, Image, and Power: Art and the Byzantine Empire (FA)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Fall Even Year
How are the seemingly unrelated strands of faith and power combined to make art in the Byzantine Empire? This course explores this question through a chronological and socio-political treatment of Byzantine art and the various roles that it acquired. Examine political art, religious art, and the many ways in which they were combined. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or instr consent
ARTH 3113 - Early Islamic Art and Culture (FA)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Prerequisites: any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #
Typically offered: Spring Odd Year
An investigation of Islamic art and architecture in both the secular and religious realm. Examination of these works in the context of the cultures and historical periods that produced them. Begins with the birth of Islamic art and continues up until the Ayyubid dynasty (14th century). prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or instr consent
ARTH 3132 - Castles and Cathedrals (FA)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Spring Even Year
An investigation of the two major forms of architectural construction in the Middle Ages. Exploration of the development of the cathedral and castle as architectural forms and examination of the circumstances surrounding their evolution through the medieval period. Examples are drawn from continental Europe, the British Isles, and the Levant. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or instr consent
ARTH 3142 - Art of the Italian Renaissance, 1300-1520 (FA)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Spring Even Year
A variety of methods (including stylistic, gender, and contextual theories) are used to explore the painting and sculpture of such artists as Giotto, Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or instr consent
ARTH 3161 - After Leonardo: Mannerist and Venetian Renaissance Art (FA)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Fall Odd Year
An investigation of the fascinating trends in Italian 16th-century art considered through the lenses of art theory, biography, social history, and style. Includes discussion of such artists as Michelangelo, Parmigianino, Bellini, and Titian. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or instr consent
ARTH 3171 - Baroque Art (FA)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Prerequisites: any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #
Typically offered: Spring Odd Year
A sociohistorical consideration of the stylistic and thematic diversity present in the works of such 17th-century masters as Caravaggio, Bernini, Velazquez, Rembrandt, and Vermeer. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or instr consent
ARTH 3191 - American Art to 1900 (FA)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Prerequisites: any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
A thematic exploration of the role of painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts in American society, from colonial times to 1900. Topics include the landscape and Manifest Destiny, American icons, folk art, and the representation of American Indians, African Americans, and women. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or instr consent
ARTH 3201 - Nineteenth-Century Art in Europe (FA)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Survey of major movements from Neoclassicism through Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism, considering these in their theoretical, historical, social, and artistic contexts. The course also highlights issues of class, imperialism/colonialism, and gender. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or instr consent
ARTH 3211 - Modern European Art from Impressionism to Surrealism (FA)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Survey of major modern movements including Impressionism, Symbolism, Expressionism, Dada, Constructivism and Surrealism, considering these in their theoretical, historical, social, and artistic contexts. Particular attention is given to modern art's relationship to popular culture and to issues of gender and race. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or instr consent
ARTH 3221 - Global Contemporary Art, 1945 to the Present (FA)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Survey of select global artists and movements from the end of WWII to the present, considering these in their theoretical, historical, social, and artistic contexts. Particular attention is given to contemporary art's relationships to economic, cultural, and technological shifts in postwar society and to globalization, as well as issues of gender and race. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or instr consent
ARTH 3231 - History of Photography (FA)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Survey of global photography from the period if its invention to the present. Major photographers and tendencies are examined in the context of a variety of theoretical, technical, social, historical, and aesthetic issues. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or instr consent
ARTH 3272 - Athens, Art, and Theatre (FA)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Prerequisites: any 1xxx ArtH course or #; attendance at evening UMM theatre performance required
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Classical Athens was a special place. It produced works of art and theatre that are still considered cultural treasures today. Combining archaeological, art historical, and textual sources, explore the context of these great works and looks at their interaction with one another and with performances on the Morris campus today. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or instr consent; attendance at evening UMM theatre performance required
ARTH 3273 - Ars Otii: The Art of Roman Leisure (FA)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Prerequisites: any 1xxx ArtH course or #
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
What did Romans do in their free time? Explore the art of daily life in ancient Rome focusing on themes and activities related to leisure. Outside the home, Romans bathed, hunted, and went to the theatre. Inside the home, they held lavish dinner parties. In all of these activities, status and social display were of central concern. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or instr consent
ARTH 3274 - Modern Art in Germany (FA)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Survey of modern art in Germany from the late 19th century through WWII, examining many important movements, tendencies, figures, and issues. It includes the Secessions, Die Brücke, Blue Rider, Dada, the Bauhaus, New Vision, and New Objectivity and studies painting, photography, film, and design. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or instr consent
ARTH 3281 - Women and Art (FA)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Prerequisites: any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or #
Typically offered: Fall Even Year
A historical survey of women's roles as creators and patrons of the visual arts in Western European and American societies, from antiquity to the present. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or instr consent
ARTH 3291W - Facing the Past: Portraiture and Social History (FA)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This seminar examines functions and formats of portraits created primarily in Western Europe between 1400-1800, in order to gain greater insight as to how various social identities (such as that of husband and wife, child, friend, and freak of nature) were visually constructed and verbally interpreted. prereq: any 1xxx ArtH course or jr status or instr consent