SPRING2019 ARTHISTORYCOURSES

ARTH105001HistoryofWesternArtISwartwoodHouse,TR11:40-12:55,WMBBNursing125This course exploresmajormonuments in art history from the PaleolithiceratotheMiddleAges,includingeverythingfromcavepaintings—thefirstknown imagesmade by humans—to the sculpture of ancientGreece andRome, to the soaring cathedrals of the Middle Ages. We will study theinterplay of works of art and architecture with their various physical,historical,social,andculturalcontexts.

ARTH105002HistoryofWesternArtIPetit,W4:40-7:25,MM239FromcavepaintingstoGothiccathedrals,thiscoursewillexplorethemajorperiods in Western Art from Prehistoric through Medieval times. Thiscoursewill cover roughly25,000yearsofhistory,cultureandart,andwillserveasanintroductiontothestudyofarthistory.Culturesandperiodstobe covered in this course include:Prehistoric Europeans,Mesopotamians,Egyptians,Aegeans,Greeks,Etruscans,Romans,Byzantines,andEuropeansfromtheMiddleAges.

ARTH106HistoryofWesternArtIIChametzky,MW3:55-5:10,MM214ThissurveycoursestudiesartfromtheRenaissancetothepresentinEurope,theAmericas,andAfrica.Majorworksofart,artists,andartmovementsareexaminedin historical and cultural context, and fundamental art historical techniques andconceptsaretaughtasabasisforfuturestudyandlifeexperiences.

ARTH107HistoryofAsianArtWangwright,MW2:20-3:35,MM239This course introduces South Asian and East Asian paintings, sculptures, andarchitectural monuments and explores their cultural and historical contexts.Students learn about the differences between the arts of various religionsincludingHinduism,Buddhism,andIslam.

ARTH320HistoryofItalianRenaissanceArtSwartwoodHouse,TR10:05-11:20,MM239In this course we will investigate monuments of Italian Renaissance art andarchitectureintheirhistorical,political,devotional,andsocialcontexts.Keyissueswillincludetherevivalofclassicalantiquity;theriseofthestatusoftheartist;thekindsofartproducedindifferentcenters,bothgeographicandgovernmental;theencounter with nature; and the production of new bodies of artistic andarchitecturaltheory.

ARTH327Historyof18thCenturyEuropeanArtGraciano,TR2:50-4:05,MM214AsurveyofEuropeanartfromc.1700to1815,coveringtheartisticperiodsofRococo,NeoclassicismandearlyRomanticism.

ARTH342ContemporaryAmericanArtCollins,TR2:50-4:05,Gambrell250This is a lecture/discussion class on the subject of American painting andsculpture from the 1930s to the present. We will be tracing the broaddevelopments in American art from the late Modernist to the Post-Modernist eras asmanifest in thework of its leadingmovements, artistsandcritics. Individualworkswillbeexamined forwhat they tellusaboutboththeartistswhomadethemandthecultureofwhichtheywereorareapart.

ARTH390H02HNRS:ArtandAnatomyGraciano,M2:20-5:00,MM310This seminar-style course will involve the reading and discussion of recentscholarship on the roles andmethods of anatomical instruction in academic arteducation in Europe and the United States in the eighteenth and nineteenthcenturies. Historical discussion of how cadavers were procured for anatomicalstudybymedical studentsandartistswillalsobe featuredas topicsofparticularclass meetings. Additionally, some time may be devoted to discussion of morecontemporary phenomena, such as exhibitions of plastinated or otherwisepreservedcorpsesasvisual(art)objects,andtherelativelyrecentrevival interestin zombies, vampires and other quasi-human monsters. A term-length researchpaperandthepresentationofthesamearerequired.

ARTH503InternshipinArtHistoryBurgess,TBD,Credits:(1-10)Supervisedexperienceinthefieldofarthistory,includingmuseums,galleries,artdealersandauctionhouses.Requiresauniversityinternshipcontractandissubjecttoapprovalbyadvisor.ContactDr.LanaBurgessatlburgess@mailbox.sc.eduorbycalling777-5486tomakeanappointmenttodiscussyouroptionsandcompleteyourcontract.

ARTH539/735TheArtandFilmofAndyWarholCollins,TR1:15-2:30,MM239ThisseminarcoursefocusesontheartandfilmsproducedbyAndyWarhol.WorkswillbeinvestigatedinrelationtohislifeandtotheworkofhisfellowPopartistsandundergroundfilmmakers.

ARTH546/746WomeninChineseArtWangwright,T4:25-7:10,MM215This seminar explores artistic depictions of women throughout Chinesehistoryand thechanging rolesof femaleartists inChina.Weekly readingsanddiscussionsexaminetopicssuchasthefeminineidealasdepictedinartand its stylistic evolution, traditional roles ofwomen in the arts, and theprofessionalopportunitiesavailabletowomeninmodernChina.

ARTH590/790ModernArt:ArtinGermanySince1937Chametzky,MW2:20-3:35,MM239Thiscoursewillstudyvisualart inGermanyfromtheNaziperiod,throughtheColdWar (WestandEast), to thepresent.Emphasiswillbeplacedonvisualart'sroleindefiningGermanidentity,Germany’splaceintheworld,andcomingtotermswithboththepastandpresent.Thebeginningdateof1937correspondstothemost famousoftheNaziexhibitionscondemningModernArtas"degenerate."Bytheendofthecourse,wewillbestudyingGermanArtinaglobalandincreasinglymulticulturalcontext.