Class
No. |
Course ID |
Title |
Credits |
Type |
Instructor(s) |
Days:Times |
Location |
Permission
Required |
Dist |
Qtr |
| 2116 |
AHIS-102-01 |
Intro Hist Art West II |
1.00 |
LEC |
Triff, Kristin
Scanlan, Suzanne |
TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM |
TBA |
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ART
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Enrollment limited to 49 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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A survey of the history of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Renaissance to the present day. |
| 3337 |
AHIS-201-01 |
Intro to Islamic Art/Arc |
1.00 |
LEC |
Staff, Trinity |
MW: 2:55PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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GLB1
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Enrollment limited to 25 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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This course introduces the visual arts of the Islamic lands through the study of selected masterpieces dating from 600-1500 AD. These will be chosen to represent a wide variety of forms, functions, regions, techniques and ideas. The course will explore all the major arts of the Islamic lands, including religious and secular architecture, the arts of the book, textiles, ceramics, metalwork and woodwork. Firsthand examination of original works of art in Boston and Springfield will be emphasized. |
| 2639 |
AHIS-224-01 |
Understanding Architecture |
1.00 |
LEC |
Granston, Willie |
TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM |
TBA |
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ART
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Enrollment limited to 25 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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This course introduces a range of approaches to understand architecture in an historical perspective. Focusing on European and American architecture from 1400 to the present, lectures and discussions will consider how architects have approached the built environment at various times in both urban and rural settings. Lectures and class discussions will discuss ways that buildings, gardens, landscapes, and urban plans have been shaped by cultural values, social beliefs, political and technological developments, rubrics of art, and responses to nature. In addition to situating architecture within historical perspectives, this class provides students with the tools to begin analyzing, understanding, and decoding the landscapes and environments that we inhabit today. |
| 3335 |
AHIS-246-01 |
Art in the Age of Absolutism |
1.00 |
LEC |
Triff, Kristin |
TBA |
TBA |
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ART
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Enrollment limited to 25 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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During the seventeenth century, Europe underwent a series of civil, religious, and economic upheavals which paradoxically resulted in a period of extraordinarily innovative art. This course begins with the rise of the Roman Baroque, from the disturbing realism of Caravaggio to the multi-media theatricality of Bernini, examining artistic patronage and production in the highly charged political, social, and cultural contexts of Europe during and after the Thirty Years' War. It continues with a study of the broad range of artistic response to these developments in both Southern and Northern Europe, from the elaborate state pageantry of Rubens to the intensely personal portraiture of Rembrandt. Other artists to be studied include Poussin, Le Brun, Zurbaran, Velazquez, Van Dyck, and Vermeer. |
| 3244 |
AHIS-261-01 |
19th-Cent Painting & Sculpture |
1.00 |
LEC |
Scanlan, Suzanne |
TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM |
TBA |
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ART
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Enrollment limited to 25 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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A study of European painting and sculpture from the Romanticism of the late 18th century to the emergence of new directions at the end of the 19th century. The course is adapted each year to take advantage of major exhibitions. Museum visits and extensive readings will be integral to the makeup of the course. |
| 3245 |
AHIS-282-01 |
20th Cen Avant Garde |
1.00 |
LEC |
FitzGerald, Michael |
T: 6:30PM-9:00PM |
TBA |
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ART
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Enrollment limited to 25 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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This course addresses the position of art in European and American society from 1890 to 1945 when the concept of the artist as a rebel and visionary leader defined art's relation to contemporary social, political, and aesthetic issues. The movements of symbolism, expressionism, cubism, dada, and surrealism are discussed. Current exhibitions and the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum are used whenever appropriate. |
| 3246 |
AHIS-286-01 |
Modrn Architectur:1900-Present |
1.00 |
LEC |
Granston, Willie |
TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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ART
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Enrollment limited to 25 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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This course surveys broad developments in architecture, design, and urban planning as they relate to social, political, and cultural changes between roughly 1900 and the present. With a focus on Western Europe and America, topics include Viennese Modernism, the legacy of the Arts and Crafts movement, the Bauhaus, the International Style, the birth of Modernism, Brutalism, Postmodernism, and the architecture of the recent past. Close attention will be given to figures including Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Robert Venturi, and Frank Gehry, but the class will also include discussion of important practitioners who have historically been omitted from architectural studies. |
| 1679 |
AHIS-301-01 |
Major Sem Art Hist Meth |
1.00 |
SEM |
FitzGerald, Michael |
W: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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WEB
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Required of and limited to art history majors, as one of the first courses they take after declaring their major. Studies in the tradition and methodology of art historical research. Readings in classics of the literature of art history; discussions of major issues and meeting with scholars and museum professionals; students will pursue an active research project and present both oral reports and formal written research papers. |
| 3247 |
AHIS-307-01 |
Architecture of Leisure |
1.00 |
SEM |
Granston, Willie |
M: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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ART
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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This seminar considers how architecture and the built environment have been used to facilitate and satisfy American expectations of recreation and leisure. Through close-reading and discussion of primary and secondary sources, lectures, field trips, and class activities, this class will analyze buildings and landscapes as means of understanding social values and cultural beliefs at various times. Topics will include conceptions of nature, the evolution of specific building types, like hotels, the development of specific architectural styles, like the Shingle Style, and the changing beliefs relating to material choices. Focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries, this class will also consider how race and socioeconomic status impacted architectural decisions and the lived experience as it related to this landscape of leisure. |
| 3360 |
AHIS-364-01 |
Architectural Drawing |
1.00 |
LEC |
Rothblatt, Rob |
W: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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ART
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Enrollment limited to 16 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Cross-listing: ENGR-341-01 |
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A conceptual and practical introduction to the varied types of architectural drawings used to describe and perceive buildings. Tailored for liberal arts students, topics include geometry vs perception, freehand drawings, foreshortening, drafting measured drawings, understanding plans and sections, 3D parallel projection drawings, and setting up basic perspective views Students study and analyze inspiring drawings and buildings from their related classes, whether Art History, Engineering or Urban Studies. The class is taught as a hands-on studio course. This class serves as a prerequisite for AHIS 365/ENGR 342. |
| 3248 |
AHIS-365-01 |
Elements -Architectural Design |
1.00 |
LEC |
Rothblatt, Rob |
M: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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ART
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Enrollment limited to 16 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Cross-listing: ENGR-342-01 |
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Prerequisite: C- or better in Art History 364. |
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Echoing the curriculum in Architecture Schools but tailored for liberal arts students in a studio setting, this class teaches the basics of architectural design and language. Through sketches, hardline drawings, and model-making, students explore the fundamental principles of hierarchy, proportion, space, light, surface, order, rhythm, contrast, tectonics, craftsmanship and technique. This course includes a series of pedagogically stepped abstract projects, adding complexity and dimensions, understanding and building upon what is successful in each project, culminating with a project exploring and adding the critical concepts of site, context and program. This class is recommended for those who might consider graduate study in architecture. |
| 1479 |
AHIS-399-01 |
Independent Study |
1.00 - 2.00 |
IND |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Y |
ART
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar's Office, and the approval of the instructor and program director are required for enrollment. |
| 1391 |
AHIS-466-01 |
Teaching Assistant |
0.50 - 1.00 |
IND |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Y |
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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NOTE: Requires completion of the Special Registration Form, available in the Office of the Registrar. |
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Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. Guidelines are available in the College Bulletin.
(0.5 - 1 course credit) |
| 2353 |
AHIS-497-01 |
Senior Thesis |
1.00 |
IND |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Y |
ART
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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An individual tutorial to prepare an extended paper on a topic in art history. An oral presentation of a summary of the paper will be delivered in the spring term. Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor and program director are required for enrollment in this course. (1 course credit to be completed in one semester.) |
| 3354 |
CLCV-111-01 |
Intro Classical Art/Archaeolgy |
1.00 |
LEC |
Staff, Trinity |
TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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ART
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Enrollment limited to 39 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with ARTHISTORY, URST |
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A survey of the art and archaeology of the classical world, from the Neolithic period through the Roman Empire. Topics of discussion include sculpture, pottery, painting, architecture, town planning, burial practices, and major monuments, as well as archaeological method and theory. |