1999-2000 - The University of Scranton

ARTH 117 Dr. Dunn
(W)Early Christian and 3 credits
Byzantine Art
(Formerly ARTH 203) The art and architecture
produced by the first Christians
borrowed much from the forms and ideas
of Roman art. The course surveys art produced
in Rome, Ravenna, Milan, Greece
and Constantinople, 200-1400 A.D.
Emphasis will be placed on the origin and
symbolism of Christian imagery and
architecture.
ARTH 118 Dr. Dunn
(W)Medieval Art: 3 credits
Romanesque and Gothic
(Formerly ARTH 204) A survey of art and
architecture in western Europe, 1100-
1400. Medieval architecture, manuscripts,
paintings, and decorative arts will be presented
as mirrors of medieval thought and
spirituality.
ARTH 205 Dr. Dunn
The Icon in Russian and 3 credits
East European Art
This course focuses on theology, image
and artistic style in the making of the icon
in Russia and East Europe. The icon will
be studied in its historical and cultural
context from medieval through modern
times.
ARTH 210 Staff
(C,D)Topics on Women in 3 credits
the Visual Arts
This cross-disciplinary course presents
selected topics on women in the visual
arts, including the history of women’s
achievements and struggles in the visual
arts, varied ways of thinking and writing
about women, art and culture. Topics will
include, but are not limited to: Survey of
Women in Art; Being Female in the
Renaissance, Medieval Women in Image
and Text; Contemporary Women Artists;
The Female Artist in Latin America;
Women Artists in America; 19th-Century
Women Artists, etc.
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ARTH 213 Dr. Miller-Lanning
(C)American Art 3 credits
A survey of American architecture, painting
and sculpture from the earliest exploration
days. The course will cover art of
Native America, the colonial period, the
Civil War era, and the twentieth-century.
ARTH 214 Dr. Dunn
(C)Renaissance Art and 3 credits
Architecture: 1250-1500
(Formerly ARTH 310) A survey of the art
produced in Italy, 1250-1500, the course
opens with Cimabue in Assisi of St.
Francis, continues into the fourteenth century
with the frescoes of Giotto and
Duccio, and concludes with such fifteenthcentury
artists as Brunelleschi, Donatello,
Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, and the
young Michelangelo.
ARTH 215 Dr. Dunn
The Renaissance 3 credits
in Northern Europe
(Formerly ARTH 311) Art produced in
northern Europe (France, Germany,
Belgium, and the Netherlands) differs
remarkably from the art produced in Italy
by Botticelli and Michelangelo. This
course surveys painting north of the Alps
by such artists as Jan van Eyck, Rogier
van der Weyden, Hieronymus Bosch, and
Albrecht Dürer.
ARTH 216 Dr. Dunn
(C,W)Michelangelo and 3 credits
His World
(Formerly ARTH 410) This course investigates
the painting, sculpture, and architecture
of Michelangelo. By considering
the artistic traditions to which he fell heir
as a Florentine artist, the traditional and
the innovative aspects of Michelangelo’s
work will be assessed. Readings from his
letters and poetry, and from sixteenth-century
biographies will furnish a rich context
for the appreciation of his work and for
understanding the society to which he
belonged.