ART - Catalog - University of Oklahoma

Art History (A HI)
The Uni ver sity of Oklahoma 2006-2008 Gen eral Cat a log
basis of the arts discussed in relationship to varied belief systems and social
customs. No student may earn credit for both 4803 and 5803. (Sp)
G5813 Nineteenth Century North American Indian Art History
(Slashlisted with 4813). Prerequisite: graduate standing. Arts of North
American Indians during the 19th century. Interdisciplinary methodology
delineates major cultural areas and contexts within which arts were created.
Issues of Euro-American influences and adaptation of new materials and
styles. Maintenance of traditional conventions by native artists addressed.
No student may earn credit for both 4813 and 5813. (Alt. Sp)
G5823 20th-Century American Indian Art History (Slashlisted with
4823). Examination and study of the arts of North American Indians.
Included in the survey will be the examination of new materials, styles, and
the shifts of gender roles in the creative arts. No student may earn credit for
both 4823 and 5823. (F)
G5833 Survey II: North American Indian Prehistoric Art (Slashlisted
with 4833). Prerequisite: graduate standing. Prehistory of North American
Indian arts of northern and southeastern United States. Includes the Adena
and Hopewell people, the early cultures of Florida, later Mississippian and
Caddoan people. Includes fiber arts, pottery, painting, sculpture and
architecture, as well as a non-Western philosophical view of iconography
and underlying meanings. No student may earn credit for both 4833 and
5833. (F)
G5843 20th Century Hispanic and Latin American Art History
(Slashlisted with 4843). Prerequisite: graduate standing. Visual arts of
Mexico, Central and South America. Interdisciplinary methodology
includes painting, sculpture, photography, video, installations, pottery, and
weaving. No student may earn credit for both 4843 and 5843. (F)
G5853 American Indian Women Artists(Slashlisted with 4853).
Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of the instructor. Investigates
the arts of indigenous women throughout the Americas. Students will
participate in research, discussion of selected readings, written assignments
and individual presentations concerning the non-western aesthetics and
ideals that are found in arts of Indian women from the 20th century
forward. No student may earn credit for both 4853 and 5853. (Irreg.)
G5873 Japanese Art (Slashlisted with 4873). Prerequisite: graduate
standing. Art and architecture in Japan from prehistory to the present. No
student may earn credit for both 4873 and 5873. (F)
G5883 Chinese Art (Slashlisted with 4883). Prerequisite: Graduate
standing. A general survey of the art of China from the Neolithic period
through the 20th century. No student may earn credit for both 4883 and
5883. (Irreg.)
G5903 Methodologies and Theories in Art History. Prerequisite:
graduate standing in art history, or senior standing with permission of
instructor. A study of various scholarly approaches to the history of art, as
well as the theories which inform these approaches. Preparation of
bibliographies; short presentations and papers. (Irreg.)
G5913 Seminar (Slashlisted with 4913). Prerequisite: permission of
instructor. May be repeated with change of content; maximum credit
twelve hours. Advanced topics in art history. No student may earn credit
for both 4913 and 5913. (Irreg.)
G5953 Museum Studies (Slashlisted with 4953). Analysis of problems in
collecting, authenticating, exhibiting and conserving works of art. Attention
is also given to museum architecture and administration, as well as to the
cultural and educational role of the museum in the community. Field trips,
projects and papers are required. No student may earn credit for both
4953 and 5953. (Irreg.)
G5960 Directed Readings. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. May be
repeated; maximum credit six hours. Research culminating in the
preparation of papers using technical and critical literature in the history of
art. (Irreg.)
G5972 Thesis Proposal. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Students will
create a research topic, select a thesis committee and formulate a proposal
and bibliography approved by their committee. (Irreg.)
G5980 Research for Master’s Thesis. 2 to 9 hours. May be repeated for
credit; maximum credit applicable toward degree, four hours. Directed
research culminating in the completion of the master’s thesis. (F, Sp, Su)
G5990 Special Studies. 1 to 6 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing. May
be repeated; maximum credit 12 hours. Advanced studies in various
periods of art history, given under stated titles determined each semester by
the instructor involved. (F, Sp)
G5993 Special Studies. Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be repeated;
maximum credit twelve hours. Advanced studies in various periods of art
history, given under stated titles determined semester by the instructor
involved. (Irreg.)
G6103 Regional Art and Artists. Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be
repeated with change in topic; maximum credit 12 hours. Advanced
seminar that will examine in depth various concepts, individuals, schools,
movements or themes. Topics may include: contemporary Oklahoma
artists; Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, 16 Taos and Santa Fe painters;
contemporary Santa Fe artists; and Oklahoma artists, 1880–1950. (Irreg.)
G6203 Native American Art. Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be
repeated with change in topic; maximum credit 12 hours. Advanced
seminar that will examine in depth various concepts, individuals, schools,
movements, or themes. Topics may include: Oklahoma Native American
artist; Ledger art; art of Native American people; contemporary Native
American painters; Native American sculptors; southwestern Native
American weaving; jewelry; beadwork; potteries; coastal American art of
the northwest; and native arts of Hawaii. (Irreg.)
G6303 Western American Art. Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be
repeated with change in topic; maximum credit 12 hours. Advanced
seminar that will examine in depth various concepts, individuals, schools,
movements, or themes. Topics may include: contemporary western
American artists; the impact of the west in New York artist – 1880-1920;
Remington and Russell; Eastern artists and their western sojourns;
monumental western American sculptors of the 19th or 20th century;
utilitarian art of the west – saddles and tack, spurs, leather and ironwork;
and American illustrators to artists. (Irreg.)
G6403 19th Century American Art. Prerequisite: graduate standing. May
be repeated with change in topic; maximum credit 12 hours. Advanced
seminar that will examine in depth various concepts, individuals, schools,
movements, or themes. Topics may include: the western landscape in
19th century American art; 19th century American folk art; 19th and 20th
century American landscape photographers; natural America as seen by
native Americans and Europeans – a comparison; John James Audubon
and the naturalists; the commemorative sculpture legacy of the Civil War;
American mythology in 19th and 20th century art; American masters of the
19th century. (Irreg.)
G6503 Contemporary American Art. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
May be repeated with change in topic; maximum credit 12 hours.
Advanced seminar that will examine in depth various concepts, individuals,
schools, movements or themes. Topics may include: Post-modernism and
its view of western American icons; contemporary native American
southwestern artists; the west coast artists; California impressionism; Peter
Hurd and his contemporaries; black American artists; Georgia O’Keeffe
and the ghost ranch years; 20th century American immigrants and their art;
American innocents; outsiders art and folk artists; contemporary American
crafts; contemporary American illustration and graphic design; and
contemporary American architecture (Irreg.)
G6603 Cross Cultural Art of the Americas. Prerequisite: graduate
standing. May be repeated with change in topic; maximum credit 12
hours. Advanced seminar that will examine in depth various concepts,
individuals, schools, movements or themes. May be repeated with a
change in topic. Topics may include: the Canadian seven; Mexican art in
the 19th century; pottery of San Ildefonso pueblo; pottery of Santa Clara
pueblo; New York’s influence on Emilo Amero and his Mexican
contemporaries; Diego Riveria in American; Jean Charlot and his American
murals; and Inuit art of the arctic. (Irreg.)
G6973 Dissertation Proposal. Prerequisite: completion of core
coursework for the PhD in Art History. Students will create a research topic
and formulate a proposal and bibliography approved by their Doctoral
committee. (F, Sp)
G6980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation. Prerequisite: Successful
completion of the general examination. Directed research culminating in
the completion of the Doctoral dissertation. May be repeated for credit;
Maximum credit applicable toward the degree is nine hours. (F, Sp)
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