2006-08 Course Descriptions - Catalog - University of Oklahoma

The Uni ver sity of Oklahoma 2006-2008 Gen eral Cat a logArt History (A HI)G5203 Reflections on Western Art. Prerequisite: 4743 or 5743 andgraduate standing. Focus on topics in western American art, contrastingcontemporary with traditional interpretations, as well as formal with socialimplications of the subject. Issues to be considered will include gender andethnicity; historiography and the impact of changing perceptions; westernart as historical analogue vs. art as creative expression; and art of frontierAmerica as a form of national identity, as commercial and social exploitationand as aesthetic tradition. Content will concentrate on the 19th and early20th century painters, sculptors, and print makers who derived artisticthemes from the Trans-Mississippi West. (Sp)G5210 Graduate Readings. 1 to 6 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing.May be repeated with change of subject; maximum credit nine hours.Selected readings in art history. (F, Sp)G5213 Ancient Portraits. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or senior withpermission of instructor. This course examines works from different westernand non-western ancient cultures to establish a working definition of theart of portraiture. (Irreg.)G5220 Graduate Projects. 1 to 6 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing.May be repeated with change of subject; maximum credit nine hours.Individual problems on selected topics. (F, Sp)G5233 Medieval Art I: Early Christian to c. 1100 (Slashlisted with 4233).Prerequisite: graduate standing. A study of Western art and architecturefrom the early Christian period (fourth century) through the EarlyRomanesque period (about 1100). Studies of Byzantine, Migratory, Insular,Hispano-Islamic, Carolingian and Ottonian art included. No student mayearn credit for both 4233 and 5233. (Alt. F)G5243 Medieval Art II: Romanesque (Slashlisted with 4243).Prerequisite: 1113 or 2213 or 2223 or permission of instructor. Europeanmedieval art of 11th and 12th centuries. Romanesque, the firstpan-European art style, is formulated during a period of urban growth andthe beginning of the university system. One of the most significantachievements during the Romanesque is the iconographical portal. Nostudent may earn credit for both 4243 and 5243. (Alt. Sp)G5253 Medieval Art III: Gothic (Slashlisted with 4253). Prerequisite:4243 or 5243 or permission of instructor. European late Medieval art frommid-12th century to mid-15th century. Beginning with Gothic andcontinuing into early Renaissance, when two distinct styles come aboutsimultaneously: Flemish and early Renaissance. No student may earn creditfor both 4253 and 5253. (Alt. F)G5273 Byzantine Icons (Slashlisted with 4273). Prerequisite: graduatestanding. Byzantine images occupy a principal position at the heart of theEastern Church and they are an organic part of daily services. The iconrepresents a vision of the invisible, and therefore a vision founded ondivine knowledge which transforms the created work into the miracleworking image. This Class will examine the challenging process ofproducing holiness and divinity through painting panels. No student mayearn credit for both 4273 and 5273. (Irreg.)G5303 Early Renaissance Art in Italy (Slashlisted with 4303). Italianpainting, sculpture, and architecture between 1250-1500, emphasizing thebirth of the Renaissance from a social and cultural framework. No studentmay earn credit for both 4303 and 5303. (Sp-alternate)G5333 High Renaissance and Mannerist Art in Italy (Slashlisted with4333). Italian High Renaissance and Mannerist painting, sculpture, andarchitecture between 1500-1600. No student may earn credit for both4333 and 5333. (F-alternate)G5353 Northern Renaissance Art (Slashlisted with 4353). Painting,sculpture and architecture in Northern Europe from 1400-1600. Thecourse will emphasize painting in Flanders, Germany and the Netherlands.No student may earn credit for both 4353 and 5353. (F-alternate)G5373 The Italian City: Renaissance and Baroque Architecture(Slashlisted with 4373). Architecture and urban planning of Italy fromabout 1300-1700. Emphasis on the growth of the city and how new formsof social interaction affected the development of architecture and theurban setting. No student may earn credit for both 4373 and 5373.(F-alternate)G5403 Southern Baroque Art (Slashlisted with 4403). Italian painting,sculpture, architecture from 1600-1700. This course will emphasize theeffects of the Counter-Reformation on art and artists in Rome. No studentmay earn credit for both 4403 and 5403. (F-alternate)G5463 Issues in Northern Baroque Art. Prerequisite: Graduatestanding. This class will look at northern baroque art as a case study for theexamination of a variety of art historical problems such as attribution,function, interpretation, and symbolism. (Irreg.)G5503 Art of the 18th Century: The Age of Enlightenment (Slashlistedwith 4503). Emphasizes the interaction of art with scientific, literary,historic and philosophical innovations of the eighteenth century. Contentincludes painting, sculpture and architecture of Northern Europe. Nostudent may earn credit for both 4503 and 5503. (Sp-every other year)G5553 Nineteenth-Century Art (Slashlisted with 4553). European artfrom the French Revolution to 1900, with particular emphasis ondevelopments in French painting. Brief consideration of parallel trends inAmerican art. No student may earn credit for both 4553 and 5553. (Irreg.)G5603 American Art (Slashlisted with 4603). American art from thecolonial period to 1950. No student may earn credit for both 4603 and5603. (Irreg.)G5613 Readings in Twentieth-Century Art (Slashlisted with 4613).Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Explores the cultural/intellectualcontext of the Fauves, German Expressionists, Cubists, Constructivists,Futurists, Dadas, Surrealists, Etc., through artists’ and critics’ writings andmanifestoes as well as other arts such as poetry, drama and dance.Readings, presentations, and critical writings will be assigned. No studentmay earn credit for both 4613 and 5613. (Irreg.)G5633 Modern Art: Cezanne to 1950 (Slashlisted with 4633). Europeanart from Postimpressionism to 1950, including some American developments.Emphasis on painting and sculpture, with some consideration ofarchitecture. No student may earn credit for both 4633 and 5633. (Irreg.)G5653 Art Since World War II (Slashlisted with 4653). Prerequisite:graduate standing. Recent developments in art, both in the United Statesand abroad. No student may earn credit for both 4653 and 5653. (Irreg.)G5663 Women in Contemporary Art (Slashlisted with 4663).Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Discussions concerning women’sissues in contemporary art, current women artists and their art works. Thenotion of a “female sensibility” will be examined. Students will engage inindividual and group presentations, both of artists and critical issues. Essaywriting and preparation of bibliographies. No student may earn credit forboth 4663 and 5663. (Irreg.)G5673 Modern Sculpture (Slashlisted with 4673). A study of changingconcepts in sculpture from neo-classicism to the present day. No studentmay earn credit for both 4673 and 5673. (Irreg.)G5703 History of Photography 1839-1945 (Slashlisted with 4703). Asurvey of the history of photography from 1839 to 1945. Topics includephotography as art; social, technical, mechanical, scientific and aestheticfactors in the development of the medium. No student may earn credit forboth 4703 and 5703. (Irreg.)G5713 History of Photography: 1945-Present (Slashlisted with 4713).Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of instructor. A survey of theprincipal movements, ideas and motifs of photography from post-WorldWar II until the 1990’s. No student may earn credit for both 4713 and5713. (Irreg.)G5743 The American West in Art, Photography, and Popular Culture(Slashlisted with 4743). Prerequisite: graduate standing. Focuses on thestudy of the Trans-Mississippi West, as seen through the eyes of artists andphotographers from the early 19th century until today. A variety of mediawill be discussed, including paintings, prints, photography, and sculpture.The purpose of the course will be primarily to study Euro-American artisticconventions/tradition and how they have been employed in definingwestern history, culture, and native peoples as fact, fiction, and myth. Nostudent may earn credit for both 4743 and 5743. (Irreg.)G5753 The American West in Photography(Slashlisted with 4753).Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of the instructor. This coursefocuses on the study of the trans-Mississippi west as seen through the eyesof photographers from the early 19th century up to the present. Thepurpose of this course will primarily be to study Euro-American photographicconventions, traditions, and styles and how they have been employed indefining American western history, culture and native peoples as fact,artistic motif and myth. No student may earn credit for both 4753 and5753. (Irreg.)G5803 Survey I: North American Indian Prehistoric Art (Slashlisted with4803). Prerequisite: graduate standing. Ancient arts of the Arctic, Alaska,Canada, California, Great Basin and North American desert Southwest.Interdisciplinary methodology used to provide a broad view of cultures,artistic development and resultant art forms. Non-Western philosophicalCourse Descriptions 26