2010-2011 - Sweet Briar College

2010-2011 Catalog History of artChoose 1 of the following studio artcourses:ARTS 101ARTS 110ARTS 115(3) -Introduction to Studio Art(3) -Two-Dimensional Design(3) -Sculpture INote: 5 courses (15 semester hours) in art historymust be taken at Sweet Briar College.The History of Art Minor(18 semester hours)Required:ARTH 115 (3) -Survey of Art History IARTH 116 (3) -Survey of Art History IIChoose 4 additional three-credit art historycourses. Two of these courses must be atthe 300-level and must be selected from 2 of the3 areas.Course DescriptionsARTH 115 (3)–Survey of Art History IAn historical and analytical introduction, consideringrepresentative monuments in their contextand proposing ways of understanding visualevidence. Three hours lecture and one assigneddiscussion section. V.1, V.6a.ARTH 116 (3)–Survey of Art History IIAn historical and analytical introduction, consideringrepresentative monuments in their contextand proposing ways of understanding visualevidence. Three hours lecture and one assigneddiscussion section. V.1, V.6a.ARTH 117 (3)–The Visual Experience:Understanding Art and Everyday ImagesAn introduction to how we look at, analyze,and understand both art and “non-art” imagesencountered in everyday experience. V.6a.ARTH 204 (3)–The Art of NorthernEurope, 1400-1600Area II, Renaissance and BaroquePrerequisite: First-year students with permission.An introduction to the art of NorthernEurope. Examples of painting, sculpture, architecture,and printmaking produced in theNetherlands, France, and Germany between1400 and 1600 will be examined. Offered alternateyears. V.6a.ARTH 211 (3)–European Art c. 1700-1850Area III, 18th Century to the PresentA study of developments in European paintingand sculpture within trends called the Rococo,Sensibility, Neo-classicism, and Romanticism.Material will be considered within cultural andhistorical contexts. Offered alternate years. V.1.ARTH 213 (3)–Early Renaissance Art inItalyArea II, Renaissance and BaroquePrerequisite: First-year students with permission.An introduction to the art of the EarlyRenaissance in Italy. Examples of painting, sculpture,architecture, and printmaking produced inItaly between 1200 and 1500 will be examined.Offered every third semester. V.1, V.6a.ARTH 214 (3)–High Renaissance andMannerist Art in ItalyArea II, Renaissance and BaroquePrerequisite: First-year students with permission.An introduction to the art of the HighRenaissance and Mannerist period in Italy.Examples of painting, sculpture, architecture, andprintmaking produced in Italy between 1500 and1600 will be examined. Offered every third semester.V.1, V.6a.ARTH 217 (3)–European Art in the 17thCenturyArea II, Renaissance and BaroquePrerequisite: First-year students with permission.An introduction to the art of WesternEurope in the 17th century. Examples of painting,sculpture, architecture, and printmakingproduced in Italy, France, Germany, Britain,Spain, and the Netherlands between 1600 and1700 will be examined in detail. Offered everythird semester. V.1, V.6a.ARTH 221 (3)–American Arts IArea III, 18th Century to the PresentA study of the artistic development of theUnited States from the Colonial period through129­