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Course ListingsFall 2012Art HistoryFAH 0001ART HISTORY TO 1700(Cross-listed as REL 4.) Major monuments and themes of world art andarchitecture from ancient times to 1700. How art functioned in relationto civilizations and religions; how images and buildings expressed andserved the beliefs of Greco-Roman polytheism, Judaism, Christianity,Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Mesoamericancivilizations; how artifacts were created and viewed; how power wasinvested in images and how these images affect us today. Includes fieldtrips to local museums.Sections01797 FAH 000101 EMW Hoffman, Eva R 1.0 Required ToRegister ForOneSection;c-listRel403689 FAH 0001A KM Staff 0.0 RequiresSection For Fah000103690 FAH 0001B MM Staff 0.0 RequiredSection For Fah000103691 FAH 0001C FT Staff 0.0 RequiredSection For Fah000103692 FAH 0001D LT Staff 0.0 RequiredSection For Fah000103693 FAH 0001E IW Staff 0.0 RequiredSection Of Fah000103695 FAH 0001G JR Staff 0.0 RequiredSection For Fah000103696 FAH 0001H EF Staff 0.0 RequiredSection For Fah0001FAH 0004INTRO TO ARTS OF AFRICASurvey of the diverse arts of Africa from antiquity to the present. Eachclass is devoted to a single civilization, emphasizing the ways the visualarts function with respect to larger cultural issues. Within this context,students consider the relationship of art to religion, cosmology, gender,identity, and political power, as well as the representation of the "other."Offered in alternate years.Sections03697 FAH 000401 G+ Probst, Peter 1.0FAH 0005INTRO ARTS OF ASIA(Cross-listed as REL 5.) Major monuments and themes in the religiousand secular arts of India, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, China, Korea,and Japan: their meaning and place in cultural history. Focus onindigenous developments and cross-cultural influences. Offered inalternate years.Sections03698 FAH 000501 K+ Kaminishi, Ikum 1.0 Cap 14 SeatsFAH 0007INTRO LATIN AMER ARTArt and visual culture of Mexico and Latin America from the colonial erato the present. The role of art in the development of cultural identities indifferent Latin American contexts; the role of art in sustaining real andimagined historical narratives including the revival of preconquest andcontemporary indigenous/folk culture; the struggle between religiousand secular, nationalist, and international avant-garde artistic currents.The social and ideological uses of art and the representation of race,ethnicity, class, and gender.Sections01798 FAH 000701 I+MW Zavala, Adriana 1.0Tufts University Course Listings, Fall 2012FAH 0008INTRO TO ARCHITECTUREA survey of the history of architecture covering major architects,buildings, theories, and urban and landscape developments from theRenaissance through Postmodernism. Emphasis on European andAmerican architectural history within its social and global contexts.Introduction to basic methods of architectural analysis.Sections01799 FAH 000801 J+ Solan, Victoria 1.0FAH 0011BUDDHIST ART(Cross-listed as REL 11.) A survey of the Buddhist art of India, China,and Japan. Painting, sculpture, and architecture in relation to changingliturgical requirements. Changes in form and iconography that occurredwhen Buddhism encountered indigenous traditions. Offered in alternateyears.Sections03699 FAH 001101 J+ Kaminishi, Ikum 1.0FAH 0021EARLY ISLAMIC ART(Cross-listed as REL 23.) A survey of the visual arts in Muslim landsfrom Spain to Central Asia between the seventh and thirteenthcenturies, emphasizing the role of visual arts in the formation andexpression of cultural identity. Painting, sculpture, architecture, and theportable arts of ceramics, ivory, metalwork, and manuscript illustrationwill be considered. Topics will include the uses of figural and non-figuralimagery; calligraphy and ornament; religious and secular art; public andprivate art; the art of the court and the art of the urban middle class; andthe status, use, and meaning of the portable arts. (May be taken at 100level.)Sections01801 FAH 002101 I+MW Hoffman, Eva R 1.0 Lower Level OfDual Level Crs;Cross-listed Rel23FAH 0023BYZANTINE ARTIntroduction to the art and architecture of the Byzantine empire, c. 326to 1453. Considers a range of media, including icons, illuminatedmanuscripts, sculpture, church architecture, metalwork, ivories, andtextiles. Location of these artistic traditions within their social andhistorical context, focusing on issues such as imperial ideology,patronage, art and devotion, secular art, classical revivals, culturalinteraction, and the role of images in Byzantine society. (May be takenat 100 level with consent; see below.)Sections03700 FAH 002301 H+ Maranci, Christ 1.0 Lower Level OfDual LevelCourse 23/123FAH 0041AGE OF REMBRANDT&BERNINIThe arts of seventeenth-century Catholic Europe (Italy and Spain) andHolland in the context of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.The religious use and prohibition of images; the rise of secular artforms, private collecting, and the art market. (May be taken at 100 levelwith consent; see below.)Sections04010 FAH 004101 F+ Knaap, Antien 1.0FAH 0055CONTEMP ART SINCE 1960Major art movements in Europe and America from the 1960s throughthe early 2000s. Discussions of the major works of avant-garde art andits criticism, from Abstract Expressionism through the postmodernpractices of conceptual art, feminist art, performance art, andsite-specific installation art. Analysis of works of art in terms of formalissues, the art-critical debates in which they were produced, and theirimportance for current art production. (May be taken at 100 level withconsent; see below.)SectionsPage 14