2007-08 - Pitzer College

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professor on the selection of the senior project, development of work for the project, and
presentation in the senior exhibition. Restricted to senior Studio Art majors. Program fee: $40. Spring,
K. Miller.
Art History Courses—Pitzer, Pomona, Scripps
Clas 161. Greek Art and Archaeology. (See Classics 161) Fall, S. Glass.
51A, B, C. Introduction to the History of Art. Asks how the visual cultures of past times
related to those of the present. Critically examines the modern notion of “Art.” Proceeds
chronologically and globally with examples from Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia.
Course may be taken in any order. 51A: Prehistory through Ancient times in the
Mediterranean world. 51B: European Middle Ages. 51C: From ca, 1200 to the Present.
51A [not offered 2007-08], 51B, Fall, J. Emerick (Pomona); 51C, Fall, G. Gorse
(Pomona)/Spring, Staff.
52. Monuments of Asia. Survey of major monuments from Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic
Asia. Lectures focus on the artistic significance and social context of such religious sites
as Sanchi, Horyuji, Angkor Wat and the Taj Mahal. Spring, B. Coats (Scripps).
67 CH. Contemporary Chicano Art and Its Antecedents. Chicano art as an autonomous
offspring of Mexican art. The influence of Mexican muralists and other Mexican artists
depicting the dramatic changes brought by the revolution. Spring, P. Botello (Pomona).
130. Pre-Columbian Art of Meso-America. J. Cordova (Pomona). [not offered 2007-08]
132. Conquest, Colonialism, and the Visual Arts of Latin America. The art of Pre-
Columbian Latin America encompasses a myriad of objects, images, and monuments
made over thousands of years by distinct groups and cultures in North and South
America and the Caribbean. This course is designed to introduce you specifically to the
art, architecture, and cultures of Mesoamerica—a region that encompasses modern-day
Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and parts of El Salvador. J. Cordova (Pomona).
[not offered 2007-08]
134. The Visual Culture of Latin America. This course examines Latin America’s visual
production, from pre-Hispanic times to the present. It is intended to equip students with
a broad frame of reference for many periods of art and to engender an understanding of
the cultural, political, religious, and social issues that give these objects meaning.
Fall, J. Cordova (Pomona).
135. Savages, Sages, and the Book in Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America. In
this course we will examine pre-Hispanic writing systems and learn how to “read”
central Mexican Divinatory and historical manuscripts. We will then consider the social,
cultural, and intellectual consequences that colonialism and the introduction of alphabetic
text had in the Americas. Spring, J. Cordova (Pomona).
137.Tradition and Transformation in Native North American Art. This course offers an
introductory survey of the visual and material culture of the Native peoples of North
America in terms of materials, technique, cultural, historical, and philosophical/spiritual
contexts. This class will also consider patterns of cultural contact and transformation, the
collecting of Native American art, Federal government Indian policy and education
institutions, and modern and contemporary Native American art and cultural activism.
Spring, B. Anthes.
139. Seminar: Topics in Native American Art History: Native American Painting.
Examines in-depth one or more themes or critical issues in Native American Art History,
or collection of artworks from a local collection or cultural center. Fall 2007 topic: Native
American Paintings, with particular focus on the Hartley Burr Alexander collection of
Plains and Pueblo watercolors in Denison Library Special Collections. Fall, B. Anthes.
140. Arts of Africa. A survey of African art and architecture exploring ethnic and cultural
diversity. Emphasis on the social, political, and religious dynamics that foster art
production at specific historical moments. Critical study of Western art historical
approaches and methods used to study Africa. Spring, P. Jackson (Pomona).
141A BK. Seminar: (Re)presenting Africa: Art, History and Film. The seminar centers on
post-colonial African films to examine (re)presentations of the people, arts, cultures and
socio-political histories of Africa and its Diaspora. Course critically examines the
cinematic themes, aesthetics, styles and schools of African and African Diasporic
filmmakers. Offered alternate years. P. Jackson (Pomona). [not offered 2007-08]
141B BK. Africana Cinema: Through the Documentary Lens. Course examines
documentary films and videos created by filmmakers from Africa and the African
Diaspora (United States, Britain and Caribbean). Topics include: history and aesthetics of
documentary filmmaking, documentary as art, the narrative documentary, docu-drama,
cinema verite, biography, autobiography and historical documentary. Offered alternate
years. P. Jackson (Pomona). [not offered 2007-08]
144B BK. Daughters of Africa: Art, Cinema, Theory, Love. Course examines visual arts
and cultural criticism produced by women from Africa and the African Diaspora (North
America, Caribbean & Europe). Students identify and analyze aesthetic values, key
represented themes, visual conventions, symbolic codes and stylistic approaches created
from feminism’s spirited love of Blackness, Africanness and justice. Complement to
BLCK144A. Prerequisite: Completion of one Asian American, Black Studies, Chicano
Studies or Gender and Women’s Studies course. Fall, P. Jackson (Pomona).
147. Topics in Media Theory 1. A close examination of theories of media analysis, with
an emphasis on the visual arts (painting, photography, film, video, installation art,
performance art, conceptual art, art museums). Topics change from year to year. Course
may be repeated for credit as topics vary. Prerequisite: one Media Studies or Art History
course. Same course as MS 147. Topic: The Original and the Copy: Authenticity, Imitation,
and Appropriate in Visual Culture. Mullens (Pomona). [not offered 2007-08]
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