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Visual culture is examined from a global and thematic perspective in order for students to gain a better understanding of how art communicates ideas, values, and beliefs. Students will develop visual and conceptual skills essential for analyzing and critically interpreting a wide range of visual...

This course is a chronological survey of the visual art and architecture of Europe and North America in the 19th century. The course familiarizes students with academic, salon, and avant-garde art with an emphasis on the dominance of French art. Issues of gender, class, and race are addressed in...

This course is a chronological survey of western painting, sculpture, and architecture from Prehistory to the Renaissance. Art works will be studied in the context of the political, economic, and social developments of each period.

This course is an introductory, chronological survey of the ceramics, sculpture, architecture, and painting of India, China, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Central Asia, Tibet, and Southeast Asia. The art will be studied in relation to the political, social, and cultural contexts from prehistoric times to...

This course is a study of the art and architecture of Renaissance Italy from the late 13th century through to the 16th century.

What is Canada and how is Canadian art defined? This and other debates will be examined in a chronological survey or Canadian art from the 18th century to the present. This course will engage students with Canadian art in relation to issues of nationalism, colonialism, race, gender, and cultural...

Galleries and museums are complex social and cultural institutions that collect, display, and interpret objects for and with diverse audiences. In this course students explore the history, theory, and practice of curating in art, history, anthropology, and interdisciplinary galleries and museums...

These numbers are reserved for art history courses that may be offered from time to time by: a) art history faculty who may wish to present a course in their speciality; or b) visiting art history lecturers.Announcements regarding AHIS 1195 offerings will be made in the Registration Guide and Course...

This course examines various artworks and critically evaluates primary relationships to areas of concern such as location, artistic impact, stylization, mythology, historic ideology, and finally the importance of the artistic achievements themselves. Specific monuments will be established by the...

This course examines themes encountered in visual culture with an emphasis on issues of power, politics, race, social class, and the body. The relationship between visual imagery and the social context in which it is created will be examined in order to foster critical interpretation.