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 University of Calgary Calendar 2009-2010 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION Course Descriptions A Art History ARHI
Art History ARHI

Instruction offered by members of the Department of Art in the Faculty of Fine Arts.

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Junior Courses
 
Art History 201       Survey of Western Art in its Cultural Context: Prehistory to the Later Middle Ages
A chronological examination of art and architecture in relation to significant historical and cultural events from Pre-history to about 1300 C.E.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
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Art History 203       Survey of Western Art in its Cultural Context: Proto-Renaissance to Neo-Classicism
A chronological examination of art and architecture (with some reference to the other arts) in relation to significant historical and cultural events from about 1300 to about 1800.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
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Art History 209       Art: World War II to the Present
A chronological examination of Western art in relation to significant historical and cultural events from WWII to the present
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Notes: Restricted to students in programs offered by the Department of Art
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Senior Courses
 
Art History 301       Art of Canada: 1600-1900
Forms and concepts in art in Canada from the Early French and English Colonial periods to 1900.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Art History 201 and 203, or consent of the Department.
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Art History 303       Art of Canada: 1900 to the Present
Forms and concepts in Canadian art from 1900 to the present; the Group of Seven, Nationalism, Regionalism and more recent developments in Canadian art.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Art History 201 and 203, or consent of the Department.
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Art History 305       Architecture of Canada to 1900
A chronological, thematic and regional examination of architectural developments in Canada to c.1900.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Art History 201 and 203, or consent of the Department.
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Art History 309       Architecture of Canada since 1900
A chronological, thematic and regional examination of Canadian architecture since c.1900.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Art History 201 and 203, or consent of the Department.
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Art History 313       Art from 1880 - World War II (1939-1945)
Forms and concepts in western art from the late 19th century to the Second World War (1939-1945)
Course Hours: H)3-0)
Antirequisite(s): Credit for both Art History 313 and Art History  will not be allowed.
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Art History 323       Survey of Far Eastern Art: India and Related Civilizations
A chronological examination of the art and architecture of ancient India and related civilizations, with special emphasis on Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic art.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
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Art History 325       Survey of Far Eastern Art: China and Related Civilizations
A chronological examination of the art and architecture of ancient China and related civilizations, with special emphasis on Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist art.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
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Art History 327       Renaissance Art
A chronological examination of the arts and architecture from the Proto-Renaissance in Italy to the threshold of the High Renaissance (c. 1300-1500). Special attention will be given to the artistic cultures of Florence and Flanders.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Art History 201 and 203, or consent of the Department.
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Art History 329       High Renaissance and Mannerism
A chronological examination of the arts and architecture from about 1500 to the end of the 16th Century. Special attention will be given to the key artistic personalities representing the High Renaissance and Mannerism in northern and southern Europe.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Art History 201 and 203, or consent of the Department.
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Art History 357       Italian Baroque Art
A chronological examination of the art and architecture during the 17th Century. Special attention will be given to Rome.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Art History 201 and 203, or consent of the Department.
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Art History 359       Northern Baroque and Rococo Art
A chronological examination of the art and architecture in northern Europe from c. 1600 to 1789.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Art History 201 and 203, or consent of the Department.
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Art History 365       Survey of Far Eastern Art: Japan
A chronological examination of the art and architecture of dynastic Japan, with special emphasis on Shinto and Buddhist traditions.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
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Art History 367       Native North American Art in its Cultural Context
Survey of the forms and purposes of Native art in Woodlands, Plains, Northwest Coast and Southwest cultures throughout the prehistoric and historic periods and in conjunction with a study of cultural development and change.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
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Art History 369       Northern and Inuit Sculpture in its Cultural Context
Focus on the three-dimensional artistic expression of the prehistoric to contemporary Eskimo and Inuit of Canada, Greenland and Alaska, based on Arctic cultural history and archaeology.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
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Art History 405       Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century Art
A chronological examination of European painting and sculpture from the late eighteenth century through the Romantic period.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Art History 203 or consent of the Department.
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Art History 407       Mid to Late Nineteenth Century Art
A chronological examination of European painting and sculpture of the Realist, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist periods.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Art History 201 and 203, or consent of the Department.
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Art History 411       Selected Topics in the History of Art

Topics to be announced. Possible topics include: The Art of Michelangelo, Surrealism, Abstract Art in Canada, Painting in New York from WW II to Present, Art of the West African Sudan, The Canadian Landscape.

411.01. Selected Topics in the His tory of Art I

411.02. Selected Topics in the History of Art II
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Three full-course equivalents in Art History or consent of the Department.
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Art History 415       Modern Art: From the End of the First World War through the 1950s
Study of the forms and concepts in painting, sculpture, and architecture from the end of the First World War through the 1950s.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Art History 201 and 203 or consent of the Department.
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Art History 419       Photography in the Nineteenth Century
Origins of photography and its development as technology and art up to 1900.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
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Art History 423       Photography in the Twentieth Century
The development of photography from 1900 to the present, with attention to the theory and criticism of photography as an art form.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
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Art History 425       Architecture in the Western World Since 1900
A survey of the most significant examples of modern architecture, defining their stylistic character in light of developments in technology, the history of ideas, and social and historical factors.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Art History 201 and 203, or consent of the Department.
Notes: Not open to students with credit in Environmental Design Architecture 525 or Environmental Design 683.15.
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Art History 469       Graphic and Textile Arts of the Inuit
An in-depth examination of the graphic and textile arts of the Canadian Inuit, including comparisons with these areas in Alaska and Greenland, based in part on Inuit legends and traditions.
Course Hours: H(3-3)
Notes: Some background knowledge in Inuit Culture is recommended.
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Art History 501       Independent Research in Art History I
Independent research projects for advanced students in art history.
Course Hours: H(0-3T)
Prerequisite(s): Five full-course equivalents in Art History and/or consent of the Department.
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Art History 503       Independent Research in Art History II
Continuation of Art 501.
Course Hours: H(0-3T)
Prerequisite(s): Art History 501 or consent of the Department.
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Art History 511       Seminar in the History of Art
Topics to be announced. Possible topics include: The Art of Bernini, Cubism, The Group of Seven in Canada.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Four full-course equivalents in Art History including 411, or consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Graduate Courses
 
Art History 613       Independent Study in Art History

Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Art History 615       Conference Course in Art History
Specialized study in an area of art history selected on the basis of particular interest and need.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Art History 617       Thesis Development
A reading and conference course in the student's research area.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
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