Art History Department
The Department of Art History offers courses in the art and architecture of all the principal periods and areas of Western history, including classical antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, modern European, American, African American, and contemporary. Non-Western fields of study include ancient Egyptian, ancient American, African, Caribbean, and Islamic art. Some museum experience can be gained through course work as well as internships at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, the High Museum of Art, and similar institutions in the Atlanta area. The department conducts annual summer programs away from Atlanta that can be taken for full credit. The locations, which vary, have recently been in France and Italy. Interested students should contact the department for further information.
Faculty
- Chair/Director
- Walter MelionP7434717Asa Griggs Candler Professor
Education
- BA, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1975
- MA, University of California at Berkeley, 1978
- PhD, University of California at Berkeley, 1988
Department
- Art History, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- Northern Renaissance and Baroque
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Dorothy FletcherP9327479Senior Lecturer
Education
- BA, University of Wisconsin, 1966
- MA, University of Wisconsin, 1971
Department
- Art History, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- art history survey
- Core Faculty
- C.Jean CampbellP3360169Professor
Education
- BA, University of Toronto, 1984
- MA, The Johns Hopkins University, 1986
- PhD, The Johns Hopkins University, 1992
Departments
- Art History, Core Faculty
- Medieval Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- Renaissance art
Todd CronanP2757930Assistant ProfessorEducation
- BA, University of California, Berkeley, 1994
- MA, The John Hopkins University, 2002
- PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2005
Department
- Art History, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- European Art between 1880 and 1950
Dorothy FletcherP9327479Senior LecturerEducation
- BA, University of Wisconsin, 1966
- MA, University of Wisconsin, 1971
Department
- Art History, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- art history survey
Sarah McPheeP2389434Winship Distinguished ProfessorEducation
- BA, Harvard University, 1982
- MA, Columbia University, 1988
- MPhil, Columbia University, 1989
Department
- Art History, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- Baroque and seventeeth-century European art
Walter MelionP7434717Asa Griggs Candler ProfessorEducation
- BA, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1975
- MA, University of California at Berkeley, 1978
- PhD, University of California at Berkeley, 1988
Department
- Art History, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- Northern Renaissance and Baroque
Elizabeth PastanP8067551Associate ProfessorEducation
- BA, Smith College, 1977
- MA, Columbia University, 1979
- PhD, Brown University, 1986
Departments
- Art History, Core Faculty
- Medieval Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- medieval and Islamic art and architecture
Rosemary (Gay) RobinsP7497891Samuel Candler Dobbs ProfessorEducation
- Ph.D, University of Cambridge, 1982
- D.Phil, University of Oxford, 1981
- BA, University of Durham, 1975
- BA, University of Durham, 1972
Departments
- Art History, Core Faculty
- Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Core Faculty
Judith RohrerP4203588Associate ProfessorEducation
- BA, Stanford University, 1965
- MA, Columbia University, 1969
- PhD, Columbia University, 1984
Department
- Art History, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- modern and contemporary architecture
Rebecca StoneP2118382Massee-Martin/NEH Distinguished Teaching ProfessorEducation
- BA, University of Michigan, 1979
- MA, Yale University, 1982
- PhD, Yale University, 1987
Departments
- Art History, Core Faculty
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interest
- ancient American art
Eric VarnerP1884671Associate ProfessorEducation
- AB, Princeton University, 1985
- MPhil, Yale University, 1988
- PhD, Yale University, 1993
Departments
- Classics, Core Faculty
- Art History, Core Faculty
- Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Core Faculty
- Medieval Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- art history
- classics
- Roman art and archeology
Molly WarnockP3789871Assistant ProfessorEducation
- Ph.D, Johns Hopkins University, 2009
Department
- Art History, Core Faculty
Bonna WescoatP8556958ProfessorEducation
- BA, Smith College, 1976
- MA, University of London, 1977
- MPhil, University of Oxford, 1979
- DPhil, University of Oxford, 1983
Departments
- Art History, Core Faculty
- Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- Greek art and architecture
- archaeology
Courses
- Art History 100-Level Courses
- ARTHIST 101: Art/Arch Prehistory To RenaissGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionFall. General survey with focus on painting, sculpture, and architecture of major civilizations, including ancient Egypt, the ancient Americas, Greece, Rome, Byzantium and Islam, as well as that of Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance Europe.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture and Related Component
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Scheduled Related Component
- Recitation or discussion section
- Weekly Contact Minutes in Related Component
- 50 - 90
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 102: Art/Arch Renaiss To PresentGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionSpring. General survey with focus on major art movements since the Renaissance in the West and elsewhere: Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Expressionism, Surrealism; nineteenth century through contemporary United States; sub-Saharan Africa; Harlem Renaissance.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture and Related Component
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Scheduled Related Component
- Recitation or discussion section
- Weekly Contact Minutes in Related Component
- 50 - 90
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 103: Understanding ArchitectureGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn introduction to architecture considering the built environment we experience daily as well as historical buildings and practices. We will study architecture as a process of design, negotiation, construction, and reception and explore critical and social issues of representation and meaning.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 190: Freshman Seminar:Art HistoryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- FSEM
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionLimited to freshmen and introductory in nature, these seminars may feature discussion, readings, museum visits, and presentations. Previous offerings have included
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Art History 200-Level Courses
- ARTHIST 210: Intro to Graphics and CADGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn introduction to drafting, modeling, rendering and animation in which students explore the potential of the computer as an active analytical and design instrument. We take a hands-on approach, focusing on two projects selected according to students' own disciplinary interests.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 213: Anc't Egypt Art 3000 - 1550,BCGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn introduction to the art of ancient Egypt from the late Predynastic Period through the Old and Middle Kingdoms to the end of the Second Intermediate Period.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 214: Anc Egyptian Art 1550 - 30 BCGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn introduction to the art of ancient Egypt from the beginning of the New Kingdom to the conquest of Egypt by Rome.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 220: Bronze Age GreeceGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionThe material culture of the Greek Bronze Age architecture. ceramic, glyptic, sculpture, and metalwork; an investigation of the human activities surrounding these artifacts, the cultural systems in which they operated, the conditions and methods of production use and exchange.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 221: Ancient Greek Art/ArchitectureGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn investigation of ancient Greek art and architecture from its Dark Ages beginnings through the legacy of Alexander the Great, concentrating on the creation of monumental stone sculpture and ordered buildings, the visual interpretation of Greek mythology in painting and relief sculpture, the interaction of art and politics, of architecture and ritual, the dissemination of Greek art across the Mediterranean, and the history of archaeological discovery.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 222: Art & Architec Of Ancient RomeGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionThe Roman genius for cultural assimilation and innovative techniques transformed the art of the ancient Mediterranean. The course investigates major achievements in sculpture, painting, and architecture and their resonances with Roman politics, society, and religion.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- ARTHIST 225: Anc't Mesoamerican Art/ArchGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionIntroduction to the art and architecture of ancient Mesoamerica (lower Mexico and upper Central America), particularly the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec cultures. Includes artworks in jade, ceramic, stone, obsidian, and bone from the Carlos Museum.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 226: Anc't South & Central Amer ArtGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionIntroduction to the art and architecture of ancient Central and South America (Northern and Central Andes) with emphasis on Costa Rica and Peru. Art of various media in the Carlos Museum collection will be featured.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 231: Early Medieval Art, 200-900General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionExplores of the world of late antiquity including the Roman mystery cults, arts of the Jews and early Christians. From these diverse beginnings, we will examine the rise of major new cultural centers in Ravenna, Byzantium, the British Isles, and Damascus.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- ARTHIST 232: Monastery&Cathedral,900-1300General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionArts of the Romanesque and Gothic period, including architecture, sculpture, stained glass, and manuscript illumination. Major topics include the revival of monumental sculpture, the cult of relics, the rise of urban centers, and the development of a stone-vaulted architecture.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 233: Introducing Medieval BuildingsGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionMedieval architecture revolutionized the building techniques and aesthetic principles employed in the ancient world. These spaces served new practices, worshipers and pilgrims. This course examines how and why these soaring cathedrals, Byzantine churches and Islamic mosques came about.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- ARTHIST 241: Northern Renaissance ArtGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionInnovations in painting and sculpture of Germany and the Low Countries between 1400 and 1600; emphasis on methods of verisimilar imitation, on art as an instrument of soul formation, on the rise of new pictorial genres.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 242: Italian Renaissance Art/Arch.General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn introduction to the art and architecture of Italy from the late thirteenth century to the middle of the sixteenth, featuring such artists as Giotto, Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Titian.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 244: Art in Renaissance EuropeGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn introduction to the masters who transformed the visual arts in Europe between 1400 and 1600, from the age of Jan van Eyck to that of Michelangelo and his followers.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 251: Arch/City Plan EuropeGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionArchitectural styles and urban design in such centers as Rome, Venice, Turin, Paris, Versailles, London, Bath, Dublin, Vienna, Berlin, and Leningrad. Architects include Bramante, Sansovino, Palladio, Michelangelo, Bernini, Boromini, Cortona, Longhena, Mansart, Wren, von Erlach, Neumann, and Gabriel.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 252: European Painting, 1590-1789General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionPainting in Italy, Spain, France, Flanders, Holland, and England to the time of the French Revolution. Emphasis on the production of such artists as Caravaggio, Rubens, Poussin, El Greco, Velasquez, Hals, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Vermeer, Watteau, Fragonard, Boucher, and Greuze.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 259R: Hist Perspect./Euro Art TopicsGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionThe cultural context of selected traditions of European art and architecture, from ancient Mediterranean to eighteenth century, exploring the interplay of culture with historical circumstances. May be repeated when topic changes.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 259RW: Hist Perspect./Euro Art TopicsGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- HSCW
Course DescriptionThe cultural context of selected traditions of European art and architecture, from ancient Mediterranean to eighteenth century, exploring the interplay of culture with historical circumstances. May be repeated when topic changes.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ARTHIST 261: Eur In The Age Of RevolutionGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn introductory survey of European art and architecture (with some consideration of the decorative arts) from the Louis XV period through the age of revolution. Concentration on neoclassicism and romanticism in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 262: Eur In The Late 19th CenturyGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionFocused survey of European art from the second half of the nineteenth century. Artists discussed include Courbet, Manet, Monet, Degas, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Cézanne, and Rodin and the movements associated with them including Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Symbolism. The integration of art with political, philosophical and cultural currents of the time will be stressed, as will the evolution of modernism.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 265: Europe In The 20th CenturyGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionFocused survey of modernist and avant-garde art in France, Germany, Russia, Netherlands and Italy with an emphasis on the critical concepts and the aesthetic, social, and historical implications of these cultural activities. Movements and tendencies include Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Dada, Constructivism, and Surrealism. Writings by artists and critics will be considered in relation to the art.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 265W: Europe In The 20th CenturyGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionFocused survey of modernist and avant-garde art in France, Germany, Russia, Netherlands and Italy with an emphasis on the critical concepts and the aesthetic, social, and historical implications of these cultural activities. Movements and tendencies include Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Dada, Constructivism, and Surrealism. Writings by artists and critics will be considered in relation to the art.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ARTHIST 266: Contemp Europe And AmericaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionFocused survey of avant-garde developments in the visual arts from 1945 to the present, ranging from painting and sculpture to architecture, photography, and video, with emphasis on the critical concepts and the aesthetic, social, and historical implications of these cultural activities. Movements and tendencies include Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Color-field painting, Minimalism, Conceptual Art, Postminimalism, Earthworks, Performance Art, Postmodernism, and feminist art.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 271: Amer Art/Arch Before Civ WarGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAmerican painting, sculpture, and architecture of the Colonial, Federal and early Victorian periods. Topics include the work of John Singleton Copley, Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Latrobe, A. J. Downing, William Sidney Mount, and Winslow Homer.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 272: Century After The Civil WarGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAmerican painting, sculpture, and architecture of the later Victorian and modern periods. Topics include the work of John Singer Sargent, J. A. M. Whistler, Thomas Eakins, H. H. Richardson, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Georgia O¿Keeffe.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 273: Survey Of American PaintingGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionA survey of U.S. painting and its context from the colonial period to within two decades of the present. Artists considered include Copley, Peale, Church, Eakins, Whistler, Ryder, O'Keeffe, Hopper, Pollock, Rauschenberg, Rothko, and others.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 275: Mod Architecture: 1880 - 1945General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn introduction to the history and interpretation of major developments in architectural theory and practice in Europe and the United States from the late nineteenth century to World War II.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 280: Arts Of Black Atlantic WorldGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn introduction to the visual and performative arts of major West African civilizations and their cultural descendants in the Americas.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 282: Art Of East & Southern AfricaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionVisual arts and architecture of Africa from the Horn to the Cape of Good Hope with emphases on the major monuments of early coastal and southern African states, the visual culture of pastoralism and foragers and their associated body arts and rock paintings, and the development of postcolonial art forms in urban and rural areas.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 285: Contemp Caribb/Latin Amer ArtGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionPainting, sculpture, the graphic arts, photography, and architecture from Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica in the Caribbean; Venezuela, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile, and Brazil in South America, and Mexico.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 289: Perspect Non-West Art TopicsGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionFocuses on one of several diverse, non-European art historical traditions, such as ancient Egypt, pre-Hispanic Americas, medieval Islam, Oceania, and sub-Saharan Africa. May be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 289W: Perspect Non-West Art TopicsGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionFocuses on one of several diverse, non-European art historical traditions, such as ancient Egypt, pre-Hispanic Americas, medieval Islam, Oceania, and sub-Saharan Africa. May be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ARTHIST 290R: Sem:Art&Arch America/EuropeGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionMonuments and art collections studied in important cities such as Amsterdam, London, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, and Venice. Details can be obtained from the art history department. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Study abroad course
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 200
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Art History 300-Level Courses
- ARTHIST 318: Natural Science IllustrationGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionContact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 319R: Spec Stud:Ancient Egyptian ArtGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionTopics could include the treasures of Tutankhamun; images of women in Egyptian art; and the art of New Kingdom Egypt. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 329: Topics Art Of Class AntiquityGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionTopics could include ancient sanctuaries; early Greece: real and imagined and religious festivals; myth and art in ancient Greece; and Greek architecture. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Directed study component for each student
- ARTHIST 329W: Topics Art Of Class AntiquityGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 5
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- HSCW
Course DescriptionTopics could include ancient sanctuaries; early Greece: real and imagined and religious festivals; myth and art in ancient Greece; and Greek architecture. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Directed study component for each student
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ARTHIST 335: Spec Stud:Ancient Amer Art HisGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionTopics include textiles of the Americas; sculpture and museology; Aztec and Inka art; art and shamanism. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 339R: Spec Stud:Medieval Art HistGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionTopics include: Medieval Monumental Stained Glass, Hagiography,and Manuscript Illumination. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 340: Gothic Art And ArchitectureGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionThe Gothic cathedral has been portrayed as a symbol of the Heavenly Jerusalem, a masterpiece of structural engineering, the reflection of Scholastic ideals, and a visual Bible for the poor. This course will explore all aspects of this artistic endeavor, with an emphasis on French monuments of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 345: The Formation Of Islamic ArtGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn introduction to the early formative period of Islamic art in the sixth through the thirteenth centuries, drawing upon architecture, ceramics, textiles, metalwork, and manuscript illumination.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 349: Spec Stud:Renaissance Art HistGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionTopics in Italian or Northern art, ranging from Giotto to Pieter Bruegel. From artistic centers such as Florence, Rome, and Venice, to Bruges, Antwerp, and Haarlem. May be repeated for credit when topic changes up to a maximum of twelve hours.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- ARTHIST 349W: Spec Stud:Renaissance Art HistGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- HSCW
Course DescriptionTopics in Italian or Northern art, ranging from Giotto to Pieter Bruegel. From artistic centers such as Florence, Rome, and Venice, to Bruges, Antwerp, and Haarlem. May be repeated for credit when topic changes up to a maximum of twelve hours.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ARTHIST 355: Afric Art/Architec After 1500General Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionTraditional genres of African art with a focus on masks and figure sculpture in West and Central African city-states and chiefdoms from 1500 to European colonization. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 359: Spec Stud:17th/18th Cent ArtGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionTopics could include problems in the study of Rubens; poetics and painting; the Carraci reform of art and its consequences; and problems in the study of Rembrandt. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Directed study component for each student
- ARTHIST 363: Lit & Visual Culture in JapanGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn exploration of the complex interactions between written texts and the visual arts in Japan from the classical era to the present. Discussion will include prose, poetry, printing, picture scrolls, calligraphy, woodblock prints, and film.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- ARTHIST 363W: Lit & Visual Culture in JapanGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn exploration of the complex interactions between written texts and the visual arts in Japan from the classical era to the present. Discussion will include prose, poetry, printing, picture scrolls, calligraphy, woodblock prints, and film.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ARTHIST 365: Postcolonial African ArtGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionTreatment of the major issues raised by the new genres of art that have resulted from the African experience of European colonization. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 367: 20th C African American ArtGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionDevelopments in African American art in the United States in the twentieth century considering the key artists/movement/moments and larger themes in African American society and culture. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 369: Spec Stud:19th/20th Cent ArtGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionPossible topics: from David to Manet; Post-Impressionism and its consequences; Matisse & Picasso; Art and Politics Between the Wars; Dada and Surrealism; Constructivism; The Avant-Garde; Abstract Art; What is Art?; Theories of Modernism. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 369W: Spec Stud:19th/20th Cent ArtGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- HSCW
Course DescriptionPossible topics: from David to Manet; Post-Impressionism and its consequences; Matisse & Picasso; Art and Politics Between the Wars; Dada and Surrealism; Constructivism; The Avant-Garde; Abstract Art; What is Art?; Theories of Modernism. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ARTHIST 373: The Russian AvantgardeGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HSC
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionKnowledge of Russian is not required. Introduction to interdisciplinary study of twentieth-century Russian literature and the visual arts, with focus upon issues of art and politics, time, space, and identity in symbolist, supermatist, constructivist, socialist realist, and post-Soviet "vision". In English.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture and Related Component
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Weekly Film Screenings, Gallery Talks or Special Assignments
- ARTHIST 379R: Spec Studies American ArtGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionTopics could include romanticism in England and the United States, issues in American painting; African diaspora ritual arts; and African American painting and sculpture. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 387: Conservatn/Cultrl PropertiesGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionAn introductory course that provides students with a basic knowledge of the physical nature of museum collections, what factors cause their deterioration, and the various methods used for their preservation.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 389R: Spec Studi African Art ArchGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionCredit, two to four hours. Topics could include African art and architecture; colonial and contemporary African art; and arts of ancient Africa. May be repeated for credit when topic changes, up to a maximum of twelve hours.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- ARTHIST 393R: Special Studies History of ArtGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionAdvanced seminars dealing with various specialized problems in the history of art from antiquity to modern times, such as individual artists, genres (e.g. portraiture, landscape); themes (e.g. theory, iconography); artistic movements and museum studies. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Directed study component for each student
- ARTHIST 397R: Internship In History Of ArtGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Credit, one to four hour per semester. Interns must be approved by the art history department for internships with the Georgia Intern Program, the Michael C. Carlos Museum, the High Museum of Art, and elsewhere. May be repeated for credit with permission from the director of internships, up to a maximum of twelve hours. 50 hours for 1 credit (approx 4 hours per week) 100 hours for 2 credits (approx 8 hours per week) 150 hours for 3 credits (approx 10 hours per week) 200 hours for 4 credits (approx 14 hours per week)
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Experiential
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- variable
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ARTHIST 398R: Supervised Reading & ResearchGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 12
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionCredit, two to four hours. Reading and research projects decided upon between the student and a member of the faculty, with final approval from the chair. May be repeated for credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Undergraduate research
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- variable
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Art History 400-Level Courses
- ARTHIST 470R: Sem:Ancient Mediterr/AnatolianGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionAdvanced seminar with emphasis on critical texts, methods, and techniques of art historical investigation. For art history majors; open to others with permission from the instructor.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Directed study component for each student
- ARTHIST 470RW: Sem:Ancient Mediterr/AnatolianGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- HSCW
Course DescriptionAdvanced seminar with emphasis on critical texts, methods, and techniques of art historical investigation. For art history majors; open to others with permission from the instructor.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Directed study component for each student
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ARTHIST 475: Sem:Med/Euro/Renais/BaroqueGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionAdvanced seminar with emphasis on critical texts, methods, and techniques of art historical investigation. For art history majors; open to others with permission from the instructor.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Directed study component for each student
- ARTHIST 475W: Sem:Med/Euro/Renais/BaroqueGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- HSCW
Course DescriptionAdvanced seminar with emphasis on critical texts, methods, and techniques of art historical investigation. For art history majors; open to others with permission from the instructor.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Directed study component for each student
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ARTHIST 480R: Sem:Late18th Cont Eur&Am ArtGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionAdvanced seminar with emphasis on critical texts, methods, and techniques of art historical investigation. Permission from instructor required.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Directed study component for each student
- ARTHIST 480RW: Sem:Late18th Cont Eur&Am ArtGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- HSCW
Course DescriptionAdvanced seminar with emphasis on critical texts, methods, and techniques of art historical investigation. Permission from instructor required.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Directed study component for each student
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ARTHIST 485: Sem:Art-Anc Amer/Afr/Afr DiaspGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionAdvanced seminar with emphasis on critical texts, methods, and techniques of art historical investigation. For art history majors; open to others with permission from the instructor.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Periodic field trips
- ARTHIST 495R: HonorsGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- HSC
Course DescriptionOpen to candidates for honors in the senior year who are writing an honors thesis. For requirements and permission, consult the departmental honors coordinator.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Independent Honors research
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Directed study component for each student
- ARTHIST 495RW: HonorsGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 8
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- HSCW
Course DescriptionOpen to candidates for honors in the senior year who are writing an honors thesis. For requirements and permission, consult the departmental honors coordinator.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Independent Honors research
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- variable
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Directed study component for each student
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
Honors Program
Requirements for enrollment in the Honors Program in the Art History Department in general conform to the regulations set out by Emory College.
Students who have a GPA of 3.5 or above at the end of their first three years may apply for the Art History Honors Program. In order to remain eligible, the GPA must still be at 3.5 or above throughout the senior year. Students interested in enrolling in the Honors Program should contact the Art History Department's Honors Coordinator during the spring semester of their junior year. Outstanding majors are encouraged to apply; final selection of participants, however, rests with the Art History Department.
Students in the Art History Honors Program must complete an Honors thesis, normally between thirty and fifty pages in length. They are also required to enroll in one advanced seminar, which is usually at the graduate level, and typically, though not necessarily, in a subject related to that of their thesis. In addition to the seminar, students must enroll in ARTHIST 495 in both the fall and spring semesters, during which time they research and write a thesis under the supervision of a faculty member. The preliminary research is presented to faculty and students at a symposium at the end of the fall semester. The thesis is then defended orally in the spring before a committee of three examiners one of whom must be a faculty member from outside the Art History department.
Students who are interested in enrolling in the Honors program need to choose the area in which they wish to write a thesis, identify a topic or question they wish to explore, and contact the appropriate faculty member to see if he or she is able to work with them. Unfortunately, it is not always possible for professors to accept Honors students. Although students cannot officially register in the program until the fall, it is necessary to establish a topic and advisor in the spring semester of the junior year, so that a one-page thesis proposal can be written in consultation with the advisor. This must be accepted by the department before the end of the semester. Students are then invited to participate in the Honors program.
Once the proposal is accepted, it is advisable to begin initial reading and research over the summer. If the student is intending to go on to study art history at the graduate level, writing an Honors thesis will be a particularly valuable experience.
Students who have questions, or who would like to discuss in more detail what is involved in the Honors program, should contact the Art History Department at 404.727.6282, where they will be directed to the Honors Coordinator.
For more information, see Honors Program | Academic Policies & Regulations.
Study Abroad
The department conducts annual summer programs away from Atlanta that can be taken for full credit. The locations, which vary, have recently been in France and Italy. For semester programs administered by Emory (CIPA) or other institutions, interested students should contact the Department Coordinator for Study Abroad for further information.
Advising
Students must declare a Major/Minor through the departmental office. They will be assigned a faculty adviser who will guide them in the fulfillment of the requirements.
Language Study
Reading competence in a foreign language for the study of art history. Further language study (preferably at least one other) is highly recommended for those students who intend to pursue graduate work in art history
Internship
Carlos Museum, the High Museum of Art, commercial art galleries, architecture firms, and other art-related organizations. Students must consult with the Internship Coordinator. Internships carry academic credit (ARTHIST 397) but do not count toward the Major or Minor requirements.
An internship consists of specific art- or architecture-related work experience supervised by the personnel of cooperating institutions, whether on campus or in the Atlanta community, who assign a grade at the end of the term. The experience is overseen by the Internship Coordinator in the Art History Department. In order to get four credit hours, which is the equivalent of an academic course, students must enroll in Art History 397 and work 10-12 hours a week for 14 weeks. Fewer hours of work can also be done for fewer credits (3 hours a week for 1 credit, 6 for 2, 8 for 3), with the supervisor’s approval. However, most internship venues are reluctant to train students for less than 4 credits worth of time.
Awards and Honors
Art History Paper Prize.
Awarded every spring to the undergraduate student who wrote the most outstanding research paper in the preceding two semesters, a monetary prize is awarded and the winner's name is included in the commencement program, if a graduating senior.
The John Howett Prize for Undergraduate Travel (2009-2012)
$2500 awarded early each spring to an undergraduate Art History major or minor to fund travel, domestic or international, to view or directly experience works of art. The prize can be used to supplement a study abroad experience or simply to travel to exhibitions, museums or other locations where there is art about which the student is passionate or feels compelled to study in great depth. The John Howett Prize is open to sophomore and junior applicants who meet the Emory College requirements for financial aid. Applicants submit an essay detailing how they would make use of money. The essays are judged by a faculty committee.
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