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Department of Courses of Study: Minor Major (B.A.) Fine Arts Post-Baccalaureate Program

Objectives Mortimer-Hays Brandeis Traveling Fellowship The department administers the Mortimer-Hays Brandeis Traveling Fellowship, which provides support to students in the visual and fine Undergraduate Major arts, including , conservation, studio art, and photography The fine arts department offers programs in studio art and art for travel and living expenses outside the continental United States, history for the undergraduate student who wishes to study the Alaska, and Hawaii. Support is provided only in accordance with a visual arts as a creative artist or as a humanist. program of study or activities approved by the fellowship selection committee. Brandeis is one of 10 colleges and universities Art History that participate in this program. Art is the visual record of human history (and the expression of our finest aspirations). The is a discipline that critically examines that record and achievement in the broadest How to Become a Major cultural and intellectual context. The art history program offers a wide array of courses. Some courses provide a survey of major developments in Western and Asian art, while others examine in Art History greater detail major themes or movements in art (such as The art history major is offered a variety of courses in ancient to and Post-Impressionism, the Age of Cathedrals, contemporary Western art and Asian art. The student may specialize and the History of Photography). Students are able to in a given area and choose a faculty advisor who will guide his or her complement these offerings by taking advantage of the proximity work. The Honors Program in art history requires the completion of a of the Rose Art Museum and the wealth of other art museums Senior Thesis written under the close supervision of an advisor and a and cultural institutions in the surrounding area. This faculty committee. In addition to the courses given at Brandeis, the comprehensive program exemplifies the ideals of a liberal arts art history major may enroll in special seminars given by the staff of education and thereby enhances any individual course of study. It the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. These courses range from Egyptian also prepares students to enter graduate programs in art history, art to American landscape painting to the preservation and scientific museum studies, and arts administration, or to begin careers in examination of works of art, and all of them involve contact with art the arts. objects in the Museum’s world-famous collection. Students may also receive academic credit for internships taken in off-campus museums Studio Art and art galleries. Art is a language of its own making and as such, a student is educated in visual thinking and creativity through the Minor in Art History fundamental process of direct experience. The studio department A minor in art history is offered in addition to the major. This gives offers diverse approaches in painting, sculpture, printmaking, the student majoring in another department the opportunity to design, and drawing. The studio program fosters a student’s flexibly construct a program of six art history courses that reflect his ability to make an informed judgment and it is supplemented or her own personal or academic interests. Studio art majors may not through a distinguished visiting artist program, a strong minor in art history. pedagogical link with the Rose Art Museum, and trips to important museums and galleries in New York City, Studio Art Washington, D.C., and the Boston area. Through the core of It is recommended that students considering a studio art major enroll studio classes the student is able to realize, with excellence, his in a beginning painting or sculpture course in their sophomore year to or her potential for expression and informed vision. Studio is an allow time to develop their work in a sequence of courses taken over appropriate vehicle for an intellectual experience within the a period of three years. Studio majors are expected to take art history liberal arts context, and students are assisted in the preparation classes as an important component of their major requirement and to for B.F.A. and M.F.A. graduate programs. deepen their creative experience. Majors are encouraged to extend their intellectual and creative involvement through summer art Post-Baccalaureate Program in Studio Art programs and participation in full studio faculty reviews of their work The fine arts department offers a post-baccalaureate certificate during sophomore, junior, and senior years. program for students with a bachelor’s degree who are interested in extending their experience in studio art. The program’s structure emphasizes independent work with assistance achieved How to Be Admitted to the Post-Baccalaureate Program through critical interaction with faculty and visiting artists. Students can prepare portfolios for admission to graduate school, or achieve the self-sufficiency necessary for continued studio An undergraduate major in studio art is notnot required of applicants, work outside an academic environment. but students should be working beyond the beginning level in painting or sculpture. Applicants will be required to submit a group of slides of their work. GMAT or GRE scores are not required. (For more information applicants should contact the fine arts department.) 162 Fine Arts

Faculty Markus Baenziger Nancy Scott, Undergraduate Advising Head, Sculpture. Art History European and American art, from the Charles McClendon, Chair Gerald Bernstein French Revolution to World War II. and architecture. American art and architecture. Jonathan Unglaub Pamela Allara Susan Bush and art. Modern and contemporary European and Asian art. American art. History of photography. Film Joseph Wardwell, Post-Baccalaureate history. Women’s art history. Graham Campbell Coordinator Painting. Drawing and painting. David Anfam . Tory Fair Aida-Yuen Wong Sculpture. Asian art. Mark Auslander African and African-American art. Susan Lichtman, Director of Studio Art Nadine Zanow, Undergraduate Advising Painting. Head, Studio Art Painting.

Requirements for the Major G. The remaining elective courses may be selected from other art history (not studio art) and cross-listed offerings for this department, or with permission of the faculty advisor and the art history Students may major in either studio art or art history. A undergraduate advising head, courses may be taken in related areas minimum of 12 semester courses is required to fulfill each major. outside of the department. Students may also double major in studio art and art history if the requirements of each major are fully met with a minimum of Prospective graduate students in the history of art are advised to 18 semester courses total. acquire skills in foreign languages, which are necessary for graduate study. Studio Art Studio majors are required to take: Studio The studio faculty has developed the studio courses listed in the A. Any two of the following courses: FA 1a, 1b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b; FA 103a, FA 103b, FA 106a in any combination. catalog in the belief that the artist-teacher stands at the center of the syllabus of the studio courses. Their presentation is structured through interaction with the individual student. In the best interest B. FA 110d (Senior Studio). of the students’ development it is advised that they utilize all the studio faculty, so as to enrich their educational experience through C. Four additional semesters of studio electives. the diverse offerings of the department. In the event that a student wishes to enter a full-year course at mid-year and feels that work D. Four semesters of art history, from among the fine arts and cross-listed courses, consisting of one course in ancient or previously accomplished evidences a competency that is equivalent medieval art, one course in Asian art, and two courses in or superior to that course, the student may request that his or her Renaissance to Modern art. Studio majors may take either FA 76a work be viewed by the instructor. Enrollment prerequisite is the or FILM 100a for an elective, but not both. consent of the instructor.

Art History Art history curriculum general requirements: 10 required courses Requirements for the Minor in the History of Art from among the FA and cross-listed course offerings, plus two electives. Department majors in studio art cannot also minor in the history of art, due to the overlapping core requirements of the major. In A. A. FA 17a or one course each in ancient and medieval. Students corollary manner, studio courses are not considered part of the art who take FA 17a must take one additional elective from the fine history minor. arts and cross-listed courses to fulfill 10 required courses. To fulfill the minor, all courses must receive a final grade of C- or B. B. FA 18b plus two electives in Renaissance through Modern or better. No more than two courses taken in programs abroad, or as three courses selected from the following four fields: transfer credit, can be counted toward the minor. Renaissance, Baroque, Modern, and Architecture/American. Six courses are required in art history: C. One course in Asian art. A. One must be taken in pre-Renaissance or Asian art history. D. FA 197b (Seminar in Methods and Approaches in the History of Art). B. Five additional art history courses. E. E. One research seminar or independent study in art history (FA No more than two courses taken in programs abroad, or as transfer 98b). credit, can be counted toward the minor. F. F. Two semesters of studio work. To fulfill the minor, all courses must receive a final grade of C- or better. Studio courses are not considered part of the art history minor, and studio art majors may not minor in art history. Fine Arts 163

Requirements for the Post-Baccalaureate Program in B. Students receive a full studio faculty review of their work mid-year and at the end of the academic year. The Post-Baccalaureate Program Studio Art culminates in a special student exhibition in a gallery on campus.

C. There is a one-year residency requirement that may be extended to A. Students enroll in two courses each semester: an additional year with permission of the program chair. 1. FA 200d: A studio tutorial with faculty advisors.

2. One advanced course in drawing, printmaking, or sculpture.

Courses of Instruction FA 3b Introduction to Drawing II FA 99d Senior Research [ ca ] Prerequisites: A grade point average in fine Enrollment limited to 20. Beginning-level arts courses of 3.00. Interested studio (1-99) Primarily for Undergraduate course. No previous drawing experience students must take FA 98a in the fall Students necessary. Preference to first-year students semester of their senior year, in addition to and sophomores. May be repeated once for FA 110d. At the beginning of the spring credit if taught by different instructors. semester, students wishing to pursue Studio Studio fee: $20 per semester. honors will have their artwork reviewed by All studio courses are semester classes with See FA 3a for course description. Offered studio faculty. Based on this review, eligible the exception of FA 107d, 108d, 110d, 111d, every year in multiple sections. Will be students will be given permission to enroll and 112d, which are full-year classes. offered in the fall of 2003. in FA 99d for the spring semester. Art Ms. Lichtman, Ms. Zanow, and Staff history students petition at the beginning of FA 1a Basic Visual Concepts in Painting their senior year. Signatures of the [ ca ] FA 4a Three-Dimensional Design I instructor and fine arts chair are required Enrollment limited to 20. Beginning-level [ ca ] for enrollment. Appropriate studio fees will course. Preference to first-year students and Enrollment limited to 20. Beginning-level be charged for studio courses. sophomores. Studio fee: $30 per semester. course. Preference to first-year students and Usually offered every year. An exploration of two-dimensional visual sophomores. May be repeated once for Staff concepts using oil paint. A semester long credit if taught by different instructors. course, intended for the beginner, students Studio fee: $25 per semester. explore concepts of color, composition, Exploration of three-dimensional aspects of (100-199) For Both Undergraduate drawing, and expression. Observations from form, space, and composition utilizing a and Graduate Students still-lives, models, and landscapes are variety of materials and sculptural translated into traditional and techniques. Emphasizes students inventing images through the use of modern materials contemporary ideas as students learn the FA 103a Intermediate Drawing I and contemporary ideas about sculpture. FA 103a Intermediate Drawing I basic techniques of oil painting. Usually [ ca ] offered every year. Will be offered in the fall Assignments are based on abstract thought and problem-solving. The intent of this Prerequisite: Any introductory studio of 2003. course or permission of the instructor. Mr. Wardwell course is to give students a rich studio experience and promote a fresh and Studio fee: $20 per semester. Signature of the instructor required. FA 1b Elements of Design in Art meaningful approach to visual concepts. Usually offered every semester. Will be Investigation of drawing issues. Basic [ ca ] training in various media and methods of Enrollment limited to 20. Beginning-level offered in the fall of 2003. Ms. Fair and Staff visual articulation. Course may be repeated course. Preference to first-year students and for one semester. Usually offered every sophomores. Studio fee: $30 per semester. year. Will be offered in the fall of 2003. FA 4b Three-Dimensional Design II The theoretical and visual study of pictorial Ms. Fair form in non-representational drawing. This [ ca ] is a beginning-level practical studio course. Enrollment limited to 20. Beginning-level FA 103b Intermediate Drawing II Usually offered every year. Last offered in course. Preference to first-year students and sophomores. May be repeated once for [ ca ] the fall of 2001. Prerequisite: Any introductory studio Ms. Fair credit if taught by different instructors. Studio fee: $25 per semester. course or permission of the instructor. Studio fee: $20 per semester. Signature of FA 3a Introduction to Drawing I See FA 4a for course description. Usually offered every semester. Last offered in the the instructor required. [ ca ] See FA 103a for course description. A Enrollment limited to 20. Beginning-level spring of 2002. Staff continuation of FA 103a. Usually offered course. No previous drawing experience every year. Last offered in the spring of necessary. Preference to first-year students 2003. FA 98a Independent Study in Studio Art and sophomores. May be repeated once for Ms. Fair credit if taught by different instructors. Prerequisites: Normally open only to studio Studio fee: $20 per semester. majors in their junior and senior years. Introduces students to theories of visual art Appropriate prerequisites. As the number of through the practice of drawing. times FA 98a may be taken is limited by Translation of perceptual experience into department regulations, the interested pictorial language is fundamental to this student should consult the department course. Students may draw from still-life studio advising head and his or her advisor. situations, from landscape and architectural Signature of the instructor is required. spaces, and from the human figure. Offered Appropriate studio fees will be charged. every year in multiple sections. Will be Usually offered every year. offered in the fall of 2003. Staff Ms. Lichtman, Mr. Wardwell, and Ms. Zanow 164 Fine Arts

FA 104a Advanced Drawing I FA 108d Intermediate Painting FA 112d Intermediate Sculpture [ ca ] [ ca ] [ ca ] Prerequisites: FA 103a and 103b or Prerequisite: FA 107d or permission of the Prerequisites: Both semesters of FA 111d or permission of the instructor. Studio fee: $15 instructor. Signature of the instructor FA 4a and b. Signature of the instructor per semester. Signature of the instructor required. Studio fee: $40 per semester. required. Studio fee: $50 per semester. required. An intermediate-level painting course, Exploration of diverse sculptural concepts Offers a wide range of experience in emphasizing the plastic and formal means utilizing various materials and techniques. drawing. Perceptual and conceptual issues necessary to creating work that will become Emphasis on personal motivation and will be pursued, and students will be an increasingly personal statement. Usually development. Usually offered every year. encouraged to concentrate on the more offered every year. Will be offered in the fall Will be offered in the fall of 2003. complex personal and creative aspects of of 2003. Mr. Baenziger drawing. Course may be repeated for one Ms. Zanow semester. Usually offered every year. FA 114a Intensive Studio: Painting Mr. Campbell FA 109a Introduction to Printmaking: [ ca ] Lithography Prerequisite: Students wishing to enroll FA 104b Advanced Drawing II [ ca ] should submit a slide portfolio of current [ ca ] Open to all students. Studio fee: $50 per work. Signature of the instructor required. Prerequisites: FA 103a and 103b or semester. Enrollment limited to 15. Intensive studio course dedicated to permission of the instructor. Studio fee: $15 Focus on using lithography to create fine art developing a student’s visual ideas as per semester. Signature of the instructor prints. Students start with direct drawing expressed in painting, supported by required. on plates using lithographic crayon and printmaking, and drawing. Daily See 104a for course description. A then move on to digitally generated images. instruction with full-time faculty and continuation of FA 104a. Course may be Specific assignments are given to explore visiting artists, participation in individual repeated for one semester. Usually offered the visual possibilities of lithography. and group critiques, workshops, lectures, every year. Usually offered every second year. Will be and gallery and museum visits. Offered on Mr. Campbell offered in the fall of 2003. an irregular basis. Ms. Brown Staff FA 105a Introduction to Printmaking: Intaglio FA 109b Introduction to Printmaking: FA 115a Intensive Studio: Sculpture [ ca ] Silkscreen [ ca ] Open to all students. Studio fee: $50 per [ ca ] Prerequisite: Students wishing to enroll semester. This course may not be repeated Open to all students. Studio fee: $50 per should submit a slide portfolio of current for credit by students who have taken FA semester. Enrollment limited to 15. work. Signature of the instructor required. 106a (Workshop in Printmaking: Intaglio) in Explores silkscreen using photographic Intensive studio course dedicated to previous years. Enrollment limited to 15. stencil techniques. Students learn how to developing a student’s visual ideas as An introduction to intaglio printmaking. generate stencils that are hand made and expressed in sculpture, supported by Students develop a portfolio of prints using computer generated. The relationship printmaking and drawing. Daily instruction fundamental techniques for drawing on a between fine art and commercial printing is with full-time faculty and visiting artists, metal plate. Class demonstration will be discussed. Usually offered every second participation in individual and group supplemented with slide lectures and trips year. Will be offered in the spring of 2004. critiques, workshops, lectures, and gallery to museums to look at prints in person. Ms. Brown and museum visits. Offered on an irregular Usually offered every second year. Will be basis. offered in the fall of 2004. FA 110d Senior Studio Staff Ms. Brown [ ca ] Prerequisite: FA 108d, 112d, or permission FA 116a Intermediate Printmaking FA 105b Introduction to Printmaking: of the instructor. Signature of the instructor [ ca ] Woodcut and Relief required. Studio fee: $40 per semester. Signature of the instructor required. This [ ca ] Heuristic in nature, this is a year-long course may not be repeated for credit by Open to all students. Studio fee:$50 per course culminating in a final studio faculty students who have taken FA 106a section 2 semester. Enrollment limited to 15 review of the work produced. Review will (Workshop in Printmaking: Intaglio) in Introduction to relief printmaking using take the form of an exhibition. Student previous years. Studio fee: $50 per semester. linoleum and woodblock. Students become work can be undertaken in sculpture or Seeks to develop a contemporary attitude familiar with working in a print shop, how painting or a combination of both. Usually toward printmaking. Familiarizes the to use color in printmaking, planning offered every year. Will be offered in the fall intermediate printmaker with a range of images, direct drawing on wood, and how to of 2003. printmaking techniques, such as intaglio, critique printmaking in a group setting. Mr. Baenziger and Staff collagraph, relief, and lithography. Usually offered every second year. Will be Traditional and digital techniques are offered in the spring of 2005. FA 111d Beginning Sculpture discussed. Intended for students who have Staff [ ca ] taken FA 105a or b, 109a or b or post- Prerequisite: FA 4a and FA 4b, or baccalaurate students in studio art. Usually FA 107d Beginning Painting permission of the instructor. Beginning- offered every semester. Will be offered in [ ca ] level course. Preference to first-year the fall of 2003. Signature of the instructor required. Studio students and sophomores. Signature of Ms. Brown fee: $40 per semester. instructor required. Studio fee: $50 per Introduction to the basic language of semester. painting and a thorough investigation of A continuation of various ways of thinking painting materials and methods. Usually about building sculpture through the use of offered every year. Will be offered in the fall materials. Assigned readings and museum of 2003. visits required. Usually offered every year. Ms. Lichtman Will be offered in the fall of 2003. Ms. Fair Fine Arts 165

(1-99) Primarily for Undergraduate FA 20b Introduction to Visual Culture FA 42b The Age of Cathedrals [ ca ] [ ca ] Students Enrollment limited to 60. Enrollment limited to 40. Analyzes the visual culture in which we Architecture, sculpture, and painting Art History live, examining the tangible products of our (including stained glass) in Western Europe mass culture and the media of advertising, from the 12th to the 15th century with FA 12a History of Asian Art television, and cyberspace. Usually offered particular attention to the great churches of [ nw ca ] every second year. Will be offered in the medieval France. Usually offered every Enrollment limited to 60. spring of 2004. second year. Will be offered in the spring of A selective survey of the art of the three Ms. Allara 2005. major Asian areas: India, China, and Japan. Mr. McClendon Usually offered every year. Will be offered FA 21b Survey of Western Architecture in the fall of 2003. [ ca ] FA 43a The Art of Medieval England Ms. Wong Enrollment limited to 60. Especially [ ca ] recommended for first-year students, Enrollment limited to 40. FA 13b Buddhist Art sophomores, and fine arts majors. A survey of art and architecture from the [ nw ca ] A historical survey of Western architecture end of the Roman Empire to the Enrollment limited to 25. from prehistoric times to the present. Renaissance. Particular concern for the The history of Buddhist art on the Silkroad. Traces the various stages of architectural synthesis of native and foreign cultures and Usually offered every third year. Will be development in Europe and America in a their artistic styles, resulting from the offered in the fall of 2004. chronological format. Usually offered every barbarian invasions, the Norman conquest, Ms. Wong third year. Will be offered in the fall of and political rivalry with France. Usually 2003. offered every fourth year. Will be offered in FA 15b Arts of the Ming Dynasty Mr. Bernstein the spring of 2006. [ nw ca ] Mr. McClendon Enrollment limited to 25. FA 22b History of Boston Architecture Examines a broad array of arts from the [ ca ] FA 45a St. Peter’s and the Vatican Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The first half of Enrollment limited to 60. [ ca ] the course focuses on activities in and A survey of the history of Boston Enrollment limited to 60. around the Chinese court. The second half architecture and urban planning from the The history, growth, and development of concentrates on monuments related to first settlement in 1630 to the Christendom’s most famous shrine, with literati and popular cultures. Usually contemporary city. The presentation will be particular concern for the relationship offered every three years. Will be offered in chronological and divided into four between the design and decoration of the the spring of 2005. sections: Colonial, Federal, Victorian, and Renaissance/Baroque church and palace Ms. Wong Modern. Usually offered every second year. complex and their early Christian and Will be offered in the spring of 2004. medieval predecessors. Usually offered FA 17a History of Art I: From Antiquity to Mr. Bernstein every year. Will be offered in the spring of the Middle Ages 2006. [ ca ] FA 24b Twentieth-Century and Mr. McClendon Enrollment limited to 60. Contemporary Latin American Art A survey of major styles in architecture, [ nw ca ] FA 51a Art of the Early Renaissance in Italy sculpture, and painting from prehistoric Enrollment limited to 60. [ ca ] times to the Gothic cathedral. Usually This course is a selective survey of the Enrollment limited to 35. offered every year. Will be offered in the fall outstanding figures and movements that Major painters, sculptors, and architects in of 2003. have made significant contributions to the Rome, Florence, and Venice from Masaccio Mr. McClendon history of Latin American art. Special focus to Leonardo da Vinci. Usually offered every will be on Mexican, Puerto Rican, second year. Will be offered in the fall of FA 18b History of Art II: From the Argentinean, Guatemalan, and Cuban 2003. Renaissance to the Modern Age artists. Usually offered every third year. Mr. Unglaub [ ca ] Last offered in the spring of 2001. Enrollment limited to 60. Open to first-year Staff FA 54b in Northern Europe students and sophomores. [ ca ] A study of the major styles in architecture, FA 40b The Formation of Jewish, Christian, Enrollment limited to 50. painting, and sculpture of the West from and Islamic Art A survey of the art of the Netherlands, the Renaissance to the early 20th century. [ ca ] Germany, and France in the 15th and 16th Usually offered every year. Will be offered Enrollment limited to 15. centuries. Cultural developments such as in the spring of 2004. The origins and development of the the invention of printing, the Protestant Mr. Unglaub synagogue, church, and mosque and related Reformation, and the practice of alchemy arts in the first millennium C.E. Emphasis and witchcraft will be considered through FA 19b Lives of the Artists on the debate among these three great the work of major artists. Usually offered [ ca ] religions about the proper form and every fourth year. Will be offered in the fall Enrollment limited to 40. function of art and architecture. Usually of 2004. Integrates the study of works of art with the offered every second year. Will be offered in Mr. Unglaub literature of artists’ lives, which serves as the spring of 2004. the foundation to understanding the genesis Mr. McClendon FA 58b High and Late Renaissance in Italy of human creativity. Diverse historical [ ca ] periods and varying levels of fame will be FA 41a Art and the Origins of Europe Enrollment limited to 50. reflected in the choice of artists to be [ ca ] A study of 16th-century painting, sculpture, studied. Usually offered every third year. Enrollment limited to 35. and architecture from Leonardo da Vinci to Last offered in the spring of 2003. Architecture, sculpture, and painting in Tintoretto. Usually offered every year. Last Ms. Scott Eastern and Western Europe from the offered in the spring of 2003. decline of the Roman Empire to the Mr. Unglaub Crusades. Usually offered every second year. Last offered in the spring of 2003. Mr. McClendon 166 Fine Arts

FA 60a Baroque in Italy and Spain FA 75a High Art/Low Art: Modern Art and FA 85b The Materials and Techniques of [ ca ] Popular Culture Works of Art Enrollment limited to 60. [ ca ] [ ca ] The artistic spectacle of Papal Rome and Enrollment limited to 50. See FA 82a for restrictions and necessary Hapsburg Spain is explored. The works of Examines the relationship between high, or signatures. Caravaggio, Bernini, and Velazquez capture elite, culture and popular culture in the Provides an introduction to the materials the contradictions of the age: sensuality/ 20th century. How have major modernist used in a wide variety of works of art spirituality, ecstasy/piety, degradation/ movements such as Impressionism, (stone, ceramic, metal, glass, paintings, deliverance, /, exuberance/ , and been influenced by wood, paper, textiles, man-made materials restraint, and statecraft/propaganda. mass culture? What happens to traditional including plastics), where the materials Usually offered every second year. Will be definitions of art in the age of mass come from, and how they are utilized to offered in the fall of 2004. communication? Topics include caricature, make works of art. Most course meetings Mr. Unglaub comics, advertising, and “the image world” will focus on a specific material and will of film and television. Usually offered every include an introductory lecture and FA 61b Inventing Tradition: Women as second year. Will be offered in the fall of conclude with visits to the Museum’s Artists, Women as Art 2003. conservation laboratories and studios and/ [ ca ] Ms. Allara or galleries to closely examine and discuss Enrollment limited to 60. individual works of art made from that The role of women in the history of art, as FA 76b History of Photography material. How materials deteriorate over creators of art, and as the subject of it. [ ca ] time, and how such changes can Issues of gender and representation will be Enrollment limited to 60. dramatically affect the appearance of a work discussed, using the lives and art of women The history of photography from its of art, will also be discussed. Overview from the Renaissance to . invention in 1839 to the present, with an lectures will discuss the nature of materials Usually offered every third year. Last emphasis on developments in America. from a scientific point of view, defining offered in the spring of 2003. Photography is studied as a documentary basic concepts that are necessary to Ms. Allara and as an artistic medium. Topics include understand the materials used in works of Alfred Stieglitz and the photo-, art. One lecture will describe how FA 63a The Age of Rubens and Rembrandt Depression-era documentary, Robert Frank knowledge of materials and techniques can [ ca ] and street photography, and post-modern be applied to authentication problems. Enrollment limited to 30. photography. Usually offered every second Readings are drawn from a wide range of Explores the major figures of 17th-century year. Last offered in the spring of 2002. books, articles, and conference painting in the Netherlands and Flanders: Ms. Allara publications. Grading will be based on Rubens, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, and seven to eight short assignments; each will Vermeer. During this time, the ideal of require students to examine artifacts on Seminars in the Boston Museum of Fine Renaissance painter/courtier gives way to display at the Museum of Fine Arts. Will be Arts the birth of the modern artist in an open The following seminars are offered by the offered in the spring of 2004. market, revolutionizing the subjects, curators of the Museum of Fine Arts, Mr. Newman and Staff themes, and styles of painting. In the fall of Boston (MFA) to a few selected graduate and FA 86b Italian Renaissance Painting, 1300- 2003, the course coincides with the major undergraduate students of Boston FA 86b Italian Renaissance Painting, 1300- 1520: Historical Techniques and exhibition, Rembrandt’s Journey: Painter— University, Brandeis University, Boston 1520: Historical Techniques and Approaches Draftsman—Etcher at the Museum of Fine College, Tufts University, and Wellesley Approaches Arts, Boston. Usually offered every second College. [ ca ] year. Will be offered in the fall of 2003. See FA 82a for restrictions and necessary Mr. Unglaub signatures. FA 82a Ancient Egypt in the Middle The approaches used in a museum to study Kingdom FA 70a Paris/New York: Revolutions of FA 70a Paris/New York: Revolutions of [ ca ] Italian Renaissance painting are typically Modernism Restricted to students with majors in fine different from those taught in college [ ca ] arts. Enrollment limited at the discretion of courses. This seminar combines the Enrollment limited to 50. the fine arts chair and the instructor. methods of curator and paintings A chronological survey of painting and Signature of department chair required. conservator for an unusual, hands-on sculpture from the French Revolution to Interested students are required to consult approach to Italian paintings from the dawn World War II. Emphasis on the rise of the fine arts chair in regard to this course. of the Renaissance to the early 16th modernism with Manet and the The ancient Egyptians considered the century. The practice of connoisseurship is Impressionists, Picasso and the language of period known as the Middle Kingdom studied historically as well as through case Cubism, and the Abstract Expressionist (Dynasties 11-13, about 2040-1640 B.C.) as a studies of works in the MFA. The class generation in America. Usually offered classic age of art and literature. considers the use of provenance, the history every second year. Will be offered in the fall Nevertheless, the period remains relatively of collecting early Italian paintings, and the of 2003. unknown today, and new discoveries limits of stylistic interpretation. Students Ms. Scott continue to revise and improve our observe work conducted in the conservation understanding of its history. This seminar department, including the critical FA 71a Modern Art and Modern Culture FA 71a Modern Art and Modern Culture will explore history, art, and the diagnostic tools of microscopy, ultraviolet [ ca ] of the era, including light examination, x-radiography, and Enrollment limited to 50. architecture, painting, sculpture, tomb and infrared reflectography. Artistic techniques A thematic study of the modernism in 20th- temple decoration, decorative arts, religion, of the Renaissance are discussed with century painting and sculpture, funerary practices, and literature. The reference to actual objects across a range of emphasizing three trends: primitivism, collection of the MFA—which houses some materials-frescoes, tempera and gilding on spiritualism, and the redefinition of reality. of the era’s greatest artistic masterpieces as panel, oil on panel, and oil on canvas. Class Individual artists and art movements will well as an extraordinary collection of meetings are held in galleries, storage areas, be examined in the context of literature, archaeological objects revealing daily life— and conservation laboratories at the MFA politics, and aesthetic theory. Artists serves as the focal point for studying art and and other local collections, as well as in the include Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, and material culture. Will be offered in the fall classroom. Will be offered in the spring of Duchamp. Usually offered every second of 2003. 2004. year. Last offered in the fall of 2001. Ms. Doxey Mr. Ilchman Ms. Allara Fine Arts 167

FA 87a in Europe (100-199) For Both Undergraduate FA 170b Nineteenth-Century European [ ca ] Painting and Sculpture See FA 82a for restrictions and necessary and Graduate Students [ ca ] signatures. Enrollment limited to 30. The style known as Art Deco takes its A survey of movements in painting and name from the Exposition Internationale FA 102a American Avant-Garde Film and sculpture from the French Revolution des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Video through the periods of , held in Paris, in 1925. This seminar will [ ca ] Realism, and Impressionism. Usually provide a variety of contexts in which to Prerequisite: FILM 100a. Enrollment offered every second year. Will be offered in understand and interpret the style, focusing limited to 20. the fall of 2004. on decorative arts in all media (textiles, The tradition of independent film and video Ms. Scott furniture, metalwork, ceramics, glass). art in the United States from 1920 to the Students will identify and research objects, present. Artists include Maya Deren, Stan FA 171a Impressionism: Avant-Garde and prepare reports on such themes as the Brakhage, Bill Viola, and Yvonne Rainer. Rebellion in Context cultural and material origins of the style, Usually offered every second year. Will be [ ca ] materials and techniques, the style as offered in the spring of 2006. Enrollment limited to 30. represented in different media, and the Ms. Allara Focuses on the major artists from the period reception of Art Deco in the United States. 1863-86, from the time of Manet and the This seminar is being offered in conjunction FA 120a Modern Architecture Salon des Refusés, through the eight group with preparation for a major international [ ca ] exhibitions of Monet, Renoir, Degas, exhibition at the MFA from August 2004 to Enrollment limited to 60. Cézanne, Pissarro, Morisot, and Cassatt and January 2005, and students will examine Survey of 19th- and 20th-century company. The antithesis of Impressionism, methods of exhibition display, installation, architecture. Usually offered every second its academic rivals, the backdrop of the and interpretative materials. As year. Will be offered in the fall of 2004. sociopolitical context, the Second Empire, opportunities permit, there will be visit to Mr. Bernstein and the Third Republic, will be provided, as sale rooms, galleries, and collections. Will well as the roots of the movement’s be offered in the spring of 2004. FA 121a Contemporary Architecture dissolution. Offered every third year. Will Mr. McLeod [ ca ] be offered in the fall of 2003. Enrollment limited to 60. Ms. Scott FA 92a and b Internship and Analysis A study of stylistic and technological Signature of the department chair required. developments in post-World War II FA 171b Contemporary Painting and Students may apply in the spring semester architecture. Usually offered every second Sculpture for internships, of one- and two-semester year. Will be offered in the spring of 2004. [ ca ] commitment, for the following academic Mr. Bernstein Signature of the instructor required. year at the Rose Art Museum. Focus may Developments in painting and sculpture center in the areas of education, registrar, FA 123a American Painting since World War II, with emphasis on exibition installation, or curatorial work. [ ca ] American art. Consideration of major All student applications, with preference Enrollment limited to 60. trends of the period, including Abstract given to upperclassmen, must be endorsed A survey of American painting from the , Pop Art, , Color by a faculty recommendation. The Rose Art colonial period to the present. Usually Field Painting, and Realism. Usually offered Museum staff interviews and decides upon offered every third year. Will be offered in every third year. Will be offered in the fall the interns. Usually offered every semester. the fall of 2003. of 2004. Staff Mr. Bernstein Ms. Allara

FA 98b Independent Study in Art History FA 130a Twentieth-Century American Art FA 172a History of : Prerequisites: Normally open only to art [ ca ] Statue, Structure, and Site history majors in their junior and senior Enrollment limited to 60. [ ca ] years. As the number of times FA 98b may A chronological survey of American art Signature of the instructor required. be taken is limited by department from 1900 to 1990. Movements studied Charts the development of sculpture for regulations, the interested student should include , abstract 19th century-practice, best exemplified by consult the art history advising head and expressionism, and pop art. Usually offered the work of Auguste Rodin, to the his or her advisor. Signature of the every third year. Will be offered in the projects of contemporary instructor is required. spring of 2005. times. Focus is on monumental sculpture, Usually offered every year. Ms. Allara especially expressions of public art from Staff statue to structure, up to site FA 131b Center Stage: Women in (environmental art and earthworks) and FA 99d Senior Research Contemporary Art . Usually offered every third See FA 99d listing under studio section for [ ca ] year. Will be offered in the fall of 2004. special notes and course description. Prerequisite: FA 18b or FA 61b. Enrollment Ms. Scott Usually offered every year. limited to 20. Staff Examines the contribution of women artists FA 173a Georgia O’Keeffe and Stieglitz to avant-garde art from 1960 to the present. Circle The reciprocal influences between artists in [ ca ] the so-called First and Third Worlds will be Enrollment limited to 25. examined. Usually offered every second The focus of this lecture course will be the year. Will be offered in the spring of 2004. art of Georgia O’Keeffe, her stylistic Ms. Allara evolution, sources, and collaboration with contemporaries, especially Stieglitz, Strand, Dove, Demuth, Marin, and Hartley. Their collective aesthetic aspirations will be set against early 20th-century Modernism and important recent trends from Europe. Usually offered every second year. Will be offered in the fall of 2005. Ms. Scott 168 Fine Arts

FA 173b Picasso and Matisse FA 177b Twentieth-Century European Art FA 195b Vision, Mind, and Matter: Abstract [ ca ] and Architecture in Berlin Expressionism and Its Contexts, 1940-60 Enrollment limited to 25. A library- [ ca ] [ ca ] intensive course. Course to be taught at Brandeis summer Enrollment limited to 15. Examines the major contributions of all program in Berlin. This seminar - incorporating key works in periods of Picasso’s career, with special Survey and analysis of the most important the Rose Art Museum—surveys abstract focus on the development of Cubism, trends in 20th-century German and expressionism within its wider cultural counterbalanced with the color expression European art and architecture with an framework (photography, cinema, of Matisse and Fauves. The larger circle of emphasis on the modernist period. literature, etc.). Focal topics include artists, poets, and patrons associated with Presented within their respective historical concepts of selfhood, time, action, both these masters—from Juan Gris, contexts with special emphasis on the role spontaneity, pictorial process, and abstract Fernard Leger, and especially Georges of Berlin. Usually offered every second year. expressionism’s representational Braque to Gertrude Stein and Guillaume Last offered in the summer of 2003. counterparts. Special one-time offering. Apollinaire—forms the core subject matter. Ms. Berkin Will be offered in the fall of 2003. Usually offered every second year. Will be Mr. Anfam offered in the fall of 2004. FA 181b The Art of Japan Ms. Scott [ nw ca] FA 197b Methods and Approaches in the Enrollment limited to 60. History of Art FA 174b Post-Impressionism and A survey of from antiquity to [ ca ] 1880-1910 the modern period. Usually offered every Signature of the instructor required. A [ ca ] second year. Will be offered in the spring of library-intensive course. Enrollment limited to 40. 2005. Usually offered every year. Will be offered The course curriculum will cover Post- Ms. Wong in the fall of 2003. Impressionist artists, Seurat, Cézanne, Van Mr. McClendon Gogh, and Gauguin and more broadly, FA 182a The Art of China Symbolist trends, Expressionism, and art [ nw ca ] FA 198b Introduction to Museum Methods nouveau at the end of the 19th century. Enrollment limited to 60. and Procedures These trends will be followed through A survey of from antiquity to [ ca ] chronologically to the early 20th century in the Ch’ing dynasty. Usually offered every Signature of the instructor required. the art of Matisse and the Fauves, and in second year. Will be offered in the spring of Usually offered every third year. Last German Expressionism. Usually offered 2004. offered in the spring of 1996. every fourth year. Will be offered in the Ms. Wong Staff spring of 2004. Ms. Scott FA 184a Studies in Asian Art [ nw ca ] (200 and above) Primarily for FA 175b Avant-Garde Art in the Twentieth Usually offered every third year. Will be Graduate Students Century offered in the fall of 2005. [ ca ] Ms. Wong Prerequisite: FA 18b. Enrollment limited FA 200d Post-Baccalaureate Tutorial/ to 60. FA 191b Studies in Renaissance and FA 200d Post-Baccalaureate Tutorial/ Independent Study The avant-garde tradition has always Baroque Art Independent Study explored the boundaries between art and [ ca ] Ms. Lichtman, Ms. Zanow, and Staff non-art through unconventional use of Enrollment limited to 15. materials and media. Examines the Usually offered every third year. Will be movements of Dadaism, , and offered in the spring of 2005. Cross-Listed Courses Pop Art and focuses on selected works by Mr. Unglaub such artists as Duchamp, Magritte, and CLAS 133b FA 192a Studies in Modern Art Warhol. Usually offered every third year. FA 192a Studies in Modern Art The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece Will be offered in the fall of 2003. [ ca ] Ms. Allara Topics may vary from year to year and the CLAS 134b course may be repeated for credit. Signature The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Rome of the instructor required. An undergraduate seminar, open to CLAS 145b concentrators and minors, that analyzes Topics in Greek and Roman Art and artists, stylistic movements, and the Archaeology cultural and social background of various artistic periods from the 19th and 20th FILM 100a centuries. Usually offered every second Introduction to the Moving Image year. Last offered in the spring of 2003. Staff PHIL 113b Aesthetics: Painting, Photography, and Film FA 194b Studies in American Art [ ca ] Signature of the instructor required. Usually offered every third year. Will be offered in the spring of 2006. Mr. Bernstein