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HA: History of and Civilization HA 111 — History of Western Art and HA 201 — History of Fashion Civilization: Ancient Through 3 credits; 3 lecture hours the Surveys fashion photography from its 19th- 3 credits; 3 lecture hours century origins to the present, emphasizing Presents the history of Western art and its relation to major movements in art civilization from times through and photography and to fashion itself. the Middle Ages. Illustrated lectures stress Students consider work of leading fashion political, economic, and social conditions photographers and the fashions they depict. as reflected in , , and Prerequisite(s): HA 112. . (G5: Western Civilization; G7: HA 202 — Feminist Art Histories, Humanities). Theories, and Practices HA 112 — History of Western Art and 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Civilization: to the Modern Feminist movements gave rise to a gender- Era based analysis of art and its histories. 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Gender, understood as a system of power, Critical study of the history of Western art underlies feminist art histories, theories, and civilization from the early Renaissance and practices addressed in this course, to the Enlightenment. Illustrated lectures focused on the time period from the 1960s explore painting, sculpture, and architecture to the present. in relation to pertinent religious, political, HA 203 — History of Decorative : economic, and social conditions. (G5: Jewelry and Metalwork Western Civilization; G7: Humanities). 3 credits; 3 lecture hours HA 114 — This course is an object-based, case-study 3 credits; 3 lecture hours approach to the cross-cultural history Students study the forms and of the decorative arts from prehistory of prehistoric art within the social and to the modern era with an emphasis on ecological contexts in which it was made. jewelry and metalwork. Analyzed as objects While considering when and where of adornment and representations of prehistory begins or ends, we reflect upon power, selected works will be investigated why art is made and what it looks like through the lens of design theory and in its earliest forms (G6: ; G7: as manifestations of broader themes in Humanities; G9: Other World Civilizations). visual culture, considering materials and HA 121 — Cities and Civilizations: The techniques and their transformation. Eastern Mediterranean World, c. 3000 HA 204 — History of East Asian Costume BCE-1000 CE 3 credits; 3 lecture hours 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Survey of East Asian costume focusing Students examine the art and civilization on ancient through modern works of art of the ancient to medieval eastern in which traditional or regional dress is Mediterranean (including western Asia) represented, and on surviving examples of from a non-Western . Illustrated dress and accessories. Material is studied lectures and discussions survey the within the context of along with cultures, societies, and arts of the great socio-political changes and encounters with urban centers of antiquity up to the outside influences in different periods. Crusades. (G7: Humanities; G9: Other World Civilizations).

HA: and Civilization 1 HA 205 — Italian Art in Context HA 210 — Devotional Art and of 3 credits; 3 lecture hours the Indian Sub-Continent and West Asia Based in FIT in Italy and emphasizing field (Interdisciplinary) trips, this course examines the history 3 credits; 2 lecture and 2 lab hours of Italian art in context from antiquity to An interdisciplinary, team-taught course the present. Students are introduced to cross-listed with PE 210, exploring , , technical innovation, devotional art and dance in India and , and the philosophical, religious, western Asia. Students learn about cultural, social, economic, and political devotional practices by studying art and forces that have shaped Italian and movement practices. Emphasis is on the European . (G7: Humanities). philosophical aspects and the intersections HA 206 — The Art, Architecture, and of art and dance. (G6: The Arts; G7: Archaeology of Ancient Humanities; G9: Other World Civilizations). 3 credits; 3 lecture hours HA 211 — Asian American Art and Design Illustrated lectures exploring the art, 3 credits; 3 lecture hours architecture, and archaeology of ancient Studies how Asian and artifacts Egypt from the predynastic to the Greco- have affected American art and culture Roman era. Topics may include religion, since the 19th century. Students explore funerary practices, and ancient Egyptian influences of Asian artistic traditions attitudes toward gender, race, and cultural beginning in the 1850s, addressing major identity. “Egyptomania” and how ancient Asian American artists and related aspects Egypt has influenced modern film, fashion, of significant to Asian and design are also addressed. (G7: American communities. (Gen Ed: G7 Humanities; G9: Other World Civilizations). Humanities, G10 American History). HA 207 — Art and Architecture in HA 212 — in Florence 3 credits; 3 lecture hours 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Offered in Venice, this course explores Conducted in Florence. This course the art and architecture of the lagoon city presents an in-depth study of Italian from its Byzantine origins to the present Renaissance painting, sculpture, and time. On-site visits allow students to architecture in Florence from the fourteenth study Venetian buildings, monuments, to seventeenth centuries. (G7: Humanities). and museum collections. The course HA 213 — Rome: A Cultural History in contextualizes the artistic and cultural Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture production of Venice within its historical 3 credits; 3 lecture hours and social environment. (G6: The Arts; G7: Note: Course is conducted in English. Humanities). Conducted in Rome, this course examines HA 208 — Earth Matters: Art & the history of painting, sculpture, Environment in and Western and architecture from antiquity to the Asia present. Through field trips, lectures, and 3 credits; 3 lecture hours discussions, students are introduced to An introduction to artistic practices style, iconography, technical innovation, involving the environment and natural geography, and the cultural, social, materials in ancient Egypt and Western economic, and political forces that have Asia, providing an overview of iconography shaped Rome's visual arts. Five weeks in and materiality of in the context June/July. (G5: Western Civilization; G6: of palace cultures and broader historical Arts; G7: Humanities). contexts. Students will also learn about modern museums’ preservation of these materials. (G7: Humanities; G9: Other World Civilizations; G6: The Arts).

2 HA: History of Art and Civilization HA 214 — Art In New York HA 219 — African American Art 3 credits; 3 lecture hours 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Selected studies in the history of art, Surveys diverse African traditions that have utilizing resources available in New York contributed to the rich fabric of American City. Critical and historical investigations life since the 17th century. Students explore arise from direct study of art and the continuities and disruptions of these architecture. (G6: Arts; G7: Humanities). traditions in art, and analyze concepts of HA 215 — History of Menswear race and racism, from the first moments of 3 credits; 3 lecture hours slavery through the contemporary era. (G7 Surveys the history of men's costume in the Humanities; G10 American History). West, from its foundations in ancient and HA 220 — History of Interior Design: The medieval costume to the late 20th century, Modern Interior as Space and Image through illustrated lectures and visits to 3 credits; 3 lecture hours the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Explores the history of modern interior Costume Collection at The Museum at FIT. design through the filters of space and (G7: Humanities) image. Students analyze modern interior Prerequisite(s): HA 112. design from the Industrial Revolution to the HA 216 — American and present using the contexts of history and Civilization critical theory. (G7: Humanities) 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Prerequisite(s): HA 112. A study of the art and culture of American HA 221 — East Asian Art and Civilization Indians, from Alaska to the border of 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Mexico, from prehistoric time to the This course introduces the major present. Students study architecture, characteristics and artistic traditions of , painting, , rituals, textiles, East Asian countries. Through lectures and the dramatic changes in American and surveys, students will examine the Indian art and culture due to the violence historical, religious, and social aspects of of colonization. (G7: Humanities; G9: Other these civilizations. Consideration will be World Civilizations). given to how East Asian countries respond HA 217 — History of Avant-Garde Film to the arts of their neighbors, near and far, 3 credits; 2 lecture and 2 lab hours in comparison with other major civilizations. This course is cross-listed with FI 224 Emphasis is placed on art techniques and This course is a survey of major moments materials unique to East Asian art. (G7: in avant-garde film from 1895 to the Humanities; G9: Other World Civilizations). present. Through readings and discussions, HA 223 — and Civilization students explore theories of avant- 3 credits; 3 lecture hours gardism, and study how such films are Surveys cultures of sub-Saharan Africa. expressions of the historical, cultural, and Illustrated lectures present art and philosophical contexts of their production. architecture in relation to history, religion, (G7: Humanities) economic conditions, and social and Prerequisite(s): FI 111 or HA 112. political structures. (G7: Humanities; G9: HA 218 — Art and in the Classical Other World Civilizations). World 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Illustrated lectures examine the Greek --and their depiction in Greek and --in relation to their social and religious contexts. (G7: Humanities).

HA: History of Art and Civilization 3 HA 224 — Mesoamerican Art and HA 228 — Oceanic Art and Civilization Civilization 3 credits; 3 lecture hours 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Students study the art and culture of To study Mesoamerican Art and Civilization Oceanic or Pacific Island cultures and we will immerse ourselves in their civilizations, from the prehistoric era to architecture, sculpture, pottery, city to the present. Focus is placed planning, metalwork, writing, mathematics, on ceremonial/sacred and utilitarian objects performance, and . Art historical, in diverse media and architecture, and historical, social, and religious aspects of the contexts in which such objects were Mesoamerican Art will be studied from made. (G7: Humanities; G9: Other World nomadic entry into the region up to present Civilizations). day especially amongst the Maya. (G7: HA 229 — and Civilization Humanities; G9: Other World Civilizations). 3 credits; 3 lecture hours HA 225 — Art and Civilization of India This course is a survey of the art and 3 credits; 3 lecture hours civilization of Korea from its prehistoric Introduces major characteristics of Indian origins to the early 21st century. We civilization through a survey of its traditions will examine how Korea created artistic of art and architecture. Illustrated lectures traditions in response to regional and survey artistic tradition in relation to international trends, and how Korea adopted historical, religious, and social aspects of new artistic styles through relationships this civilization. (G7: Humanities; G9: Other with China and Japan. (G7 Humanities; G9 World Civilizations). Other World Civilizations). HA 226 — Art and Civilization of the HA 230 — Modern and Contemporary Islamic World African Art 3 credits; 3 lecture hours 3 credits; 3 lecture hours This course examines the art and civilization An examination of the history of 20th- of the Islamic world, from the birth of Islam and 21st-century African art, from in the seventh century CE to the present. decolonialization movements through Students are introduced to the spiritual, contemporary themes. Surveys new artistic philosophical, and sociopolitical factors practices, schools, and workshops within that led to the formation of this multiethnic their historical and artistic contexts. (G7: style. (G7: Humanities; G9: Other World Humanities; G9: Other World Civilizations) Civilizations). Prerequisite(s): HA 112 or HA 223. HA 227 — Archaeological Excavation in HA 231 — Israel 3 credits; 3 lecture hours 3 credits; 3 lecture hours An introduction to the history of European Excavate an archaeological site in Israel and American art from the French and learn archaeological methods on Revolution through the Second World the job. Attend illustrated lectures three War that addresses events and social evenings a week, learning about the context as as global connections. (G7: history, archaeology, and art of the eastern Humanities) Mediterranean. Travel to and Prerequisite(s): HA 112. other sites, independently or on organized field trips. Five weeks in June/July. (G9: Other World Civilizations) Prerequisite(s): HA 111 or HA 121 or approval of the instructor.

4 HA: History of Art and Civilization HA 232 — and HA 236 — Queering Art History and 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Western Visual Culture A survey of the international Dada and 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Surrealist movements from 1915 to Students are introduced to the historical 1947, which challenged and redefined and social contexts and theorization the traditions of modern art. Students of LGBTQIA presence and perspective, analyze examples of , performance, primarily in Europe and the US, from three literature and film, and study how angles: the history of artistic production both Dada and Surrealism acted as by queer artists; representations of non- responses to mechanization and war. (G7: binary sexuality in art and popular imagery; Humanities)Prerequisite(s): HA 112. and queering as a mode of reception and HA 233 — Contemporary Global Fashion interpretation. (G7: Humanities). 3 credits; 3 lecture hours HA 237 — Global Fashion: Ancient Origins This course covers global fashion design to Modern Styles trends and culture in the 21st century 3 credits; 3 lecture hours through the lenses of globalism, fashion Survey of elite and everyday fashion in and design history, gender and sexuality, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania environment and labor. Thematic lectures from ancient origins to the 20th century. cover new media, , fashion in This course offers a geographical overview museums and the academy, among others, of global styles of adornment and dress, with discussion of contemporary critical including cross-cultural connections and debates in global fashion. (G6: Arts; G7: exchange, focusing on the and Humanities) making of dress and its representation in Prerequisite(s): HA 112. art. (G6: The Arts; G7: Humanities; G9: HA 234 — Warhol and Other World Civilizations). 3 credits; 3 lecture hours HA 238 — Art and Design in Morocco A study of American and International Pop 3 credits; 3 lecture hours art movements, focusing on 's Offered in Morocco, this course explores impact on visual culture from the 1960s to the art, architecture, and artisanal crafts of the present. Addresses Pop's art historical this visually rich culture. Site visits allow origins as well as its major themes, which students to understand the role of historical include advertising, mass media, war and culture in the making of identity, and hands- social critique, sexuality, and celebrity. (G7 on workshops with traditional craftspeople Humanities)Prerequisite(s): HA 112. impart a humanitarian perspective on HA 235 — Art, and Empire in the role of art in society. (G6: Arts; G7: the Ancient World: Greece and Persia Humanities; G9: Other World Civilizations). 3 credits; 3 lecture hours HA 239 — The History of African Textiles An introduction to monumental Greek and and Fashion Persian palace and temple architecture and 3 credits; 3 lecture hours its decoration in the Eastern Mediterranean This course is a survey of historical and West/Central Asia before and after and contemporary forms of African Alexander “the Great.” Students learn about dress, adornment and fashion. Within a the region’s history, technological traditions geographical overview of dress, students and innovations in building, function, explore how historically rooted textiles have furnishing and ornament, and about the been reinvented by African-based artists legacies of and Western Asian and designers. Emphasis is on manufacture architecture in the modern world. (G6: The methods, socio-historic contexts, and Arts; G7: Humanities; and G9: Other World dress and fashion’s importance as forms of Civilizations). African artistic expression. (G6: Arts; G7: Humanities; G9: Other World Civilizations).

HA: History of Art and Civilization 5 HA 240 — Modern and Contemporary HA 252 — History of Russian and Soviet Korean Art Film 3 credits; 3 lecture hours 3 credits; 2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course focuses on the development of This course is cross-listed with FI 241. This Korean art from the 1850s to the present course is a survey of films produced in pre- day. It starts with the modernization process revolutionary Russia, the Soviet Union, and in Korean art and traces the emergence of post-Soviet Russia, from the earliest silent , performances, installations, films to the present. Students view selected and other forms of avant-garde art and films and analyze them within historical, design movements. (G6: The Arts; G7: social, and aesthetic contexts. (G6: Arts; G7: Humanities; G9: Other World Civilizations). Humanities). HA 241 — History of Photojournalism HA 271 — and Civilization 3 credits; 3 lecture hours 3 credits; 3 lecture hours This course surveys the history of This course is a survey of the art and photojournalism as a modern mode of civilization of Japan from its prehistoric visual communication, and the global origins to the 21st century. Students study political and social history it represents. how Japan created artistic traditions in Students further develop their visual response to regional and international literacy, knowledge of modern history, and trends, and adopted new artistic styles understanding of the functions of mass and through diplomatic relationships with China social media. (G7: Humanities). and Korea. Modernization of Japan within HA 243 — History of Photography the context of global cultural encounters 3 credits; 3 lecture hours is discussed. (G7: Humanities) (G9: Other A history of photography from its World Civilizations). beginnings to the present day. Illustrated HA 272 — and Mathematics lectures present a chronological survey (Interdisciplinary) that focuses on photographers, technical 3 credits; 3 lecture hours advancements, and aesthetic considerations This is an interdisciplinary course cross- in the context of pertinent ideas and events. listed with MA 272. Students are introduced (G7: Humanities). to the art and architecture of the Islamic HA 244 — Art and Architecture in Paris world from the 7th century CE to the 3 credits; 3 lecture hours present. They are given a glimpse into Conducted in Paris. This course provides the intertwined nature of mathematical, the unique opportunity for students to learn structural and decorative languages used by about Paris and its art and architecture on and designers in this period. (G7: site. They experience the works of art and Humanities; G9: Other World Civilizations). monuments in person within the context of HA 299 — Independent Study In History of the city itself. (G6 Arts; G7 Humanities) Art and Civilization Prerequisite(s): HA 111 or HA 112. 1-3 credit HA 251 — Film Genres: Horror Prerequisite(s): a minimum 3.5 GPA and 3 credits; 2 lecture and 2 lab hours approval of instructor, chairperson, and This course is cross-listed with FI 234. This dean for Liberal Arts. course provides an international historical survey of the horror film from the early 20th century to the present. Through screenings and readings from a range of authors, students analyze formal and thematic elements of the horror genre in relation to historical, social, and aesthetic contexts. (G6: Arts; G7: Humanities).

6 HA: History of Art and Civilization HA 300 — Art and Architecture of the HA 304 — Holocaust Representation in Art Venetian Republic, c. 1100-1800 (Honors) 3 credits; 3 lecture hours 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Survey of Venetian art and architecture In surveying art about the Holocaust, between the 11th and 18th centuries, from this course explores the ethical limits Venice’s Byzantine traditions to the end of representation in an interdisciplinary of the Republic in 1797. Works of art and framework of history, politics, art history, architecture are contextualized in their media studies, , and Marxist historical and cultural periods and analyzed and literary theory. What will emerge is for their meaning, aesthetic value, and the way that many concerns of Holocaust- technical qualities. related artists have likewise driven so- Prerequisite(s): HA 112. called mainstream artists since World War HA 301 — Fashion and - II. Required qualification for Presidential Presidential Scholars Scholars Program or 3.5 GPA and approval 3 credits; 3 lecture hours of Dean for Liberal Arts. Examines fashion's importance to Prerequisite(s): HA 112. 19th-century Parisians and especially HA 305 — History of 20th-Century Textile Impressionist artists. Explores the historic Design origins of the modern fashion system 3 credits; 3 lecture hours and of the modern . Required A survey of textile pattern design for dress qualification for Presidential Scholars and furnishings from the late 19th century Program/3.5 GPA. (G7: The Humanities) to the present, with an emphasis on its Prerequisite(s): HA 112. relation to modern and and HA 302 — Splendor: Art and its contexts and with a focus on Europe and Culture in Seventeenth-Century Europe the United States. 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Prerequisite(s): HA 112. Surveys 17th-century European art HA 306 — Far From Home: Travel emphasizing how the period's political, Narratives and Art History (Honors) social, and cultural transformations affected 3 credits; 3 lecture hours art production and visual culture. Examines Students examine travelers’ accounts— works in diverse mediums, representative of the narrative, pictorial, and photographic the different artistic tendencies coexisting at records of travel on which art historians the time, unified under the term Baroque. and archaeologists rely heavily—from Prerequisite(s): HA 112. ancient, medieval and modern cultures as HA 303 — Tradition and Innovation in a way to examine and reconstruct visual Asian Art and Design cultures. (G7: Humanities; G9: Other World 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Civilizations). Probes the historical development and Prerequisite(s): Qualification for the modern transformation of Asian art and Presidential Scholars Program. design. Students in this study-abroad course visit historical monuments, major museums of Asian art, and artists' studios in a particular city. Focuses on first-hand study of art works and historical monuments, and engages with contemporary practitioners of art, design, and traditional techniques. Prerequisite(s): HA 112 or HA 221.

HA: History of Art and Civilization 7 HA 308 — Goddesses, Women, Power and HA 311 — in the Ancient World (Honors) 3 credits; 3 lecture hours 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Presents the history of Western art and This course introduces students to the civilization from the fall of Rome to the world of women and women’s patronage Renaissance. Illustrated lectures present in ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian and architecture, painting, and sculpture in Eastern Mediterranean cultures through relation to pertinent religious, economic, the study of art and archaeology. Surveys and social conditions. (G5: Western of visual representations of women Civilization; G7: Humanities) leaders from the 3rd millennium BCE to Prerequisite(s): HA 111 or HA 112 or Late Antiquity emphasize the manifold approval of chairperson. contributions made by women of power HA 314 — History of American Art in ancient societies. (G6: The Arts; G7: 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Humanities; G9: Other World Civilizations) Study of the visual arts in the United States Prerequisite(s): Qualification for Presidential from the Colonial Era to World War I. Scholars program or GPA 3.5 and above Painting, sculpture, architecture, and other and permission from the dean. visual media are analyzed as discrete artistic HA 309 — History of Business in the expressions and also as manifestations Visual Arts: 1800-2000 (Honors) of pertinent cultural, social, economic, 3 credits; 3 lecture hours political, and religious developments. This course examines business and labor Students examine an inclusive array of conditions in which artists and designers artists. (G7: Humanities; G10: American have created their work and pursued History) professional development from 1800 to the Prerequisite(s): HA 112 or equivalent, or present. Historical examples demonstrate approval of chairperson. how artistic production relates to other HA 315 — Ethnographic Film forms of labor and how art works and skills 3 credits; 2 lecture and 2 lab hours are valued at different times and places. This course is cross-listed with FI 242. This (G6: The Arts; G7: Humanities). course focuses on the history and nature of Prerequisite(s): Any HA course and ethnographic film in describing and defining qualification for the Presidential Scholars diverse world cultures. Topics addressed Program, or 3.5 GPA and permission of include the origins of ethnographic texts Dean of Liberal Arts. and images in the context of medieval HA 310 — Global Contemporaries in the European travel and trade, and the multiple World of Art genres of ethnographic films made from 3 credits; 3 lecture hours the 1920s to the present. (G9: Other World Focusing on global contemporary art since Civilizations) 1989 and using postcolonial art theory, Prerequisite(s): HA 112. students address diverse art practices HA 316 — The grounded in their historical, regional, 3 credits; 3 lecture hours cultural, economic, religious, and political This course is a study of the history and contexts .(G7: Humanities; G9: Other World development of the influential German art, Civilizations) design and architecture school; the artists Prerequisite(s): Any 2 HA courses. and architects who served on its faculty; and the body of work produced there from 1919 to 1933, and in Chicago from 1938 to 1944. (G7 Humanities). Prerequisite(s): HA 112.

8 HA: History of Art and Civilization HA 317 — Italian Renaissance Art and HA 333 — Contemporary Photography and Civilization New Media 3 credits; 3 lecture hours 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Surveys Italian art and its contexts from This course explores globally produced 1400 to the late 1500s, covering the early photographic works made since the Renaissance to the emergence of the mid-1960s. Emphasis is on key themes Baroque. Students study traditions and and genres, and on the works' historical innovations in style, subject, roles of artists and theoretical contexts. In addition to and patrons, and modes of production conventional photography, the course within the flux of Renaissance history. (G7 covers new media such as video, Humanities) installations, projections, and computer- Prerequisite(s): HA 112. assisted and internet-hosted photography. HA 330 — Approaches to Fashion Theory (G6: Arts; G7: Humanities) (Interdisciplinary) Prerequisite(s): HA 231 or HA 243 or HA 3 credits; 3 lecture hours 343. This is an interdisciplinary course cross- HA 342 — History of Textile Design listed with PL 330. Studies theories of 3 credits; 3 lecture hours fashion from both philosophical and art- Illustrated lectures survey patterned textile historical perspectives. Examines how our design throughout the world from antiquity relationship to our bodies, our concepts to the mid-20th century. (G7: Humanities) of self, our clothing, and our definitions Prerequisite(s): two semesters of History of of are historically and culturally Art and Civilization. dependent. (G4: Social Sciences; G7: HA 344 — History of Western Costume Humanities). 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Prerequisite(s): HA 112 or PL 141 or PL Illustrated lectures present the historical 321 or SS 131 or SS 171. and social development of Western HA 331 — Contemporary Art and Culture: costume, from antiquity to the present, in 1945 to the Present the context of the history of art and design. 3 credits; 3 lecture hours (G7: Humanities) An introduction to the interpretation Prerequisite(s): HA 112. of visual art in relation to international HA 345 — History of Industrial Design historical developments, with emphasis on 3 credits; 3 lecture hours late twentieth- and twenty-first-century art. Surveys the development of design for (G7: Humanities) commercial production from antiquity Prerequisite(s): HA 112. to the modern era in a cultural context. HA 332 — Modern Architecture Illustrated lectures address major theories, 3 credits; 3 lecture hours leading contributors, and examples of Traces the development of architecture in work that reflect technological and artistic Europe and the United States in the 19th achievements in the field. (G7: Humanities) and 20th centuries. Illustrated lectures Prerequisite(s): two History of Art and present architectural developments in Civilization courses (HA 111, HA 112, relation to pertinent ideas, events, and or HA 231), or equivalent and approval technological innovations. (G7: Humanities) of instructor, or (for Home Products Prerequisite(s): HA 112. Development students) HA 112.

HA: History of Art and Civilization 9 HA 346 — Twentieth-Century Fashion and HA 382 — Beauty: The Ideal in Art Visual Culture - Honor's Program 3 credits; 3 lecture hours 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Surveys 20th-century fashionable dress This course explores the concept of in the context of art and design history, beauty through disciplines of art history, with emphasis on the work of leading philosophy, and social science, as fashion designers. Students study garments understood through visual representation of and accessories in the collection of The the . Using the anaylsis of both Museum at FIT, as well as photographs, fine art and popular mass-media sources, fashion illustrations, and films. (G6: The students examine how concepts of the Arts; G7: Humanities) beautiful reflect a society's structures of Prerequisite(s): HA 112. power and belief. (G7: Humanities) HA 347 — Costume and Fashion in Film Prerequisite(s): HA 112, and qualification 3 credits; 2 lecture and 2 lab hours Pres. Sch. or app. or 3.5 GPA with approval This course is cross-listed with FI 262. of Dean for Liberal Arts. This course surveys the history of costume HA 383 — Art of the Road: Cross- design in films from 1895 to the present. Cultural Encounters (Honors) Through screenings, museum visits, and 3 credits; 3 lecture hours readings, students view the work of leading The Silk Road was the world's first great costume and fashion designers and explore superhighway, linking from ancient China the connections between film and related and Japan to the mediterranean world visual art and media. (G7: Humanities). across central Asia. In this course, students HA 348 — History of the Modern Printed view ancient and medieval art of Eurasia in a Image new way, from the ancient to early modern 3 credits; 3 lecture hours periods. Students study a history of the printed Prerequisite(s): HA 111 or HA 112 or HA image from the invention of lithography 121 or HA 221 or HA 225 or HA 226 or in the late 18th century to the present. HA 229 or HA 271 qualification for the Emphasis is on historical, contextual, Presidential Scholars Program (3.5GPA or technological, and stylistic concerns, with higher) Gen Ed: Humanities (G9). the appropriate connections to similar HA 384 — American Narratives in New developments in fine arts and graphic York City Museums (Honors) design. (G6: Arts; G7: Humanities) 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Prerequisite(s): HA 112. Examines exhibtions of American art in HA 381 — The Word and the Page: A New York City museums and considers the History of Writing and Books (Honors) ways they construct historical narratives 3 credits; 3 lecture hours that shape our ideas about collective and This course covers writing from the earliest individual identities. Students analyze cuneiform and hieroglyphic writing systems permanent and temporary installations to the mass production of writing and texts through the lens of museum theory and in the modern era and the digital revolution critical analysis. Most sessions meet at in type and text. Students learn how and museums. (G7: Humanities; G10: American why writing developed across a variety of History) cultures. (G6: Arts; G7: Humanities) Prerequisite(s): HA 112 and qualification Prerequisite(s): HA 112 and qualification for Presidential Scholar or application or 3.5 Presidential Scholars program or 3.5 GPA GPA with approval of Dean for Liberal Arts. with approval of dean for Liberal Arts.

10 HA: History of Art and Civilization HA 392 — The Art of Venice: to HA 396 — Art and Patronage in the Italian Tiepolo (Honors) Renaissance (Honors) 3 credits; 3 lecture hours 3 credits; 3 lecture hours This study of Venetian history provides This course surveys Italian Renaissance background for understanding the painting, art patronage, emphasizing sociopolitical sculpture, and architecture of Venice from contexts and the celebration or critique of the Renaissance through the 18th century. power. Emphasis is given to patronage in (G7: Humanities) courts and republics and to the merchant Prerequisite(s): HA 112 and qualification for class, princes, and popes, as well as Presidential Scholars Program, or 3.5 GPA marginalized groups. (G5: Western with approval of dean for Liberal Arts. Civilizations; G7: Humanities) HA 394 — History of New York Prerequisite(s): HA 112 and qualification for Architecture (Honors) Presidential Scholars Program, or 3.5 GPA 3 credits; 3 lecture hours with approval of dean for Liberal Arts. Students explore the HA 397 — Studies in Maya Art and Culture in New York City. They are introduced to (Honors) style, iconography, technical innovation, and 3 credits; 3 lecture hours geography. The cultural, social, economic, This is an in-depth study of Maya art, and political forces that shaped the city's architecture, writing, weaving, and ceramics buildings from the early 17th century to and of the way these visual forms express the present are also explored. (G5: Western aspects of Maya daily life and belief from Civilization; G6: Arts) 300 BCE to the present. (G7: Humanities; Prerequisite(s): HA 112 and qualification for G9: Other World Civilizations) Presidential Scholars Program, or 3.5 GPA Prerequisite(s): qualification for Presidential with approval of dean for Liberal Arts. Scholars Program, or 3.5 GPA with approval HA 395 — Studies in American Indian Art of dean for Liberal Arts. and Culture (Honors) HA 398 — Architecture and Faith: Ancient 3 credits; 3 lecture hours and Islamic Cities (Honors) A study of the art and culture of American 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Indians--from Alaska to the border of This course explores the commercial, Mexico, from prehistoric times to the cultural, and artistic development of urban present. Students study architecture, cultures in the Mediterranean and Near carving, painting, pottery, rituals, textiles, East regions in the ancient, medieval, and and the dramatic changes in American Islamic periods. Major case studies include Indian art and culture due to the violence Rome, Baghdad, Cairo, Jerusalem, and of colonization. (G7: Humanities; G9: Other Constantinople/. (G9: Other World World Civilizations) Civilizations) Prerequisite(s): qualification for Presidential Prerequisite(s): qualification for Presidential Scholars Program, or 3.5 GPA with approval Scholars Program, or 3.5 GPA with approval of dean for Liberal Arts. of Dean for Liberal Arts. HA 411 — Western Theories of Art 3 credits; 3 lecture hours Students consider Western theories of art from antiquity to the present with an emphasis on the 20th century. They are introduced to different methods of analyzing a as well as the ways in which these methods can affect a 's decision in organizing an exhibition. (G7: Humanities) Prerequisite(s): HA 231.

HA: History of Art and Civilization 11 HA 462 — Art and Ethics 3 credits; 3 lecture hours This course focuses on how and why any work of art can become a site of ethical questioning, within the context of many historical and thematic approaches. Students read, discuss, and analyze case studies involving art and ethics, and present their own research. (G7: Humanities) Prerequisite: Two (2) HA courses. HA 499 — Independent Study In History of Art and Civilization 1-3 credit Prerequisite(s): a minimum 3.5 GPA and approval of instructor, chairperson, and dean for Liberal Arts.

12 HA: History of Art and Civilization