The course numbers below indicate the area of Art History and Film Studies addressed. SCHOOL OF Art History 001-099 Introductory 100-104 Ancient HUMANITIES AND 105-109 Medieval 110-119 Renaissance 120-139 Early Modern 140-159 Modern SCIENCES 160-179 Contemporary 180-189 Asia 190-195 Africa and the Americas 200-299 Seminars and Colloquia ART AND ART HISTORY 410-499 Historical Studies 500-599 Critical Studies Emeriti: (Professors) Keith Boyle, Kristina Branch, Wanda M. 600-699 Graduate Research Corn, Elliot Eisner, Lorenz Eitner, David Hannah, Suzanne Film Studies Lewis, Frank Lobdell, Dwight C. Miller, Nathan Oliveira, Ri- 004-103 Introductory chard Randell, Michael Sullivan, Paul V. Turner 111-118 Genre Chair: Richard Vinograd 130-139 National Cinemas Area Director for Art History: Richard Vinograd 140-149 Aesthetics Area Director for Film and Media Studies: Pavle Levi 150-159 Other Area Director for Art Practice and Director of Undergraduate 220-299 Seminars Studies for Art Practice: Joel Leivick 400-660 Graduate Seminars Director of Undergraduate Studies for Art History: Jody Maxmin Director of Undergraduate Studies for Film and Media Studies: MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ART Scott Bukatman Director of Graduate Studies in Art History: Pamela M. Lee AND ART HISTORY Director of Graduate Studies in Art Practice: Gail Wight The department offers courses of study in: (1) the history of art, Director of Graduate Studies in Documentary Film: Jan Krawitz (2) the practice of art (studio), and (3) film and media studies, ART AND HISTORY Professors: Enrique Chagoya (Painting/Drawing/Printmaking), leading to the following degrees: B.A. degree in Art History; B.A. Paul DeMarinis (Electronic Media; on leave), Matthew S. Kahn degree in Art Practice; B.A. degree in Film and Media Studies; (Design), Jan Krawitz (Documentary Film), Pamela M. Lee M.F.A. degree in Art Practice; M.F.A. degree in Design; M.F.A. (Contemporary Art), Michael Marrinan (18th- and 19th-century degree in Documentary Film and Video; Ph.D. degree in Art His- European Art; on leave Spring 2010), Kristine Samuelson (Do- tory. cumentary Film; on leave), Melinda Takeuchi (Japanese Art), The undergraduate program is designed to help students think Richard Vinograd (Chinese Art), Bryan Wolf (American Art) critically about the visual arts and visual culture. Courses focus on Associate Professors: Scott Bukatman (Film Studies), Jody Max- the meaning of images and media, and their historical develop- min (Ancient Art; on leave Winter 2010), Gail Wight (Electron- ment, roles in society, and relationships to disciplines such as lite- ic Media) rature, music, and philosophy. Work performed in the classroom, Assistant Professors: Terry Berlier (Sculpture), Morten Steen Han- studio, and screening room is designed to develop a student’s pow- sen (Renaissance Art), Pavle Levi (Film Studies), Jean Ma ers of perception, capacity for visual analysis, and knowledge of (Film Studies), Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz (African Art), Jamie technical processes. Meltzer (Documentary Film), Bissera Pentcheva (Medieval Art) The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stan- Professor (Teaching): Joel Leivick (Photography) ford University is a major resource for the department. The center Lecturers: Kevin Bean (Drawing/Painting), Robert Dawson (Pho- offers a 22,000-object collection on view in rotating installations in tography), John Edmark (Design), Brendan Fay (History of 18 galleries, the Rodin Sculpture Garden, and special exhibitions, Photography), Lukas Felzmann (Photography), Julie Russo educational programs, and events. Through collaborations with the (Media Studies), Adam Tobin (Screenwriting) teaching program, student internships, and student activities, the Affiliated Professor: John H. Merryman (Law, emeritus) Center provides a rich resource for Stanford students. Department Offices: Room 101, Cummings Art Building Mail Code: 94305-2018 ART HISTORY Phone: (650) 723-3404 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN ART Web Site: http://art.stanford.edu HISTORY Courses offered by the Department of Art & Art History are listed on the Stanford Bulletin’s ExploreCourses web site under the The discipline of Art History teaches students how to analyze subject codes ARTHIST (Art History), ARTSTUDI (Art Practice), and interpret works of fine art (paintings, drawings, prints, and FILMSTUD (Film Studies), and FILMPROD (Film Practice). sculpture), photography and moving image media (film, video, television, and digital art), material culture (ritual objects, fashion, ART HISTORY AND FILM STUDIES advertisements, and the decorative, applied, and industrial arts), and the built environment (architecture, urbanism, and design). COURSE CATALOG NUMBERING The department takes it as axiomatic that the skills of visual litera- SYSTEM cy and analysis are not innate but may be acquired through training The first digit of the ARTHIST and FILMSTUD course number and practice. Objects of study are drawn from the cultures of Afri- indicates its general level of sophistication. ca, Asia, the Americas, from the Middle East; from Western, Cen- 001-099 Introductory tral, and Eastern Europe; and from antiquity to the present. 100-199 Undergraduate level lectures Art History is a historical discipline that seeks to reintegrate the 200-299 Undergraduate seminars/individual work work of art into the original context of its making and reception, 300-399 Graduate level lectures foregrounding its significant status as both historical document and 400-599 Graduate seminars/individual work act of social communication. At the same time, Art History seeks to understand the ways in which the work of art transcends the STANFORD BULLETIN, 2009-10 | 1 historical moment of its production, taking on different meanings 3. Area of Concentration (22 units): The department encourages in later historical periods, including the present. As part of their students to pursue their interests by designing an area of con- visual training, students of Art History become proficient in cul- centration tailored to their own intellectual concerns. This area tural analysis and historical interpretation. Art History thus envi- of concentration provides the student with an in-depth under- sions itself as uniquely well positioned to train students from a standing of a coherent topic in Art History. It must consist of variety of disciplines in the light of the dramatic visual turn that five Art History courses: two must be seminars or colloquia; has gripped the humanities and the sciences over the course of the four of the five courses must be in a single field or concentra- last decade, with more and more disciplines becoming vitally in- tion constructed by the student in consultation with their facul- terested in visual forms and modes of communication. ty adviser. Students must submit an area of concentration form, signed by their faculty adviser, during Winter Quarter of their BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ART HISTORY junior year. SUGGESTED PREPARATION FOR THE MAJOR 4. Capstone Seminar (5 units): ARTHIST 296, Junior Seminar: Students considering a major in art history should take AR- Methods and Historiography of Art History. This course is de- THIST 1, Introduction to the Visual Arts, during their freshman or signed to introduce majors to methods and theories underlying sophomore year. the practice of Art History. The seminar is offered annually, typically during Autumn Quarter. FIELDS OF STUDY OR DEGREE OPTIONS 5. Studio Course (4 units): Majors are required to complete at Students who wish to major in Art History declare the Art His- least one introductory Studio Art course. tory major on Axess. Concentrations within the major are ap- HONORS PROGRAM proved by the faculty adviser and are not declared on Axess. Sam- The purpose of the honors thesis is to extend and deepen work ple concentrations include: done in an Art History class; the topic should have focus and clear 1. Topical concentrations: art and gender; art, politics, race, and parameters. Typically an honors thesis is not an exploration of a ethnicity; art, science, and technology; urban studies new area that the student has never studied before. The minimum 2. Genre concentrations: architecture; painting; sculpture; film S requirement for admission to the honors program is an overall studies; prints and media; decorative arts and material culture GPA of 3.7, and at least 3.7 in Art History courses. Students must IE 3. Historical and national concentrations: ancient and medieval; TN complete at least five Art History courses at Stanford by the end of Renaissance and early modern; modern and contemporary; their junior year; four must be completed by the end of winter American; African; Asian; the Americas quarter. Students interested in the honors program should consult 4. Interdisciplinary concentrations: art and literature; art and his- their potential adviser by the beginning of junior year. Thesis ad- tory; art and religion; art and economics; art and medicine visers must be in residence during fall quarter senior year, and it is (with adviser consent a maximum of two concentration courses highly recommended that they are in residence during the rest of may be taken outside the department). senior year. Students wishing to write an honors thesis must an- DEGREE REQUIREMENTS nounce their intention by submitting an intent form signed by their All undergraduate majors complete a minimum of 61 units (14 thesis adviser (who need not be the student’s academic adviser) by courses of 4-5 units each). Students are