Courses Offered
1. Introduction to the History of Art I
07F, 08F: 11
A study of the basic problems in the understanding and criticism of architecture, sculpture, the graphic arts, and painting in Western and non-Western cultures. The course introduces the student to the basic terminology of the arts, the language of stylistic criticism, and the relationship of the arts to each other and to their historical background.
Art History 1 will concentrate on historical periods prior to 1500. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Corrigan, Kangas.
2. Introduction to the History of Art II
08W, 09W: 11
A survey of art and architecture from 1500 to the present. The course introduces the student to the basic terminology of the arts, the language of stylistic criticism, and the relationship of the arts to each other and to their historical background. Art History 1 is not prerequisite to Art History 2. Priority for enrollment is given to first- and second-year students. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Mansour, Wolfskill.
4. History of Architecture
08W: 2
A comparative study of several architectural styles past and present, Western and Non-Western. Consideration will be given to a variety of building types ranging from the monumental to the residential. Dist: ART. Heck, Hockley.
7. First-Year Seminars in Art History
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10. Foreign Study I
08S, 09S: D.F.S.P.
Themes in the History of Roman Art. This course entails the on-site examination of mosaics, paintings and sculptures of particular art historical interest. The approach will be thematic, with emphasis falling on major issues within the History of Art. These may include narrative, iconography, social history, gender, perception, patronage, and formal analysis.
Prerequisite: membership in the Foreign Study Program. Rosenthal.
11. Foreign Study II
08S, 09S: D.F.S.P.
Roman Architecture. Rome offers a broad array of building types, architectural styles and urban spaces. This course introduces students to the principles of architectural analysis, while simultaneously plotting out a history of Roman architecture and urbanism. The course will begin with the study of ancient architecture. It will, however, focus on the evolution of architectural practices and forms during the late Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque.
Prerequisite: membership in the Foreign Study Program. Dist: ART; WCult: W. The staff.
12. Foreign Study III
08S, 09S: D.F.S.P.
The Language and Culture of Rome. This course is equivalent to Italian 2. This course aims at expanding students’ knowledge of Italian language and culture. It begins with a review of basic verb forms and moves on to explore new tenses and moods. Throughout, students engage in practical exercises geared to improve their oral and written expression, as well as enhance their vocabularies. All classes will be conducted in Italian. Note that this course may not be counted as part of the Art History major.
Prerequisite: membership in the Foreign Study Program. The staff.
16. Special Topics in the History of Art
07F: 10A 08S: 10A, 10A 09W: 11, 12 09S: 2A
In 07F, European Art and Colonialism 1680-1830. This course explores the relationship between the visual arts and European colonialism in the New World between the late seventeenth century and the early nineteenth. It emphasizes the ways in which visual culture reflected and shaped the establishment, and eventual transformation, of colonial societies based on evangelism, slavery and trade. We will examine artworks in a broad range of media and genres, and in a comparative perspective that encompasses Spain, France, Britain and their colonies. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Mansour.
In 08S, Section 1 at 10A, History of Museums and Collecting. This course will offer a close look at the history of museums and collecting from cabinets of curiosity to modern times. The emphasis will be on the early history of museums and on their theoretical and philosophical foundations. The course will also look at more recent developments in museums, including visits to museums and collections in Boston and other locations in the New England area. Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors only. Prerequisite: One Art History course, and a second course in Art History, Anthropology or Classical Studies. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Kenseth.
In 08S, Section 2 at 10A, Romanticism. From the late eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century the artistic and intellectual movement of Romanticism dominated European culture. Its emphasis on strong emotions, tumultuous nature, and individual imagination was seen as a reaction against the rationalism of Neoclassicism, and as a response to major social and political changes. This course explores key paintings, sculptures, and prints by Romantic artists from France, Britain, Germany, and Spain, including Delacroix, Géricault, Constable, Turner, Goya and Friedrich. Dist: ART; WCult: W. O’Rourke.
In 09W, Section 1 at 11, The Blue Rider Group. The Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter) was an international group of expressionists whose work was centered in Munich, around 1912. The class will study the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter, Franz Marc, August Macke, and Paul Klee; the group’s exhibitions; and the wide-ranging theoretical statements they published in fin-de-siècle, pre-war Munich. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Jordan.
In 09W, Section 2 at 12, Archaeology, Religion, and Society in Roman Palestine (Identical to, and described under, Jewish Studies 41). Dist: ART; WCult: W. Kangas.
In 09S, a special topics course. Corrigan.
17. Special Topics in the History of Art
08S: 11, 2, 2A 08X: 10A 09W: 2A 09S: 2
In 08S, Section 1 at 2, and 09S, Abstract Expressionism. Abstract Expressionism, the first American artistic movement to gain international recognition, embodied many conflicts and paradoxes. Steeping themselves in earlier European modernism, the artists nonetheless pursued a style that was to be a-historical in its immediacy. They aimed to address the most profound questions of civilization solely through acts of spontaneity. Lectures, readings, and discussions will examine Pollock, Gorky, DeKooning, Rothko, and others amidst the complexities of American culture of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Jordan.
In 08S, Section 2 at 11, “The Villa Life”: Andrea Palladio and His Architectural Legacy. Historians routinely identify Andrea Palladio, the sixteenth-century Italian architect, as architecture’s most celebrated designer. For one who never left Italy and whose reputation depends on a small number of built works and the repeated publication and translation of a single book, such abiding esteem is an astonishing achievement. In this course, we will study Palladio’s splendid Veneto villas and his influential Four Books of Architecture in search of the reasons for his great prominence. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Heck.
In 08S, Section 3 at 2A, South and Southeast Asian Art and Ritual Culture (2500 BCE–Present). The course surveys the Arts of India, Pakistan, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia. Students will analyze paintings, sculpture, architecture, and ritual vessels in the context of Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam. The objective is to consider how the “sensual” spirit captured in the visual culture reflects present and past notions of gender, love and power within a socio-religious framework. The Hood Museum’s Spring ’08 exhibition will “objectify” students’ research. Dist: ART; WCult: NW. Bokhari.
In 08X, Experiments in Museum Practice and Experience. In this course we will explore, collectively, experimental approaches to the museum experience, exhibition, and the engagement with objects. Some thematic approaches will involve memory, movement, the sensorium, and the body. We will work closely with the Hood Museum of Art. Class will be devoted to discussion, with some individual and group presentations. Assignments will be writing and project based. Students should be open to thinking in creative ways about their experience with art. Dist: ART. Coffey.
In 09W, Realism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. From 1848 to 1914, French art and the modern city of Paris dominated the international art scene. This course explores the radical visual culture of the period in painting, sculpture, prints and photography, from the realism of Courbet and Manet to the abstraction of Seurat and Cézanne. We will focus on how new technologies, political and social revolutions, and exhibition culture influenced the work of Cassatt, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh and Rodin, among others. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Rosenthal.
20. The Art of Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East
07F: 2 09W: 10A
A study of painting, sculpture, architecture, and occasionally minor arts in the Near East and Egypt from prehistory through approximately the first millennium B.C.E. The course aims at a parallel treatment of the Egyptian and various Near Eastern civilizations, especially those that developed in Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Syria/Palestine, and Iran. Special attention will be paid to the cultural contacts among different ancient centers at key moments in history, as conjured up by individual monuments. Dist: ART; WCult: NW. Kangas.
21. The Art of Greece: Prehistoric to Classical
08F: 2A
The course treats chronologically the history of Greek art from its beginnings to the end of the fifth century B.C. The principal monuments of architecture, sculpture, and painting will be examined in terms of style, theme, and context. The question will be posed as to how Greek art came to serve Greek society, while some attention will also be given to the ways in which the classical tradition has persistently served later cultures. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Cohen.
22. Late Classical and Hellenistic Art in the Greek World
07F: 10A
The course examines the principal works of painting, sculpture, and architecture of the fourth through the first centuries B.C. This period marks the change from democracy to an age of kings and empire in the Greek world, a change associated with the rise of Macedonia as the dominant political and cultural force in Greece. In the reign of Alexander the Great, Macedonian power—and with it Greek civilization—expanded beyond the borders of Greece to encompass Egypt and the Near East. Particular emphasis will be given to recent discoveries in northern Greece of important monuments associated with the court of Alexander, his father Philip, and some of his immediate successors. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Cohen.
25. Roman Art
09W: 11
A study of architecture, sculpture, painting, and decorative arts in Rome and the Empire from the Republican period through the second century A.D. Such issues as the influence of the Etruscan and Greek traditions, stylistic change and its determinants, and the role of art in Roman society will be considered in relation to both the great public monuments of Republican and Imperial Rome and the works made for private individuals. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Corrigan.
30. Early Christian Art
07F: 2A 09S: 12
A study of painting, sculpture, architecture, and the minor arts in the Mediterranean from the third through seventh centuries. Emphasis will be placed on the role of art in late antique society, especially in the process of transformation from the classical to the medieval world. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Corrigan.
31. Byzantine Art
09W: 2
A study of painting, sculpture, architecture, and the minor arts of Byzantium from the period of Iconoclasm to the fall of Constantinople. Emphasis will be placed on the use of art during this period to express the beliefs and goals of the church and the state and to satisfy private devotional needs. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Corrigan.
32. Early Medieval Art
Not offered in the period from 07F through 09S
Though the eighth through eleventh centuries are often erroneously known as the “Dark Ages,” this course will explore the vibrant life in the emerging northern Europe of Charlemagne and William the Conqueror. Evolving methods of societal organization and identity through religion, nationhood and the cult of personality will be examined through the art and architecture of the period. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Carroll.
33. Gothic Art and Architecture
08S: 2A
Characterized by rising urbanism, a growing middle class and developed political states, the Gothic period combines elements of medieval and early modern worlds. This course will explore the influence of new patrons and institutions on the era’s art, the art’s reflection of the period’s religious and political reality, and the popularity of new, more secular subject matter. The works covered will encompass both massive public projects, such as Chartres Cathedral, and the personal, private taste found on ivory mirror backs. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Carroll.
36. Italian Medieval Art and Architecture, 1200-1400
Not offered in the period from 07F through 09S
What is it to picture divinity? What can paintings do that texts cannot? How do public buildings communicate political ideas? This course addresses such questions in relation to the art and architecture of late medieval Italy. We analyze paintings by Duccio, Giotto, and the Lorenzetti, sculptures by the Pisani, and Italian Romanesque and Gothic architecture. We discuss these in relation to mendicant spirituality, communal politics, and the emergence of Italian vernacular literature. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Randolph.
40. Florence 1400-1450: Culture, Politics, Society
Not offered in the period from 07F through 09S
This course advances an interdisciplinary account of Florentine art, architecture, literature, politics, and social life during the crucial years in which the Medici family first came to power. Examining the period’s rich historical and historiographical resources, we seek to understand the novel cultural character of Masaccio’s paintings, Donatello’s sculpture, Brunelleschi’s architecture, Alberti’s theoretical writings, and Burchiello’s poetry, within a thematic structure that also addresses the development of linear perspective, of public political art, and of a new architectural language. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Randolph.
41. Italian Visual Culture, 1450-1500
08F: 10A
In this course we explore various Italian cultural centers—Florence, Mantua, Milan, Naples, Rome, Urbino, and Venice—during the second half of the fifteenth century. While focusing on the cultural particularities of each locale, we also consider an array of broader thematic and generic developments, including mythological painting, pictorial narration, the collection and display of art, gender and spectatorship, the emulation of antiquity, and portraiture. Artists studied include Piero della Francesca, Mantegna, Botticelli, Perugino, Leonardo, and Michelangelo. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Randolph.
42. The High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy
Not offered in the period from 07F through 09S
A study of the major monuments of painting and sculpture in Italy during the sixteenth century. The course surveys the classical style of the High Renaissance (beginning with Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Giorgione) and then traces the development of Mannerism and Maniera in the work of such artists as Pontormo, Bronzino, and Tintoretto. The art of the reformers at the end of the century is also considered, especially as it looks forward to the Baroque. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Kenseth.
43. Northern Renaissance Art
Not offered in the period from 07F through 09S
A survey of the major monuments of painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts in the Low Countries, Germany, and France, from the late fourteenth century through the Reformation. Content as well as style is examined in the light of its relation to social transformation and the cultural evolution of the period. Emphasis is placed on the work of such significant personalities as the van Eycks, van der Weyden, Bosch, Bruegel, Grünewald, Dürer, and Holbein. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Carroll.
45. Southern Baroque Art
08W: 2A
A survey of painting and sculpture from 1600 to 1700. This course focuses upon the art of Caravaggio and his followers in Italy and Spain; the Carracci and the development of seventeenth century classicism; Bernini and the High Baroque; and the art of French visitors to Italy. Special emphasis is given to the relation that the painting and sculpture of this time has to seventeenth century poetry, theatre, science and the aims of the reformed Catholic Church. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Kenseth.
46. Northern Baroque Art
08S: 2A
Painting in Flanders and Holland from 1600 to 1700. This course considers the naturalistic tradition from Caravaggio’s northern followers to the Haarlem School of Hals; the art of Rembrandt; the classical genre of Vermeer and the Delft School; Rubens and the Flemish High Baroque. The growth of specialized genres of painting and the differing aesthetic aims of Dutch and Flemish painters are viewed against the background of the Protestant reformation and the rise of a mercantile society. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Kenseth.
48. Gender, Race and Politics in Eighteenth-century Visual Culture
08F: 12
The course seeks to examine the interaction in eighteenth-century Europe between the visual arts and politics, social history, literature and philosophy. Emphasizing British, Italian and French visual culture, the course will offer a wide overview by addressing different genres, media, patronage patterns, and contexts of production and reception. The project includes the scrutiny of works by (among others) Hogarth, Reynolds, Kauffman, Watteau, Carriera, Boucher, Fragonard, Vigée-Lebrun and David. Topics include: the changing nature of the public sphere, the representation of history, and ideologies of race, gender, and private and domestic life. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Rosenthal.
51. Visions of Modernity: The Nineteenth Century
Not offered in the period from 07F through 09S
This survey of European art of the nineteenth century examines the central artistic and intellectual movements of the period, focusing especially on Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, and Post-impressionism. Works by individual artists such as Goya, Blake, Turner, Hunt, Friedrich, Géricault, Delacroix, Manet, Cassatt, and Morisot will receive special attention. Topics addressed in this course include the physical reshaping of urban spaces and its implications for the visual arts; the social coding of exterior spaces (the city, parks, nature, and the suburban landscape) and interior spaces (the theater, cafes, and the domestic sphere) in the arts; the impact of industrialization on modern modes of perception; the relevance of the artist’s studio and exhibition spaces within the modern metropolis; and the gendering of vision as expressed in such concepts as the flâneur. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Rosenthal.
52. Building America: An Architectural and Social History (Identical to History 34)
08S: 2
This course draws upon recent scholarship in anthropology, archaeology, material culture, social history and architectural history in its review of five centuries of American architecture. Course lectures not only emphasize America’s principal architects and their designs, but also summarize the social and cultural forces that shaped the country’s built landscape. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Heck.
53. Classic Modernism: Painting and Sculpture 1900-1914
07F: 2
The founding movements of European modernism: Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, German Expressionism, early abstract art. Sources in Post-Impressionism. Issues of structure and meaning. Special focus on the innovations of Picasso, Matisse, and Kandinsky; extensive readings in artistic manifestos and contemporaneous criticism. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Jordan.
54. The First Crisis of Modernism: Painting and Sculpture 1914-1945
08W: 2 09W: 2
Art after the First World War: International Dada, Surrealism, Suprematism, Russian Constructivism, the Bauhaus. The further development of abstraction: Mondrian, De Stijl, Abstraction-Création, early modernism in New York. The idea of the avant-garde and inter-war struggles for leadership will be studied in theoretical and historical context. Readings in primary sources. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Jordan.
55. Late and Post-Modernism: Art from 1945 to the Present
07F: 11
Abstract Expressionism (the New York School) as culmination of the modernist tradition. The “Post-Pollock” problem and reactions. Neo-Dada, Pop Art, Hard Edge, Minimalism, Conceptual, New Realism, Neo-Expressionism, Appropriationism, recent movements. Considerations of Modernism and Post-Modernism; problems of the late avant-garde; and changing relationships between the artist and society. Extensive readings in contemporary theory and criticism. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Wolfskill.
59. Modern Architecture
Not offered in the period from 07F through 09S
Architectural historians disagree about the origins of the modern era. For many, “modern” suggests principally the built works of the twentieth century. Others find the great projects of the nineteenth-century industrial revolution a more suitable place to begin. Still others—as will we—push the beginnings of “modern” architectural thought and practice back to the late eighteenth century. In this way we place architectural transformation in the context of the great changes taking place in the political, artistic, social and intellectual life of the period.
This course approaches architecture as a cultural product and investigates the relationship between buildings, the ideas embodied in buildings and the cultures that designed them. We will chart the history of modern design from the Age of Enlightenment to the present. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Heck.
60. The Arts of China
09W: 10
Intended as a general introduction to Chinese art and culture, this course will survey major artistic developments from neolithic times to the Republican period. Among the topics to be considered are Shang and Chou bronzes, Buddhist sculpture, and the evolution of landscape painting from the Han to Ch’ing Dynasties. Dist: ART; WCult: NW. Hockley.
63. Sacred Art and Architecture of Japan
09S: 10
This course examines Shinto and Buddhist architectural, sculptural, painting and print traditions from the prehistoric to the modern era. The primary emphasis will be on the relationship of these arts to their doctrinal sources and the ritual, social, and political contexts in which they were created and utilized. Dist: ART; WCult: NW. Hockley.
64. The Japanese Painting Tradition
Not offered in the period from 07F through 09S
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the Japanese painting tradition. Surveying a broad range of themes, formats, and styles and exploring the relationship between indigenous sensibilities and the traditions Japanese artists borrowed from continental Asia and the West, it defines the unique aesthetic experience offered by Japanese sacred and secular painting. Its focus on patronage and studio practice emphasizes the social, political, and cultural processes that underscored important developments in the painting tradition. Dist: ART; WCult: NW. Hockley.
65. Japanese Prints
Not offered in the period from 07F through 09S
A survey of the Japanese print tradition from its inception in the seventeenth century through modern prints in the early twentieth century, this course emphasizes the relationship between prints and the political, social, and cultural milieu in which they circulated. The curriculum includes applications of recent critiques and theoretical approaches from fields as diverse as sexuality and gender studies, mass culture and media studies, aesthetics of popular arts, and the sociology of consumption. Dist: ART; WCult: NW. Hockley.
66. The Camera in Nineteenth-Century Asia
09S: 2
This course examines the use of photography by colonial governments, anthropologists, commercial photographers, and tourists in nineteenth-century Asia. It also takes into account indigenous uses of photography that both conform with and react against Western uses of the medium. Consideration is also given to the diffusion of photographic images into other media including news publications, government documents, academic studies, travelogues, guidebooks, and museum displays. Dist: ART; WCult: NW. Hockley.
67. Contemporary Arts of Asia
08W: 10 09W: 12
This course examines the contemporary art of Asia from a variety of historical, cultural, and critical perspectives. Lectures, readings and discussions range across broad themes such as identity, globalization, trans-nationalism, and feminism and include examination of both traditional and new media. Case studies examine the work of both well-established and emerging young artists. This course is designed to equip students with the critical skills necessary to appreciate, discuss, and analyze contemporary Asian art. Dist: ART; WCult: NW. Hockley.
70. Social History of North American Art, Part I
08X: 10
This course surveys visual culture in North America from the sixteenth century to 1900. In addition to the development of Anglo-American culture and identity, the course also explores the influence of Dutch, Spanish, and French settlers as well as Native American, African, and Asian contributions to North American art. We will consider painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, graphic art, folk traditions, and material culture with special emphasis on race, nation, gender, and class. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Coffey.
71. Social History of North American Art, Part II
Not offered in the period from 07F through 09S
This course surveys visual culture in North America over the twentieth century. While the United States will be emphasized, we will also consider art produced in Canada and Mexico. In addition to mainstream artists, we will explore art produced by marginalized communities, in particular African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Mexican Americans, women, and Queer artists. Genres covered include: painting, sculpture, mural art, performance, installation, photography, and political graphics. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Coffey.
75. Twentieth Century Art from Latin America (Identical to Latin American and Caribbean Studies 78)
08S: 12
This course surveys works of art produced by Latin Americans during the twentieth century. We will approach this vast topic through case studies of the major figures and avant-garde movements in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and the United States. We will examine how national identity, racial formation, class difference, gender inequality, political struggle, and state violence have been addressed by artists from the region and in diaspora. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Coffey.
76. Mexican Modernism
Not offered in the period from 07F through 09S
This course surveys Modern art in Mexico from the turn of the twentieth century through the late 1960s. The course emphasizes Mexican muralism, but we will also examine alternative modernisms developing simultaneously and in opposition to this dominant discourse. We will survey painting, sculpture, murals, photography, popular graphics, folk art, architecture, and urban planning. Class will be devoted to the analysis of visual as well as textual materials from the period. Dist: ART; WCult: CI. Coffey.
80, 81, 82, 83, 84. Advanced Seminars in Art History
Intensive study of special fields in art history. Open to all classes without prerequisite (except as noted), but with the permission of the instructor.
80. Not offered in the period from 07F through 09S
81. 08F: 2A. Skin: The Surface of Art. Rosenthal.
This seminar explores the relationship between skin and visual representation in a broad range of media from the Renaissance to the present. Topics include depictions of Christ’s incarnation (“becoming flesh”) as the “birth” of art, representation of flesh in Baroque and Romantic painting, complexion in relation to concepts of gender and race, debates on the opacity and transparency of skin, and skin as literal or metaphorical boundary between self and other.
82. 07F: 2A. Renaissance Chapels. Randolph.
The Arena, the Brancacci, the Sassetti, and the Sistine chapel. The names of Renaissance chapels resound with significance, for these spaces, sites of contemporary touristic and academic pilgrimage, retain some of their original charism. In this course, we will seek to understand our own fascination with these spaces, their decoration, and their history, through a detailed examination of each, addressing its genesis, original appearance, devotional activation, and socio-cultural context.
83. 09W: 10A. Art of the Hapsburgs. Kenseth.
84. 08W: 2A. Cubism. Jordan.
Cubism, it may be argued, was the dominant artistic style of the twentieth century. Over 1907–1914, Picasso and Braque developed a visual language of geometric analysis, transparency, and collage that influenced all subsequent movements. The seminar will focus on works from Cubism’s early years and the ways in which this difficult style embodies key concerns of modernism. Recent reappraisals of Cubism will be studied as well as examples of the style in the Hood Museum.
85. Senior Seminar in Art Historical Theory and Method
07F: 3A 08F: 2A. Dist: ART. Cohen.
86. Senior Seminar in Art Historical Theory and Method
08W, 09W: 3A. Dist: ART. Rosenthal.
89. Independent Study
All terms: Arrange
Independent Study is intended for advanced students who have demonstrated their ability to do independent research in art history and who wish to study some topic in greater depth than is possible in a regularly scheduled course or seminar. The Independent Study project should be preceded by at least one Art History course in an area related to the topic under consideration, and may even develop out of that course. A student interested in undertaking Independent Study must first submit a proposal to the faculty member with whom he or she wishes to study. Assuming agreement by that faculty member, the proposal will then be reviewed by the entire Art History faculty. Ordinarily, this must be done in the term immediately preceding the term in which the Independent Study course will be taken. The Independent Study course cannot be used to fulfill any of the requirements for the Art History major or minor.
90-91. Honors
07F, 08W, 08S, 08F, 09W, 09S: Arrange
A sequence of two courses devoted to independent research and the writing of a thesis or execution of a project under direction of a departmental adviser. Students admitted to and participating in the departmental honors program must take these courses in consecutive terms of the senior year.
Prerequisite: consult the statement of the Art History Honors Program. Only one of these courses may be counted as part of the major in Art History. Hockley.