NOTE: Only courses passed with a minimum grade of `C' will satisfy prerequisite requirements for subsequent courses in the Department of Art and Art History.

1000 (VP) Introduction to Art. Cr. 4
Forms and functions of art; uses of art; roles of the artist; iconography and symbols. 

1110 (VP) Survey of Art History: Ancient through Medieval. Cr. 3-4
Staff
Offered for four credits only to Honors students. Survey of traditions and major developments in visual expression in the West, prehistory through Medieval period. Art studied in context of its cultures; techniques of visual analysis. 

1120 (VP) Renaissance through Modern Art Survey. Cr. 3-4
Staff
Offered for four credits to Honors students only. Traditions and developments in visual expression in the West, Renaissance through twentieth century. Art in context of its cultures; techniques of visual analysis.

 

3070 Art and Archeology of Ancient Egypt. Cr. 3 Dr. Brian Madigan An introduction to the history and development of Egyptian artistic style in architecture, sculpture, painting and the applied arts; historical, social and religious background.

 

 

3240 Mythology in Greek Art. Cr.3 Dr. Brian Madigan Mythology as subject matter of statues, wall paintings, temple decorations, and vase painting of Ancient Greece.

AH3300/AH5300 History and Urban Development of Rome. Cr. 3
Bassett & Madigan
Monumental public and private spaces of ancient Rome, from their development through their transformations in the Middle Ages and Renaissance to the modern age. The idea of the city as an imperial capital and the perpetuation of that ideal in art and architecture. Taught in Rome.

3410 Monasticism and the Arts in the Middle Ages Cr. 3
Dr. Sarah Bassett
Monasticism as a driving force in medieval culture; art and architecture produced by and for Christian religious communities, A.D. 300-1400.

 
3470 Islamic Art and Architecture. Cr. 3
Dr. Sarah Bassett
Survey of art and architecture of Islam from its origins in the seventh century to the Ottoman Empire. 

3700 Contemporary Art. Cr. 3
Staff
Introduction for studio art majors: ideas and styles of modern art. The gap between those who make art and those who write about it. Access to the discipline of art history through tracing the origins of a variety of contemporary art practices.

3750 African American Art. (AFS 3750) Cr. 3
Dr. Marion Jackson
Introduction to African American art from the colonial period to the present, with emphasis on the U.S. and some attention to South and Central America and the Caribbean. 


5090 (WI) Theory and Methods of Art Historical Research. Cr. 3
Staff
Prereq: consent of instructor. Introduction to the methods of research in art history. History of the discipline's methodology examined through selected readings.

 

5210 Hellenistic Art. Cr. 3 Dr. Brian Madigan Sculpture, painting and architecture of the Greek world from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra.

 

 

5250 Ancient Rome. Cr. 3 Dr. Brian Madigan Development of Rome into an imperial capital. Design, function and political significance of public monuments in the city.

 

 

 

5260 Classical Greek Art. Cr. 3 Dr. Brian Madigan Greek painting, sculpture and architecture of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. Emphasis on decorative programs of temples and cult statues.

 

 

 

5270 Roman Painting and Sculpture. Cr. 3 Dr. Brian Madigan Painting and sculpture of the Roman Republic and Empire, and their cultural context.

5300 Early Christian Art and Architecture. Cr. 3
Dr. Sarah Bassett
Art and architecture of the Mediterranean and Western Europe, A.D. 200-700. Formation and development of distinctive Christian tradition in context of the later Roman world. Emphasis on interaction between pagan, Christian and Jewish traditions.

 

 

5310 The Ancient City of Athens. Cr. 3 Dr. Brian Madigan The history of Athens as an urban center in antiquity. Public monuments, buildings and landscape as reflecting the city's aspirations and fortunes.

 

 

 

5320 Neoclassical Architecture in Britain. Cr. 3 Dr. Brian Madigan Interest in Classical antiquity as shown in English architecture of the seventeenth century. Domestic, state and religious architecture, urban planning, garden design and landscape architecture, in contexts of political and social developments.

5330 Constantinople in the Sixth Century. Cr. 3
Dr. Sarah Bassett
Art and architecture of Constantinople in the Sixth Century. 

5350 Byzantine Art and Architecture. Cr. 3
Dr. Sarah Bassett
Art and architecture of the Byzantine Empire, A.D. 700-1453. Formation and development of a distinct Christian representational and architectural tradition in the context of Orthodox Christianity. Secular traditions considered in light of traditions of Hellenism. 

5400 Romans and Barbarians. Cr. 3
Dr. Sarah Bassett
Art and architecture in Western Europe from the Dark Ages through the twelfth century. 

5450 Art and Architecture in the High Middle Ages. Cr. 3
Dr. Sarah Bassett
Prereq: A H 1110, 1120. Art and architecture in western Europe,1050-1250. Development of Romanesque and Gothic styles in architecture, painting, and sculpture. 

5500 Early Renaissance in Italy. Cr. 3
Dr. Sarah Franklin
Art and architecture from Giotto to Botticelli; transformation of late medieval art prior to Black Death, classical revival in Florence; North Italian artists such as the Bellinis and Mantegna. 

5510 High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy. Cr. 3
Dr. Sarah Franklin
The art of Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, and their contemporaries. (I)

5520 Art of Renaissance Venice. Cr. 3
Dr. Sarah Franklin
Open only to art history or art majors. Art of fifteenth and sixteenth century Venice considered in its socio-political milieu.

5550 Northern Renaissance Art. Cr. 3
Art of Germany and the Netherlands executed between 1400 and 1570.

5700 Nineteenth Century European Painting. Cr. 3
Dr. Jennifer Olmsted
Major styles, developments and masters. 

5710 Trends in Nineteenth Century Art. Cr. 3
Dr. Jennifer Olmsted
Topics to be announced in Schedule of Classes. 

5715 Modernism: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Cr. 3
Dr. Jennifer Olmsted
Origins of Modernism in the mid-nineteenth century; avant-garde art in Europe and the U.S. from 1850 to 1950; theories of Modernism in the visual arts. 

5720 Twentieth Century Art. Cr. 3
Dr. Dora Apel
European and American paintings, sculpture, and new media surveyed from 1900 to present. 
 
5770 Paris in the Nineteenth Century. Cr. 3
Dr. Jennifer Olmsted
Social and economic change in nineteenth century Paris; impact on art from Romantics to Post-Impressionists. Reading in major works of literature and history. Dawn of modernism in painting. 

5780 Topics in Twentieth-Century Art. Cr. 3
Dr. Dora Apel
Topics to be announced in Schedule of Classes. 

5830 History of Collecting and Collections. Cr. 3
Dr. Sarah Bassett
History of collecting and collections in the Western tradition from antiquity to the modern era.

5855 Museum Practicum. Cr. 3
Staff
Cooperative arrangement between the art history program and the Detroit Institute of Arts, in which the student applies art historical training to a current project or exhibition in the museum.

5865 Seminar in Museum Research. Cr. 3
Staff
Art historical research methods applied to work in the Detroit Institute of Arts. Topic to be announced in Schedule of Classes. 

5990 Directed Study. Cr. 1-3
Staff
Open only to art history majors. Supervised advanced reading and research in the history of art. 

5997 Seminar. Cr. 3
Staff
Readings, discussion, and research paper on special topics in art history; topics to be announced in Schedule of Classes. Graduate students undertake research paper in addition to other assignments. 

5998 Honors Thesis. Cr. 3
Staff
Open only to undergraduate art history honors majors. Prereq: completion of honors major in art history requirements or consent of instructor. Students write a substantial research paper on subject determined by the student in collaboration with his/her professor.

7200 Seminar in Greek and Roman Art. Cr. 3-6 (Max. 9)
Dr. Brian Madigan
Election of more than three credits requires consent of instructor. Open only to art history majors in M.A. program. Topics to be announced in Schedule of Classes.

7300 Seminar in Medieval Art. Cr. 3-6 (Max. 9)
Dr. Sarah Bassett
Election of more than three credits per semester requires consent of instructor. Open only to art history majors in M.A. program. Topics to be announced in Schedule of Classes.

7500 Seminar in Renaissance Art. Cr. 3-6 (Max. 9)
Dr. Sarah Franklin
Election of more than three credits per semester requires consent of instructor. Open only to art history majors in M.A. program. Topics to be announced in Schedule of Classes.

7700 Seminar in Modern Art. Cr. 3-6 (Max. 9)
Apel; Olmsted
Election of more than three credits per semester requires consent of instructor. Open only to art history majors in M.A. program. Topics to be announced in Schedule of Classes .

7999 Master's Essay Direction. Cr. 1-3
Staff
Open only to art history majors in M.A. program.

8999 Master's Thesis Research and Direction. Cr. 1-8 (8 req.)
Staff
Open only to art history master's candidates in M.A. program.