Undergraduate
1 Introduction to Art - Paul
6B Art Survey II: Renaissance - Baroque - Meadow
6DS Survey: History of Art in China - Sturman
6F Survey: Architecture and Planning - Wittman
6J Survey: Contemporary Architecture - White
109B Italian Renaissance Art: 1500 - 1600 - Travers
121D African American Art and the African Legacy - Ogbechie
127A African Art I - Ogbechie
132J Modern Art of the Arab World - Khoury
134G Japanese Painting - Wattles [cross-listed with JAPAN 134G]
134J Understanding Manga - Wattles [cross-listed with JAPAN 134J]
134K Chinese Calligraphy - Sturman [cross-listed with CHIN 134K]
136I The City in History - Chattopadhyay
136M Revival Styles in Southern Californian Architecture - Welter
136W Introduction to 2D/3D Visualizations in Architecture - White [cross-listed with ART 106W]
142E Architecture, Planning, and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Paris - Wittman
143E Adaptive Reuse and Art - Baciu
144A The Avantgarde in Russia - Spieker [cross-listed with SLAV 144A]
148C Art in California - Sorkin
186E Seminar in Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Northern European Art - Faust [CANCELLED]
186SV/267 Seminar in Modern Architecture - Welter
187Z Museum Studies Seminar: Going Global in America - Travers
Graduate
260D Topics in European Art of the Twentieth Century - Monahan
263 Topics in Contemporary Art: Outsider/Outlier/Vernacular/Folk: Otherness in Art History - Sorkin
267/186SV Topics in Modern Architecture - Welter
296A Reading Critical Theory and the Visual Arts: Art, Activism, and Autonomy in Times of Crisis - Spieker
297 Getty Graduate Consortium: Monumentality
1 Introduction to Art MW 1100-1215 TD-WEST 1701 Paul
This course is intended for students who have not taken classes in the History of Art and Architecture, and may or may not do so again. It is designed to develop basic visual skills and introduce students to the wide range of issues, works, and themes with which the History of Art and Architecture is engaged, varying from year to year. NOTE: Not open to History of Art & Architecture majors.
GE: AREA F
ENROLLMENT BY DISCUSSION SECTION
HONORS SECTION: R 100-150 ARTS 2622
6B Art Survey II: Renaissance - Baroque TR 200-315 IV THEATER 1 Meadow
A survey of Renaissance and Baroque art in northern and southern Europe.
GE: AREA E, AREA F, EUROPEAN TRADITIONS, WRITING
ENROLLMENT BY DISCUSSION SECTION
HONORS SECTION: W 100-150 ARTS 1332
6DS Survey: History of Art in China MW 200-315 HSSB 1174 Sturman
The History of Art in China is a survey course that introduces the major traditions and monuments of Chinese art from Neolithic times to the modern (20th-21st centuries). The course generally follows a chronological trajectory but with a thematic matrix. The first part of the course, from Neolithic to Han (ca. 5000 BC - AD 220) concerns the formation of culture and civilization and covers early pottery and bronze traditions as well as the beginnings of pictorial art. Objects and pictures are placed into their historical, philosophical, and social contexts. The second part of the course focuses on the importation and development of Buddhist art, from ca. AD 200 - 1000. The third part of the course interweaves the painting, calligraphy, and ceramic traditions of imperial China, from the Song dynasty to the near contemporary. Garden design and imperial architecture are also introduced. One of the aspects of the course that will be emphasized is regional diversity and intercultural encounters (India and Central Asia in particular). The title, History of Art in China, as opposed to something like The Arts of China, is intended to convey awareness of the fact art is a conceptual and subjective term and that objects have histories that extend beyond national borders.
GE: AREA F, WORLD CULTURES, WRITING
ENROLLMENT BY DISCUSSION SECTION
6F Survey: Architecture and Planning TR 1230-145 HSSB 1174 Wittman
This course offers a wide-ranging introduction to architecture and urban design from the earliest human constructions to the middle of the 20th century. The focus is decidedly global in the first half of the course, and more European in the second half. Students will encounter a variety of buildings and cities, but also different ways of understanding and studying them. Student writing assignments will involve the analysis of local architecture and town planning.
GE: AREA F, WRITING
ENROLLMENT BY DISCUSSION SECTION
6J Survey: Contemporary Architecture TR 500-615 HSSB 1174 White
Global survey of architectural production in the twenty-first century. Emphasis on form and technology, as well as economic, sociopolitical context. Explores built form at a variety of scales (buildings, cities, virtual spaces) as well as the concept of a "contemporary."
GE: AREA F
ENROLLMENT BY DISCUSSION SECTION
109B Italian Renaissance Art: 1500 - 1600 TR 200-315 ARTS 1341 Travers
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
Developments in painting and sculpture with attention to issues of technique, iconography, patronage, workshop culture, and theory.
GE: AREA F
121D African American Art and the African Legacy TR 1230-145 ARTS 1341 Ogbechie
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
This course examines the intersection of art, race, and identity in African-American arts and visual culture. It investigates the impact of an African legacy on African American identity, the role of race in the constitution of art narratives, the politics of representation in art, the constitution of social and cultural space, and notions of Diaspora identities in African-American art. It also analyzes key artists and discusses issues of gender and social class. Genres to be covered include Painting, Sculpture, Folk art, Film, Photography, Installation art, and Performance.
GE: AREA F, ETHNICITY
127A African Art I TR 800-915 ARTS 1341 Ogbechie
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
This course provides an introduction to African art through analysis of African cultures and symbol systems. It evaluates African art in relation to the history and diversity of the continent and also in relation to perceptions and representations of Africa from antiquity to the contemporary era. Types of arts discussed include painting, sculpture, textiles and body adornment, ceramics, performance, and contemporary African art.
GE: AREA F, WORLD CULTURES
132J Modern Art of the Arab World TR 1100-1215 ARTS 1341 Khoury
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
Explores modern and contemporary art, artists and art movements of the Arab world from nineteenth century to the present.
134G Japanese Painting MW 930-1045 ARTS 1341 Wattles
[cross-listed with JAPAN 134G]
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen. Open only to History of Art & Architecture majors during Pass 1.
The changing and entwined traditions of Japanese painting: those rooted in native concepts and practices and those derived from the Asian continent or Euro-America.
GE: AREA F, WORLD CULTURES
134J Understanding Manga MW 1230-145 ARTS 1341 Wattles
[cross-listed with JAPAN 134J]
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen. Open only to History of Art & Architecture majors during Pass 1.
This class will do close readings of manga (cartoons/comics/graphic novels by Japanese), considering examples from the 19th century to the present. We will analyze the visual design, narrative progression, and the word and image relationship. Historically, we will think about the shifting definition of manga through time and consider how politics, changing media, and globalization played a role in determining the form. Student discussion, presentations, and a paper required.
Previous knowledge of manga is welcomed (or more broadly Japan and Japanese).
134K Chinese Calligraphy MW 1100-1215 ARTS 1332 Sturman
[cross-listed with CHIN 134K]
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen. Students need to have been introduced to the Chinese writing system, whether through heritage or language instruction (Chinese or Japanese).
Examines the different scripts in historical context, surveys significant movements and artists, and considers the ideas, theories and aesthetic principles that have enriched the art of writing to elite status in China.
136I The City in History TR 930-1045 ARTS 1341 Chattopadhyay
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
An historical introduction to the ideas and forms of cities with emphasis on modern urbanism. Examination of social theory to understand the role of industrial capitalism and colonialism in shaping the culture of modern cities, the relationship between the city and the country, the phenomena of class, race and ethnic separation.
GE: AREA E, AREA F
136M Revival Styles in Southern Californian Architecture MW 200-315 ARTS 1332 Welter
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
For Winter 2019, enrollment by department invitation only during Pass 1; remaining seats offered during Pass 2. Qualifies for Letters & Science Honors credit.
Californian architecture is characterized by a large variety of revival styles which reference ways of building from other geographic locations, time periods, and people.
What motivates the eclectic, mixed appearance of much of Californian architecture? Geographical or climatic conditions? Political powers (Spanish, Mexican, American) that have governed modern California? Do revival styles follow immigrants into California? Do they express the identity of the designer, the builder, or the occupier and user of a building?
The course examines the history of revival styles in especially Southern Californian architecture from approximately the eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Historic and contemporary theories of what drives the choice of architectural styles will be introduced.
GE: AREA F
136W Introduction to 2D/3D Visualizations in Architecture MW 800-1050 TD-WEST 1530 White
[cross-listed with ART 106W]
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Open only to History of Art & Architecture majors and minors during Pass 1.
Develops skills in reading, interpreting, and visualizing 3D objects and spaces by offering exercises in sketching, perspective, orthographic projections, isometric drawings, and manual rendering practices. Relevant for those interested in history of architecture, sculpture, and such spatial practices as installations and public art.
GE: AREA F
142E Architecture, Planning, and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Paris TR 330-445 ARTS 1341 Wittman
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
Paris (and Versailles) from the Sun King to the Revolution, rococo, neoclassicism, origins of urbanism; extensive use of primary texts in translation to study architectural debates in the press and their connection to contemporary political battles.
143E Adaptive Reuse and Art F 900-1150 ARTS 1332 Baciu
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
For Winter 2019, enrollment by department invitation only during Pass 1; remaining seats offered during Pass 2. Qualifies for Letters & Science Honors credit.
Most public places, buildings, galleries, and museums are transformed to varying degrees over the course of their history. This lecture explores how contemporary architects and artists rethought and repurposed historic structures.
144A The Avantgarde in Russia T 500-750 ARTS 1341 Spieker
[cross-listed with SLAV 144A]
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Same course as SLAV 130A. Not open for credit to students who have completed SLAV 144A or Russian 144A.
The Russian avantgarde in its European context. The avantgarde and the revolution of 1917. Analysis of key figures and movements within the Russian avantgarde. Taught in English.
GE: AREA F
148C Art in California MW 1100-1215 ARTS 1341 Sorkin
Prerequisite: not open to freshmen.
As a state, California is the site of tremendous diversity in the visual arts but has consistently suffered from stereotypes that framed it as a regional backwater far from New York and Europe. This lecture-based course addresses the character and role of the post-war art and its developments in and beyond the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Movements studied include Mexican Muralism, the rise of modern photography, Asian American culture, assemblage and sculpture, the Black Arts movement, feminism, as well as pioneering developments in installation, video and performance art.
186E Seminar in Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Northern European Art Faust
[CANCELLED]
186SV/267 Seminar in Architecture and Environment M 900-1150 ARTS 2622 Welter
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units. Open only to History of Art & Architecture majors during Pass 1.
Advanced studies in architecture and environment. Topics vary including active archival research. The course requires weekly readings and discussions, and the writing of a research seminar paper.
GE: WRITING
187Z Museum Studies Seminar R 1000-1250 ARTS 2622 Travers
Topic: Going Global in America
Prerequisite: upper-division standing; enrollment by instructor approval only.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units. Open only to History of Art & Architecture majors during Pass 1.
Art history is in the midst of a turn towards the “Global.” In the case of early modern European art, this approach has been critiqued as reinforcing traditional canonical hierarchies within the discipline, rather than challenging them. How do/can art historians and curators construct balanced presentations of “Global” narratives? Using examples of exhibitions hosted by American museums, this seminar will analyze approaches taken to this theme over the last ten years. In the course of the term, we will examine the organization and display of images and objects from a range of cultures and geographic regions to investigate the meaning of the “Global” in relation to Western art and the early modern period.
GE: WRITING
260D Topics in European Art of the Twentieth Century W 1200-250 ARTS 2622 Monahan
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Special research in modern art.
263 Topics in Contemporary Art M 200-450 ARTS 2622 Sorkin
Topic: Outsider/Outlier/Vernacular/Folk: Otherness in Art History
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
This seminar will explore the hierarchies and histories that exist between trained artists and outlier artists—artists that have been variously label “outsiders” for a variety of reasons, such as being self-taught, mentally ill, non-white/rural/poor, and otherwise marginalized—in their assessment, visibility, and circulation. We take, as our starting point, Lynne Cooke’s exhibition Outliers and American Vanguard Art, on view at LACMA from November 18, 2018 to March 18, 2019, which we will visit as a class, and which is the subject of a symposium I am co-organizing for the museum on Friday, March 1, 2018, which students will be required to attend in lieu of class that week.
267/186SV Topics in Modern Architecture M 900-1150 ARTS 2622 Welter
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Special research in modern architecture.
296A Reading Critical Theory and the Visual Arts R 500-750 ARTS 2622 Spieker
Topic: Art, Activism, and Autonomy in Times of Crisis
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Same course as GER 270; cross-listed with C LIT 200 & ART 245
One of the most powerful contestations of the autonomy of art—the idea that art and literature are separate by nature from everyday life—was issued by the philosopher T. W. Adorno when he questioned whether “after Auschwitz” poetry could still be written. In recent years, there has been renewed interest in the problem of art's autonomy, especially on the part of Marxist critics who critique the pervasive commodification and co-optation of art and argue for the need to reinstate its independence in some form. Yet, how can autonomous art provide much-needed resistance to the pervasive oppression and discrimination we are witnessing all around us? The seminar will seek to provide both a historical reconstruction of artistic autonomy (Schiller, Kant) and read the work of contemporary philosophers and historians who have considered the issue (Boris Arvatov; Vladimir Nabokov; T. W. Adorno; Peter Bürger; John Roberts; Alain Badiou; Jacques Rancière; Peter Osborne; Jürgen Habermas). Discussions are supplemented by the consideration of the work of contemporary artists and writers in whose practice the problem of autonomy and its practicality comes to the fore.
297 Getty Graduate Consortium Seminar F 1000-500 The Getty Research Institute
Topic: Monumentality and Its Discontents
Consortium Scholar: Edward Dimendberg, Getty Scholar and Professor of Humanities and European Languages and Studies, University of California, Irvine
Prerequisite: graduate standing; by application only (deadline: October 26, 2018).
Special graduate seminar offered at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, involving faculty and graduate students from the five graduate programs in Art History or Visual Studies located in southern California. For more information about the theme and application process, visit the Getty Scholars Program site and view the Consortium Seminar flyer.
F 1000-500 The Getty Research Institute
Orientation: November 30, 2018
Seminars: January 11, 18, 25; February 1, 8, 22; March 1, 8, 2019