Undergraduate Courses

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SPRING 2026

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*AH 26 Technical Art History*Thiago Sevilhano Puglieri\ TR / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd Hall 147\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to technical art history, a field that combines methodologies drawn from the humanities and sciences to address art historical inquiries. Interdisciplinary study evidences how different ways of thinking can be combined to solve art historical problems. Exploration of how this kind of research is linked with contemporary debates, connecting past, present, and future. Definition of cultural heritage and arts, their importance and uses, and the origins of technical art history. Examination of research methods and theories from both art history and the sciences, highlighting their limitations and demonstrating the importance of interdisciplinary approaches in technical art history. Discussion of the present and future of such field, and its relation to a broader domain called heritage science, based on the intersection of the humanities and sciences. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 34 Black Aesthetics\ Tiffany Barber\ TR/ 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 147\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Exploration of how the aesthetic, social, cultural, political, and philosophical meanings of Blackness and its representation in a global context have to come define visual and performing arts of the Black world from 19th century to present. Use of lectures, visual analysis, and case studies that combine art history, Black study, feminist study, and queer of color critique. Consideration of how and where Black art and aesthetics have become sites of contestation and platforms for questioning the limits and possibilities of race, gender, sexuality, diaspora, modernity, objecthood, the body, the human, futurity, and the practice of art history itself. Focus on transatlantic figures, artworks, themes, and movements that connect and traverse the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Topics include landscape painting, the built environment, and the memory of slavery; the Black avant-gardes; the influence of Black aesthetics in European and African modernisms; and the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality in global art histories. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 127B* European Art of 19th Century**Zirwat Chowdhury\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Neoclassicism and Romanticism, with emphasis on France–development and influence of David, Ingres, and Delacroix. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 130 Selected Topics in Modern Art\ Natasha Medvedev\ MW / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Investigation of how avant-garde movements, with their emphasis on form and\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Changing topics in modern art (post-1780) that reflect interests of individual regular and visiting faculty members. May be repeated once for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C136D/C236*D Black Portrait*TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Study combines Black women’s art and criticism from the 1970s to today with Afrofuturism and Black feminist theory. Definition, refinement, and application of visual analysis to media that are anchored within and beyond the visual. Through lively and informed discussion, worksheets, and digital research projects, analysis of a range of Black women’s aesthetic practices that span fine art, film, and popular music; social constructions of race, gender, and sexuality; notions of community and belonging; the significance of self-fashioning; the relationship between Black art and Black study; and the speculative imagination as a mode of Black female becoming. Consideration of how these topics come to bear on present-day understandings of the human, the body, and the future. Concurrently scheduled with course C236B. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 144 Caribbean Art\ Beth Rosenblum\ MW / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Cultural history of Caribbean. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C148D/C248D Advanced Chinese Art\ Lothar von Falkenhausen\ MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Study in Chinese painting and sculpture. Concurrently scheduled with course C248D. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C151 Selected Topics in Japanese Art\ Nina Horisaki-Christens\ MW / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / Public Affairs 2214\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Variable topics in Japanese art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C251A. P/NP or letter grading

WINTER 2026

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*AH 20 Ancient Art*David Schneller\ TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 147\ Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour; museum field trips. Prehistoric, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Aegean, Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 21 Medieval Art*Sharon Gerstel\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 147\ Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour. Early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C127A European Art of 17th and 18th Century\ Zirwat Chowdhury\ TR/ 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd 146\ (Formerly numbered 127A.) Lecture, three hours. Requisite: one course from course 20 through 31. Examination of art and visual culture of 17th and 18th centuries in light of political and intellectual developments. Special emphasis on effects of royal courts, colonialism, and revolution. Concurrently scheduled with course C227A. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH M127C Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern Europe, 19th Century*Natasha Medvedev\ MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ (Same as History M122E.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Designed for juniors/seniors. Climates of taste and climates of opinion. Educational, moral, and religious attitudes; art, thought, and manners of time in historical context. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C128B/C228B History of Photography, 1910 – Present\ George Baker\ TR / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / 121\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. History of photography in 20th century, with special attention to photography’s entrance into project of avant-garde and its role in formation of postmodern aesthetic. Concurrently scheduled with course C228B. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C136B/C236B Black Women’s Aesthetic Futures\ Tiffany Barber\ TR / 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Study combines Black women’s art and criticism from the 1970s to today with Afrofuturism and Black feminist theory. Definition, refinement, and application of visual analysis to media that are anchored within and beyond the visual. Through lively and informed discussion, worksheets, and digital research projects, analysis of a range of Black women’s aesthetic practices that span fine art, film, and popular music; social constructions of race, gender, and sexuality; notions of community and belonging; the significance of self-fashioning; the relationship between Black art and Black study; and the speculative imagination as a mode of Black female becoming. Consideration of how these topics come to bear on present-day understandings of the human, the body, and the future. Concurrently scheduled with course C236B. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C140/C240 Selected Topics in Arts of Indigenous Americas: Art and Architecture of the Colonial Andes*Stella Nair\ TR / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / Dodd Hall 170\ Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in artistic production of Native people across Americas that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C240A. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 143 Latin American Art\ Beth Rosenblum\ MW / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 247\ Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in Latin American art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C148G/C248G Gardens in Chinese Art and Culture\ Hui-shu Lee\ TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Overview of practice, theory, and representation of Chinese gardens in their historical, philosophical, artistic, social, and cultural contexts through literary writings, paintings, and aspects of material culture. Concurrently scheduled with course C248G. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C170A Museum Studies\ Nina Horisaki-Christens\ MW / 2:00 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 247\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Introduction to museology as critical practice, with emphasis on history and theory of museums and impact of culture and society on current museum theory and practice. Concurrently scheduled with course C270A. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C171 Selected Topics in Museum Studies: Technical Art History\ Thiago Sevilhano Puglieri\ TR/ 9:00 am – 11:50 am / Dodd Hall 275\ Seminar, three hours. Variable topics in museum studies that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated for credit with topic change. Concurrently scheduled with course C271. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: At Home in 18th-Century London\ Zirwat Chowdhury\ R/ 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275 & Clark\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Exploration of selected aspects of art history through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Seminar 2\ Gregory Harwell\ R/ 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm / Dodd Hall 220\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Exploration of selected aspects of art history through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Abstraction and Inca Art\ Stella Nair\ TR/ 9:00 am – 11:50 am / Dodd Hall 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Exploration of selected aspects of art history through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Seminar 4\ David Schneller\ W/ 10:00 am – 11:50 am / Rolfe Hall 3120\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Exploration of selected aspects of art history through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Renaissance Print\ Susan Dackerman\ M/ 1:00 pm – 3:50 pm / Dodd Hall 220\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Exploration of selected aspects of art history through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Modern East Asian Art in Global Context\ Nina Horisaki-Christens\ T/ 12:00 pm – 1:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Exploration of selected aspects of art history through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Digital Gothic\ Meredith Cohen\ W/ 10:00 am – 12:50 pm / Rolfe Hall 2118\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Exploration of selected aspects of art history through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP or letter grading.

FALL 2025

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*AH 22 Renaissance & Baroque Art*Bronwen Wilson\ MW / 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm / Dodd Hall 147\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of Renaissance and baroque art. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 23 Modern Art*Natasha Medvedev\ MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 147\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. History of modern art from 1860s to 1960s,\ from Manet and impressionists to pop art and minimalism. Study of origins and social functions, as well as\ aesthetic innovations and philosophical dilemmas of modernism. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 100 Art Historical Theories and Methodologies\ Lothar von Falkenhausen\ W/ 3:30 pm – 5:50 pm / Dodd 275\ Seminar, three hours. Requisites: three courses from 20 through 31. Critical examination of history of\ discipline of art history, with studies of various theoretical, critical, and methodological approaches to\ visual arts. Letter grading.

AH C114D/C214D Arts of the Second Millennium BC\ David Schneller\ TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Survey of the arts of the eastern Mediterranean, western Asia, and northeastern Africa for roughly eight hundred years during the second millennium BC (c. 2,000-1,200 BC). Concurrently scheduled with course C214D. P/NP or\ letter grading.

AH 115E Late Gothic Art & Architecture\ Meredith Cohen\ TR / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / 247\ Lecture, three hours. Strongly recommended preparation: course 21. Art and architecture of Europe in 14th and early 15th centuries. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 119B Eastern Islamic Art\ Lamia Balafrej\ MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. From Tigris and Euphrates Rivers through Afghanistan and parts of central Asia; Ottoman Empire. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 121C Italian Art – 16th Century\ Susan Dackerman\ MW / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / Dodd Hall 247\ Lecture, three hours. Art and architecture of 16th century. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 121C Northern Renaissance\ Gregory Harwell\ MW / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 118\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 22. Painting and sculpture in Northern Renaissance. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C139C/C239C Inca Art and Architecture\ Stella Nair\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Overview of practice, theory, and representation of Chinese gardens in their\ historical, philosophical, artistic, social, and cultural contexts through literary writings, paintings, and\ aspects of material culture. Concurrently scheduled with course C248G. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C142B Latin American Art – 20th Century\ Beth Rosenblum\ MW / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 247\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Mainstream modern and contemporary art and architecture of selected Latin American countries, including both modernist and postmodernist forms, considered in context of social and political concerns, both national and international. Concurrently scheduled with course C242B. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C148D/C248D Advanced Chinese Art\ Lothar von Falkenhausen\ TR / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Study in Chinese painting and sculpture. Concurrently scheduled with course C248D. P/NP or letter grading.

Spring 2025

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AH 27 Art and Architecture of Ancient Americas\ Stella Nair\ TR / 12:30 pm – 01:45 pm / Dodd Hall 147\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to art, architecture, and\ urbanism of Americas (North to South) from earliest settlement until AD 1450. Analysis of variety of media\ within their historical and cultural context. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 32 Arts of the Mediterranean\ Lamia Balafrej\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 147\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to past and present cultural diversity of the\ Mediterranean world. Examination of the Mediterranean region as a connective space, rather than a\ boundary, between Europe and Africa. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 100 Art Historical Theories and Methodologies\ Stella Nair\ T/ 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm / Dodd 220\ Seminar, three hours. Requisites: three courses from 20 through 31. Critical examination of history of\ discipline of art history, with studies of various theoretical, critical, and methodological approaches to\ visual arts. Letter grading.

AH M113A Etruscan Art and Archaeology\ Sarah Beckmann\ MW / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 20 or Classics 20 or 51B. Arts of Italic peninsula from circa 1000 BC.\ to end of Roman Republic. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C114D Selected Topics in Ancient Art\ David Schneller\ TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in ancient art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting\ faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C214D. P/NP or\ letter grading.

AH M119D Archeology and Art of Christian and Islamic Egypt\ Katherine Burke\ MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Haines Hall A25\ Lecture, three hours. Culture of Egypt transformed gradually after Muslim conquest in mid-7th century CE.\ According to material evidence such as ceramics, textiles, architectural forms, and building techniques, it is\ functionally impossible to separate pre-Islamic Christian Egypt from early Islamic Egypt. Although\ population may have become largely Muslim by 10th century, Egypt remained Coptic in many senses even\ to 14th century and retains sizeable Christian minority to present. Survey of archaeological remains and\ standing architecture of Egypt from 6th to 19th century, charting changes and continuities in material\ culture and shifts in human geography and land use. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 144 Caribbean Art\ Beth Rosenblum\ MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Cultural history of Caribbean. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C148A Art and Material Culture, Neolithic to 210BC\ Lothar Von Falkenhausen\ TR / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Genesis of Chinese civilization in light of new archaeological finds, including sites and\ works of art (e.g., ceramics, bronzes, jades). Concurrently scheduled with course C248A. P/NP or letter\ grading.

AH C148G Gardens in Chinese Art and Culture\ Hui-shu Lee\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 247\ Lecture, three hours. Overview of practice, theory, and representation of Chinese gardens in their\ historical, philosophical, artistic, social, and cultural contexts through literary writings, paintings, and\ aspects of material culture. Concurrently scheduled with course C248G. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C151 Selected Topics in Japanese Art: Media and Art in Japan, 1920s to Present\ Nina Horisaki-Christens\ MW / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. How did emerging media technologies, modern social inventions, and artistic\ innovations confront each other in context of Japan's 20th and 21st centuries? Study traces tensions\ between mass culture and avant-garde experimentation through empire, disaster, war, post-defeat\ reconstruction, economic miracle, post-bubble economic malaise, and more. Consideration of how artists'\ engagement with media forms and technologies not only responded but contributed to social, political,\ and cultural change within and beyond Japanese archipelago. Study delineates history of media and art\ from 1920s Mavo movement through post-Tohoku social turn in print media, photography, film, video, and\ other mass and new media forms. Study then approaches entanglement of art and media in Japan as\ related to, but distinct from, global media art history. Study also challenges ideas of technological\ universalism and determinism, while recognizing power of media to shape local social relations and global\ cultural currents.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar. Sec. 1 – Modern East Asian Art in Global Context\ Nina Horisaki-Christens\ M / 11:00 am – 12:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. East Asian art occupies privileged position within\ histories of non-Western modern art. Region includes colonial nation-states and colonized territories, that\ recognized institutional modern art as site for negotiating regional and international power relations.\ Following largely chronological approach from 19th to 21st centuries, introduction to history of modern\ and contemporary art in China, Japan, Korea, parts of Southeast Asia, and Taiwan through comparative\ global Asia lens. Investigation of preconceptions of modernity and art history revealed by modern and\ contemporary art framed as East Asian.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar. Sec. 2 – Black Portrait\ Tiffany Barber\ T / 12:00 pm – 1:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Black portraiture is everywhere–museum archives,\ television and film, magazine covers, and occasionally the White House. Examination of evolution and\ recent popularity of Black portraiture, working between images and theoretical texts drawn from art\ history and Black studies, and feminist studies. Students investigate how artists of African descent have\ changed conventions of portraiture, as well as ideas about picturing self, across 20th and 21st\ centuries.Black portraiture is everywhere–museum archives, television and film, magazine covers, and\ occasionally the White House. Examination of evolution and recent popularity of Black portraiture, working\ between images and theoretical texts drawn from art history and Black studies, and feminist studies.\ Students investigate how artists of African descent have changed conventions of portraiture, as well as\ ideas about picturing self, across 20th and 21st centuries.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar, Sec. 3 – Art History Writing\ Gregory Harwell\ R / 11:00 am – 12:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. In workshop style, students are led through three\ steps of discovering and developing thesis on art history topic of their choice. Students give presentation\ and write assignment at each step.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar, Sec. 4 – Evolution of Contemporary Chinese Art\ Hui-shu Lee\ W/ 10:00 am – 11:50 am / Dodd Hall 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Exploration of evolution of contemporary Chinese art\ in various forms and media, from its emergence and diaspora to its current global presence. Study\ combines lecture and discussion.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar, Sec. 5 – The Long Seventh Century BC\ David Schneller\ R / 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. This seminar explores Greek art of the late eighth and\ seventh century BC. We will study the works of art themselves in the context of developments in the wider\ Mediterranean sphere: the expansion of the Neo-Assyrian empire, Phoenician trade routes, and the\ establishment of emporia (ports of trade) and apoikiai (colonies) from the Black Sea to the Iberian Peninsula.\ We will also confront the historiography of seventh century art history from the earliest handbooks of Greek\ art to the most recent developments in the field. The seminar assumes some previous knowledge of ancient\ and/or Greek art history.

Winter 2025

AH 23 Modern Art\ George Baker\ TR / 02:00 pm – 03:15 pm / Dodd Hall 147\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. History of modern art from 1860s to 1960s,\ from Manet and impressionists to pop art and minimalism. Study of origins and social functions, as well as\ aesthetic innovations and philosophical dilemmas of modernism. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 30 Arts of Japan\ Kristopher Kersey\ TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 147\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to art, architecture, and\ material culture of Japan, from earliest records to present. P/NP or letter grading.

AH M110D Art and Death in Ancient Egypt\ Solange Ashby\ MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Haines Hall A18\ Lecture, three hours. Ways of death, burial, funerary ritual, and afterlife beliefs in ancient Egypt, as well as in\ ancient Near East and Nubia, with focus on ancient visual materials—both objects and architecture—from\ Predynastic to Roman periods. P/NP or letter grading.

AH M112C Classical Greek Art and Archaeology\ David Schneller\ MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 20 or Classics 10 or 51A. Study of development of art and architecture\ of Greek world from approximately 490 through 350 BC. P/NP or letter grading.

AH M119C Introduction to Islamic Archaeology\ Katherine Burke\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 78\ Lecture, three hours. From earliest monuments of Islam in Arabia and Jerusalem to humble remains of small\ Egyptian port, broad focus on archaeological and standing remains in central Islamic lands (primarily Syria,\ Egypt, and Iraq), Turkey, Iran, North Africa, and Spain. Profound cultural transformations occurred from birth\ of Islam in 7th century to early Ottoman period in 16th and 17th centuries, which are traceable in material\ records. Assessment of effectiveness of tools afforded by historical archaeology to aid understanding of past\ societies. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 130 Selected Topics in Modern Art: Intersecting Identities in Ukrainian and Russian Avant-\ Garde Art, 1890s to 1930s\ Natasha Medvedev\ TR / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Investigation of how avant-garde movements, with their emphasis on form and\ abstraction, engaged with expression of multifaceted identities. Focus on how this occurred amidst\ political upheavals that accompanied disintegration and subsequent transformation of multi-ethnic\ Russian Empire into Soviet Union. Particular focus on Ukrainian avant-garde art. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 132 Selected Topics in Contemporary Art\ Anna Khimasia\ MW / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Changing topics in contemporary art (post-1945) that reflect\ interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated once for credit. P/NP or\ letter grading.

AH 143 Selected Topics in Latin American Art: Cuban Art\ Beth Rosenblum\ MW / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Examination of history of Cuban art with emphasis on work produced during 20th\ century. Brief analysis of artwork from colonial period. In-depth study of Vanguard painting and sculpture\ from 1920s through 1950s. Investigation of revolutionary art from 1960s and 1970s, followed by New Art of\ 1980s and 1990s. Examination of more recent artwork and history of Havana Biennial. Lecture, three hours.\ Variable topics in Latin American art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty\ members. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C170A Museum Studies\ Nina Horisaki-Christens\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Introduction to museology as critical practice, with emphasis on history and theory of\ museums and impact of culture and society on current museum theory and practice. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar – The Rise of Performance Art\ Anna Khimasia\ M / 11:00 am – 12:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275\ Seminar, three hours. Drawing on a range of performance work and critical performance theory, this course\ investigates some of the predominant themes and issues in performance art, focusing on the rise of\ performance art amidst larger social, cultural, and political issues of the 1980s in America. This course will\ offer students the opportunity to become familiar with histories, narratives and theories associated with\ performance art. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar – Bosch Gnostic Vision\ Gregory Harwell\ R / 12:00 pm – 1:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through\ readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or\ letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar – Early Modern Soundscapes\ Stella Nair\ T / 1:00 pm – 2:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through\ readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or\ letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar – Seminar 5\ Meredith Cohen\ R / 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through\ readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or\ letter grading.

Fall 2024

*AH 21* Medieval Art**Meredith Cohen\ TR / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / Dodd 147\ Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour. Early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 29* Chinese Art**Hui-shu Lee, Lothar von Falkenhausen\ MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd 147\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to Chinese art, covering all major periods from Neolithic to modern age. Presentation of monuments as well as artifacts in variety of media in their social and historical contexts. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 116A* Medieval Byzantine Art and Architecture**Sharon Gerstel\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 21. Theory and development of Byzantine art from iconoclastic controversy to 1204. Concurrently scheduled with course C216A. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 121C* Italian Renaissance Art of 16th Century**Susan Dackerman\ MW / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Art and architecture of 16th century. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 124* Northern Renaissance Art**Gregory Harwell\ TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd 78\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 22. Painting and sculpture in Northern Renaissance. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 127B* European Art of 19th Century**Natasha Medvedev\ MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Neoclassicism and Romanticism, with emphasis on France–development and influence of David, Ingres, and Delacroix. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C128B* History of Photography, 1910 to Present**George Baker\ TR / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. History of photography in 20th century, with special attention to photography’s entrance into project of avant-garde and its role in formation of postmodern aesthetic. Concurrently scheduled with course C228B. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C136A* Selected Topics in African American Art**Tiffany E. Barber\ TR / 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in African American art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C236A. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 185* Undergraduate Seminar 1**Beth Rosenblum\ W / 12:00 pm – 2:50 pm / Dodd 220\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 185* Undergraduate Seminar 2**Natasha Medvedev\ M / 2:00 pm – 4:50 pm / Dodd 220\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 185* Undergraduate Seminar 3**Susan Dackerman\ R / 3:00 pm – 5:50 pm / Dodd 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

Spring 2024

*AH 23* Modern Art\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. History of modern art from 1860s to 1960s, from Manet and impressionists to pop art and minimalism. Study of origins and social functions, as well as aesthetic innovations and philosophical dilemmas of modernism. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 31* Arts of India & Southeast Asia**Rebecca Hall\ TR / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd 147\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Discussion of selection of monuments and objects from Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia using key historical, cultural, and religious concepts. Analysis of each monument or object in detail, with their relationships compared and contrasted. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 115C* Romanesque Art and Architecture**Franka Horvat\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 am / Dodd 167\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 21. Art and architecture of Western Europe in 11th and 12th centuries. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 119A* Western Islamic Art**Lamia Balafrej\ TR / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / Dodd 78\ Lecture, three hours. From Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to Spain, 7th to 16th century. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C131C* Contemporary Art, 1980s to 1990s**Hannah Kahng\ TR / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / Dodd 247\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: course 23. Study of politics of representation at end of century, covering dominant strategies and trends in postmodernist art. Concurrently scheduled with course C231C. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 132 Selected Topics in Contemporary Art***Anna Khimasia\ MW / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Changing topics in contemporary art (post-1945) that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated once for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C136A Selected Topics in African American Art***Tiffany E. Barber\ TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd 247\ Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in African American art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C236A. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C142B Latin American Art of the 20th Century***Beth Rosenblum\ MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Mainstream modern and contemporary art and architecture of selected Latin American countries, including both modernist and postmodernist forms, considered in context of social and political concerns, both national and international. Concurrently scheduled with course C242B. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C148B/C248B Art and Material Culture of Early Imperial China, 210 BC to AD 906***Lothar von Falkenhausen\ MW / 9:30 am – 10:45 pm / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Palaces and tombs of early imperial dynasties, impact of Buddhist art (cave temples), rise of new media and technologies. Concurrently scheduled with course C248B. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C148E Art in Modern China***Hui-shu Lee\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Concentrated look at major schools and masters of Chinese art from turn of 20th century to present, with focus on interaction with foreign cultures and issues of self-identity, assimilation, modernity, tradition, and continuity. Consideration of recent developments in Chinese art in global context. Concurrently scheduled with course C248E. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C171 Selected Topics in Museum Studies: Preserving Cultural Heritage***Glenn Wharton and Thiago Sevilhano Puglieri\ TR / 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm / Dodd 146\ Seminar, three hours. Variable topics in museum studies that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated for credit with topic change. Concurrently scheduled with course C271. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 185* Undergraduate Seminar 1**Anna Khimasia

M / 11:00 am – 12:50 pm / Dodd 220

Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 185* Undergraduate Seminar 2

Hui-shu Lee

T / 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm / Dodd 275

*AH 185* Undergraduate Seminar 3

Gregory Harwell

R / 12:00 pm – 1:50 pm / Dodd 220

*AH 185* Undergraduate Seminar 4

Tiffany E. Barber

T / 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm / Dodd 220

*AH 185* Undergraduate Seminar 6

Beth Rosenblum

W / 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm / Dodd 220

Winter 2024

*AH 20* Ancient Art**David H.Schneller\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd 147\ Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour; museum field trips. Prehistoric, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Aegean, Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 21* Medieval Art**Franka Horvat\ MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd 147\ Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour. Early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 100* Art Historical Theories and Methodologies**Zirwat Chowdhury\ T / 3 pm – 4:50 pm / Dodd 220\ Seminar, three hours. Requisites: three courses from 20 through 31. Critical examination of history of discipline of art history, with studies of various theoretical, critical, and methodological approaches to visual arts. Letter grading.

*AH M112A* Mycenaean Art and Archaeology**Morris\ TR / 11 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd 247\ (Same as Classics M153B.) Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 20 or Classics 10 or 51A. Study of development of art and architecture in Mycenaean Greece from circa 2000 to 1000 BC. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 127A* European Art of 17th and 18th Centuries**Zirwat Chowdhury\ TR / 11 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: one course from course 20 through 31. Examination of art and visual culture of 17th and 18th centuries in light of political and intellectual developments. Special emphasis on effects of royal courts, colonialism, and revolution. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 127B* European Art of 19th Centuries**Natasha Medvedev\ MW / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Neoclassicism and Romanticism, with emphasis on France–development and influence of David, Ingres, and Delacroix. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C128C* History of Photography: Selected Topics**de Baca\ WF / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd 247\ Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in history of photography that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C228C. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 130* Selected Topics in Modern Art**Natasha Medvedev\ MW / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Changing topics in modern art (post-1780) that reflect interests of individual regular and visiting faculty members. May be repeated once for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C131B* Contemporary Art, 1960s to 1970s**Hannah Kahng

MW / 2 pm – 3:15 pm / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Study of ambitions and contexts of pop art, minimalism, conceptual art, feminist art, performance, land art, and more. Concurrently scheduled with course C231B. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 144* Caribean Art**Beth Rosenblum

MW / 11 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd 146

Lecture, three hours. Cultural history of Caribbean. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 185* Undergraduate Seminar 1**Gregory Harwell

R / 12 pm – 1:50 pm / Dodd 275

*AH 185* Undergraduate Seminar 2**Tiffany E. Barber

M / 12 pm – 1:50 pm / Dodd 275

Fall 2023

*AH 239* Modern Art**Hannah Kahng\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd 147\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. History of modern art from 1860s to 1960s, from Manet and impressionists to pop art and minimalism. Study of origins and social functions, as well as aesthetic innovations and philosophical dilemmas of modernism. P/NP grading.

AH 25 *Museum Studies*Saloni Mathur\ TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 147\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to study of museums in their social and historical contexts. Examination of debates about museum’s role in society through case studies and analysis of exhibitions in range of museums including art, history, and ethnographic museums. P/NP or letter grading

AH C114D *Selected Topics in Ancient Art: Art and Material Culture of Mediterranean World, Early 1st Millennium BC*David Schneller\ TR / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd Hall 146\ Survey of richly interconnected art, architecture, and material culture of Mediterranean basin and farther inland, from establishment of Neo-Assyrian Empire in early 9th century BC to Classical age in early 5th century BC. Taking two historical developments as its framework (growth and fall of successive empires in Near East, and transformation of Mediterranean through Phoenician exploration from Levantine coast to North Africa and Spain), introduction to visual culture of several dynamically interconnected cultural spheres: Anatolia, Assyria, Babylonia, Cyprus, Etruria, Egypt, Greece, Iberian peninsula, Levant, Syro-Hittite states, and Urartu. Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in ancient art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C214D. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C115B *Early Medieval Art and Architecture*Franka Horvat\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Public Affairs Building 2250\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 21. Art and architecture of Western Europe from Migration period until AD 1000. Concurrently scheduled with course C215B. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH124 Northern Renaissance Art*Gregory Harwell\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 22. Painting and sculpture in Northern Renaissance. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C140/C240A *Selected Topics in Arts of Indigenous Americas*Luis Muro\ MW / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in artistic production of Native people across Americas that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C240A. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 143 Selected Topics in Latin American Art: Cuban Art*Beth Rosenblum\ MW / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Examination of history of Cuban art with emphasis on work produced during 20th century. Brief analysis of artwork from colonial period. In-depth study of Vanguard painting and sculpture from 1920s through 1950s. Investigation of revolutionary art from 1960s and 1970s, followed by New Art of 1980s and 1990s. Examination of more recent artwork and history of Havana Biennial. Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in Latin American art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C148A/C248A Art and Material Culture, Neolithic to 210 BC*Lothar von Falkenhausen\ MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Genesis of Chinese civilization in light of new archaeological finds, including sites and works of art (e.g., ceramics, bronzes, jades). Concurrently scheduled with course C248A. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C160 Art and Empire*Natasha Medvedev\ MW / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 78\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Examination of relationship between art and imperial ideologies and introduction to current issues in colonial studies and postcolonial criticism. Concurrently scheduled with course C260A. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar – Mediterranean Islands in the Middle Ages*Franka Horvat\ T / 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm / Dodd Hall 220\ Mediterranean islands have always assumed variety of different identities in eyes of scholars and researchers. Sites of exile, imprisonment, and quarantine; metaphorical prisons; and stations of trade are but some of these identities that range on broad spectrum from isolation to connectivity. Surrounded by water on all sides, these islands were often viewed as laboratories for study of natural and cultural processes. Study of islands through lens of mainlanders has led to perception of islands as passive, destitute, and exploited; yet material evidence paints different picture. Exploration of art, architecture, archaeology, and material culture of islands, incorporating written sources that uncover island agency. Examination of medieval Mediterranean islands as sights of encounter, artistic experimentation, and innovation. Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar – Seminar 1*Natasha Medvedev\ M / 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm / Dodd Hall 220\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 185* Undergraduate Seminar: Greek Sculpture**David Schneller\ T / 2-3:50 / Dodd 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

Spring 2023

*AH 19* Fiat Lux Seminar: Tea and Japan: Art, Environment, and Material Culture**Kristopher W. Kersey\ T / 10-11:50 (biweekly) / Dodd 220\ Seminar, one hour. Discussion of and critical thinking about topics of current intellectual importance, taught by faculty members in their areas of expertise and illuminating many paths of discovery at UCLA. P/NP grading.

*AH 23Modern Art*Zirwat Chowdury\ TR / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd Hall 147\ Seminar, one hour. Discussion of and critical thinking about topics of current intellectual importance, taught by faculty members in their areas of expertise and illuminating many paths of discovery at UCLA. P/NP grading.

*AH 31Arts of India and Southeast Asia*Rebecca Hall\ TR / 11-12:15 / Dodd 147\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Discussion of selection of monuments and objects from Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia using key historical, cultural, and religious concepts. Analysis of each monument or object in detail, with their relationships compared and contrasted. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 100Art Historical Theories and Methodologies*Kristopher W. Kersey\ T / 1-2:50 / Dodd 275\ Seminar, three hours. Requisites: three courses from 20 through 31. Critical examination of history of discipline of art history, with studies of various theoretical, critical, and methodological approaches to visual arts. Letter grading.

*AH 115CRomanesque Art and Architecture*Meredith Cohen\ TR / 11-12:15 / Dodd 175\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 21. Art and architecture of Western Europe in 11th and 12th centuries. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C116BLate Byzantine Art and Architecture*Franka Horvat\ TR / 11-12:15 / Dodd 247\ Lecture, three hours. Theory and development of Byzantine art from 1204 to 1453. Concurrently scheduled with course C216B. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C126Selected Topics in Early Modern Art: Early Netherlandish Painting*Maximiliaan Martens\ MW / 2-3:15 / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in early modern art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C226. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C128CHistory of Photography: Selected Topics: Other Histories of Photography*Sayantan Mukhopadhyay\ TR / 3:30-4:45 / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in history of photography that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C228C. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 130Selected Topics in Modern Art: Lecture 1*Natasha Medvedev\ MW / 12:30-1:45 / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Changing topics in modern art (post-1780) that reflect interests of individual regular and visiting faculty members. May be repeated once for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 132Selected Topics in Contemporary Art: Protest and Contemporary Art*Anna Khimasia\ MW / 11-12:15 / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Changing topics in contemporary art (post-1945) that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated once for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C148G/Cs48GGardens in Chinese Art and Culture*Hui-shu Lee\ TR / 12:30-1:45 / Dodd 146\ Lecture, three hours. Overview of practice, theory, and representation of Chinese gardens in their historical, philosophical, artistic, social, and cultural contexts through literary writings, paintings, and aspects of material culture. Concurrently scheduled with course C248G. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 185* Undergraduate Seminar: Art History Writing**Gregory Harwell\ R / 12-1:50 / Dodd 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 185Undergraduate Seminar: Black Portrait*Tiffany E. Barber\ M / 11-12:50 / Dodd 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 185* Undergraduate Seminar: China Now: Approaches to Contemporary Chinese Art**Hui-shu Lee\ W / 10-12:50 / Dodd 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 185* Undergraduate Seminar: Rise of Performance Art**Anna Khimasia\ M / 2-3:50 / Dodd 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

Winter 2023

*AH 21 Medieval Art*Meredith Cohen\ TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 147\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 147\ Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour. Early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 23 Modern Art*George Baker\ TR / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / Dodd Hall 147\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. History of modern art from 1860s to 1960s, from Manet and impressionists to pop art and minimalism. Study of origins and social functions, as well as aesthetic innovations and philosophical dilemmas of modernism. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C116A Middle Byzantine Art and Architecture*Franka Horvat\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 247\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 21. Theory and development of Byzantine art from iconoclastic controversy to 1204. Concurrently scheduled with course C216A. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 119A Western Islamic Art*Keelan Overton\ MW / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. From Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to Spain, 7th to 16th century. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C136A Selected Topics in African American Art: Black Women’s Aesthetic Futures*Tiffany Barber\ TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 78\ Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in African American art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C236A. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 143 Selected Topics in Latin American Art*Natasha Medvedev\ TR / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd Hall 147\ Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in Latin American art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 144 Caribbean Art*Beth Rosenblum\ MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 am / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Cultural history of Caribbean. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C149 Selected Topics in Chinese Art*Lothar Von Falkenhausen\ M / 10:00 am – 12:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275\ Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in Chinese art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C249A. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH C151 Selected Topics in Japanese Art: Modern and Contemporary Arts of Japan, 1850s to Present*Kristopher Kersey\ MW / 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Variable topics in Japanese art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C251A. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 154D Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art*Sayantan Mukhopadhyay\ TR / 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Topics in modern and contemporary South Asian art from 1900 to present. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Islamic Art in Global Museums*Keelan Overton\ W / 4:00 pm – 5:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Modalities of Gothic*Meredith Cohen\ R / 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Poussin in Arcadia*Gregory Harwell\ T / 11:00 am – 12:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

*AH 195 Museum Studies Internship*Zirwat Chowdhury\ Varies / No Location\ Tutorial, five hours; fieldwork, four hours. Requisite: course C170A. Limited to junior/senior Art History majors. Internship in supervised setting at participating host museum at UCLA or in greater Los Angeles area. Participation in ongoing museum projects and operations, with specific work to be determined by host institution in consultation with faculty mentor. Curatorial, educational, communications, public relations, and development work may be included, as well as assistance at public programs and related events. Students meet on regular basis with faculty mentor and provide periodic reports of their experience. May be repeated for credit. Individual contract with supervising faculty mentor required. P/NP grading.

Fall 2022

AH 25 Museum Studies**Saloni Mathur\ TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 147\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to study of museums in their social and historical contexts. Examination of debates about museum’s role in society through case studies and analysis of exhibitions in range of museums including art, history, and ethnographic museums. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 29 Chinese Art**Lothar von Falkenhausen / Hui-Shu Lee\ MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Moore Hall 100\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to Chinese art, covering all major periods from Neolithic to modern age. Presentation of monuments as well as artifacts in variety of media in their social and historical contexts. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 119B Eastern Islamic Art**Keelan Overton\ MW / 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm / Dodd Hall 247\ Lecture, three hours. From Tigris and Euphrates Rivers through Afghanistan and parts of central Asia; Ottoman Empire. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C120 Selected Topics in Islamic Art**Keelan Overton\ MW / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 247\ Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in Islamic art and architecture that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C220A. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 124 Northern Renaissance Art**Gregory Harwell\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 22. Painting and sculpture in Northern Renaissance. P/NP or letter grading

AH M112B Archaic Greek Art and Archaeology**Sarah Morris\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 247\ (Same as Classics M153C.) Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 20 or Classics 10 or 51A. Study of development of art and architecture of Greek world from approximately 800 through 490 BC. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 119A Western Islamic Art**Lamia Balafrej\ TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours. From Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to Spain, 7th to 16th century. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 130 Selected Topics in Modern Art: Origins of Russian Avant-Garde**Natasha Medvedev\ TR / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd Hall 147\ Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Changing topics in modern art (post-1780) that reflect interests of individual regular and visiting faculty members. May be repeated once for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C131C Contemporary Art, 1980s to 1990s**Miwon Kwon\ MW / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: course 23. Study of politics of representation at end of century, covering dominant strategies and trends in postmodernist art. Concurrently scheduled with course C231C. P/NP or letter grading.

AH CM141 Colonial Latin American Art**Carlos Rivas\ MW / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd Hall 146\ (Formerly numbered C141.) (Same as Chicana/o and Central American Studies M187B.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Art and architecture of colonial Americas from 16th to 18th century. Concurrently scheduled with course C241. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C142B Latin American Art 20th Century**Beth Rosenblum\ MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Mainstream modern and contemporary art and architecture of selected Latin American countries, including both modernist and postmodernist forms, considered in context of social and political concerns, both national and international. Concurrently scheduled with course C242B. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C160 Art and Empire**Natasha Medvedev\ WF / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 247\ Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Examination of relationship between art and imperial ideologies and introduction to current issues in colonial studies and postcolonial criticism. Concurrently scheduled with course C260A. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar**George Baker\ T / 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar**Stella Nair\ R / 1:00 pm – 2:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275\ Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.