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• ARTH 4060: Global Chinese Art

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  The course examines the visual culture of China as a series of global encounters between China, its East Asian neighbors, and the West. Topics may range from the Yuan Dynasty as part of the Mongol Empire (1271-1368), to the impact of trade on luxury objects of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1922), to the rise to twentieth-century Chinese art on the global stage. Regardless of the temporal focus, the course strives to introduce interpretive approaches to the study of Chinese art raised by its transnational and international history, as well as to explore key debates relates to art of globalization.
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• ARTH 4095: Seminar: Chinese Art

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This seminar provides students with an opportunity to examine visual treatments of special themes and topics in Chinese art and visual culture. Prerequisites: Instructor Consent.
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• ARTH 4110: Vis Arts Ancient Greece

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  The architectural and artistic expressions of ancient Greece from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic era are examined through lecture, discussion, and written essays. The course first addresses perspectives on surviving Cycladic, Minoan and Mycenaean artifacts before turning to sites of art making in Greek city-states and their colonies. Students will be introduced to basic ideas of archaeological discovery as well as contemporary views on the legacy of Greek material culture.
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• ARTH 4120: Anc. Rome: Repub/Empire

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  The course focuses on art forms linked with changing political, religious, and social agendas during the growth of an empire in Antiquity that came to encompass the whole of the Mediterranean Basin and Britannia. As a consequence of Rome's pervasive world view, its patrons exploited technology and the latest fashion to shape a diverse visual environment that ranges from state monuments to private objects for daily use. Through lecture, discussion, and written essays, students will investigate factors shaping cultural interpretation.
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• ARTH 4150: Early Medieval Themes

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  The first centuries of the Common Era saw transformations in the visual language of east Mediterranean architecture and material culture in response to shifts in world views. Course content will problematize how 'late Hellenistic', 'late antique' and 'early Christian' framings shape our understanding of a diverse artistic landscape out of which emerges multiple conventions of medieval art. Through discussion, oral report, and written essays, students will explore the phenomenon of 'Christian capitals' as sties of the new state-sponsored religion.
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• ARTH 4160: Topics In Medieval Art

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Students examine modes of artistic expression and viewer response within a society that witnessed significant growth and prosperity. Versatile urban achievements in western Europe will be placed in a broader historical context. The impact of contemporaneous political, social, economic, and religious changes on visual literacy will be investigated through readings, oral report, and written project. Reassessing the terms Romanesque and Gothic is central to course content.
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• ARTH 4195: Sem: Ancient/Medieval

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This seminar offers students the opportunity for in-depth study of special themes and topics in Ancient and Medieval art, and visual culture. Prerequisites: Instructor Consent.
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• ARTH 4290: Seminar: Ren. & Baroque

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This seminar is organized around selected readings for group discussions of specialized themes and topics in Renaissance and Baroque art. Prerequisites: Instructor Consent.
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• ARTH 4390: Visual Studies Seminar

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This seminar offers students the opportunity for in depth study of special themes and topics in art and visual culture. Prerequisites: Instructor Consent.
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• ARTH 4495: Seminar Mod/Contemp Art

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This seminar offers students the opportunity for in depth study of special themes and topics in modernist art and visual culture. Prerequisites: Instructor Consent.
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