Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; extra reading, two hours. Prerequisite(s): none. An introduction to artistic achievements of the world's cultures and ways in which they can be viewed. Considers such issues as the use of artworks as historical documents; connections between "high art" and popular culture; and the relationship between artist, viewer, artistic tradition, and society.

AHS 008. Modern Western Visual Culture. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): none. Focusing on broadly defined cultural practices--including painting, photography, video, architecture, and film--this course introduces the major historical, aesthetic, and theoretical issues in twentieth-century visual culture with an eye toward political and social themes relevant to contemporary life. Cross-listed with FVC 008.

AHS 009. Native American Art. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): none. This course is a comparative introduction to the material culture and art of Native North America. It will investigate architecture, dress, sculpture, and other material objects in the context of divergent pre-Columbian and modern aesthetics and belief systems. Cross-listed with ANTH 009.

AHS 015. Arts of Asia. (4)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside research, two hours. Prerequisite(s): none. A survey of the arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture in the countries of Asia, especially China, India, and Japan, examining both the links between different areas in Asia and the particular national characters and histories of the countries. Hsü

AHS 017A. History of Western Art: Prehistoric to Byzantine. (4)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; extra reading, two hours. Prerequisite(s): none. A survey of the visual arts of the ancient Near East and Egypt, the Greek world, and the Roman and Byzantine empires. Topics include the growth of urbanism, art as an expression of religious and political beliefs, and cultural contact as a source of artistic change.

AHS 017B. History of Western Art: Medieval to Renaissance. (4)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; extra reading, two hours. Prerequisite(s): none. A survey of the visual arts of Europe in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Topics include the religious and political functions of art in the reestablishment of high civilization and the increased status of the individual artist. Rudolph, Murphy

AHS 017C. History of Western Art: Baroque to Modern. (4)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; extra reading, two hours. Prerequisite(s): none. A survey of the visual arts of Europe and America from 1600 through the present. Topics include the religious and political roles of art, the rise of secular imagery, the increased role of women in the arts, and the impact of popular culture and photography, and the other new media in the visual arts. Ostrow

AHS 018. Introduction to Writing and Painting in China. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, two hours; written work, one hour. Prerequisite(s): none. A survey of Chinese calligraphy and painting, focusing on their development in history and their practice in Chinese society. Demonstrations of writing and painting are included. Cross-listed with AST 018. Hsü

AHS 021. Introduction to Architecture and Urbanism. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): none. An introduction to the built environment including buildings, gardens, and cities, examined in terms of historical, cultural, social, technological, and political factors. Emphasis on examples from Southern California. Cross-listed with URST 021. Morton

AHS 027. Art of Pre-Columbian America. (4)

Lecture, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): none. A survey course intended to provide an up-to-date background to the ancient art of Mexico, Central America, and the Andean region of western South America. The various peoples and art of pre-Columbian America are discussed according to the three broad cultural regions of Mesoamerica, the Intermediate Area (lower Central America and northwestern South America), and Andean area. Lectures are illustrated with slides of particular sites and important examples of pre-Columbian art. Cross-listed with ANTH 027.

AHS 028. Art and Architecture of Latin America. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Introduces Latin American art and architecture from European conquest to the present. Topics include religious and secular art and architecture, hybridization of indigenous and imported styles, national styles after independence, Mexican murals, women artists, Latin American modernismo, and Chicano and Border art.

Lecture, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Anthropological approaches to the study of art in traditional non-Western societies. Through specific readings and case studies from four geographic regions (North America, Southeast Asia, Oceania, and West Africa), the dynamic role of art in traditional societies is illustrated. Cross-listed with ANTH 102.

AHS 139. Early Chinese Art. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 015 or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A survey of Chinese art from the Neolithic period to the end of the Tang Dynasty (tenth century A.D.), with concentration on ritual bronzes, mortuary art, and Buddhist art. Cross-listed with AST 139. Hsü

AHS 140. Chinese Painting of the Song and Yuan Dynasties. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 015 or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. The history of early Chinese painting, from the beginning to the fourteenth century, with concentration on the Song and Yuan dynasties (A.D. 960-1367). The development of themes, subjects, styles, theories, and purposes discussed in their cultural and historical contexts. Cross-listed with AST 140. Hsü

AHS 141. Chinese Painting of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 015 or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. The history of later Chinese painting (from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century). Investigates new pictorial genres, art theories, political environment, popular taste, and the changing social role of the artist. Cross-listed with AST 141. Hsü

AHS 143. Text and Image in Chinese Painting. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 015 or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the art of writing and painting in China, focusing on the close relationship between written language and pictorial image. Reading knowledge of the Chinese language is not necessary. Cross-listed with AST 143. Hsü

AHS 144. Japanese Painting: Twelfth to Nineteenth Century. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 015 or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Major developments in the pictorial art of Japan from the twelfth to the nineteenth century. Emphasis on the social and cultural contexts of painting, pictorial genres, and pivotal artists and styles. Cross-listed with AST 144. Hsü

AHS 146. The Japanese House. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 015 or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. History of the traditional Japanese house from prehistoric times to the nineteenth century. Examples used to place the Japanese house within the general history of Japanese architecture and within its social and cultural context. Cross-listed with AST 147. Morton

AHS 147. The Art of Greece. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017A or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. The architecture, sculpture, painting, and minor arts of Ancient Greece from the earliest Archaic period through the Hellenistic age.

AHS 148. The Art of Rome. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017A or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. The architecture, sculpture, painting, and minor arts of Ancient Rome from the Republic through the Age of Constantine with a consideration of the problems of the relationship of Hellenistic art to that of Rome.

AHS 153. Art and Myth in Ancient Rome. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017A or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the meanings of myths and legends in the art of the Roman Empire. Considers myth's role in interpreting and reinforcing social ideals and practices; appearances of myth across class, gender, and geographic lines; and the relation of image and text in understanding myth.

AHS 154. Art of the Hellenistic Kingdoms. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017A or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An examination of the sculpture, painting, and other arts of the Mediterranean world from the empire of Alexander the Great through the death of Julius Caesar. Examines the transformations of the classical tradition, the creation of imperial imagery, and the connections between Greek, Etruscan, early Roman, and Eastern art.

AHS 155. Early Christian Art. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017A or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Architecture, mosaic, wall painting, manuscript illumination, and sculpture from the origins of Christianity to the final dissolution of the Roman Empire. Stresses the role of art in the co-optation of the Church by the Empire, and then in the aftermath of its fall. Rudolph

AHS 156. Early Medieval Art. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017B or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Manuscript illumination, barbarian jewelry, architecture, and sculpture from the fall of the Roman Empire, through the Carolingian Empire, to the tenth century. Stresses the interplay between indigenous Germanic and "foreign" classical traditions. Rudolph

AHS 157. Romanesque Art. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017B or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Architecture, sculpture, and illuminated manuscripts of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Stresses the role of the pilgrimage and of politics during the period of the revival of monumental architecture and perhaps the greatest public sculpture of the Middle Ages. Rudolph

AHS 159. Gothic Art. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017B or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Architecture, sculpture, and stained glass in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Stresses the political origins and social setting of public art during this period of the reestablishment of urban culture with its resultant social tensions. Rudolph.

AHS 161. Italian Renaissance: Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Florence. (4)

Lecture, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017B or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Surveys all media--paintings, sculpture, architecture, and gardens--within their historical and cultural context. Murphy

AHS 162. Italian Renaissance: Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Rome. (4)

Lecture, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017B or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Surveys all media--paintings, sculpture, architecture, and gardens--within their historical and cultural context. Murphy

AHS 163. Italian Renaissance: Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Venice and the Veneto. (4)

Lecture, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017B or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Surveys all media--paintings, sculpture, architecture, and gardens--within their historical and cultural context. Murphy

AHS 164. The Northern Renaissance. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017B or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Surveys the paintings of the Netherlands and Germany within their historical and cultural, mainly religious, context. Murphy

AHS 165. Women Artists in Renaissance Europe, 1400-1600. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017B or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Surveys the lives and work of women artists in Renaissance Europe from perspectives offered by the latest scholarly literature. Key topics considered are circumstances under which it was possible for women to become artists, how these women evolved from artists practicing in the cloistered convent to artists participating in the competitive public market place, what they painted, and who their patrons were. Cross-listed with HISE 133 and WMST 170.

AHS 171. Seventeenth Century European Art. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017B or AHS 017C or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examination of the dominant trends and figures of the Italian, French, Spanish, Flemish, and Dutch Baroque periods. Explores such issues as the development of illusionistic ceiling decoration, the theoretical basis of Baroque art, and art's subservience to the Church and the royal court. Ostrow

AHS 172. Baroque Rome. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017C or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Focuses on the center of Baroque culture in seventeenth-century Rome. Painting, sculpture, architecture, and urban planning examined in their political and religious context, and in terms of the ecclesiastical and private patrons who transformed Rome into one of the world's most important cities. Ostrow

AHS 173. European Art of the Eighteenth Century. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017C or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines major developments in eighteenth-century painting, sculpture, and interior decoration from the emergence of the Rococo to the dawn of Neoclassicism. Includes the response of art to new forms of patronage, the decline of history painting, and how art functioned as social and political commentary. Ostrow

AHS 174. History of Photography: Nineteenth Century. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017C or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A study of the history of photography from its development in the 1830s to its formulation and application as an artistic medium around 1900. Examines photography in its social and aesthetic contexts, making use of the study collection of photographs and cameras at the UCR/California Museum of Photography when possible. Cross-listed with FVC 177.

AHS 176. History of Photography: Twentieth Century. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017C or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A study of major developments in photography and photographic technologies from the turn of the century to the present, with an emphasis on the broad uses of photography in artistic, broadly cultural, and political contexts. Incorporates the resources of the UCR/California Museum of Photography when possible. Cross-listed with FVC 176.

AHS 177. American Art: Colonial Period to 1900. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017C or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Painting and architecture in the United States from the Colonial period to 1900.

AHS 180. Modern European Art I: Nineteenth Century. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017C or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Painting and sculpture in Europe from the French Revolution to the Franco-Prussian War. Introduces students to the ideas and concepts of modern European art and traces artistic developments from Neoclassicism to the emergence of Impressionism in a broad cultural, social, and political context. Forster-Hahn

AHS 181. Modern Art II: Art in Europe, 1870-1945. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017C or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Traces the history of the modern movement from Impressionism to the end of World War II. Discussion focuses on the arts in their interrelationships to the political events and social conditions of the period and emphasizes the persecution of modernism in Europe under Fascism and Communism. Forster-Hahn

AHS 182. Modern Art III: Western Art after 1945. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017C or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Theories and practices of contemporary art in Europe and the United States, tracing developments in painting, photography, and new media in their social context. Focuses on the rise of postmodernism in the visual arts, and discusses work in relation to postmodern theories of representation, sexual difference, and cultural identity. Jones

AHS 184. Modern Architecture. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017C or AHS 021/URST 021 or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Modern architecture and its sources from 1800. Cross-listed with URST 184. Morton

AHS 185. Architectural Theory from Vitruvius to Venturi. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017A or AHS 017B or AHS 017C or AHS 021/URST 021 or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. History of architectural thought from Vitruvius to the present, with emphasis on the modern period. Surveys the major themes of architectural theory and investigates the relationships between ideas about architecture and architectural production. Cross-listed with URST 185. Morton

AHS 186. Film, Video, and Art: Theories and Histories. (4)

Lecture, three hours; screening, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017C or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Covers the intersection of film and art in twentieth-century culture. Addresses the relationship between painting, photography, video, and film in Euro-American or non-Western art. Studies films about art and artists and examines histories of "art" or avant-garde films. Cross-listed with FVC 186. Jones

AHS 190. Special Studies. (1-5)

To be taken with the consent of the chair of the department as a means of meeting special curricular problems. Course is repeatable to a maximum of 12 units.

AHS 192. Junior Seminar in Art History. (4)

Seminar, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): junior standing in Art History. Critical study of selected topics in the history of art. Topics change from year to year. Course is repeatable to a maximum of 12 units.

AHS 195H. Senior Honors Thesis. (1-4)

Thesis, three to twelve hours. Prerequisite(s): admission to the University Honors Program or consent of the Art History Department. Independent research and preparation of a senior honors thesis completed under the supervision of a faculty member. Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available. Course is repeatable to a maximum of 8 units.

AHS 198-I. Individual Internship. (1-12)

Research, variable. Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor and upper-division standing. Individual study or apprenticeship in a museum, art library, or slide and photo archive in order to gain practical experience and skills for future professional work. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Repeatable to a total of 16 units.

Seminar, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. An introduction to the history and methodologies of Art History. Covers the methodologies, models, and approaches of different periods from Vasari to the present. Course is repeatable as topics change.

AHS 252. History and Ideology of the Museum. (4)

Seminar, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 251P or consent of instructor. From princely collection to public museum: a history of collecting and the evolution of the museum as a cultural institution in the western world. An investigation of sources, documents and historiography complemented by a study of museums and collections in the Los Angeles area. Forster-Hahn

AHS 260. Seminar in Latin American Art. (4)

Seminar, three hours; outside research, two hours; term paper, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. Selected topics in the history and theory of Latin American art from the European conquest to the present. Course is repeatable as topics change.

AHS 267. Seminar in Later Chinese Art. (4)

Seminar, three hours; outside research, three hours; research paper, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. Special topics in later Chinese art. Course is repeatable as topics change. Hsü.

AHS 271. Seminar in Ancient Art. (4)

Seminar, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. Selected issues of the function of art within ancient social, political, religious, and intellectual culture. Course is repeatable as topics change.

AHS 272. Seminar in Medieval Art. (4)

Seminar, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. Selected issues of the function of art within medieval social, political, theological, and intellectual culture. Course is repeatable as topics change. Rudolph

AHS 273. Seminar in Renaissance Art. (4)

Seminar, three hours; outside research, two hours; term paper, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. Special topics in Italian and/or Northern Renaissance art. Course is repeatable as topics change. Murphy

AHS 274. Seminar in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Art. (4)

Seminar, three hours; outside research, two hours; term paper, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. Special topics in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century art. Course is repeatable as topics change. Ostrow

AHS 276. Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Art. (4)

Seminar, three hours; outside research, two hours; term paper, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. Selected topics in the history and theory of nineteenth-century European and/or American art. Course is repeatable as topics change. Forster-Hahn

AHS 277. Seminar in Twentieth-Century Art. (4)

Seminar, three hours; outside research, two hours; term paper, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. Selected topics in the history and theory of twentieth-century European and/or American art. Course is repeatable as topics change. Forster-Hahn

AHS 278. Seminar in Modern Architecture. (4)

Seminar, three hours; outside research, three hours; research paper, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. Selected topics in the history and theory of nineteenth- and twentieth-century architecture and urbanism. Course is repeatable as topics change. Morton

AHS 283. Seminar in History of Photography. (4)

Seminar, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. Selected topics in the history of photography, with an emphasis on new theories and histories of photographic practice. Students encouraged to do research projects drawing on the collections of the UCR/California Museum of Photography. Course is repeatable as topics change. Green, Jones

AHS 284. Seminar in Contemporary Art and Theory. (4)

Seminar, three hours; individual study, three hours; research paper, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. Studies of selected topics in contemporary art, photography, and related media, with an emphasis on critical theories of representation and issues of practice. Course is repeatable as topics change. Jones

AHS 290. Directed Studies. (1-6)

Research, variable. Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor. Independent work under a staff member's supervision in a particular field. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable.

AHS 292. Concurrent Analytical Studies. (1-4)

Research, three to twelve hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing and consent of instructor. To be taken concurrently with a 100-series course, but on an individual basis. It will be devoted to research, criticism, and written work of graduate order commensurate with the number of units elected. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). May be repeated for credit.

AHS 297. Directed Research. (1-6)

Research, variable. Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor, completion of language requirement and one seminar. Research study or exploratory work toward the development of the thesis. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC).

AHS 298-I. Individual Internship. (1-4)

Research, variable. Individual study or apprenticeship in a museum, art library, or slide and photo archive in order to gain practical experience and skills for future professional work. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Repeatable to a total of 12 units. Not more than 8 units count toward the 40 units required for the M.A.

AHS 299. Research for Thesis. (1-12)

Variable hours. Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor, completion of language requirement and one seminar. Thesis research and writing. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable.

Seminar, two hours; consultation, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. A program of weekly meetings and individual formative evaluation required of new Art History Teaching Assistants. Covers instructional methods and classroom/section activities. Conducted by the Teaching Assistant Development Program and department faculty. Credit is not applicable toward degree unit requirements. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC).

AHS 302. Teaching Practicum. (1-4)

Lecture, one to four hours; seminar, one hour. Prerequisite(s): limited to departmental teaching assistants; graduate standing. Supervised teaching in upper- and lower-division Art History courses. Required of all Art History teaching assistants. Credit not applicable toward degree unit requirements. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). May be repeated for credit.