Courses

Making the Modern Landscape

Today we are experiencing a reassessment of the modern, western landscape and the ideals of progress that underlie it.

ARTH 296
3
In-person
Fall 2026
3
Art History - 200 level

Methods for an Expanded Art History

ARTH800900
3
In-person
Fall 2026
Art History - Graduate Level

Modern & Contemporary - Global African Diaspora

The course aims to discuss the idea of the African Diaspora, focusing on the work of artists of African descent, as well as African artists who have migrated outside of Africa.

ARTH 305
3
In-person
Fall 2026
3
Art History - 300 level

Modern Architecture: Aesthetics, Capitalism, Industry

ARTH 292
3
In-person
Winter 2027
3
Art History - 200 level

Modern Arts in a Globalizing World

This course examines the histories, meanings, and sites of modern arts in a globalizing world.

ARTH 226
3
In-person
Fall 2026
3
Art History - 200 level

Modern Arts in Globalizing World

ARTH 226
3
In-person
Fall 2026
3
Art History - 200 level

Non-Western Art in Western Collections

ARTH 434
3
In-person
Fall 2026
3
Art History - 400 level

On the Cusp of Modernity: Art and Visual Culture in Europe and the World, 1550–1750

The modern world was born between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries

ARTH 354
3
In-person
Fall 2026
3
Art History - 300 level

Radical. Architecture and Design, 1950s-1970s

ARTH 326
3
In-person
Winter 2027
3
Art History - 300 level

Sculpture, Gender, and the Body in the Italian Renaissance

Strong occasionally violent women, blushing men, monstrous demons, and genderless angels – sculpted bodies inhabited Renaissance cities. Read treatises on how to be a good wife and bawdy stories and learn about how people behaved and misbehaved with these living statues!

ARTH 346
3
In-person
Winter 2027
3
Art History - 300 level