Architecture is the inescapable art form. It surrounds us all, every day of our lives, shaping and conditioning our experience of the world. In this course, we will explore three paths of inquiry: historical, structural, and practical. We will examine how architecture has developed and interacted wit...
Architecture is the inescapable art form. It surrounds us all, every day of our lives, shaping and conditioning our experience of the world. In this course, we will explore three paths of inquiry: historical, structural, and practical. We will examine how architecture has developed and interacted wit...
Larrie D. Ferreiro FRHistS received his PhD in the History of Science and Technology from Imperial College London. He teaches history and engineering at George Mason University in Virginia, Georgetown University in Washington DC and the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. He has served for...
This course will examine the arts of England and the British Isles, from the fall of Rome to the late Gothic period. We will begin with the artistic traditions of the Roman era and proceed through time, looking at the art found in ship-burials like Sutton Hoo and in hoards of buried treasure, and at ...
Explores the art, architecture, and archaeology of Ancient Egypt. Examines the cultural and historic context of Ancient Egyptian art and architecture. Topics may include the influence of ancient attitudes about race, gender, sexuality, and cultural identity on the art of the period as well as the imp...
This course will introduce students to the art and architecture of the ancient and medieval Mediterranean world. Through slide lectures, reading, assigned exercises, and discussions we will examine key monuments and artists. We will explore the role of painting, sculpture, and architecture in the for...
Sun-Young Park is a cultural and architectural historian who specializes in nineteenth-century France. Her research focuses on the ways in which architectural history, urban history, and the history of medicine intersect. Her first book, Ideals of the Body: Architecture, Urbanism, and Hygiene in Post...
A Guide to Comprehensive Exams The exam consists of three parts. Part One is a slide exam taken during the final exam period for ARTH 601, Colloquium in Art History. You receive 25 images representing major works/monuments of world art. You identify them as fully as possible (Artist’s name, date...
This course is a survey of the major monuments of Italian art and architecture from 1300 to 1500. Traditionally, this period is studied through the productions of one great artist after another from Giotto, Donatello, Brunelleschi and Botticelli to Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. But this course ...
