An introduction to the history of painting, sculpture and architecture from the Old Stone Age through the ancient Mediterranean world to the end of the medieval period in Western Europe. Considers issues including technique, style, iconography, patronage, historical context, and art theory.

An introduction to the history of Western European and American painting, sculpture and architecture from the Renaissance through the baroque, rococo, and early modern periods to the late 20th century. Considers issues including technique, style, iconography, patronage, historical context, and art theory.

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Transfer Coursework at the 1000 level. Departmental approval may be required.

Special topics in the history of art. Subjects will vary and may not be available every semester. Individual topics will be listed in the Schedule of Classes.

An introduction to the art, architecture and visual culture of China, Korea and Japan from the beginnings to about 1200 CE. The course considers technique, iconography and style and will approach art works in theoretical contexts such as social functions and aesthetic discourses of art.

This course introduces students to the visual and material culture of China, Korea, and Japan from the medieval period to the present. We will focus on the East Asian tradition in painting, calligraphy, ceramics, and architecture. We also explore the social, economic, and intellectual forces behind the production, circulation, and appreciation of artworks. Among the topics discussed in class are art and politics, art and identity, transmission of Buddhist art, etc. Special attention will be given to the transcultural exchange among China, Korea, and Japan as well as the encounter between the East and the West.

A survey of art and architecture in the Mediterranean from the third through the fourteenth centuries, with a focus on the rise of Christian art in the late Roman world and the art of the Byzantine state.

A survey in which both modern and historical categories of experience are used to understand the art of the Middle ages, especially as it manifested itself in the most characteristic of all medieval forms, the church. Along a chronological and geographical trajectory from Early Christian Rome to Gothic Paris this course will move through topics such as memory, poetry, pilgrimage, the body, gesture, devotion, narrative and liturgy.

This course will examine painting, sculpture, architecture, mosaics, tapestries, metalwork, ivories, and stained glass windows of the late Middle Ages in Europe. Through weekly readings and discussions will also explore themes such as religion, women, the Classical tradition, and cross-cultural contact. Various critical and theoretical approaches to art history will be considered.

This course will study the cultural role of images, largely painting, in Spain during the period 1500-1700. Topics to be explored include: the pictorial use of mythological themes in the projection of imperial power, the importance of portraiture in the legitimization of the Spanish monarchy, the art market and the social status of the artist. While painting will be our main focus, we will examine other visual documents such as maps and read literary works that illuminate the functions of images in the period.

Through readings and site visits to museums and monuments throughout Rome, this course will examine the history and theory of archaeological and other public historical monuments, sites, and museums within an international framework. With a specific focus on Etruscan and Roman art history and archaeology, we will consider how issues of cultural heritage, preservation, and display impact the visiting of historical sites. We will also spotlight the growing field of museum education, considering methods used by museum professionals and other educators who teach using museum collections.

This course will explore the art and architecture of central Italy from ca. 1300-1500 CE, with a special emphasis on the art of the city of Rome. Through site visits and in-depth analyses of works by well-known artists, Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, etc. as well as lesser-known artists (especially those working in Rome), students will gain an understanding of the development and impact of the Italian Renaissance.

This course provides a survey of architectural history in Europe from 1400-1750, stressing a critical approach to architecture through the analysis of social and cultural context, expressive content, function, structure, style, building technology, and theory. Lectures will range from close examinations of specific monuments to broader engagements with architectural forms as they cut across time. Particular attention will be paid to the socio-cultural dimensions of architecture and the ways in which individual buildings and the built environment have shaped humanity’s experience of the world. Class meetings will focus on a range of issues, including civic and corporate identity, political and religious power, the status of the architect, the dissemination of architectural knowledge, building technology, construction techniques, patronage, and symbolic meaning.

An overview of the art and culture of the European courts between about 1300 and 1700, with a particular focus on the themes of love and eroticism.  Artists to be discussed include Mantegna, Raphael, Titian, and others. 

This course uses Leonardo da Vinci’s paintings, drawings, and writings to explore the interrelation of art and nature in early modern Italy. Using Leonardo as a focus, the course is divided in two halves; the first half considers ways of seeing and picturing the natural world. The second considers the ways man changes the environment, including its practical and aesthetic uses. These themes are not easily divided, and in the early modern world their intersections had significant implications for intellectual thought, artistic practices, and manmade interventions in the landscape, be they fountains, fortifications, gardens or urban planning. Leonardo will be our interlocutor throughout the term, although the course is not intended to be a monographic study of the artist per se. Instead, we will examine Leonardo’s and his peers’ artworks as a way to investigate early modern conceptions of nature, its transformative potential, and the natural and built environment.

This course introduces students to the study of the visual culture of Renaissance Italy (1350–1600). By examining how artists, architects, critics, and patrons used and discussed artworks including paintings, prints, sculpture, and architecture, students explore themes such as the revival of antiquity, the study of nature, the training of the artist, the role of competition, and the public and private display of art.

This course surveys the visual and material culture of the Baroque world, roughly the period 1575-1750, considering the diverse locales, styles and objects of Baroque artistic production, as related to early modern notions of theatricality. The course is composed of two acts. First, we will investigate the visual culture of several key cities (Rome, Antwerp, Madrid, Mexico City, Munich and Versailles). In the second half of the course will focus on diverse spaces of baroque theatricality (churches, theaters, palaces, civic spaces and the art collection itself). Through these case studies, the course aims to explore how the local economic, religious, political and social contexts for artistic production interact with global networks of exchange and the performance of individual and national artistic identity.

This course explores the artistic production of the Low Countries, Germany and France in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, including painting sculpture, manuscripts, metalwork, tapestries and printmaking. The course will focus on a range of topics, including: technical and iconographic innovations in artistic production, art's devotional function, the changing market for art in this period as well as the early impact of the Reformation on the visual arts in the Low Countries and Germany.

This course explores the artistic production of the early modern Spanish Netherlands and the Dutch Republic, focusing on key artists (including Rubens, Anthony Van Dyck, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Vermeer), as well as emerging critical literature on the function and value of art/artists. This course will consider how art was bought and sold; how art was evaluated for its commercial and aesthetic value.

In this course we will explore art produced in Europe from the early18th century through the mid-19th century. We will consider the work, careers, and reputations of key artists such as Fragonard, David, Friedrich, Turner, Ingres, and Delacroix, among others, situating their work in relation to the political, socio-economic, and intellectual developments of the period.

This course will analyze art produced in Europe from the mid-19th century through the early 20th century, with a particular emphasis on French painting. We will consider the work and reputations of key artists such as Manet, Monet, Cassatt, Seurat, and Cézanne, situating their work in relation to the political, socio-economic, and cultural changes that took place during this period.

In this class, we will explore the work, careers, and reputations of key Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists such as Monet, Degas, Renoir, Van Gogh, and Cézanne, among others, by studying the rich collections of the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie, and by visiting exhibitions of 19th-century art in Paris and elsewhere.

This class will explore different artists’ representations of the various forms of pleasure and entertainment that were an essential part of Paris’s identity in the later 19th and early 20th centuries. We will study the work of some of the key artists of the period and visit some of the entertainment sites and activities that they featured in their work, such as the Montmartre neighborhood and the Eiffel Tower, as well as visit museum collections and special exhibitions related to the course.

An analysis of visual and material culture from the first European artists in the colonies to the onset of World War II. Considers the transformation of cultural forms from the old world to the new in developments such as the formation of a national iconography as seen in portraiture, genre painting, landscape painting and the development of a distinctive modernist tradition specific to the United States. This course will examine the ways in which art and material culture reflect the social, intellectual, and political life of the nation up to World War II. 

Explores the developments in the visual arts in the U.S. and Europe since 1950. Concentrates upon the social historical formation of artistic development beginning with the aftermath of World War II, and continuing to the present. Emphasizes movements such as Pop, Minimalism, Earth art and Postmodernism. Issues surrounding the objects will include poststructuralism, post-colonialism as well as African-American, feminist, and gay and lesbian strategies for self-representation.

This course will explore the developments in the visual arts in Europe from 1890 to 1945. We will concentrate upon the social-historical formations of artistic production beginning in the late-nineteenth century with Post-Impressionism and continuing into the first half of the twentieth century examining movements such as Fauvism, Cubism, Dada, Surrealism, Russian Suprematism.

This course introduces students to the history of photography from the “invention” of chemical photographic techniques in the first third of the nineteenth century through the contemporary turn to the digital. The primary regions covered will be Western Europe and the Americas, with particular attention to debates about photography as an art, the role of technology in shaping photographic imagery, and the status of photography in fields such as journalism, science, politics, advertising, art, etc., in relation to social and historical contexts.

The course focuses on the sophisticated and urbanized cultures of the Americas: the Olmec, the Maya, the Mexica (or Aztec), Chavin, Moche, Nazca and Inka. Taking a contextual approach, it pays attention to the ways ancient makers constructed meaning by creating constellations of objects, often collations of buildings, sculptures and cashed offerings. It will also look at large scale environmental manipulations, meant to align human occupations with a divine design.

Renaissance and baroque architecture, painting and sculpture of the metropolitan centers of the Spanish and Portuguese colonies from the 16th to the early 19th century with a major emphasis on Mexico.

Intensive investigation of Aztec art as a fundamental manifestation of political and religious ideas. The course will examine the relation between art and sacrifice, and the role of ritual and performance in “activating” works of art and architecture. It will center on the art and architecture of the city of Tenochtitlan, now known as Mexico City, the heart of the empire in the past, and the current site of ongoing archeological excavations. Students will learn how to apply art historical methodologies to works of Aztec art, and share those results with a broad public through contributions to Wikipedia.

This course focuses on the art created by Maya artists from 300-900 CE, a time when Maya cities and royal courts flourished. These objects had long lives, continuing into the modern era, when they were eagerly collected and displayed, particularly in the US and Europe. We will study how and why Maya art was first made, and then look at how and why it found its way into modern collections. We will learn about the legal regimes of collecting, and how they have changed over time. We will focus on how Maya art is collected and displayed today, with attention to the ethical questions around collecting practices, and the role of the art market in collection formation. Students will gain hands-on experience in working with local collections, particularly the Middle American Research Institute at Tulane, and the New Orleans Museum of Art, and practice designing a virtual exhibition of Maya art of their own, taking into consideration the contemporary praxis and politics around Indigenous arts.

This Art History course examines contemporary art in a global context. We will begin by considering early contemporary art, from the late 1960s and 1970s, focusing on issues, theories, and artworks emerging in selected geographic zones: Latin America, East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, Western Europe, the United States, and Eastern Europe. Next, we will consider artists working worldwide from the 1980s through the present, examining emergent mediums such as installation and social practice, and themes such as collectives, the body, and activism.

This course introduces students to the study of modernity and visual arts In Latin America, from the late 19th-century through roughly 1950. We will trace the radical social transformations of this period and the art that reflected. resisted, or intervened In these processes. emphasizing key themes: the formation of collective Identities (and the intersections of race, class, and nation); the impact of social and political revolutions and counter-revolutions; the reception and reconstitution of European avant-garde art; and national, regional, and universal definitions of artistic traditions.

This course introduces students to the study of visual arts In Latin America from the 1950s through the present. Examining Latin America as part of transnational networks. this course explores artistic innovations in response to the still-developing modernist canon of Latin American art. This course investigates radical formal transformations of the art object over this period and the particular social and political contexts of Latin America within which such transformations took place.

This course introduces students to the study of visual arts and architecture in Brazil from around 1500 through the present. This course foregrounds the development of Brazilian art resulting from a historically-contingent intertwining of indigenous, European, and Afro-descendent cultural traditions, as an artistic tradition inextricable from transnational networks. This course investigates the formal transformations of art and architecture over this period. paying close attention to he particular social and political conditions within which Brazilian art took shape.

This course explores the production of visual and material culture related to the African American presence in what is now the United States from the eighteenth century through the mid twentieth century. The course considers visual materials made by African American artists and artisans as well as materials by non-African Americans that feature African American subject matter (and the relationship between these two types of visual production). We will work to understand the objects featured in this course within both the specific context of the history of African American art and visual culture and the larger context of American art history in general. Arranged roughly chronologically but more strongly guided by a thematic and topical approach, the course aims to communicate basic content information while providing students with an understanding of the kinds of dominant questions and concerns engaged by current African American art scholarship.

Does it necessarily make sense to consider the work of artist of African descent together as a unit (in other words, should this course exist?)? What persistent themes, issues, and debates inform the work by African diaspora artist? What makes art "Black" (or "African" or "African American")? Is an artist of African descent necessarily a "Black artist"? Do artist of African descent have a particular obligation to make artwork that advances a black cultural or political agenda? Is not doing so in and of itself a political statement? How might a landscape or Abstract Expressionist work be racially charged? How do vectors of identity other than race inform the work of African diaspora artist? How does the artwork studied in this course fit into the context of other art histories? Through these questions and others, this course explores the major themes and issues that have occupied artists of African descent as well as examines individual artists' motivations and intentions.

Special topics in the history, criticism, or theory of art. The subjects will vary and may not be available every semester. Individual topics will be listed in the Schedule of Classes. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Special topics in the history, criticism, or theory of art. The subjects will vary and may not be available every semester. Individual topics will be listed in the Schedule of Classes. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Special topics in the history, criticism, or theory of art. The subjects will vary and may not be available every semester. Individual topics will be listed in the Schedule of Classes. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Special topics in the history, criticism, or theory of art. The subjects will vary and may not be available every semester. Individual topics will be listed in the Schedule of Classes. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Special topics in the history, criticism, or theory of art. The subjects will vary and may not be available every semester. Individual topics will be listed in the Schedule of Classes. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Special topics in the history, criticism, or theory of art. The subjects will vary and may not be available every semester. Individual topics will be listed in the Schedule of Classes. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

An experiential learning process coupled with pertinent academic course work. Open only to juniors and seniors in good standing. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Open to qualified juniors and seniors with approval of instructor and chair of department. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Open to qualified juniors and seniors with approval of instructor and chair of department. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Honors Thesis in Art History

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

This course will provide a capstone experience for undergraduate majors in art history through an investigation of the various places Western art has been made, exchanged and critically evaluated, from the late medieval period to today. Each week, students will consider distinct space-for example, the studio, the academy, the auction house-its definition, history and conceptual impacts on the history of Western art. Students will analyze the material and intellectual culture of each of these spaces, utilizing key case studies drawn from the fifteenth to the twenty-first centuries.

In this capstone seminar, we will examine key works of controversial modern art from the 19th century to the present. Over the course of the semester, we will explore the scandals that surrounded the work of Edouard Manet, Henri Matisse, Marcel Duchamp, Constantin Brancusi, Richard Serra, Maya Lin, and Sally Mann, among others. 

This seminar explores key moments in the relationship between art and science in Europe and the United States from the Renaissance to the present. We will analyze a range of topics that span time and place, such as Leonardo de Vinci's anatomical drawings and interest in optics. Enlightenment theories of perception, Impressionist and neo-Impressionist painting, and abstraction in the 20th century, among others. 

This course will examine some of the most popular medieval Christian pilgrimage centers of Europe. We will focus mostly on Santiago de Compostela and Rome, with brief looks at other pilgrimage centers such as Jerusalem, Assisi, and Canterbury. Topics to be covered include the cult of the saints, the pilgrimage roads, architectural settings and their decoration as well as reliquary shrines and related works of art, images and their use in imaginary or mental pilgrimage.

This seminar will focus on the relationships between gender and the production and reception of medieval European art and architecture. Topics to be explored include images of women, works of art commissioned by women, images made for women, architectural spaces designed for women and/or men specifically (i.e. monastic architecture), women as artists, etc. Comparative material known to have been made for/by men specifically will also be explored as we consider the meaning of the concept of gender. Feminist theory and various contemporary critical approaches to gender and medieval art will enhance our exploration of specific works.

This course will examine the art and architecture of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance in Italy from approximately 1250 to 1350 A.D./C.E. We will focus particularly on the rise of the mendicant orders in the thirteenth century and their impact on art and the narrative of the Renaissance.

According to the conventional geography of art history, “colonial” art was produced in peripheral spaces, lacking political (and consequently artistic) autonomy. An art history that centered metropolitan and imperial capitals inevitably cast on “colonial” art as something less than –in quality, in originality—that of these centers. New paradigms, however, have emerged in the wake of critiques of a Euro-centric world order, and the practice of art history shaped by it. This course focuses on recent art historical scholarship and exhibitions, almost all from the past decade, that deals with colonial art and the new paradigms of research and theory being developed for it. While much of the course will deal with colonial Latin America, we will also look to other colonial situations, including British India, Australia, and Ghana. During the last weeks of the course, we will also look at the work of post-colonial contemporary artists, who see themselves as the inheritors and interrogators of colonial legacies.

How did the visual arts and sciences interact in the Early Modern period? In what ways have these interactions defined and ruptured boundaries between empirical investigation and artistic practice? This new seminar on the rise of printmaking c. 1500-1800 investigates print as a new technology and artistic medium. Printmaking allowed for changes not only in art production, but in intellectual inquiry. What new representational techniques emerged? What is the rhetoric of the illustrations themselves? Topics include the study and representation of anatomy, botany, and the celestial spheres in print, and how their artistic representation fundamentally changed our understanding of the natural world. In tandem with these new technologies, optical instruments such as microscopes and telescopes opened previously invisible worlds to scrutiny. We will discuss the intellectual, social worlds such devices and images inhabited.

The ways in which our society figures in relation to the natural environment has never been so urgent. This seminar studies the history of that entanglement through an examination of the significance and meaning of “landscape” in art, literature, architecture, and landscape design. This course studies how conceptions of landscape, evident in physical forms as well as poetic and artistic representations shaped the ideological and natural terrain of Europe from antiquity to the 18th century, with particular emphasis on the period of 1450–1800. The course stresses a critical approach to landscape through the analysis of social and cultural context, expressive content and function, style, and theory.

Within his lifetime Michelangelo Buonarrotti (1475–1564) found himself inexplicably hailed as "Divine". This seminar investigates the work of this Renaissance titan and the impact of his art production on Renaissance art theory and its aftermath. Topics include his early training, specific uses of media (drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture), major projects (the David, the Sistine Chapel frescoes, the architecture of St. Peter's) case studies of specific competitions and rivalries (Leonardo vs. Michelangelo and Michelangelo vs. Raphael), and themes such as artistic collaboration and the non-finito. The final classes will be devoted to art theory and reception, including Michelangelo’s own writings on art and the legacy of the artist's biography generated by Giorgio Vasari and Condivi, concluding with his 19th-century reception in France.

This course examines the visual and material culture of the Dutch Golden Age, centered in Amsterdam, as the product of global forces. Rather than solely tracing the domestic consumption of international goods or the ways in which Dutch demands shaped artistic production in Batavia (Indonesia), Brazil, South Asia and North America, this seminar critically examines concepts of influence, exoticism and cross-cultural exchange. We will focus on objects and art works produced in , imported and exported through Amsterdam. By investigating the economic realities that enabled the flourishing of Amsterdam as cultural center, this course seeks to complicate readings of seventeenth-century Dutch visual culture (particularly genre scenes and still-lifes) as culturally introspective.

This course considers the uses, technologies and theories of the early modern copy from the miraculous icon to the forgery, the emulative imitation to the workshop replica, and the pastiche to the reenactment. Copying was a crucial part of artistic pedagogy; the early modern period is characterized by imitation and emulation of classical art, architecture and literature, but the Renaissance also saw innovative technologies of reproductive art-making and new concerns with how to distinguish good copies from the bad.

This seminar considers the art and architecture commissioned and utilized by the Jesuit Order in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as the Society of Jesus embarked upon a worldwide project of evangelization. With missions and missionaries from Japan to Germany, Goa to Peru, we will consider how this missionary order both adapted to local contexts and attempted to forge a communal identity that stretched across the early modern globe.

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

This Art History course examines the history and theory of Social Practice art, a recent mode of artmaking in which artists and art institutions collaborate with individuals and organizations to create community-specific works of art. Classroom readings and discussions will examine forms of Social Practice in relation to histories and theories of participatory, political, and activist art since the 1960s. This course includes a 20 hour service learning component with Prospect New Orleans, a citywide triennial of contemporary art with the social mission of connecting high art to the larger cultural landscape of New Orleans through community-specific works.

In-depth examination of Degas' works and career in light of various historical and critical approaches, ranging from formalism and iconography to sociopolitical and cultural studies, Marxism, psychoanalysis, and feminism. Attention will be paid to male and female spectatorship and to relevant works by Degas' Impressionist contemporaries, including Cassatt, Gonzales, Manet, Morisot, and Whistler, as well as other artists including Daumier, Delacroix, Ingres, Tissot, and Toulouse-Lautrec. Additional comparative topics include academic art, photography, journalistic illustration, and Japanese prints.

This seminar explores the transformation of Paris during the second half of the nineteenth century into a great modern metropolis. Throughout the course we analyze the ways that the architecture, painting, photography, literature, and visual culture of the era shaped and reflected various facets of this modern city.

Examines the ways in which Abstract Expressionism has been interpreted, both from the view of American critics and historians and their European counterparts. Emphasizes the extent to which formalist criticism evolved around Abstract Expressionism, and that only recently have scholars challenged those apolitical reading of this art, considering the political and economic factors which contributed to its international predominance on the global stage. Artists will include De Kooning, Frankenthaler, Hofmann, Krasner, Newman, Pollock, and Still.

Artists Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns are credited with expanding the field of visual art at mid-century in terms of content and media. As members of the Neo-Dada group, alongside composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham, they charted a course out of abstract expressionism that pointed away from painting as an exclusive artistic practice, and toward a reinvigoration of subject matter that culminated in pop art. Johns and Rauschenberg were both intimate partners and business partners, and their commercial design-work often brought them into partnership with Andy Warhol, who would make his mark as a pop artist a few years later. Rauschenberg, Johns and Warhol were queer men who negotiated their sexualities in different ways during the McCarthy era when homosexuality in New York city was a crime. This seminar will examine the development of each artist’s work within the context of postwar American art and criticism while charting the strategies and codes each artist employed—even the persona’s they adopted, whether it be Jasper Johns, the “Organization Man,” or Andy Warhol, the “Cool Cat”—to locate discursive space in the conformist culture of the 1950’s.

Examines both European and American conceptions of postmodernism, as it originated in post-structural and psychoanalytic theory. Emphasis will be place upon artists working since 1980, including Basquiat, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Mapplethorpe, Cindy Sherman, Warhol and the politically based art project of Gran Fury, the Guerrilla Girls and the Names Project. Interpretive strategies will be taken from readings in European literary theory, with emphasis place upon the shift in criticism in art-making, away from Europe, toward an ideology formed around the issues of racial, sexual, and gender performance of identity.

This course will examine art industry best practices for the acquisition of art objects for institutional, investment and private uses, as well as explore the central issues for collection management. We will explore art industry platforms for art acquisition: galleries, art fairs, auctions (brick & mortars. online), and private dealers. The course will stress methods for due diligence in acquisitions including research on provenance, authenticity, and research strategies for identifying stolen or forged objects.We will examine how monetary value is determined across art industries, from the retail gallery to the insurance company. Writing assignments will focus upon research methods for art objects and antiques, incorporating strategies of collection management such as condition, conservation, and best practices for art storage and maintenance.

Advanced topics in the history, criticism, or theory of art. The subjects of the seminars vary according to the needs of the students and the scholarly interests of the individual instructor. Specialized topics are listed in the Schedule of Classes. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Advanced topics in the history, criticism, or theory of art. The subjects of the seminars vary according to the needs of the students and the scholarly interests of the individual instructor. Specialized topics are listed in the Schedule of Classes. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Advanced topics in the history, criticism, or theory of art. The subjects of the seminars vary according to the needs of the students and the scholarly interests of the individual instructor. Specialized topics are listed in the Schedule of Classes. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Advanced topics in the history, criticism, or theory of art. The subjects of the seminars vary according to the needs of the students and the scholarly interests of the individual instructor. Specialized topics are listed in the Schedule of Classes. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Advanced topics in the history, criticism, or theory of art. The subjects of the seminars vary according to the needs of the students and the scholarly interests of the individual instructor. Specialized topics are listed in the Schedule of Classes. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Advanced topics in the history, criticism, or theory of art. The subjects of the seminars vary according to the needs of the students and the scholarly interests of the individual instructor. Specialized topics are listed in the Schedule of Classes. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Advanced topics in the history, criticism, or theory of art. The subjects of the seminars vary according to the needs of the students and the scholarly interests of the individual instructor. Specialized topics are listed in the Schedule of Classes. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Advanced topics in the history, criticism, or theory of art. The subjects of the seminars vary according to the needs of the students and the scholarly interests of the individual instructor. Specialized topics are listed in the Schedule of Classes. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Advanced topics in the history, criticism, or theory of art. The subjects of the seminars vary according to the needs of the students and the scholarly interests of the individual instructor. Specialized topics are listed in the Schedule of Classes. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

This course examines the production of maps during the medieval and early modern periods. The expanding world required firsthand observation, oftentimes aided by tools, as well as effective means of transcribing and interpreting terrain. Key to map production, the use of optical devices and measuring instruments, i.e., the compass and rule, magnetic compasses, astrolabes, and sextants, shaped habits of visualization formed through the use of pen and ink. In turn, artistic representation provided an expressive pictorial idiom for synthesizing the quantitative assessment and visual apprehension of land and sea. Emphasis will be placed on recent literature applying the most current methodologies applied to the analysis of maps.

This course introduces funeary art and ritual in ancient China from the Bronze Age to the Medieval Period. By examining the architecture, mural paintings, and mortuary objects produced for e the funerary purpose, student will inquiry into the mortuary rites that reveal the complexity of social relationships, the intersection of art and politics, and the tension between the public and the private.

This seminar considers the role of art and visual culture in constructing. reifying, representing and, in some cases. challenging ideas of race and national identity in relationship to the joint enterprises of colonialism and Empire. Concentrating primarily on the 18th and 191h centuries (but with some temporal projection in both directions to consider both precursors and postcolonial reverberations) and exploring examples from the British. Spanish. and French empires. we _will consider a diverse array of material­ drawings, paintings, prints. sculpture, decorative arts. fashion, museum display, private collections, photography and film-in order to think about the ways that visual and material culture informed colonial identities and supported imperial enterprise and also could be used to resist them. Students are encouraged to offer perspectives and bring in supplemental material that expands the scope of the course dialogue and to pursue their own particular interests related to the concerns of the course in their final papers/projects (included exploring different time periods or colonial empires). Finally, while race will be the primary vector of identity explored. its inevitable intersections with gender, class, and sexuality will necessarily receive attention.

How does American art and visual culture implicitly and explicitly reify notions of America as a "white" nation, and how has this changed over time? How have images shaped and been shaped by historic moments of racially-implicated upheaval or conflict (e.g. Westward Expansion; the abolition movement, the Civil War and Emancipation; periods of mass immigration)? How has the idea of what it means to be "American" been defined against the racialized images of American "Others"? Can contemporary artists of color successfully appropriate and re-deploy racist imagery? This seminar considers these and other questions in investigating constructions and representations in American art and visual culture from the 16th century to the present. We will explore the ways in which these images are implicated as both products and producers of fundamental mythologies about the United States as a nation and about what it means to be "an American" (and who gets to be one). (Counts as Capstone)

This course investigates the depiction of interracial contact and the mixed-race body in modern Western art, primarily American and British. (Counts as Capstone)

Exploring a wide range of art and visual culture including painting, sculpture, photography, film, performance and popular culture, this course explores contested visions of the Civil War from before the firing of the first shot at Fort Sumter to the present. In addition to the period of the war itself, our study will necessarily look both backward and forward, including consideration of the art and visual culture surrounding slavery and abolition, emancipation, and Reconstruction and reunion, as well as narratives romanticizing the culture of the Old South.

In the first semester of this 2 part course (ARHS 6877) we investigated a wide range of art and visual culture including painting, sculpture, photography, film, performance, and public history sites to explore contested visions of the Civil War and related issues including slavery and abolition, Emancipation, Reconstruction and reunion, and narratives romanticizing the culture of the Old South. This semester, you will use that foundational knowledge to work with your peers to develop an online exhibition of art and material culture that engages these concerns.

Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

This seminar engages with core themes and concepts of art theory and critique as they are applied in art and visual culture. Through class discussions and end-of-term presentations, we will explore the ways in which contemporary artists are contributing to or cultivating their own discourses. Our goal is to debate the arguments presented by philosophers, curators, and artists to develop our understanding of these theoretical tools such that we gain confidence in our ability to scrutinize contemporary artistic practices, the connectivity and conversations with art of the past, and the relationship with our own artistic practice.

Course may be repeated up to unlimited non-earned credit hours.

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

For majors and non-majors. In this course we will be working from life. The goal is to acquire and develop conceptual and technical skills necessary to translate three dimensional forms to a two dimensional surface.

This course further explores the primary elements of drawing: line, form, value, and texture as a means of perception, understanding, representation, and communication. Emphasis will be placed on creating a correspondence between subject, method, and intent. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1050.

This course focuses on design elements and principles of organization within the context of contemporary ceramic art. Students will be introduced to a variety of ceramic materials, processes and aesthetic concerns. Emphasis is given to the relationships between ceramics and other art mediums.

This course focuses on the history and theory of glass art, and also introduces basic techniques with attention given to issues of composition, perception, communication, and expression. Emphasis also will be placed on the relationships between glass art, other art mediums, and the history of art.

An introduction to color and color theory in painting. Since color constitutes a major means of expressive communication in the visual arts, the painting projects encourage personal responsiveness to color and explore how it enriches our understanding of the natural world.

This introductory-level course covers traditional and experimental B&W photographic techniques. Students will learn exposure and metering through the use of 35mm single-lens reflex cameras. Through a series of exercises, students will be immersed in the craft of the medium: the physical and chemical development of film and print materials, the means of making fine art silver gelatin prints, hybrid/experimental darkroom techniques, and scanning film. Intensive darkroom time and demonstrations of advanced printing control will refine students’ printing skills. Exposure to a selection of historical and contemporary photographers will inform class discussions and the creative process. Through hands-on experimentation, students will explore the construction and manipulation of photographic media in order to strengthen their own artistic voice and practice.

This introductory-level course covers a wide range of digital photographic techniques and concepts. This course is designed to familiarize students with fundamental techniques of photographic equipment, processes, materials, philosophies of digital photography, and the cultural uses of photography. Students will learn exposure and the use of the camera, as well as scanning, digital workflow, color theory, and digital output methods. Upon completion of the class, students will know how to digitize, edit, and manipulate images in Photoshop, prepare images for inkjet printing in Photoshop, and output images via printers and other output devices. Exposure to a selection of historical and contemporary photographers will inform class discussions and the creative process. Students will explore the construction and manipulation of photographic media in order to strengthen their own artistic voice and practice.

This introductory-level course covers both traditional B&W and digital photographic image-making. Students will learn exposure and metering through the use of 35mm single-lens reflex cameras. B&W film processing, the creation of silver gelatin prints, hybrid/experimental darkroom techniques, scanning film, digital capture, digital workflow, color theory, and digital output methods will all be presented as tools for artistic inquiry. Exposure to a selection of historical and contemporary photographers will inform class discussions and the creative process. Through hands-on experimentation, students will explore the construction and manipulation of photographic media in order to strengthen their own artistic voice and practice.

This course is designed as an introduction to a wide range of techniques in printmaking. It is developed to give the student an overview of the possibilities with the processes of relief and intaglio printing. Through a series of demonstrations, projects, critiques, and slide lectures the student will explore the rich diversity of the medium and become exposed to the strong tradition of printmaking. Areas covered include: linoleum cuts, woodcuts, collagraph, mono type, dry point, engraving, and etching.

An introductory study of three-dimensional form and spatial relationships making use of a variety of media and processes. Slide lectures supplement studio work and present examples of contemporary sculpture within a historical context.

This course introduces students to different aspects of design in the digital realm from digital imaging to time-based media. Students will learn the basics of digital imaging, 2D animation, video editing, and the fundamental principles of color and composition. The course will also explore the history and evolution of digital art, as well as its impact on contemporary culture and society. Students will use industry-standard software, such as Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and Premiere during this class.

Transfer Coursework at the 1000 level. Departmental approval may be required.

Making a collage involves the use of multiple images or materials to assemble a new "whole." Building on drawing fundamentals gleaned in Beginning Drawing, ARST 1050, this course introduces the student to a variety of collage methods and practices, as well as the contemporary discourse surrounding them.

Incorporating color theory and experimentation, the course will explore the expressive and conceptual potential of color use in drawing media. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1050 or 1060.

The making of "Sequential Art" involves the creation of multiple images in a specific sequence within a single work of art. Building on drawing fundamentals gleaned in Beginning Drawing, ARST 1050, the course introduces the student to a variety of methods and practices in advancing a narrative through strategically ordered images, as well as the contemporary discourse surrounding them.

An exploration of drawing in both an historical and contemporary context as a means of perception, analysis, representation, and communication. Coursework investigates the relationships of the subject to technique and the visual to conceptual. Emphasis is placed on providing a systematic analysis of each subject through the use of multiple approaches. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1050 or 1060.

A study of the anatomy and structure of the human form with a view toward understanding and employing the human image in its historical, humanistic function as a vehicle of expression. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1050.

The course focuses on the use of the potter's wheel in developing ceramic forms. A variety of techniques and forms will be covered with emphasis on their aesthetic and conceptual potential in the field of ceramic art. Historical and contemporary approaches are presented in slide lectures and demonstration. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1130.

The course focuses on hand working processes with plaster molds and use of extruded elements in the development of original works. Press molding and slip casting will be covered. Students participate in developing clays, glazes and firing procedures. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1130.

This course introduces students to issues and formats in contemporary ceramic sculpture. Students will develop original works in clay within the formats of wall platters, figurative sculpture and site specific installations. The course will make use of skills developed in ARST 1130 with some new construction, glazing and firing processes introduced, and students sharing responsibility for clay making and firing of the finished pieces. The development and articulation of original ideas will be emphasized through and studio work time, demonstrations, discussions, slide lectures and critiques. 

The goal of this class is to achieve a functional understanding of glass art. This general course focuses on blowing, casting, and forming glass. Attention is given to using the approaches to glass for individual expression.

The goal of this class is to achieve a functional understanding of glass art. This general course focuses on blowing, casting, and forming glass. Attention is given to using the approaches to glass for individual expression. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1170.

This course focuses on the formal and expressive qualities of both nature-based and pure abstraction. Abstraction is investigated through historic and contemporary ideologies, technical issues and the use of nontraditional materials. Systematic exploration of a variety of approaches will serve as a structure for development of the student's own goals and sensibility. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1250

An exploration of basic visual and philosophical concepts involved in creating paintings with an introduction to the technical aspects of painting in oils, i.e., preparing a canvas, media, and mixing and applying paint. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1250.

This intermediate course in photography builds on the foundations established in introductory courses to enhance both technical skills and conceptual abilities. Skill development in this course includes digital and analog photographic processes, and the course is open to the full breadth of lens-based production techniques. Artist lectures, critiques, class discussions, and critical reflection will all be used to explore how diverse lens-based practices can expand creative production. Operating within a studio environment that nurtures experimentation and collaboration, students will not only advance their technical expertise but also cultivate their artistic identity and style.

An in-depth exploration of the printmaking medium covering technical, historical, and conceptual issues. A strong emphasis is placed on students developing a personal voice through their work. An intensive study in the art of stone and plate lithography. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1370.

An in-depth exploration of the printmaking medium covering technical, historical, and conceptual issues. A strong emphasis is placed on students developing a personal voice through their work. An intensive study on fine art silk screen. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1370.

This course explores and expands on the basic concepts, techniques, and processes of sculpture. Students work with projects that develop understanding of both sculptural ideas and materials. A wide variety of media and approaches are explored in this course, including wood, plaster, welding and casting metals, mixed media, and working from the figure. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1490.

This course explores and expands on the basic concepts, techniques, and processes of sculpture. Students work with projects that develop understanding of both sculptural ideas and materials. A wide variety of media and approaches are explored in this course, including wood, plaster, welding and casting metals, mixed media, and working from the figure. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1490.

This course emphasizes core competencies in creative computing, including programming graphics and interactive applications. Students will create projects through the medium of code, learning to create and manipulate images, audio and video by writing custom software. No programming experience required.

This course is an experimental studio geared toward the exploration of several new technologies in digital fabrication, including computer–controlled routers and 3D printers. What are the affordances of these technologies and what do they mean in the context of the fine arts? These machines can produce works that are finished products or that are steps along the way in more traditional art media. How can we use these tools to enhance our artistic practice? What do they mean for the future of fabrication, craft, and aesthetics? These are the questions we’ll work to explore together.

Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Transfer Coursework at the 2000 level. Department approval may be required.

Coursework for additional credit in conjunction with 2000- or 3000-level studio courses. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Coursework for additional credit in conjunction with 2000- or 3000-level studio courses. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Special Topics course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours with different course title.

Special Topics course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours with different course title.

Special Topics course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours with different course title.

Coursework for additional credit in conjunction with 2000- or 3000-level studio courses. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

This course explores art making as a tool for change. Through the lens of current social and environmental issues, we will examine why and how artists create meaning. The discussion of texts and visual material will be supplemented by visits with local activists and field trips to artist studios and exhibitions. The service learning component of the course involves working with an art/activist community partner on social or environmental projects. We will work to fulfill their organizational needs while enhancing our own civically engaged artistic practice. Thinking across disciplinary fields, we will focus on the potential to transform our political and personal experiences through art and action. The culmination of the course will be the creation of an individual or collaborative project that combines research, aesthetics, and activism. Prerequisites: two 1000 level or above courses in ARST. Course may be repeated 3 times for credit.

Further examination of the aesthetic and conceptual applications of the ceramic medium. The development of individual concerns and vocabulary of form will be stressed. Clay and glaze formulation will be covered. Students are responsible for developing clays and glazes and firing their work. Prerequisite(s): ARST 2130, 2140 or 2150.

Development of advanced throwing techniques and concepts related to creating original works on the potter's wheel. More complex forms, as well as glazing and firing processes will be covered. Lectures, demonstration and critiques will supplement studio work time. Prerequisite(s): ARST 2130 or 2140.

This class further develops the student's ability to study methods and processes for forming molten glass into sculpture. Instruction in glass casting and blowing are taught with a focus on creating specific ideas. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1170 and 2170.

This class further develops the student's ability to study methods and processes for forming molten glass into sculpture. Instruction in glass casting and blowing are taught with a focus on creating specific ideas. Prerequisite(s): ARST 2170 or 2180.

Principles of picture building and creative composition with a study of media and methods that best stimulate individual expression and predilections. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1250 and (ARST 2270 or ARST 2280)

Principles of picture building and creative composition with a study of media and methods that best stimulate individual expression and predilections. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1250 and (ARST 2270 or ARST 2280)

In this course students will examine their own visual practice through the framework of decolonization. Through this process, students will engage with topics of race, representation, and power, while they build a visual practice that takes into account the complicated colonial legacy of photography. We will investigate the ways in which the camera has historically been used as a weapon of violence against those deemed as the Other. By approaching photography in such a way, students will gain a better understanding of how the camera works in racial time, which will result in a more informed and intentional practice of art-making. Throughout the course, students will engage in critiques, readings, and visual analyses that will support the cultivation of language to directly address the formation of otherness in image-making. Simultaneously students will be looking at contemporary lens-based artists who are working to correct this legacy from behind the camera in order to leverage the medium of photography as a tool of liberation. Students will employ these contemporary techniques to develop their own artistic practice.

This course covers the development of various lens-based skills, with attention given to issues of representation and aesthetics within contemporary art discourse. Students must have completed both a 1000-level course and a 2000-level course in photography (or equivalent) and are expected to enter the class with an intermediate level of understanding of camera operations and printing techniques. Through technical exercises, students will learn targeted methods and tools catered to advancing their conceptual projects. These skills include, but are not limited to, advanced darkroom processes, experimental chemical processes, large format film cameras, advanced lighting, advanced photoshop, large format scanning, large format printing, video work, performance, and installation. Although there is a large amount of technical ground covered in this course, everything presented is intended to be a tool used for creative expression. Prerequisite(s): (ARST 1310, 1330 or 1350) and ARST 2350.

This course provides a laboratory to advance creative production and develop critical thinking. Students must have completed both a 1000-level course and a 2000-level course in Photography (or equivalent) and are expected to enter the class with an intermediate level of understanding of camera operations and printing techniques. The foundation of this course is continued advanced experimentation with lens-based media. Students will explore the aesthetic aspects of photography through self-directed assignments geared toward improving their technical and conceptual abilities. Group critiques will challenge students to further develop the technical, aesthetic, and conceptual skills necessary for establishing a strong individual photographic practice and style. Prerequisite(s): (ARST 1310, 1330 or 1350) and ARST 2350.

A detailed study of the variety of printmaking methods, exploring conceptual and/or personal visions. A strong emphasis is placed on combining techniques, expanding material vocabulary, and experimenting with new processes. Seminars covering both historical and contemporary issues of printmaking will be presented to broaden the student's critical dialogue. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1370.

A detailed study of the variety of printmaking methods, exploring conceptual and/or personal visions. A strong emphasis is placed on combining techniques, expanding material vocabulary, and experimenting with new processes. Seminars covering both historical and contemporary issues of printmaking will be presented to broaden the student's critical dialogue. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1370.

This Course is an in-depth exploration into the Art of the Book and Book Arts. The course will incorporate various binding techniques with conceptual and formal projects. A History of Book Arts will be presented as well as examples of popular trends in hand made books. Instruction will be given on setting type and using the letterpress. Also covered will be page design, page flow, and digital development of images and text. Readings will accompany slide lectures and demonstrations. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1370.

Further exploration of metals fabrication and casting, carving techniques, additive processes, and environmental art. Seminars, field trips, and slide lectures will supplement the course.

Further exploration of metals fabrication and casting, carving techniques, additive processes, and environmental art. Seminars, field trips, and slide lectures will supplement the course. Prerequisite(s): ARST 2490 or 2500.

This course is designed to explore the various forms of time-based media and their applications in the fine arts. In this class students will study the techniques and technologies used to create time-based media including video, animation, and sound design. Through a combination of hands-on projects and critical analysis, students will gain a deep understanding of how time-based media can be used to convey messages, tell stories, and create immersive experiences. Industry-standard software such as After Effects, Premier, and Audition will be used as students develop their time-based media projects.

This course is designed for students interested in book design, complex graphics, and large-scale prints. Through a combination of hands-on projects and critical analysis, students will have the opportunity to explore the latest tools and techniques used in digital printing along with learning about color management, file preparation, and print output. Students will work with industry-standard software programs, such as Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator to create original digital prints.

Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Studio internships are available for individual projects done in association with various firms and institutions in New Orleans. Students will work under professional supervision at these sites, and consult with an art studio faculty member. Requirements include a written report on the experience, and an evaluation by the supervisor.

Transfer Coursework at the 3000 level. Department approval may be required.

Advanced level work for ceramics majors, emphasizing individual expression and development of ideas. Independent project work within a class situation.

Advanced level work for ceramics majors, emphasizing individual expression and development of ideas. Independent project work within a class situation. Prerequisite(s): ARST 3130 and 3140.

Continuing instruction in glass casting and forming techniques. The emphasis will be on professional presentation of specific ideas.

Continuing instruction in glass casting and forming techniques. The emphasis will be on professional presentation of specific ideas. Prerequisite(s): ARST 3170 or 3180.

Advanced work for majors. Prerequisite(s): ARST 1250 and (ARST 2270 or 2280) and (ARST 3250 or ARST 3260)

Advanced work for majors. Prerequisite(s): ARST 3250 and 3260.

Individual projects in a class situation. Each student explores special interests with the opportunity of working with other advanced students doing diverse projects arrived at in consultation with faculty.

Individual projects in a class situation. Each student explores special interests with the opportunity of working with other advanced students doing diverse projects arrived at in consultation with faculty. Prerequisite(s): ARST 3350 and 3360.

Personal exploration into the expansive world of printmaking. Emphasis is placed on personal growth and development both on the conceptual and technical level. The course consists of individual and group projects in a class setting. Prerequisite(s): ARST 3370.

Personal exploration into the expansive world of printmaking. Emphasis is placed on personal growth and development both on the conceptual and technical level. The course consists of individual and group projects in a class setting. Prerequisite(s): ARST 3370 or 3380.

Individual exploration within a cooperative format. Attention given to the development of personal style with seminars supplementing studio research. Prerequisite(s): ARST 3490 and 3500.

Individual exploration within a cooperative format. Attention given to the development of personal style with seminars supplementing studio research. Prerequisite(s): ARST 3490 and 3500.

Open to especially qualified juniors and seniors with approval of instructor and chair of department. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Open to especially qualified juniors and seniors with approval of instructor and chair of department. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

This course constitutes a capstone experience for senior B.A. students in Studio Art. The course will culminate in an exhibition of the students' work in the B.A. Exhibition in the Carroll Gallery which the students will design, install, promote, and document. The course will also cover contemporary art criticism, assisting students in understanding their work in the broader context of contemporary art. Students will visit and critique professional exhibitions, develop the ability to present their own work in a slide presentation and a digital portfolio, and study other professional art practices, resources, and opportunities.

This course constitutes a capstone experience for senior BFA art majors and culminates in an exhibition in the Carroll Gallery of the Newcomb Art Department. The course intends to explore the framework of a professional studio practice: sustaining healthy work habits following graduation, creating/selecting/installing/presenting/documenting a body of work in an exhibition venue, writing clear and articulate artist statements and exhibition or residency proposals, and actively interfacing with other artists, gallerists, critics, and curators in the field. Through in-class presentations, group critiques, field trips, and written assignments, students will formulate plans and practices for a post-graduation career in the arts.

Senior Honors Project in Fine Arts

Senior Honors Project in Fine Arts

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

The purpose of this class is to provide focused time critiquing graduate student work. Throughout the course of the semester, students will have multiple opportunities to present work to the entire MFA cohort for essential discussion and feedback. Course may be repeated up to 4 times for credit.

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.