ODU Art History

ARTH 121A. Introduction to the Visual Arts. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Corequisite: ENGL 110C. An introduction to the various media, techniques, styles, and content in the visual arts as they are manifested in the world's cultures. Relevant assignments will develop students' critical, analytical and writing skills.

ARTH 127A. Honors: Introduction to the Visual Arts. Lecture 3 hours;3 credits. Open only to students in the Honors College. A special honors section of ARTH 121A.

ARTH 211. Ancient and Medieval Art. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. A survey of the history of art from the ancient cultures of the Mediterranean world to the Gothic period of the Middle Ages. Museum visits and writing assignments will help to develop students' analytical, critical and writing skills.

ARTH 212. Renaissance and Modern Art. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. A survey of the art of the Renaissance and Baroque to the Modern World culminating in a look at art from our own era. Relevant assignments and museum visits will develop students' analytical, critical and writing skills.

ARTH 309U. Architecture of the Middle Ages. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ARTH 211 or permission of the instructor. This course traces the history and construction techniques of medieval buildings from 300-1500 A.D. It ex-amines the wood-roofed building, centrally planned domed structures, innovations in plan, the rediscovery of stone vaulting techniques and culminates in a study of the pointed ribbon groin vaults and stone skeletal systems of the Gothic cathedrals.

ARTH 310U. Women in the Visual Arts. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: ARTH 121A, 211 or 212 and junior standing or permission of the instructor. The contributions of women in the various fields in the visual arts painting, graphics, sculpture, architecture, and the crafts from pre-history to the present.

ARTH 314. Northern Renaissance Art. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ARTH 211 or 212 or permission of the instructor. The painting, sculpture, and graphics of the Netherlands, France and Germany from the late fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth century with discussion of artists such as Jan van Eyck, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, and Al-brecht Durer.

ARTH 315. Early Italian Renaissance Art. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ARTH 211 or 212 or permission of the instructor. Painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy, chiefly Florence, from Giotto to Botticelli.

ARTH 316. Later Italian Renaissance Art. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ARTH 211 or 212 or permission of the instructor. Painting, sculpture, and architecture in 16th century Italy, with emphasis on painting in Rome, Florence, and Venice.

ARTH 319. Baroque Art. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ARTH 212 or permission of the instructor. The painting sculpture and architecture of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Italy, Flanders, Holland, France, Germany with discussion of artists such as Caravaggio, Bernini, Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Poussin, and Watteau.

ARTH 323. Nineteenth-Century European Art. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ARTH 212 or permission of the instructor. Survey of the mainstreams of European art during the first century of the Modern era. Includes discussion of architecture, sculpture, painting, and the graphic arts.

ARTH 324. Twentieth-Century Art. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ARTH 212 or permission of the instructor. Beginning in the 1880's and continuing through the present, a survey of modern art and architecture, which stresses the growing interpenetration of the arts.

ARTH 325. American Art Before 1865. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ARTH 212 or permission of the instructor. A survey of American art in the decades before 1865, focusing on the development of a native style in painting, sculpture, the decorative arts, and architecture.

ARTH 326. American Art Since 1865. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ARTH 212 or permission of the instructor. A survey of American art in the decades since 1865, with attention to the development of internationally influenced styles in painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, architecture, and the decorative arts.

ARTH 327U. History of Photography. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: ARTH 121A or 212 and junior standing or permission of the instructor. An examination of the develop-ment of photography as a scientific curiosity, a tool for artists, and as a fine art in itself, from its invention to the present day.

ARTH 350W. Introduction to Art Criticism. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ARTH 211 or 212 or permission of the instructor. A study of the analysis, theoretical approaches, methodologies, and effects of the practice of art criticism, with practical experience in critiques of works on display.

ARTH 351W. Research Methods in Art History. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ARTH 211 or 212. An investigation of past and present approaches to scholarship in art history. Students participate in a series of writing assignments designed to strengthen their research and writing skills, culminating with the presentation of original research in oral and written form.

ARTH 352T. Visual Communication and Technology. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: junior standing. This course will explore developments in technology that have affected how humans think and interact socially. The techniques examined will be critical, material, mechanical, electronic, and digital. The issues presented range from defining language as a human function that extends beyond vocal verbal communication and how technical developments in media serve to determine and redirect social organization.

ARTH 368. Internship. 1-3 credits. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: approval by the department chair and Career Management is necessary prior to registration. Available for pass/fail grading only. A structured work experience involving aspects of design or craft, filmmaking, video, museum or gallery work, either with or without remuneration. Criteria for evaluation will be determined by work supervisor and cooperating faculty advisor. (qualifies as a guaranteed practicum experience)

ARTH 369. Practicum. 1-3 credits. (qualifies as a guaranteed practicum experience)

ARTH 377, 378. Extracurricular Studies. 1-6 credits each semester. Prerequisite: approval by the department and the dean, in accordance with the policy on granting credit for extracurricular activities. Extracurricular activities may be approved for credit based on objectives, criteria, and evaluative procedures as formally determined by the department and the student prior to the semester in which the activity is to take place. Such credit is subject to review by the provost. (qualifies as a guaranteed practicum experience)

ARTH 395, 396. Topics in Art. 3 credits each semester. Prerequisite: appropriate survey or introductory course or permission of the instructor. A study of selected topics designed for nonmajors, or for elective credit within a major. These courses will appear in the course schedule booklet, and will be more fully described in a booklet distributed to all academic advisors.

ARTH 421/521. Early Medieval Art. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ARTH 211 or permission of the instructor. The art and architecture of the Latin West and Byzantium from the early Christian centuries and the fall of Rome to the Carolingian and Ottonian empire and the fully developed Romanesque of the twelfth century, included manuscripts, metalwork, ivories and enamels.

ARTH 422/522. Gothic Arts. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ARTH 211 or permission of the instructor. The painting, sculpture, and architecture of the Gothic period from the mid-twelfth century to the refined and courtly art of the later International Style in France, England, Germany, and Italy as seen in both the monumental and the decorative arts.

ARTH 435W/535. Modern Architecture. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ARTH 212. An examination of the architecture, planning, and related design of the twentieth century around the globe. Special emphasis is placed on the formation of the international style between the world wars and its disintegration in the recent past.

ARTH 439/539. Art Between the Wars: 1919-1939. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: ARTH 212, 324 or permission of instructor. A study of the international movements in visual arts and design in the interwar years from Dada to the New York World's Fair.

ARTH 460/560. Art Since 1960. Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ARTH 212, 324 or permission of the instructor. Lectures and critical discussion of the development and configurations of the various styles emergent since 1960, both in America and Europe.

ARTH 495/595, 496/596. Topics in Art. 3 credits each semester. Prerequisite: appropriate survey or introductory courses or permission of the instructor. The advanced study of selected topics in art, designed to permit qualified students to investigate subjects, which due to their specialized nature, may not be offered regularly. The courses will appear in the course schedule booklet, and will be more fully described in a pamphlet distributed to all academic advisors.

ARTH 497/597, 498/598. Tutorial Work in Special Art Topics. 3 credits each semester. Prerequisites: senior standing and permission of the department chair. Independent research on a topic to be selected under the advisement of the instruc-tor. Conferences, papers, and portfolios as appropriate.