2001-2002 Undergraduate Calendar
	2001-2002 UNDERGRADUATE CALENDAR: COURSES
	Carleton University

Art History Courses
Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for 2001-2002, please consult the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet published in the summer.

Art History 11.110*
Art: Prehistory to the Renaissance
A survey of art and architecture from prehistory to the Renaissance. Issues, themes and methods in Art History will be demonstrated through their application to selected examples within a chronological framework.
Precludes additional credit for Art History 11.100.
Lectures two hours a week, tutorial one hour a week.

Art History 11.111*
Art: Renaissance to the Present
A survey of art and architecture from the Renaissance to the present. Issues, themes and methods in Art History will be demonstrated through their application to selected examples within a chronological framework.
Precludes additional credit for Art History 11.100.
Lectures two hours a week, tutorial one hour a week.

Art History 11.115*
Art as Visual Communication
A wide variety of visual material is organized topically to examine the elements of art (line, shape, value, colour, texture, space), the principles of pictorial organization, the materials and techniques of art, and recurrent tendencies in artistic styles and outlooks.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.120*
Introduction to Architectural History
A survey of architecture including principles of structure and form, vernacular traditions and the architecture of high culture in Asia and the West before 1500.
Lectures two hours a week, tutorial one hour a week.

Art History 11.121*
Introduction to Architectural History: Renaissance to the Present
A selective survey of world architecture from 1500 to the present. This course explores architectural history as constructed narrative by reference to current ideological debates over margin and centre.
Lectures two hours a week, tutorial one hour a week.

Art History 11.202*
Historical Canadian Art: Colonial Settlement to 1950
Historical Canadian art, including painting, sculpture and photography, from the colonial settlement in New France to the roots of the modern movement before 1950.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.203*
Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century
This course will examine the major developments in painting, sculpture, graphic art, photography and design from the early twentieth century to the present day. Issues such as regionalism, nationalism, gender and identity will be considered in the context of the works in National and local collections in Ottawa.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.205*
Arts of the First Peoples: The Woodlands, the Plains and the Subarctic
This course is an introductory survey of the visual artistic traditions of the aboriginal peoples of the eastern and central regions of North America including the Woodlands, the eastern subarctic and the Plains from prehistoric to contemporary times.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.206*
Arts of the First Peoples: The Southwest, the West Coast and the Arctic
This course is an introductory survey of the visual artistic traditions of the aboriginal peoples of the western and northern regions of North America including the southwest, the plateau, northwest coast and the arctic from prehistoric to contemporary times.
Prerequsite: Second-year standing or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.210*
Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology
The art, architecture and archaeology of Greece and Rome. Vase painting, sculpture, Greek and Roman architecture, town planning and analogous arts are studied.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.222*
Medieval Art
This course examines medieval art from the earliest Christian productions through the late Gothic period. Reference will be made to both Western and Byzantine artistic monuments.
Precludes additional credit for Art History 11.220* and 11.221*.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.230*
Italian Renaissance Art
An examination of major works of art and architecture, issues and themes in the Italian Renaissance. The course concentrates on the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, with a look at roots in the fourteenth.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.243*
European Art from 1600-1750
This course examines painting, sculpture and architecture in Europe from 1600-1750. Precludes additional credit for Art History 11.241* and 11.242*.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.252*
European Art from 1750-1900
This course examines major artistic movements in Europe from about 1750-1900. Class lectures emphasize Neo-Classicism, Romanticism and Realism.
Precludes additional credit for 11.242* and 11.250*.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.260*
Modern European Art 1900-1945
This course examines major artistic movements in Europe from about 1900 to 1945.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.261*
Introduction to the History of Photography
Issues, themes, movements in photography and individual photographers from the origins of the medium to the present.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.268*
History and Theory of Architecture: The Nineteenth Century
This course examines selected topics in nineteenth-century architecture in Europe and North America. Emphasis is placed on the interaction of historiography, theory and architectural form.
Precludes additional credit for Art History 11.368* and Architecture 76.308*.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.286*
Art and Ideas: From Ancient Greece to the Twentieth Century
A survey of theories that have shaped the Western approach to art and art criticism, including Plato, Aquinas, Kant, Hegel and Nietzsche. (Also listed as Philosophy 32.286*.)
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.287*
Art and Ideas: The Twentieth Century
A survey of theories that have shaped the Western approach to art and art criticism including formalist, psychological, sociological, phenomenological, semiotic, poststructural and aesthetic approaches and including such thinkers as Fry, Greenberg, Freud, Arnheim, Hauser, Heidegger and Derrida. (Also listed as Philosophy 32.287*.)
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.300*
Canadian Painting and Sculpture
This course examines particular aspects of nineteenth- and/or twentieth-century painting and sculpture in Canada.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.202* or 11.203* and second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.301*
Contemporary Canadian Art
This course examines in depth the art of selected groups and individuals working in Canada from 1945 to the present. Research assignments and class presentations make extensive use of works from collecting institutions in Ottawa.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.203* and second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.302*
Canadian Architecture
Canadian architecture from the seventeenth century to the present day, covering both stylistic and technological developments. Building styles, methods, and materials in the context of social and economic conditions and construction techniques. (Also listed as Architecture 76.402*)
Prerequisites: Art History 11.110* and 11.111*, or 11.120* and 11.121*, or Architecture 76.102* and 76.121*, and second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.305*
American Architecture
This course studies the cultural history of the United States as expressed through its architectural heritage. Selected buildings and complexes from the earliest settlements through the early twentieth century are examined.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.121* and second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.306*
American Painting and Sculpture
This course studies the evolution of painting and sculpture in the United States from colonial times to the early twentieth century.
Prerequisite: 11.111* and second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.311*
Studies in Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology
Period or theme in the art and archaeology of Ancient Greece and Rome. Topics may vary from year to year. (Also listed as Classical Civilization 13.335*.)
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.313*
Themes and Issues in African, Oceanic and Native American Arts
Approaches, issues and themes in the study of the artistic traditions of non-Western people in Africa, the Pacific and the Americas.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.314*
Inuit Art
This course surveys the prehistoric, historic and contemporary art of the Canadian Inuit with reference to the art of the Eskimos of Alaska and Greenland.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.316
History and Methods of Art History
The study of the history of art history and the methodologies and research tools employed by art historians.
Prerequisites: Third-year Honours standing or higher in Art History, or permission of the Discipline.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.321*
Eastern Medieval Art
This course examines the sources and the development of the arts in the Byzantine Empire as well as the relationship of the artistic productions to those of neighbouring countries.
Precludes additional credit for Art History 11.221*.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.110* or 11.222* and second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.325*
Russian Art
The development of Russian art is studied from its origins into the eighteenth century with an emphasis on Byzantine influences as opposed to local characteristics.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.110* or 11.222* and second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.327*
Gothic Architecture and Monumental Sculpture
This course investigates the sources and development of Gothic architecture and monumental sculpture in Northern and Southern Europe from their origins in the twelfth century through the fifteenth century.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.110* or 11.222* and second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.331*
Visuality, Image and Identity in pre-Modern Europe
An exploration of such themes as art and the spectator, visual modes, gender, image and identity, art of civic life, narrative and space. Topics vary. Concentration on the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, although periods discussed may span antiquity to the seventeenth century.
Precludes additional credit for Art History 11.330*.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.230* and second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.334*
Regional Studies in Renaissance Art
An exploration of Renaissance art which focuses on art production as specific to place. Topics vary. Regions which may be covered include: Florentine Renaissance; Venice and Rome in the sixteenth century; the Northern Renaissance.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.355*
Impressionism in France
This course treats selected Impressionist artists such as Manet, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Caillebotte, Pissarro, Cassatt and Morisot. Cézanne and Seurat may also be included, as heirs of Impressionism.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.111* or 11.252* and second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.356*
Myth, Legend, Religion and the Occult in Art: 1850-1914
This course examines how a variety of artists, ranging in style from Pre-Raphaelites to pioneers of abstraction, had in common an Idealism that they expressed by iconography drawn from myth, legend, religions, Theosophy, mysticism and the occult.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.111* or 11.252* and second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.357*
Van Gogh
Following a brief survey of Van Gogh's Dutch period, this course examines intensively his life, writing and art from 1886-1890; i.e., the Paris, Arles, St. Rémy and Auvers-sur-Oise periods.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.111* or 11.252* and second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.360*
Art Since 1945
This course treats major artists and artistic movements from 1945 to the present. Emphasis is placed on the United States.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.260* and second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.361*
Women, Art and Society
The work by women artists in Western Europe and North America will be examined with emphasis on the social, economic and political contexts for women's artistic production.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or higher or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.362*
The History of Photography in Canada
Issues, themes, movements in photography and individual photographers from the arrival of the medium in Canada to the present.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.261* and second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.369*
Twentieth-Century Architecture
An examination of developments in architectural form and culture through the course of the twentieth century. Emphasis will be placed on the formation and subsequent critique of the Modern Movement.
Precludes additional credit for Architecture 76.309*.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.120* or 11.121* and second-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.375*
Selected Museum Exhibition
This seminar complements a major exhibition held at a local museum. Students enrolled in this course are expected to bear all travel and other costs arising from required visits to the museum.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing or higher or permission of the Discipline.
Seminar and/or lectures three hours a week.

Art History 11.390*
Practicum in Art History
Practical experience gained by working on specific projects under the supervision of the staff of one of the museums or related settings in the Ottawa area. A maximum of 1.0 credit of practicum may be offered in fulfillment of Art History requirements.
Prerequisite: B.A. or B.A. (Honours) Art History registration with Third-year standing or higher and a GPA of 9.0 or better in Art History courses, or permission of the Discipline.

Art History 11.391*
Practicum in Art History
Practical experience gained by working on specific projects under the supervision of the staff of one of the museums or related settings in the Ottawa area. A maximum of 1.0 credit of practicum may be offered in fulfillment of Art History requirements.
Prerequisite: B.A. or B.A. (Honours) Art History registration with Third-year standing or higher and a GPA of 9.0 or better in Art History courses, or permission of the Discipline.

Art History 11.392*
Practicum in Art History
Practical experience gained by working on specific projects under the supervision of the staff of one of the museums or related settings in the Ottawa area. A maximum of 1.0 credit of practicum may be offered in fulfillment of Art History requirements.
Prerequisite: B.A. or B.A. (Honours) Art History registration with Third-year standing or higher and a GPA of 9.0 or better in Art History courses, or permission of the Discipline.

Art History 11.393*
Practicum in Art History through Archaeology
Practical experience from participating in specific archaeological projects under the supervision of project staff and Carleton faculty. Readings, lectures and study trips are integrated with the program. A maximum of 1.0 credit of practicum may be offered in fulfilment of Art History requirements.
Prerequisites: B.A. or B.A. (Honours) Art History registration with Third-year standing or higher and a GPA of 9.0 or better in Art History courses, or permission of the Discipline.

Art History 11.400*
Topics in Historical Canadian Art
This seminar examines selected theoretical topics in historical Canadian art, including colonialism, national identity, race, gender, and class, as well as cultural policy.
Prerequisite: One of Art History 11.202*, 11.203*, 11.300* and Third-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.401*
Aspects of Modern and Contemporary Art Practice in Canada
This course will examine a selected issue/theme in modern and contemporary Canadian art. Focus will be placed upon works in public collections in Ottawa with particular emphasis placed upon current exhibitions in the National Capital region.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.301* and Third-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.404*
Topics in Contemporary Inuit Art
This course examines selected aspects of the contemporary arts of Canadian Inuit artists.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.405*
Topics in Art of the First Peoples
Selected aspects of the contemporary arts of the First Peoples.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.406*
Topics in American Art
This seminar examines selected aspects of American art and architecture.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.422*
Topics in Eastern Medieval Art
This course studies aspects of Eastern Medieval art and their influences in Western Europe.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.321* and Third-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.423*
Topics in Western Medieval Art
This course focuses on aspects of Western Medieval art and their relationship to the Eastern Mediterranean area.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.220* or 11.221* and Third-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.424*
The Interrelationship of Art History and Underwater Archaeology
This course considers the history of underwater archaeology, its relation to the development of underwater technology and land archaeology, and some of the most interesting art historical finds in sunken cities and shipwrecks.
Prerequisites: Third-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.435*
Topics in Renaissance Art
This seminar deals with selected aspects of Renaissance art and their influence.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.230* and Third-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.455*
Topics in Nineteenth-Century European Art
This course examines selected aspects of nineteenth-century European art. Normally Gauguin in France and Odilon Redon in the Context of Symbolism are offered in alternate years. The topic for 2000-2001 is Odilon Redon in the Context of Symbolism.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.252* or 11.355* and Third-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures and/or seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.460*
Women and Modernism
This course will examine the work of twentieth-century women artists in Europe and North America in light of economic, social, political and artistic contexts. Painting, sculpture, photography as well as applied art, printmaking and design will be included.
Precludes additional credit for Art History 11.461* (with the same topic).
Prerequisite: Art History 11.260* or 11.361* and Third-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.462*
Issues in the Theory and History of Photography
Relates the themes of selected theoretical texts on photography to specific examples of photographic practice.
Prerequisite: Art History 11.261* and Third-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.463*
Contemporary Environmental Art
This course examines contemporary inflections of "land-art", from 1960s Earthworks to more recent "Eco-Art" with overt ecological meaning or function. Reference is made to historical and prehistoric antecedents.
Precludes additional credit for Art History 11.461* (with the same topic).
Prerequisite: Art History 11.360*, or Third-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Lectures and/or seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.475*
Seminar: Selected Museum Exhibition
Studies a major exhibition held at a local museum. Students enrolled in this course are expected to bear all travel and other costs arising from required visits to the museum.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year Honours standing in Art History and permission of the Discipline.
Lectures and/or seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.480*
Topics in Architectural History
This course examines selected aspects of architectural history from ancient times to the present.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.487*
Topics in Art Criticism
This course introduces major problems and theories in art criticism with particular attention to whether the theories can be accepted.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.489*
Topics in Art History
Selected aspects of art history from ancient times to the present.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing or higher, or permission of the Discipline.
Seminar three hours a week.

Art History 11.490*
Directed Readings and Research
Supervised readings and research projects. Guidelines must be obtained from the Supervisor of Undergraduate Studies prior to registration. A written project outline, approved by the supervising Art History faculty member, must be submitted to the Supervisor of Undergraduate Studies by the last day for course changes.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year Honours standing in Art History and permission of the Discipline.

Art History 11.491*
Directed Readings and Research
Supervised readings and research projects. Guidelines must be obtained from the Supervisor of Undergraduate Studies prior to registration. A written project outline, approved by the supervising Art History faculty member, must be submitted to the Supervisor of Undergraduate Studies by the last day for course changes.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year Honours standing in Art History and permission of the Discipline.

Art History 11.492*
Directed Readings and Research
Supervised readings and research projects. Guidelines must be obtained from the Supervisor of Undergraduate Studies prior to registration. A written project outline, approved by the supervising Art History faculty member, must be submitted to the Supervisor of Undergraduate Studies by the last day for course changes.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year Honours standing in Art History and permission of the Discipline.

Art History 11.499
Honours Research Essay
An essay of approximately 10.000 words, resulting from independent research, supervised by Art History faculty.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year Honours standing in Art History with a GPA of 9.0 or better calculated over all courses in Art History; and permission of the Discipline.

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