Schedule of Classes

This course focuses on the World Wide Web as a teaching tool. Students will construct a website as a final project, utilizing a hands-on computer laboratory. Not available for degree credit. Graded CR/NC.

European art in its historical, cultural and social context. Painting, sculpture and architecture presented within a theoretical framework that introduces art history as a discipline.

An introduction to the major art forms and monuments of religious art in India, Southeast Asia, China and Japan from prehistory to 1300.

Survey of the art, architecture, and visual culture of Latin America from the colonial period to the present, focusing on connections to culture and society.

A broad survey, covering some 8,000 years and focusing on the material culture of the ancient world in a historical and social context.

Consideration of various categories of "The Modern" as they have been constructed in Western art of the late 19th and 20th centuries.

An introduction to Italian Renaissance art with emphasis on the role of gender and sexuality in the creation of "masterpieces."

Introduction survey of painting, sculpture and architecture of Mesoamerica before the Spanish conquest presented in their social, cultural, and political contexts.

Introductory survey of artistic works and monuments of ancient Greece from the Geometric through the Hellenistic period (c. 1030-50 BC).

Introductory survey of art and architecture of Christianity from 300-1300; biblical themes and classical traditions; cultural and historical analysis of medieval art.

Painting, sculpture and architecture in Renaissance Europe, north and south, from 1300-1600. Recommended preparation: AHIS 120 or AHIS 121

Diverse interpretations of "the California experience and lifestyle" in paintings, sculpture, photography, cinema, public art and popular culture of the last 150 years.

An examination of European modern art and design, focusing on industrialization, urbanism, primitivisim, colonialism, and their relations to the arts.

Questions of social engagement and political address structure this examination of major movements in art since 1940.

Explores key moments in the history of photography from its invention to the present. Issues include modernity and mass culture; photography as a fine art; technologies of vision.

Independent work in art museums, galleries or institutes supervised by on-site professionals and USC faculty. Available to upper-division Art History majors only.

In-depth exploration of specified topics within the area of Ancient art and architecture.

In-depth exploration of specified topics within the area of 17th century art and architecture. Recommended preparation: AHIS 230 or AHIS 335

In-depth exploration of a specified topic in art of the late 19th and/or early 20th centuries.

Selected problems in the history, theory and criticism of photography; recent scholarship considered in relationship to specific photographers and photographic images.

In-depth exploration of specified topics within the area of contemporary art and architecture.

In-depth exploration of selected topics in visual and material culture.

In-depth exploration of specified topics within the area of Chinese art and architecture.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Historiography and methodology: introduction to techniques of research and writing. Required of all art history majors, preferably in junior year.

Research and writing of original thesis under guidance of faculty member. Prereq: Consent of instructor.