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Department of ART HISTORY
SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS AND DANCE
The Department of Art History offers work leading to the bachelor of arts (BA), the master of arts (MA), and the doctor of philosophy (PhD) degrees in the history and criticism of art. For details regarding graduate programs consult the Graduate Bulletin.
The department has a collection of over 210,000 slides under the care of a full-time curator. The University library holdings in the arts number over 50,600 volumes, not including the rare book and facsimile collection and extensive holdings in periodicals. The Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, the major art museum in the area, was formed as an exhibition and documentation center for contemporary art and significant developments in art history. It occupies 16,000 square feet of exhibition, storage, and preparation space, providing for changing exhibitions of work from the various areas of art history. The Florida State University Study Centers in Florence, Italy, and London, England, offer an exceptional immediacy to the study of art monuments in museums and libraries in Europe. The Florence and London programs have been used extensively by students of the history of art for the study of art, language, archival work, and museum studies. The endowed Appleton Eminent Scholar Chair for the Arts is filled each year by a different distinguished art historian whose field complements those of the permanent faculty.
State of Florida Common Course Prerequisites
The State of Florida has identified common course prerequisites for this University degree program. These prerequisites are lower-level courses that are required for preparation for the University major prior to a student receiving a baccalaureate degree from The Florida State University. They may be taken either at a community college or in a university lower-division program. It is preferred that these common course prerequisites be completed in the freshman and sophomore years.
The following lists the common course prerequisites or approved substitutions necessary for this degree program:
Major in Art History
The bachelor of arts (BA) program in the history and criticism of art requires a total of forty-two (42) credit hours of which thirty-three (33) will be in art history and nine (9) in studio art. The foundation courses (ARH 3050, 3051, and 3530) provide a broad view of major artists and monuments from Western and Eastern art history and are to be taken as early as possible. A seminar in art history is required for all art history majors. Students must also satisfy the University language requirement for the BA degree.
Honors in the Major
The Department of Art History offers honors in the major to those who wish to pursue an extended independent research project. For requirements and other information, see the University Honors Program and Honor Societies section of this General Bulletin.
Minor in Art History
A minor in art history requires fifteen (15) semester hours of course work in the department. The student may choose any five art history courses in completing this requirement.
Minor in Museum Studies
A minor in museum studies requires fifteen (15) semester hours. Of these, nine (9) semester hours are in museum studies courses, three (3) hours are in management, and the remaining three (3) hours are taken in supervised internship.
Definition of Prefix
ARH - Art History
Undergraduate Courses
ARH 2000. Art, Architecture, and Artistic Vision (3). Nonchronological approach to the understanding and appreciation of works of art.
ARH 2581.A Survey of Tribal Arts Past and Present (3). This course will study the non -Western arts as tools for interacting with other people, or with environmental or universal forces.
ARH 3050. History and Criticism of Art I (3). Introductory survey from prehistoric through late-Medieval art history.
ARH 3051. History and Criticism of Art II (3). Introductory survey from early Renaissance through modern art history including developments in American art.
ARH 3130. Survey of Greek Art and Archaeology (3). Review of the major accomplishments in Greek art from early times up to and including the Hellenistic period through a survey of principal monuments, works, and archaeological evidence.
ARH 3150. Art and Archaeology of Ancient Italy (3). A survey of Italian art and archaeology including early Italy, the Etruscans, and Rome with reference to the major monuments, works, and archaeological evidence.
ARH 3530. The Arts of Asia (3). A general introduction to the artistic traditions of Asia covering the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia. The course is divided into three major segments: the beginnings of Asian civilizations, the age of Buddhism, and later court and secular art traditions.
ARH 3582.Arts and Cultures of the South Pacific (3). This course will exlpore the significance of art, past and present, for the people of Samoa, Tonga, Cook, Tahiti, Hiva Oa, Rapa Nui, Aotearoa, Hawaii, Fiji, Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Ireland, New Britain, Trobriands, Solomons, Vanuatu, Tanna, Belau, Mariam, and the Marshalls. Each region is characterized by certain art forms, religious beliefs and practices that are shaped by influences within the South Pacific and beyond.
ARH 3800r. Methods of Art Criticism (3). Undergraduate seminar in art history with changing topics. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve (12) semester hours.
ARH 3930r. Special Topics (1-3). (S/U grade only.) May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours.
ARH 4110. Art and Archaeology of the Bronze Age in the Aegean (3). A study of the major archaeological evidence related to the Bronze Age in Crete and Greece; the major sites, monuments, and artistic works.
ARH 4118.Archaeology of Ancient Egypt (3). A survey of the archaeology and art of ancient Egypt from the Predynastic to the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. An emphasis is placed on the art, architecture and culture of the Old and New Kingdoms.
ARH 4120. Etruscan Art and Archaeology (3). A study of Etruscan culture, art, and archaeology.
ARH 4131. Greek Art and Archaeology of the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C. (3). Survey of the accomplishments of classical Greek art through an examination of the monuments, works, and archaeological evidence.
ARH 4151. Art and Archaeology of the Early Roman Empire (3). Roman art and archaeology from Augustus through the Antonines with a survey of the major artistic accomplishments and the archaeological remains.
ARH 4173. Studies in Classical Art and Archaeology (3). Specific studies in aspects of classical art and archaeology.
ARH 4210. Early Christian and Byzantine Art (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3050 or consent of the instructor. Begins with the first manifestations of Christian art. Covers audiences, patrons, and problems of the representation of religious ideas in art from beginnings in Roman catacombs, through mosaics of Ravenna and Sicily, through sacred spaces of martyria and churches to icons of Rome and Constantinople, and includes late and luxurious court arts of Byzantium.
ARH 4211. Early Medieval Art (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3050 or consent of instructor. Considers the development of the uses of art in the European Middle Ages, from Barbarian metal work to the acceptance of the classical tradition, to the first mature pan-European art of Romanesque architecture and sculpture. Topics of special interest include pilgrimage, imperial imagery, manuscripts, and monasteries.
ARH 4230. Later Medieval Art (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3050 or consent of instructor. Generally called Gothic art, this course includes the cathedrals and their sculpture built by bishops and towns, as well as the castles, sumptuous arts, and manuscripts commissioned by princes and lords. Topics of special interest include the Black Death, devotional art, civic expression, and the arts of the courts.
ARH 4304. History of Renaissance Architecture (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3051 or consent of instructor. A survey of 15th and 16th century architecture in Italy with emphasis on works by Brunelleschi, Alberti, Bramante, Michelangelo, and Palladio. Discussion will center on how the major architectural types developed and why: churches, city palaces, public piazzas, and country villas. Particular attention will be paid to the impact of antiquity and the emergence of urban planning.
ARH 4311. Early Italian Renaissance Art: 15th Century (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3051 or consent of instructor. An examination of how social and historical issues influenced the arts during the first great cultural flowering of the Renaissance in Florence, Rome, and Venice. Discussion will center on how the requirements of the patron, the vitality of local traditions, and the interaction among the arts all contributed to the creation of the new Renaissance vocabulary.
ARH 4312. Later Italian Renaissance Art: 16th Century (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3051 or consent of instructor. This course examines works by the great masters of the Renaissance, including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Titian, against the backdrop of the social and political realities of the day. Discussion will include the rise of the artist-hero, the sources and meaning of Mannerism, and the impact of the religious controversies of the age.
ARH 4331. Northern European Renaissance Art (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3051 or consent of instructor. Developments in northern European 15th- and 16th-century art with emphasis on painting and printmaking: Flemish, French, German, and Dutch artists.
ARH 4352. Southern Baroque Art (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3051 or consent of instructor. This course investigates painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy and Spain during the 17th century, stressing the theatrical, ecstatic, and virtuoso character of works produced for royalty, the Church, and the rising middle class by such masters as Caravaggio, Bernini, and Velazquez.
ARH 4353. Northern Baroque Art (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3051 or consent of instructor. An examination of the Golden Age of painting, sculpture, and architecture in France, England, and the Netherlands, showing how such figures as Rembrandt and Vermeer encoded meaning in works of detailed realism and contributed to the rise of new subjects in art, including still life, landscape, and portraiture.
ARH 4355. 18th-Century Art (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3051 or consent of instructor. A study of painting, sculpture and architecture produced in Western Europe during the Enlightenment, with emphasis on the luxurious, sensual art of the Rococo, the rational classicism of the Palladian Revival, the new moral and philosophical image of women, and the rise of the decorative arts.
ARH 4431. Modern European Art: Neoclassicism through Impressionism (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3051 or consent of instructor. This course treats European art from 1780-1880, concentrating on the evolving dialogue between academic and anti-academic practices through an investigation of the relationship between theory, criticism, and techniques of representation. Topics of inquiry include: David and Neo-classicism; British landscape painting; Delacroix and French Romanticism; Courbets Realism and Manets Naturalism; and French Impressionism.
ARH 4432. Modern European Art: Postimpressionism through Surrealism (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3051 or consent of instructor. This course covers the development of abstraction from Symbolist art to Abstract Expressionism. Topics treat the relationship between the techniques and forms of abstract representation and contemporary philosophical, social, scientific and political events. The writing of artists and critics provide the basis for this inquiry.
ARH 4458. 20th Century U.S. Womens Art (3). The earliest known sculptor in colonial America was a woman. Her work and that produced by successive women in U.S. visual culture are the focus of this course. Students are also introduced to critical writings on representations of women in the arts and to the varieties of politicized responses from Goddesses to Guerilla Girls to cultural bias against women.
ARH 4523.West African Art and the Diaspora: Brazil, Haiti, the United States and Suriname (3). This course is intended to invest students with an appreciation for, and an ability to identify and discuss, the arts of 18th, 19th and 20th century West African societies. It will also examine the impact of those art forms on the mind and spirits of Black populations in the Americas by giving students a framework for understanding how these arts work within social and cultural contexts.
ARH 4540. Arts of India (3). Painting, sculpture, and architecture of India.
ARH 4550.Arts of China (3). A survey of the major epochs of Chinese art from pre-historic times to the modern period. The course examines the important artistic traditions developed in China: ritual bronzes, funerary art and architecture, Buddhist art, painting, calligraphy, ceramics, and garden architecture.
ARH 4553. Arts of Japan (3). An introduction to the arts and culture of Japan, focusing on key monuments and artistic traditions that have played a central role in Japanese art and society. It covers, chronologically, the Pre-historic Age, Shinto, Buddhism, Court Culture, Zen Buddhism, Samurai Government and the Industrial Age.
ARH 4583.The Arts of Oceania, Africa and Native America (3). This course discusses, analyzes and examines the arts of people from Oceania, Africa and Native America. It provides students with a valid framework for understanding the complexities involved with these art forms from inside and outside specific social and cultural contexts.
ARH 4585.Arts and Architecture of Polynesia (3). Arts of the native peoples of Samoa, Hawaii, the Marquesas and New Zealand.
ARH 4610.Native American Arts and Architecture of the Southwest (3). This course is an in-depth discussion of the archaeology, art, architecture, ceremony, religions and culture of the Pueblo and Navajo peoples living in the Southwest. It examines issues central to the understanding of how these art forms work within the social and cultural context of the Pueblo and Navajo people.
ARH 4620. U.S. Art: Centennial through Late Modernism (3). Prerequisites: ARH 3051 or consent of instructor. What is American about our country and its art? Developing a national identity and culture was a central concern during this period. Reflecting regional and multicultural responses to this and other questions of subjectivity and modernity, this course surveys painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and material culture from 1876 to the 1950s.
ARH 4621. U.S. Art: Colonial Era to the Centennial (3). Prerequisites: ARH 3051 or consent of instructor. From European images of discovery to conceptions of national culture presented to an international audience at the Philadelphia Centennial, this course examines an emerging national identity as reflected and developed in the arts and material culture from the Colonial period to 1876. Course content is multicultural and includes discussions of womens contributions.
ARH 4642. Art after 1940 (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3051 or consent of instructor. American and European art after Abstract Expressionism to the present. This course begins with an examination of the reactions against Abstract Expressionism and investigates late-modernist practices (e.g. Pop art, Minimalism, Conceptualism, Earth Art, Performance Art.) The writings of artists and critics provide the basis for discussion.
ARH 4680.American and Ethnic Folk Art (3). This course is an introduction to American folk arts from the 17th century to the present. It provides students with a framework for understanding how folk arts worked within the social and cultural context of their time. It will also discuss the different ways folk arts have been defined, redefined, utilized, collected and understood by the art world at large.
ARH 4720. History of Graphics (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3051 or consent of instructor. Survey of artists and processes in Western printmaking from the 15th century through the 20th century.
ARH 4801. Art History Methods and Media (3). Prerequisites: ARH 3050, 3051, 3530. Seminar for undergraduate art history majors; introduction to art media and research methods.
ARH 4815r. Honors Work in Art History (3-6). May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours over two (2) semesters; written thesis.ARH 4905r.
Directed Individual Study (3). May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours; duplicate registration is allowed in the same term.
Graduate Courses
ARH 5111. Art and Archaeology of the Bronze Age in the Aegean (3).
ARH 5119. Archaeology of Ancient Egypt (3).
ARH 5125. Etruscan Art and Archaeology (3).
ARH 5140. Greek Art and Archaeology of the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C. (3).
ARH 5160. Art and Archaeology of the Early Roman Empire (3).
ARH 5174r. Studies in Classical Art and Archaeology (3).
ARH 5220. Early Christian and Byzantine Art (3).
ARH 5221. Early Medieval Art (3).
ARH 5240. Later Medieval Art (3).
ARH 5321. Early Italian Renaissance Art: 15th Century (3).
ARH 5322. Later Italian Renaissance Art: 16th Century (3).
ARH 5340. Northern European Renaissance Art (3).
ARH 5360. Southern Baroque Art (3).
ARH 5361. Northern Baroque Art (3).
ARH 5363. 18th-Century Art (3).
ARH 5440. Modern European Art: Neoclassicism through Impressionism (3).
ARH 5441. Modern European Art: Postimpressionism through Surrealism (3).
ARH 5461. 20th Century Feminist Art Criticism(3).
ARH 5527. West African Arts and the Diaspora: Brazil, Haiti, the United States and Suriname (3).
ARH 5545. Arts of India (3).
ARH 5556. Arts of Japan (3).
ARH 5557. Arts of China (3).
ARH 5586. The Arts of Oceania, Africa, and Native America (3).
ARH 5587. Arts and Architecture of Polynesia (3).
ARH 5615. Native American Arts and Architecture of the Southwest (3).
ARH 5625. American Art before 1940 (3).
ARH 5648. Art after 1940 (3).
ARH 5685. American and Ethnic Folk Art (3).
ARH 5725. History of Graphics (3).
ARH 5795. Seminar in the Methods of Art History (3).
ARH 5797. Seminar in Museum Studies (3).
ARH 5896r. Seminar in the History and Criticism of Art (3).
ARH 5907r. Directed Individual Study (1-5).
ARH 5913r. Supervised Research (1-6). (S/U grade only.)
ARH 5940r. Supervised Teaching (1-6). (S/U grade only.)
ARH 6292r. Topics in Medieval Art: Seminar (3).
ARH 6394r. Topics in Renaissance Art: Seminar (3).
ARH 6398r. Topics in Baroque Art: Seminar (3).
ARH 6592r. Topics in Eastern Art: Seminar (3).
ARH 6694r. Topics in 19th-Century Art: Seminar (3).
ARH 6695r. Topics in 20th-Century Art: Seminar (3).
For listings relating to graduate course work for thesis, dissertation, and masters and doctoral examinations and defense, consult the Graduate Bulletin.