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Chair: Paula Gerson;
Professors: Gerson, Neuman, Teilhet-Fisk;
Associate Professors:Bearor, Draper, Freiberg, Hahn, Rose, Weingarden;
Curator: Hudson;
Professors Emeriti: Bosch (deceased), Bucher, Mason (deceased);
Courtesy Professors: de Grummond, Nasgaard, Pfaff, Pullen
The Department of Art History offers work leading to the master of arts and the doctor of philosophy degrees in the history and criticism of art.
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, computerized catalog information, and an excellent interlibrary loan division. Computer facilities are available for graduate students. The University Museum of Fine Arts, the major art museum in the area, houses several permanent collections and is used 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 works from the various areas of art history. The recent gift of the Appleton Museum in Ocala has added over 2,500 works for study in its permanent collection.
Students have the opportunity to pursue independent research at The Florida State University Study Centers in Florence, Italy, and London, England, providing an exceptional immediacy to the study of art monuments in museums and libraries in Europe. The Florence program has been used extensively by students of the history of art for the study of the Italian language and arts and for archival work. A member of the art history department's faculty is assigned to the Florence Study Center, and in addition to teaching, serves as a supervisor for graduate students. The London Study Center offers opportunities for teaching assistantships and for internships at major London museums.
The department sponsors an annual Symposium in the History of Art for graduate students attending universities in the Southeast who are earning master's or doctoral degrees. Students are chosen to present papers during a two-day series of meetings, and papers may be submitted for publication in Athanor, a publication for graduate students in art history sponsored by the art history department and the School of Visual Arts and Dance. Each year a distinguished art historian is invited to participate in the symposium and to deliver the keynote address.
The faculty includes specialists in Far Eastern art, medieval manuscript painting, Gothic architecture, Italian and Northern European painting and sculpture, Baroque and 18th-century art and architecture, modern architecture, 20th-century art and criticism, American art, contemporary critical theory, African art, Oceanic art and Native American art. 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. Members of the classics faculty trained in archaeology and art history offer graduate-level courses in Aegean, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, and Egyptian art.
The master of arts program in the history and criticism of art includes courses in six areas: ancient and classical (including Aegean); medieval (early Christian, Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic); Renaissance (Italian and Northern European); Baroque (including 18th century); Modern (19th and 20th centuries); and non-Western (Japanese, Chinese, Indian African, Oceanic and Native American art.) The program requires a total of thirty-nine (39) credit hours. Students will be reviewed by faculty at the completion of the first academic year (or eighteen [18] semester hours) in lieu of a written comprehensive exam. All students are required to write a thesis. A bachelor of arts degree with a background in undergraduate art history courses and reading knowledge of at least one foreign (S/U grade only) language are prerequisites for the graduate program. By the end of the first academic year, the requirement for a second language should be satisfied; one of the two languages must be either French or German.
The doctor of philosophy program in the history and criticism of art includes courses in the same six areas as in the master of arts program. Every student who seeks a doctoral degree must complete the master of arts degree with sufficient distinction to support admission for doctoral study. Students with a master of arts degree in the history and criticism of art may, with departmental approval, apply courses taken for that degree toward the doctorate. By the end of the first year in residence the student must demonstrate reading knowledge in French and German. Language requirements for students with a non-Western specialization may differ. Depending upon the area of specialization, additional languages may be required. A minimum of one semester residence in a Florida State University Study Center, either Florence or London, is required. This requirement may be waived when a student has a similar opportunity to pursue original research in a different cultural setting.
The program requires a total of ninety-nine (99) semester hours, which includes a written dissertation. Up to thirty-three (33) semester hours from the master's degree may be applied to the required total. Students must pass comprehensive written and oral examinations in order to qualify for the degree.
Graduate students in art history may earn a Certificate in Museum Studies in addition to their MA or PhD degree. The museum studies program is interdisciplinary and prepares students for professional work in museums and related institutions. In addition to fulfilling the requirements for the graduate degree, students complete four core courses, a six (6) semester hour internship, and a certificate project. Students are strongly encouraged to participate in regularly scheduled museum career activities.
ARH 5111. Art and Archaeology of the Bronze Age in the Aegean (3). A detailed study of the major archeological evidence related to the Bronze Age in Crete and Greece; the major sites, monuments, and artistic works studied and analyzed.
ARH 5119. Archaeology in Ancient Egypt (3). A survey of the archaeology and art of ancient Egypt from the predynastic to ptolemaic and roman periods. Emphasis is placed upon the art, architecture, and culture of the Old and New Kingdoms.
ARH 5125. Etruscan Art and Archaeology (3). Critical study and appraisal of Etruscan monuments and artistic works; major archaeological evidence for Etruscan culture.
ARH 5140. Greek Art and Archaeology of the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C. (3). A careful study of the monuments of classical Greece and its artistic productions; study of archaeological evidence and the accomplishments of classical Greek Art.
ARH 5160. Art and Archaeology of the Early Roman Empire (3). The archaeological evidence and artistic production of Rome from Augustus through the Antonines studied carefully with a view toward evaluating the periods accomplishments.
ARH 5174r. Studies in Classical Art and Archaeology (3). Specific studies in aspects of classical art and archaeology.
ARH 5220. Early Christian and Byzantine Art (3). Begins with the first manifestations of Christian art and covers audiences, patrons, and problems of the representation of religious ideas. Arts discussed include Roman catacombs, mosaics of Ravenna and Sicily, sacred spaces of martyria and churches, icons of Rome and Constantinople, and late and luxurious court arts of Byzantium.
ARH 5221. Early Medieval Art (3). Course 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 5240. Later Medieval Art (3). 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 5321. Early Italian Renaissance Art: 15th Century (3). 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 5322. Later Italian Renaissance Art: 16th Century (3). Course examines works by the great master's 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 5340. Northern European Renaissance Art (3). Developments in northern European fifteenth and sixteenth century art with emphasis on painting and printmaking: Flemish, French, German, and Dutch artists.
ARH 5360. Southern Baroque Art (3). 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 Velázquez.
ARH 5361. Northern Baroque Art (3). Course examines the Golden Age of painting, sculpture, and architecture in France, England, and the Netherlands. Discusses 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 5363. 18th-Century Art (3). 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 5440. Modern European Art: Neoclassicism through Impressionism (3). Course discusses European art form 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 Neoclassicism; British landscape painting; Delacroix and French Romanticism; Courbets Realism and Manets Naturalism; and French Impressionism.
ARH 5441. Modern European Art: Postimpressionism through Surrealism (3). Course covers the development art from 1880 - 1940. Topics of discussion include abstraction, symbolism, surrealism, as well as 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 5461. 20th-Century Feminist Art Criticism (3). This course analyzes the questions raised by feminist artists and art critics in the U.S. since 1970 and their responses, based upon their philosophical and ideological stances as liberal, radical, cultural, materialist, or post-structuralist feminists.
ARH 5527. West African Art and the Diaspora: Brazil, Haiti, the United States and Suriname (3). 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 arts 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 5556. 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 5557. 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: bronzes, funerary and architectural monuments, painting and calligraphy, Buddhist sculpture, and ceramics.
ARH 5586. The Arts of Oceania, Africa and Native America (3). This course examines, discusses and analyzes the arts of peoples 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 5587. Arts and Architecture of Polynesia (3). This course is an in-depth introduction to the archaeology, art, architecture, ceremonies and cultures of island peoples. This includes Tonga, Western Samoa, American Samoa, Marquesas, Society, Cook, Austral and Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, and Easter Island.
ARH 5615. Native American Arts and Architecture of the Southwest (3). Arts and architecture of the Native American peoples of the Southwest, beginning with ancient times and emphasizing the arts of the present Pueblo people from the 16th century to the present.
ARH 5625. American Art before 1940 (3). Styles in art and architecture of America from the Revolutionary painters to early twentieth century Modernism.
ARH 5648. Art after 1940 (3). Course covers American and European art from Abstract Expressionism to the present. This course examines the reactions against Abstract Expressionism and investigates late-modernist practices (e.g., Pop Art, Minimalism, Conceptualism, Earth Art, Performance Art). Topics discussed include contemporary artistic practices and the relationship between "modernism" and "post-modernism."
ARH 5685. American and Ethnic Folk Art (3). This course is an introduction to American folk arts from the 17th century to the present. Course is designed to provide students with a framework for understanding how folk arts worked within the social and cultural context of the 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 5725. History of Graphics (3). A survey of artists and processes in western printmaking from woodcut to silk screen.
ARH 5795. Seminar in the Methods of Art History (3). Seminar in methodology required of art history graduate students.
ARH 5797. Seminar in Museum Studies (3). Theoretical and practical approaches to museum operation and the historical development of the art museum in America.
ARH 5838. The Museum Object (3). Prerequisite: Currently enrolled in a graduate degree program in a department participating in the Museum Studies Certificate program, or have a graduate degree in a related discipline.Course covers the philosophy and practice of acquiring the museum object; the processing of the object in an institutional setting; research methods and interpretation; philosophy in methods of presenting the object and its interpretation through exhibition and display; and various forms of publications and dissemination.
ARH 5896r. Seminar in the History and Criticism of Art (3). May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.
ARH 5907r. Directed Individual Study (1 - 5). May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.
ARH 5913r. Supervised Research (1 - 6). (S/U grade only.) May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours. A maximum of three (3) semester hours may apply to a master's degree.
ARH 5940r. Supervised Teaching (1 - 6). (S/U grade only.) May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours. A maximum of three (3) semester hours may apply to a master's degree.
ARH 5971r. Thesis (1 - 6). (S/U grade only.) A minimum of six (6) semester hours credit is required.
ARH 6292r. Topics in Medieval Art: Seminar (3). Advanced seminar on specific topic within the area of Medieval art. Specific topics vary. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.
ARH 6394r. Topics in Renaissance Art: Seminar (3). Advanced seminar on specific topic within the area of Renaissance art. Specific topics vary. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.
ARH 6398r. Topics in Baroque Art: Seminar (3). Advanced seminar on specific topic within the area of baroque art. Specific topics vary. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.
ARH 6592r. Topics in Eastern Art: Seminar (3). Advanced seminar on specific topic within the area of Eastern art. Specific topics vary. May be repeated to a maximum of (9) semester hours.
ARH 6694r. Topics in 19th-Century Art: Seminar (3). Advanced seminar on specific topic within the area of nineteenth century art. Specific topics vary. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.
ARH 6695r. Topics in 20th-Century Art: Seminar (3). Advanced seminar on specific topic within the area of twentieth century art. Specific topics vary. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.
ARH 6980r. Dissertation (1 - 12). (S/U grade only.)
ARH 8964r. Preliminary Doctoral Examination (0).
ARH 8967r. Master's Comprehensive Examination (0).
ARH 8976r. Master's Thesis Defense (0).
ARH 8985r. Dissertation Defense (0).
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