All undergraduates at Florida State University must demonstrate basic computer skills competency prior to graduation. As necessary computer competency skills vary from discipline to discipline, each major determines the courses needed to satisfy this requirement. Undergraduate majors in art history satisfy this requirement by earning a grade of "C–" or higher in CGS 2060, CGS 2064, CGS 2100, or ART 1602C (consult the department for other options).

The State of Florida has identified common program prerequisites for this University degree program. Specific prerequisites are required for admission into the upper-division program and must be completed by the student at either a community college or a state university prior to being admitted to this program. Students may be admitted into the University without completing the prerequisites, but may not be admitted into the program.

At the time this document was published, some common program prerequisites were undergoing revision. Please visit http://facts23.facts.org/navigation/detail_ext/cpp_intro.do?pageId=060304 for a current list of state-approved prerequisites.

The following lists the common program prerequisites or their substitutions necessary for admission into this upper-division degree program:

1. ART X201
2. ART X300
3. ARH X050
4. ARH X051
5. XXX XXXX: nine to twelve (9–12) credit hours of a foreign language

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) program in the history and criticism of art requires a total of forty-two semester hours of which thirty-three will be in art history and nine in studio art. The foundation courses (ARH 3056 and 3057) provide a broad view of major artists and monuments from Western art history and are to be taken as early as possible. Majors are required to take an additional eight upper-level courses, two of which must be in World Arts. A seminar in art history is required for all art history majors, prior to which eighteen credit hours in art history must be completed. Only a grade of "C" or better is acceptable for courses in Art History to be credited toward the major. Students must also satisfy the University language requirement for the BA degree.

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 Office and Honor Societies" chapter of this General Bulletin.

A minor in art history requires fifteen semester hours of course work in the department. The student may choose any five art history courses in completing this requirement.

A minor in museum studies requires fifteen semester hours. Of these, six semester hours are in museum studies courses, three hours are in a related elective, and the remaining six hours are taken in supervised internship. Students with a minor in museum studies may not apply for any internships toward the major in Art History.

ARH—Art History

ARH 2000. Art, Architecture, and Artistic Vision (3). Thematic approach to the understanding and appreciation of works of art.

ARH 2581. 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 2630C. Survey in African-American Art and Aesthetics (3). This course surveys special topics in African-American art and aesthetics. We will explore power dynamics, social protest, artistic accommodation, criticism, perception, content, and motivation as historical and contemporary influences on and in African-American art.

ARH 3056. History and Criticism of Art I (3). Introductory survey from prehistoric through late-Medieval art history.

ARH 3057. 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 visual arts of Asia, covering primarily India, central Asia, China, and Japan. The course is organized along thematic lines, with topics such as the ancient world, Buddhism, Chinese aesthetic theory and painting, and native and foreign currents in Japanese art.

ARH 3794. Museum Basics: History and Theory (3). This course introduces students to the history and theory of museums and museum practices, museum administration, exhibition planning, museum education, and museum careers.

ARH 3800r. Methods of Art Criticism (3).Prerequisites: ARH 3056, ARH 3057, and twelve (12) prior credit hours in upper-level art history. Undergraduate seminar in art history with changing topics. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve (12) semester hours.

ARH 3854. The Museum Object (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3794. The course covers the philosophy and practice of acquiring, processing, preserving, displaying, and interpreting museum objects. Material culture and the museum object is objects are addressed from the perspective of various disciplines, such as art history, archaeology, anthropology, history, and the natural sciences. Hands-on experience is gained in designing and executing an exhibition of the students' conception.

ARH 3930r. Special Topics (1–3). (S/U grade only.) May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours.

ARH 4067. History of Modern Architecture (3). This course traces the major shifts in architectural thinking and design from the 19th to 21st centuries. While focused on European and American debates and movements, the course makes links to the architectural implications of Western territorial ambitions in the colonies such as the Indian Subcontinent, the Muslim heartland, and North Africa.

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 4154. Archaeology of the Late Roman Empire (3). This course comprises a study of Roman art and archaeology from the second to sixth century CE with emphasis on important sites and monuments.

ARH 4173r. Studies in Classical Archaeology and Art (3–9). Studies in specific aspects of the archaeology and art of Greece and Italy. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.

ARH 4210. Early Christian and Byzantine Art (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3056 or instructor permission. Course 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 4211. Early Medieval Art (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3056 or instructor permission. 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 3056 or instructor permission. 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 3057 or instructor permission. 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 4310. Early Italian Renaissance Art: 15th Century (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3057 or instructor permission. 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 3057 or instructor permission. 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 3057 or instructor permission. 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 3057 or instructor permission. 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 Vel<0x00E1>zquez.

ARH 4353. Northern Baroque Art (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3057 or instructor permission. 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 3057 or instructor permission. 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 4414. Modern European Art: Neoclassicism through Impressionism (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3057 or instructor permission. 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; Courbet's Realism and Manet's Naturalism; and French Impressionism.

ARH 4450. Modern European Art: Post-Impressionism through Surrealism (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3057 or instructor permission. This course covers the development of art from 1880 to 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 provides the basis for this inquiry.

ARH 4540. Arts of India (3). This course offers an introduction to the visual culture of South and Southeast Asia with an emphasis on the Indian Subcontinent. The course examines the role that artistic production has played in the transmission of religious beliefs and the development of cultural systems from the Indus Valley to the present day. Students will be encouraged to explore the form and functions of art in a variety of media, including but not limited to architecture, urban form, sculpture, painting, and performance.

ARH 4551. Arts of China (3). An introduction to the visual arts of China, covering the Neolithic to the modern period. The framework for the course is both chronological and thematic, with special emphasis on how the Chinese have viewed themselves and the world in different periods, and how this has been expressed in their arts. Topics include ancient China, the introduction of Buddhism, aesthetic theory and painting, and masters of landscape.

ARH 4554. Arts of Japan (3). An introduction to the visual arts of Japan, covering the ancient to the modern period. The framework for the course is both chronological and thematic, with particular focus on the relationship between culture and the visual arts. Among the topics covered are ancient Japan, Japanese aesthetics, Buddhist art, the rise of the samurai, garden architecture and tea ceremony, castle decoration, and the world of ukiyo-e.

ARH 4571.  Islamic Art and Architecture, 7th - 21st Centuries (3). This course surveys the art and architecture of the Islamic world from its early days in the mid-7th century to the present day. While the concept "Islamic world" is both vague and vast, stretching from Spain to Indonesia and beyond, the course will focus on several geographic areas to explore the visual culture produced by Muslims.

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 4620. U.S. Art: Centennial through Late Modernism (3). Prerequisites: ARH 3057 or instructor permission. What is "American" about our country and its art? Developing a national identity in 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 3057 or instructor permission. From European images of "discovery" to conceptions of national culture presented to visitors 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 women's contributions.

ARH 4642. Art after 1940 (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3057 or instructor permission. 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 "postmodernism".

ARH 4710. History of Photography (3). This course surveys the history of photography from its invention in the 1830s up to the present. It addresses the historical development of the medium both topically and chronologically, focusing on photography's global reach and its diverse array of social functions. Topics include historical debates about photography's status as art; commercial and scientific applications; advertising and fashion photography; photojournalism and propaganda; the rise of amateur photography; and contemporary trends and practices. Prior experience in photography is not required.

ARH 4720. History of Graphics (3). Prerequisite: ARH 3057 or instructor permission. Survey of artists and processes in Western printmaking from the 15th century through the 20th century.

ARH 4810. Art History Methods and Media (3). Prerequisites: ARH 3056, ARH 3057, twelve (12) prior credit hours in upper-level art history, and instructor permission. This seminar is designed for undergraduate art-history majors who plan to continue at the graduate level. The seminar introduces to art media and research methods.

ARH 4815r. Honors Work in Art History (1–6). May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours, subject to approval of faculty adviser. A written thesis is required.

ARH 4884. Walt Disney and the American Century (3). This course considers Disney and his company in relation to art, society, and politics during the twentieth century. Special attention is paid to Disney's contributions in the realms of film, architecture, and theme park. Through assigned readings and visual material such as cartoons, slides, and documentaries, the course assesses the relationship between high art and popular art and evaluates Disney's impact on the production and consumption of leisure.

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.

ARH 4933r. Special Topics in Art History (3). Undergraduate, upper-level lecture course in art history with changing topics. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve (12) semester hours.

ARH 4941r. Internship in Museum Studies (3–12). This course is an internship in a collaborative museum to provide students with firsthand knowledge of, and practical experience in, museums. Concurrent registration is permitted. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve (12) semester hours, only three (3) of which may be applied toward the major in art history.

ARH 5076. Word and Image Studies (3).

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 5420. Modern European Art: Neoclassicism through Impressionism (3).

ARH 5445. Modern European Art: Post-Impressionism through Surrealism (3).

ARH 5556. Arts of Japan (3).

ARH 5558. Arts of China (3).

ARH 5575 Islamic Art and Architecture, 7th - 21st Centuries (3).

ARH 5605. Native American Arts and Architecture of the Southwest (3).

ARH 5625. American Art before 1940 (3).

ARH 5648. Art after 1940 (3).

ARH 5715. History of Photography (3).

ARH 5725. History of Graphics (3).

ARH 5797. Seminar in Museum Studies (3).

ARH 5806r. Seminar in the History and Criticism of Art (3).

ARH 5813. Seminar in the Methods of Art History (3).

ARH 5838. The Museum Object (3).

ARH 5864. Methods and Theory for the Study of World Arts (3).

ARH 5885. Introduction to Appraising Personal Property (4).

ARH 5886. Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) (4).

ARH 5887. Walt Disney and the American Century (3).

ARH 5907r. Directed Individual Study (1–5).

ARH 5913r. Supervised Research (1–15). (S/U grade only.)

ARH 5940r. Supervised Teaching (1–15). (S/U grade only.)

ARH 5942r. Internship in Museum Studies (1–6).

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).

ARH 6936. Topics in World Arts: Seminar (3).

For listings relating to graduate course work for thesis, dissertation, and master's and doctoral examinations and defense, consult the Graduate Bulletin.