ARTH 491

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Topics in Art History

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Credit: 1 TO 4 hours.

Variable content; consult the Class Schedule for current topics.

May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor.

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ARTH 491 class schedule data for fall 2008
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
10383	Independent Study		ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending		Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required
47738	Lecture-Discussion	2	1:00PM -4:00PM	W	Location Pending	Bandy, L Hudson, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Arts Yearbook Seminar. Once considered insufficiently historical to be approached as an academic object, art of the very recent past now comprises the subjects for many dissertations and research projects. By looking closely at art made and exhibited in the last calendar year, this course asks, in short, how we come to understand contemporary art. Additional topics include: What is the difference between contemporary art history and art criticism? How do we work on living artists, and what status does the interview assume? What constitutes our primary research? And how do we decide what merits such attention at all? Enrollment is restricted to students accepted into the Illinois at the Phillips Collection program in Washington D.C. Undergraduate Section. Graduates must enroll in ARTH 546. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
47739	Lecture-Discussion	3	6:00PM -8:00PM	T	Location Pending	Bandy, L Hudson, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Contemporary Painting Lecture. Although painting was proclaimed dead in the 1980s, it has returned with a vengeance in recent years (indeed, it never left). From abstract to figurative work, painting runs the gamut from appropriative or conceptual to downright neo-traditional, while likewise effecting -- and being effected by -- media as diverse as sculpture, installation, film, and new media. In this course we will examine the expanded field of contemporary painting, as heterogeneous as it is ubiquitous, investigating practice and discourse alongside painting's contextualization within cultural institutions and commercial venues. Enrollment is restricted to students accepted into the Illinois at the Phillips Collection program in Washington D.C. Undergraduate Section. UIUC students will also meet Wednesdays 10:00 to 11:00. Graduates must enroll in ARTH 546. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
49057	Laboratory-Discussion	ABG	1:00PM -1:50PM	MWF	210A Architecture Building	Burkus-Chasson, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Revolutionary Arts in China. This course, open to both graduate students and advanced undergraduates, addresses recurrent themes in twentieth-century Chinese art. Themes include encounters with Euro-American political and cultural power, the trauma of historical memories, the sense of language, and national identity. Films from the 1980s form a core for the discussion of these themes. Students will have the opportunity to study and research works of contemporary Chinese art in the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion. An exhibition of the works selected for research may be displayed in the newly reinstalled Asian Gallery in Fall 2009. Graduate section. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
49055	Laboratory-Discussion	ABU	1:00PM -1:50PM	MWF	210A Architecture Building	Burkus-Chasson, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Revolutionary Arts in China. This course, open to both graduate students and advanced undergraduates, addresses recurrent themes in twentieth-century Chinese art. Themes include encounters with Euro-American political and cultural power, the trauma of historical memories, the sense of language, and national identity. Films from the 1980s form a core for the discussion of these themes. Students will have the opportunity to study and research works of contemporary Chinese art in the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion. An exhibition of the works selected for research may be displayed in the newly reinstalled Asian Gallery in Fall 2009. Undergraduate section. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
52532	Lecture-Discussion	AF	6:00PM -8:00PM	M	Location Pending	Bandy, L Fotos, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: The History of Twentieth Century American Comics. This course is to provide the student a survey of the history of comics in America. While learning to understand comics as a language that synthesizes words and pictures, we will explore the history of the medium as it changed throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. The student will become familiar with the theories that surround the medium�s development as well as its societal influences and impact. From the colorful romps of George Herriman's Krazy Kat to Art Spiegelan's Maus, we will become familiar with the changes in comics and the varying trajectories of contemporary works. Enrollment is restricted to students accepted into the Illinois at the Phillips Collection program in Washington D.C. Undergraduate section. Graduates must enroll in the ARTH 550 section of this course. 1st class meeting Monday, September 8. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
49432	Lecture-Discussion	EHG	2:00PM -4:40PM	T	210A Architecture Building	Hostetter, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: Greek and Roman Houses and Households. Graduate section. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
49431	Lecture-Discussion	EHU	2:00PM -4:40PM	T	210A Architecture Building	Hostetter, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: Greek and Roman Houses and Households. Undergraduate section. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
47737	Lecture-Discussion Lecture-Discussion	TWG TWG	1:00PM -1:50PM 2:00PM -2:50PM	MWF F	210A Architecture Building 210A Architecture Building	Weissman, T Weissman, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Topic: The Ends of Photography. This course will explore photography in contemporary artistic practices from the 1960's onward, where "end" suggests both termination and outcome. The class will consider how in the last few decades photography has seemingly encountered its own gradual obsolescence and transformation into a series of "post-photographic" developments: these are variously referred to as "new media," "the projected image," "mixed media installations," and "digital photography." Graduate section. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
31214	Lecture	TWU	1:00PM -1:50PM	MWF	210A Architecture Building	Weissman, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: The Ends of Photography. This course will explore photography in contemporary artistic practices from the 1960's onward, where "end" suggests both termination and outcome. The class will consider how in the last few decades photography has seemingly encountered its own gradual obsolescence and transformation into a series of "post-photographic" developments: these are variously referred to as "new media," "the projected image," "mixed media installations," and "digital photography." Undergraduate section. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.