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ARTH 225: Medieval Art

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

A study of medieval art from the 3rd to the 15th century, including Early Christian and Byzantine art, Early Medieval, Romanesque, and Gothic art. Topics will include the development of religious architecture, monumental sculpture, small-scale sculpture in precious materials, mosaics, painting and manuscript illumination. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..

ShareARTH 225 - Medieval Art
ARTH 231: Islamic Art and Architecture

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

This course introduces students to Islamic art and architecture produced between the early 7th century and the end of the 15th century. Spanning geographically from the Western Mediterranean to Western Asia, it emphasizes religious architecture, while also considering secular structures and material culture. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.

ShareARTH 231 - Islamic Art and Architecture
ARTH 241: Art & Architecture South Asia

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

A study of the architecture, sculpture and painting of South Asia from the Indus Valley Civilization to the 20th century, with emphasis on historical, social and religious context. Topics include the prehistoric era, early Buddhist architecture and sculpture, Hindu temples and related arts, rock-cut architecture, and painting traditions of the Islamic and Rajput courts and the colonial and contemporary eras. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..

ShareARTH 241 - Art & Architecture South Asia
ARTH 242: Art and Architecture of China

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

A study of the arts of China from the Neolithic period through early modern times, with emphasis on historical, social, and religious context. Topics include Neolithic pottery traditions, funerary art of the Shang through Han dynasties, the Buddhist art of China and Chinese painting and ceramics. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..

ShareARTH 242 - Art and Architecture of China
ARTH 243: Art and Architecture of Japan

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

A study of the arts of Japan through early modern times, with emphasis on historical, social, and religious context. Topics include ceramic and architectural traditions of prehistoric Japan, Buddhist architecture, sculpture, and painting; development of the "Japanese Style," Zen art, and the popular art of woodblock prints in pre-modern Japan. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..

ShareARTH 243 - Art and Architecture of Japan
ARTH 250: American Art

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

A survey of American architecture, sculpture, and painting from colonial times to the present, with an emphasis on the relationships of American art to European art, and of American artists to their public. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..

ShareARTH 250 - American Art
ARTH 254: African American Art

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

This course explores the history of African American art from the colonial period to today. We will investigate different media including the domestic arts, architecture, photography, painting, sculpture, and mixed media work. Special focus will be given to craft traditions and the visual expression of intersections of racial identity with gender, class, political, and national identities. The course will leave students with an appreciation of how African American artists have produced innovative contributions to and critiques of broader narratives of American art, history, and identity.

ShareARTH 254 - African American Art
ARTH 255: Latin American Colonial Art

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

An examination of the art and architecture produced in Latin America from colonial times to the modern era. Concentration will be upon the architecture, sculpture, painting and folk arts produced in both the Spanish and Portuguese "new world" colonies from the 16th century until independence in the 19th century. Attention will also be directed toward a broad survey of modern Latin American artistic movements and discussion of how selected modern artists continue to confront the legacy of the colonial past. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..

ShareARTH 255 - Latin American Colonial Art
ARTH 260: Sem: Arts & Cult in Lowcountry

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

Topics related to Lowcountry arts and culture may include Charleston architecture, historic preservation planning, garden and landscape architecture, etc. Maymester NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..

ShareARTH 260 - Sem: Arts & Cult in Lowcountry
ARTH 261: Fine & Decorative Arts of Chs

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

This class is an examination of the important fine and decorative art that has marked the elegance of the low country for more than 300 years. Through classroom study and numerous site visits, we will discover and explore the extraordinary fine and decorative arts produced in Charleston. Students will meet the multi-ethnic, multi-racial, multigender artists and crafts persons who produced and continue to produce these important examples of America's finest arts. We will study a variety of works including painting, furniture, ceramics, photography. The class will analyze why these works seem to have disappeared and why these low country arts have always been under- appreciated and undervalued.

ShareARTH 261 - Fine & Decorative Arts of Chs