Fall 2007
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ARTH 491
Topics in Art History

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.


Section Information
CRNTypeSectionTimeDays Location  Instructor
10383  independent study   ARRANGED    
Instructor Approval Required

47738  lecture- discussion  12:30 PM - 03:20 PM  Bandy, L; Hudson, S 
3 hours
Instructor Approval Required
Topic: Geographies of Modernism. Special Instructions: Undergraduate section. Graduates must enroll in the ARTH 541. Enrollment is restricted to students accepted into the Illinois at the Phillips Collection program in Washington D.C. This seminar will consider how ideas of geography?and of places imagined as physical spaces as well as political spheres?have been transformed in the last century. Indeed, asking not only what, but where, was Modernism, we will investigate questions of site-specificity, identity, globalization, and cultural production and assimilation. Topics will additionally comprise public art, community-based art, and landscape art, among others.

47739  lecture- discussion  06:00 PM - 07:50 PM  Bandy, L; Hudson, S 
3 hours
Instructor Approval Required
Topic: Survey of Contemporary Art. Special Instructions: Undergraduate section. Graduate students must enroll in the ARTH 546 section of this course. Class will also meet for discussion section on Wednesdays, time TBA. Enrollment is restricted to students accepted into the Illinois at the Phillips Collection program in Washington D.C. Following an introduction to Pop, Minimalism, and Conceptual art, this coursewill examine art made in the last twenty-five years. We will explore topicsincluding the emergence of new media alongside the cyclical so-called deathand return of painting; the economics of the art market and the increasing ubiquity of art fairs; the politics of representation and the NEA culture wars; and the efflorescence of the aesthetic in recent years.

49057  laboratory- discussion  ABG 01:00 PM - 03:40 PM MW  room 308
Art and Design Bldg 
Burkus-Chasson, A 
4 hours
Topic: Collecting East Asia. Graduate section. This course is about practices of collecting things from China, Japan, and Korea. What was the attraction that these things held historically inside and outside East Asia? How did the presence of these collections transform the artistic landscape in the places they were held? Besides considering the historical circumstances of collecting East Asia, we shall make an ethnographic study of local collections of East Asian art in Urbana and Champaign. This part of the course will involve the production of video documentaries by students in the course. The documentaries will be exhibited on campus at a conference on Collecting East Asia planned for Spring 2008. Neither previous knowledge of East Asian art is required nor expertise in the production of a video. Contact Professor Burkus-Chasson with questions. Facilities charge 75.00 dollars.

49055  laboratory- discussion  ABU 01:00 PM - 03:40 PM MW  room 308
Art and Design Bldg 
Burkus-Chasson, A 
3 hours
Topic: Collecting East Asia. Undergraduate section. This course is about practices of collecting things from China, Japan, and Korea. What was the attraction that these things held historically inside and outside East Asia? How did the presence of these collections transform the artistic landscape in the places they were held? Besides considering the historical circumstances of collecting East Asia, we shall make an ethnographic study of local collections of East Asian art in Urbana and Champaign. This part of the course will involve the production of video documentaries by students in the course. The documentaries will be exhibited on campus at a conference on Collecting East Asia planned for Spring 2008. Neither previous knowledge of East Asian art is required nor expertise in the production of a video. Contact Professor Burkus-Chasson with questions. Facilities charge 75.00 dollars.

49432  lecture- discussion  EHG 09:00 AM - 11:40 AM  room 210A
Architecture Bldg 
Hostetter, E 
4 hours
Topic: Ethics of Archaeology, Collecting and Museums. Graduate section.

49431  lecture- discussion  EHU 09:00 AM - 11:40 AM  room 210A
Architecture Bldg 
Hostetter, E 
3 hours
Topic: Ethics of Archaeology, Collecting and Museums. Undergraduate section.