An historical and analytical introduction to the hisotry of art, covering ther period from ca. 1350 CE to the present, that considers representative objects and monuments in their context and proposes ways of understanding visual evidence. V.1, V.6a.

Area II, Renaissance and Baroque. Prerequisite: First-year students with permission. An introduction to the art of Northern Europe. Examples of painting, sculpture, architecture, and printmaking produced in the Netherlands, France, and Germany between 1400 and 1600 will be examined. Offered alternate years. V.1, V.6a

Area II, Renaissance and Baroque. Prerequisite: First-year students with permission. An introduction to the art of the Early Renaissance in Italy. Examples of painting, sculpture, architecture, and printmaking produced in Italy between 1200 and 1500 will be examined. Offered every third semester. V.1, V.6a

Area II, Renaissance and Baroque. Prerequisite: First-year students with permission. An introduction to the art of Western Europe in the 17th century. Examples of painting, sculpture, architecture, and printmaking produced in Italy, France, Germany, Britain, Spain, and the Netherlands between 1600 and 1700 will be examined in detail. Offered every third semester. V.1, V.6a

Area III, 18th Century to the Present. A study of the artistic development of the United States from the early nineteenth century through the early twentieth century. Paintings, architecture, and the decorative arts will all be considered with an emphasis on major artists, architects, and artisans, and the ways in which these groups influenced and responded to artistic and stylistic trends in America and from an increasingly international perspective. Offered alternate years. III.O, V.6a

Developments in British architecture from the Tudors to Victoria. The decorative arts (furniture, silver, ceramics, and glass) will be emphasized in their architectural setting. Offered alternate years. III.O, V.6a

Area I, Ancient and Medieval. This course will cover Roman material culture (art and architecture) including its roots in Etruscan architecture and sculpture (8th-6th century B.C.), the development of portraiture during the Republic, the art and architecture of the Roman Empire (including Pompeii), and the art and architecture of the Constantinian period (4th century A.D.). Included will be readings and discussions regarding the problems of chronology and dating of ancient artifacts, as well as the use of ancient literary sources to place artifacts in their context. Students will do a project utilizing Sweet Briar's classical antiquities collection. Offered alternate years. May be counted toward the majors and minors in archaeology and classical studies. V.1, V.6a

Prerequisite: First-year students with permission. A survey of the arts of Asia, including architecture, sculpture, ceramics, metalwork, painting, printmaking, and calligraphy from the neolithic to the modern period. While this class will chart the course of technical and stylistic developments in these media, the primary focus will be on understanding the cultural and social contexts in which these arts developed. Offered alternate years. V.4, V.6a

Area III, 18th Century to the Present. The course will focus on visual culture from a global viewpoint beginning around 1970 and continuing through the present day. Traditional art forms, such as painting, sculpture, and architecture, as well as art that draws from a wide variety of media, including digital, environmental, and body art, will be covered. Particular emphasis will be placed on art that is being produced at present. V.1, V.6a

Area III, 18th Century to the Present. Prerequisite: One course in ARTH or GNDR. A study of women artists in Europe and the Americas in which considerable attention is paid to the cultural conditions in which these artists worked and the obstacles they encountered in making their art. Artists of the periods preceding the eighteenth century will be briefly introduced, but emphasis will be on the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Articles by feminist art historians and critics comprise the major portion of the reading list. May be counted as a core course toward the minor in gender studies. III.O, V.5, V.6a

Area III, 18th Century to the Present. Prerequisite: ARTH 116; ARTH 211 recommended. A study of such major trends as Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and symbolism within a cultural and historical context. Their importance as foundations of 20th-Century Modernism will be stressed. New critical approaches to the material will be considered. V.6a

Area I, Ancient and Medieval. Prerequisite: ARTH 115. Selected interdisciplinary topics in medieval art will be studied in depth. Course content will vary from year to year.

Area II, Renaissance and Baroque. Selected topics in renaissance and baroque art will be studied in depth. Course content will vary from year to year.

Area II, Renaissance and Baroque. Prerequisite: ARTH 116. Using both primary and secondary sources, the seminar will examine Baroque art in relation to contemporary art theory in the 17th and early 18th centuries. Offered alternate years. V.6a

Prerequisites: 100-level ARTH course and permission of the instructor. The study of an intermediate level topic by an individual student or by a small group of students under the immediate supervision of a faculty member.

Prerequisite: Open only to senior art history majors. An examination of selected topics in the history of art. Specific requirements of the course will be decided in consultation with the majors each year and may include papers, oral reports, and written examinations. This course is designated as the culminating exercise in the major and is required of all majors. III.O, III.W, V.6a