History of Art
History of Art introduces students to the history of art, architecture, and visual culture of world civilization from pre-history to the present. Courses emphasize the interrelation between art and the cultures that produced it, with special attention to social, economic, political, religious, and philosophical contexts.
Coordinator: Justine De Young
Requirements
Complete five of the following courses, one of which must be a G9.
Courses marked with an asterisk fulfill the G9 requirement.
| Course | Credits |
|---|---|
| HA 111 History of Western Art and Civilization: Ancient Prehistory Through the Middle Ages | |
| HA 112 HISTORY OF WESTERN ART AND CIVILIZATION: RENAISSANCE TO MODERN ERA | |
| HA 114 PREHISTORIC ART | |
| HA 121 CITIES AND CIVILIZATIONS: THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN WORLD, C. 3000 BCE-1000 CE* | |
| HA 201 HISTORY OF FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY | |
| HA 202 FEMINIST ART HISTORIES, THEORIES AND PRACTICES | |
| HA 203 HISTORY OF DECORATIVE ARTS: JEWELRY AND METALWORK | |
| HA 205 ITALIAN ART IN CONTEXT | |
| HA 206 THE ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT EGYPT* | |
| HA 207 ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN VENICE | |
| HA 208 EARTH MATTERS: ART & ENVIRONMENT IN ANCIENT EGYPT AND WESTERN ASIA* | |
| HA/PE 210 DEVOTIONAL ART AND DANCE OF THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT AND WEST ASIA* | |
| HA 211 ASIAN AMERICAN ART AND DESIGN | |
| HA 212 RENAISSANCE ART | |
| HA 213 ROME: A CULTURAL HISTORY IN PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND ARCHITECTURE | |
| HA 214 ART IN NEW YORK | |
| HA 215 HISTORY OF MENSWEAR | |
| HA 216 AMERICAN INDIAN ART AND CIVILIZATION* | |
| HA 217/FI 224 HISTORY OF AVANT GARDE FILM | |
| HA 218 ART AND MYTH IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD | |
| HA 219 AFRICAN AMERICAN ART | |
| HA 220 HISTORY OF INTERIOR DESIGN: THE MODERN INTERIOR AS SPACE AND IMAGE | |
| HA 221 EAST ASIAN ART AND CIVILIZATION* | |
| HA 223 AFRICAN ART AND CIVILIZATION* | |
| HA 224 MESOAMERICAN ART AND CIVILIZATION* | |
| HA 225 ART AND CIVILIZATION OF INDIA* | |
| HA 226 ART AND CIVILIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD* | |
| HA 227 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION IN ISRAEL* | |
| HA 228 OCEANIC ART AND CIVILIZATION* | |
| HA 229 KOREAN ART AND CIVILIZATION* | |
| HA 230 MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART* | |
| HA 231 MODERN ART HA 232 DADA AND SURREALISM | |
| HA 233 CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL FASHION | |
| HA 234 WARHOL AND POP (PREREQ HA112) | |
| HA 236 QUEERING ART HISTORY AND WESTERN VISUAL CULTURE | |
| HA 237 GLOBAL FASHION: ANCIENT ORIGINS TO MODERN STYLES | |
| HA 238 ART AND DESIGN IN MOROCCO | |
| HA 239 THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN TEXTILES AND FASHION | |
| HA 240 MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY KOREAN ART | |
| HA 243 HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY | |
| HA 244 ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN PARIS | |
| HA 251/FI 234 FILM GENRES: HORROR | |
| HA 252/FI 241 HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AND SOVIET FILM | |
| HA 271 JAPANESE ART AND CIVILIZATION* | |
| HA/MA 272 MATHEMATICS AND ISLAMIC ART* | |
| HA 300 ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC: C. 1100–1800 | |
| HA 301 FASHION AND IMPRESSIONISM (HONORS) | |
| HA 302 BAROQUE SPLENDOR: ART & CULTURE IN THE 17TH CENTURY EUROPE | |
| HA 303 TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN ASIAN ART & DESIGN | |
| HA 304 HOLOCAUST REPRESENTATION IN ART (HONORS) | |
| HA 305 HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY TEXTILE DESIGN | |
| HA 306 FAR FROM HOME: TRAVEL NARRATIVES AND ART HISTORY (HONORS) | |
| HA 308 GODDESSES, WOMEN, POWER AND PATRONAGE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD (HONORS) | |
| HA 309 HISTORY OF BUSINESS IN THE VISUAL ARTS: 1800-2000 | |
| HA 310 GLOBAL CONTEMPORARIES IN THE WORLD OF ART* | |
| HA 311 MEDIEVAL ART | |
| HA 314 HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART | |
| HA 315/FI 242 ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM* | |
| HA 316 THE BAUHAUS | |
| HA 317 ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART AND CIVILIZATION | |
| HA 318 REPOSITIONING ANCIENT EGYPT AND RETHINKING EGYPTOLOGY | |
| HA 319 ART HISTORY AND CONSERVATION | |
| HA/PL 330 APPROACHES TO FASHION THEORY | |
| HA 331 CONTEMPORARY ART AND ARCHITECTURE: 1945 TO THE PRESENT | |
| HA 332 MODERN ARCHITECTURE | |
| HA 333 CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY AND NEW MEDIA | |
| HA 342 HISTORY OF TEXTILE DESIGN | |
| HA 344 HISTORY OF WESTERN COSTUME | |
| HA 345 HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN | |
| HA 346 20TH-CENTURY FASHION AND ART | |
| HA 347/FI 262 COSTUME AND FASHION IN FILM | |
| HA 348 HISTORY OF THE MODERN PRINTED IMAGE | |
| HA 381 THE WORD AND THE PAGE: A HISTORY OF WRITING AND BOOKS (HONORS) | |
| HA 382 BEAUTY: THE HUMAN IDEAL IN VISUAL CULTURE (HONORS) | |
| HA 383 ART OF THE SILK ROAD: CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS (HONORS)* | |
| HA 384 AMERICAN NARRATIVES IN NYC MUSEUMS | |
| HA 385 Racism and Antiracism in Public Art and Architecture of the United States (Honors) | |
| HA 391 THE BAUHAUS (HONORS) | |
| HA 392 THE ART OF VENICE: TITIAN TO TIEPOLO (HONORS) | |
| HA 393 ART AND MYTH IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD (HONORS) | |
| HA 394 HISTORY OF NEW YORK ARCHITECTURE (HONORS) | |
| HA 395 STUDIES IN AMERICAN INDIAN ART AND CULTURE (HONORS)* | |
| HA 396 ART AND PATRONAGE IN THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE (HONORS) | |
| HA 397 STUDIES IN MAYA ART AND CULTURE (HONORS)* | |
| HA 398 ARCHITECTURE AND FAITH: ANCIENT AND ISLAMIC CITIES (HONORS)* | |
| HA 411 WESTERN THEORIES OF ART HA 462 ART AND ETHICS |
Courses marked with * fulfill the G9 Other World Civilization requirement.
Please check the Undergraduate Catalog for course descriptions and any prerequisite information.