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ART HISTORY (ARTH)

Chair: Alison Hilton (202) 687-7010
Art History Department Website

FIRST SESSION (June 2-July 3)

British Painting: Holbein-Hockney
Billman
ARTH-151-10
MTWR 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
3 cr.

This survey of British painting will chronicle artists over the past five centuries, focusing on the importance of portraiture in British art.  The works of such portrait masters as Holbein, van Dyke, Gainsborough, the Pre-Raphaelites and contemporary British painters will be studied in detail.

SECOND SESSION (July 7-August 8)

Introduction to Art History I: Ancient to Medieval Art
Peterson
ARTH-101-20
M-F 1:00-3:00 p.m.
3 cr.

This class will focus on major monuments of western art from the prehistoric birth of representational art through the thirteenth century, with emphasis on ancient and medieval civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean basin.

Renaissance to Modern Art
Tilney
ARTH-102-20
MTWR 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
3 cr.

This course is designed to introduce students to the significant achievements of European painters, sculptors, and architects from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.