ARTH_V 101 (3) Ways of Seeing: Introduction to Visual Studies
Drawing on examples from across history and around the world, this course deals with the role of the visual in society, culture, and everyday experience.
Not every course is given every year. For details of current offerings, consult the departmental website at www.ahva.ubc.ca. Students wishing to take fourth-year seminars should normally have had a closely related third-year course and are advised to check with the instructor in this regard. Credit will be given to either the current ARTH_V listing or its former FINA_V equivalent.
Drawing on examples from across history and around the world, this course deals with the role of the visual in society, culture, and everyday experience.
Concepts and issues critical to the understanding of art and its histories in a global context.
Art, architecture, and material culture of the Byzantine Empire situated in the eastern Mediterranean (c. 300-1453); focus on social and cultural contexts of artistic production, including interactions with neighboring cultures. Credit will only be granted for one of ARTH 210, CNRS 207 or AMNE 279. Equivalency: AMNE 279
A thematic study of the relationship between patrons and audiences in painting, sculpture, and architecture through the 15th century.
Tensions and conflicts resulting from the expansion of trade and encounters among cultures, ethnicities, and religious practices, explored in visual art and architecture from the sixteenth century to the advent of the modern era.
Select issues in 20th-century art and the visual and built environment.
Feminist art and visual culture, from the political activism of the feminist first wave to its intersections with present-day social justice movements.
A thematic examination of Asian arts, such as historic, religious, and secular painting and sculpture to contemporary visual culture.
Select built forms in Asia, such as temples, tombs, palaces, cities and gardens, and their relations to cultural, social and political systems.
The relevance of various arts to social institutions in ancient societies of Peru and Mesoamerica.
A survey of the artistic production by Indigenous peoples of North America from pre-contact times to the present.
Intersections between visual art and the moving image in both a theoretical and historical context.
Theories, problems, and literature in the study of art history. Required of all Major and Honours students in art history. Prerequisite: 3 credits of ARTH coursework at any level. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Comparative exploration of art practices and their relationship to colonial and postcolonial histories. Credit will be granted for only one of ARTH 309 or AFST 309. Equivalency: AFST 309
Visual culture and religious diversity of the Late Roman Empire (2nd-7th c.); social, political, and religious contexts of art, including diverse viewing practices and cultural frameworks. Credit will only be granted for one of ARTH 310, CNRS 333 or AMNE 379. Equivalency: AMNE 379
From pagan adornment to Christian devotion to service of Christian or Islamic rule (AD 500-1000). Art and architecture of the Early Medieval world's diverse and transforming social, political, cultural contexts.
Art in Europe between 1000 and 1200; the role of monasteries as leading institutions and patrons of art and large-scale architecture.
Diversification of the arts and architecture with the expansion of patronage in late medieval society. Credit will be granted for only one of ARTH 313 or ARTH 333. Equivalency: ARTH 333.
An overview of the archaeology of the ancient Near East, with special emphasis on the civilizations of Mesopotamia, from the appearance of the first cities (c. 3400 BCE) to the end of the Persian period (c. 330 BCE). AMNE 170 recommended as preparation. Credit will only be granted for one of ARTH 319, NEST 319, or AMNE 372 Equivalency: AMNE 372
Role of visual art and culture within Catholic Spain and colonial Latin America is surveyed, with emphasis on transculturation from mudejar to mestizaje.
Visual art and culture within the social, political, and religious contexts of the Papacy and the city-states ca. 1350-1550 (Siena, Florence, Venice, Mantua).
Focus primarily on Rome as the center of artistic, cultural, economic, and religious power in the seventeenth century.
Early Modern painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts from the great devotional triptychs, through the Reformation, to the emergence of a secular art (1400-1600).
The role of visual art in 17th century court cultures, commercial urban centres, and emergent nation states.
The material remains of the ancient Egyptians from monumental tombs and temples to the artifacts of daily life; the development of Egyptian civilization from the rise of the first rulers to its incorporation into the Roman Empire. Credit will only be granted for one of ARTH 325, NEST 304, or AMNE 371. Equivalency: AMNE 371
Visual culture of the ancient Greek world in the second and first millennia BCE, especially from c. 1000 to 30 BCE. Credit will only be granted for one of ARTH 331, CLST 331, or AMNE 376. Equivalency: AMNE 376
Visual culture of the ancient Roman world from the 8th century BCE to the 4th century CE. Credit will only be granted for one of ARTH 332, CLST 332, or AMNE 377. Equivalency: AMNE 377
Art, architecture, and social space in Europe and America: redefining gender, identity and nation in the era of industrialization and political change.
Ideologies of gender, class, race, ethnicity, and economics in 19th-century European and American visual culture.
A critical survey of western art and cultural production from the turn of the century to the development of Pop Art.
A critical examination of international visual art and culture from the 1950s to the present; the role of art in consumerist society and the emergence of postmodernism.
Analyses of specific works and texts will emphasize visual inventions and meaning in the light of recent theoretical debates
The institutions and art movements that constructed a view to the country now known as Canada, from colonial contact, to Confederation, through the mid-1900s. Emphasis on the significance of locality and situated approaches to understanding the land.
Radical shifts in thinking about Canadian art and culture since the mid-20th century. The art movements, debates, and institutions that contribute to the complexity of artistic approaches to representing Canada today.
History and theory of photography, from the competitive context of invention in the 1830s to contemporary uses in social media.
The role of architecture within the development of the modern state. A survey of broad cultural dynamics, particular building projects and design careers.
An examination of new requirements imposed on architecture by the consolidation of a capitalist economy, industrialization, new technologies and scientific methods.
The role of architecture in the imposition of European governance within North America; the modification of received conventions in relation to topographical, ethnic-religious and political factors.
The emergence of a distinctive architecture that superseded British and European agendas; the growth of private and public patronage and the establishment of modern design and practice.
Contextualizing the complex language of images in the Islamic world.
A thematic and comparative study of visual arts and architecture in their urban contexts.
North and South Indian art and architecture with an emphasis on Buddhism and Hinduism.
Art of the Himalayan region situated within social and religious practices, festivals, and performances.
The complex relationship of Mughal imperial architecture and painting with those of the Hindu Rajput courts.
The development of a new Indian art during the colonial period and nationalist movement; the construction of India's contemporary visual culture.
The commission, production, preservation, and transmission of Chinese monuments and artworks focusing on the court and questions of cultural policies.
Close analyses of Chinese tomb objects and tombs as spatial constructs in their historical, ritual, and social context.
Analyses visual narratives and relationships between painting, calligraphy, and poetry in court and literati painting.
Chinese art and its global entanglements from Qing Encounters to the 21st century.
Changing relationship between art objects and the built environment in the Japanese archipelago, in its social and historical context.
Key debates in the history of painting and its institutionalization.
Historical and theoretical questions concerning the development of print media in Japan, from Edo period woodcuts to the advent of digital technologies.
Self and community in the art and visual culture of modern Japan.
Pre-Aztec monumental and portable arts of the Olmec, Zapotec, Teotihuacan and Classic Veracruz peoples.
Symbolic meanings and political agendas of Aztec architecture, sculpture and manuscript illustration investigated using Spanish accounts.
Architecture, sculpture, costume, and visual productions associated with Maya public ritual, including the ancient ball game and modern cofradÃa dances.
Social context and meaning of the Maya's elaborate architecture, sculpture, mural paintings, jewelry, ceramics, figurines, and textiles, ancient and modern, of residences from humble to palatial.
The histories, historiography and cultural diversity of the Northern Northwest Coast region; persistence and innovation in the arts in communities, and in cross-cultural and market spheres.
The histories, historiography and cultural diversity of the Southern Northwest Coast region; persistence and innovation in the arts in communities, and in cross-cultural and market spheres.
Relationship between artistic practice and media, examined through a history of paradigm shifts in technology.
Critical approach to the figure of the artist in art, film and texts, from the Early Modern period to the present.
Issues in the history of art through the lens of queer theory.
Diverse forms of human contact and creative collaboration, their effects on art and art-making, and their capacity to challenge conventions of artistic genius as dependent on masculinity, singularity, and heteronormativity. ARTH 382 recommended as preparation.
Reparative possibilities of art and art history as ways of sensing and responding to human impact on planetary life. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Key debates in the art of Africa and the African diaspora. Credit will be granted for only one of ARTH 410 or AFST 410. Equivalency: AFST 410 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will be granted for only one of ARTH 432, ARTH 431, ARTH 433. Equivalency: ARTH 431, ARTH 433 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will be granted for only one of ARTH 439 or ARTH 438. Equivalency: ARTH 438 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
The complex interrelations between film and the city; dominant urban theories, film technologies and viewing practices and the intersections between them. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Key debates in the field of art and architecture in the Islamic World.
Credit will be granted for only one of ARTH 455 or ARTH 457, ARTH 458. Equivalency: ARTH 457, ARTH 458 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will be granted for only one of ARTH 457, ARTH 451, ARTH 452. Equivalency: ARTH 451, ARTH 452 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will be granted for only one of ARTH 459, ARTH 451, ARTH 452. Equivalency: ARTH 451, ARTH 452 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will be granted for only one of ARTH 464, ARTH 453, ARTH 454. Equivalency: ARTH 453, ARTH 454 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will be granted for only one of ARTH 471, ARTH 463, ARTH 465. Equivalency: ARTH 463, ARTH 465 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will be granted for only one of ARTH 476, ARTH 469. Equivalency: ARTH 469 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Advanced performance art practices and research methodologies. Credit will be granted for only one of ARTH 479 or VISA 479. Equivalency: VISA 479 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
A thematic examination of key arguments in visual and digital media theory, focusing on developments in lens-based and digital media in relationship to twentieth-century and contemporary artistic practice.
Prerequisite: ARTH 300. and departmental approval. Interested students may contact the department for details on how to proceed. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Required of all art history graduate students. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
The credit value for this course will be determined in consultation with the student prior to the registration. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.