The Department of Art offers a rich menu of historical courses covering the visual culture of most of the world's regions. Beginning with 100-level introductory courses, students may progress through lecture courses, colloquia, and seminars encompassing art and architecture from ancient to modern times. Courses are regularly offered on the art of Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
Courses in the history of art are prefixed ARH. Some art history courses (colloquia and seminars) have limited enrollment. Students planning to major in art history will find courses in literature, philosophy, religion, and history taken in the first two years valuable. A reading knowledge of foreign languages will be helpful for some historical courses. Each of the historical courses may require one or more trips to Boston, New York or other places in the vicinity for the study of original works of art.
Advisers: Brigitte Buettner, Lee Burns, John Davis, Craig Felton, John Gibson, Susan Heideman, Barbara Kellum, Dana Leibsohn, John Moore, Gary Niswonger, Dwight Pogue, Marylin Rhie, Frazer Ward, Lynne Yamamoto.
Art History Adviser for Study Abroad: John Moore.
Areas of Study
Courses in the history of art are divided into areas that reflect various general time periods. These divisions are: Group I: 200, 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214, 216 Group II: 220, 222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 232, 234 Group III: 240, 242, 244, 246, 250, 252, 254, 255, 258, 292 Group IV: 260, 261, 263, 264, 265, 270, 272, 274, 276, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283, 293 No course counting toward the major or minor may be taken for an S/U grade, except ARS 398 and ARS 399. Students entering Smith College in the Fall 2004 semester (or after) are subject to the following requirements. All others have the option of following this set of requirements, or the one in effect when they arrived at the College or declared their major.
Requirements: eleven courses, which will include:
1. Two 100-level courses selected from two of the
following categories:
a: colloquia (ARH 101)
b: non-western survey (ARH 120 or 130)
c: western survey (ARH 140)
2. one course in studio art
3. seven additional history of art courses. Students must take at least one course in each of four areas of study (Groups I-IV). Normally, five of the history of art courses counted toward the major must be taken at Smith. No more than three of these seven may be in a single distribution group.
4. one seminar in history of art (to be taken at Smith). Seminars do not count toward the distribution requirement.
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Albrecht Durer
Adam and Eve
German, 1471 - 1528
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