An introduction to contemporary visual culture, its current controversies and its historical roots. The avant-grade movements of the modern period and...
This course considers the visual arts in the Western tradition from prehistory through the Middle Ages. Emphasis will be placed on historical and...
A consideration of the visual arts in the Western tradition. Emphasis will be placed on historical and critical analysis of key monuments and on the...
This course is an exploration of Latin American art in the context of cultural, social and political experience, with emphasis on the work of the...
An introduction to the aboriginal cultures of North, South, and Central America with special emphasis on the pre-contact period. The interdisciplinary...
In art, the 20th century has been referred to as 'The American Century.' Artists in the USA have a tradition of creating new visual languages, of...
The course will examine the history of collections, traditions of cultural representation and display, constructions of authenticity, trade and...
A survey of Ancient Greek Art and Archaeology, with stress on form and function plus stylistic trends and aesthetic values. The course will illuminate...
An investigation of architectural theory and practice within the social and spatial complexities of national and international life.
An introduction to the history of photography through to its application in contemporary visual arts. (Offered in even-numbered years.)
This course provides an overview of some of the most significant methodological approaches and critical practices used by art historians to write...
An overview of the visual arts in Canada from the earliest times to the present, with emphasis on the diverse contributions made by the First Nations,...
This course considers visual arts during a period when the Christian church built a new synthesis out of the legacies of the late Roman Empire and its...
This course will investigate the myths and realities of the Renaissance in the visual arts. The artists to be studied will include Giotto, Duccio,...
A study of the historical avant-gardes in the social and political contexts of the period 1900-1950. (Offered in even-numbered years.)
A study of visual culture as it was transformed by the revolutions - industrial, political, and colonial - of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries....
The visual arts in an age of religious crisis and the growth of great trading empires will be examined. (Offered in odd-numbered years.)
The wide range of contemporary Canadian visual arts, from painting to new technological media, from 'high' culture to punk, will be examined in the...
This course investigates the history and artistic traditions of pre-contact America with special focus on selected cultural areas. The course will...
This course investigates what constitutes the 'public' and the 'private' domain in the arenas of art and visual culture. Provocative iconography,...