ARTHIST 101 Ancient and Medieval Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate. The great originative styles of Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the Christian West in architecture, sculpture, and painting.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021.
ARTHIST 102 Renaissance to Modern Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate. Representative masters in the historical development of European painting, sculpture, and architecture from the fifteenth century to the present.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021.
ARTHIST 103 History of Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate. Architecture from Stonehenge to the present, examining the nature of the art, major styles and significant architects, and relation to society, technology, and the environment.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018.
ARTHIST 104 African, New World and Oceanic Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate. Major art forms in oceanic, pre-Columbian, American Indian, and African art; their functions and meanings.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2020.
ARTHIST 105 Asian Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate. Functions and meanings of major art forms in the art of Asia, including India, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018.
ARTHIST 111 Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, and the Internet
3 cr. Undergraduate. History of film, television, and the Internet. Focus on economic and aesthetic features of these media and interrelationships among them. Models for critiquing each form.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: HU
Course Rules: ArtHist 111, English 111, & FilmStd 111 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021.
ARTHIST 192 First-Year Seminar:
3 cr. Undergraduate. The specific topics are announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the class is offered.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: HU
Course Rules: Open only to freshmen. Students may earn cr in just one L&S First-Year Sem (course numbers 192, 193, 194).
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2005, Fall 2002, Fall 2001.
ARTHIST 205 History of Film I: Development of an Art
3 cr. Undergraduate. The technology, style, history, and theory of the medium. Aesthetic advances from silent to color and sound films. Contributions of various nationalities and artists.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: HU
Course Rules: ArtHist 205 & FilmStd 205 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018.
ARTHIST 206 History of Film II: Development of an Art
3 cr. Undergraduate. The technology, style, history, and theory of the medium. Aesthetic advances from silent to color and sound films. Contributions of various nationalities and artists.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: HU
Course Rules: ArtHist 206 & FilmStd 206 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019.
ARTHIST 210 The Art and Architecture of the First Cities: A Global Perspective
3 cr. Undergraduate. The art and monuments of the first cities of the ancient world from the Near East to the Americas which gave rise to urbanization as we know it.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: HU
ARTHIST 220 Introduction to Medieval Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate. Introduces key principles of artistic production in the late Roman, early Christian, Byzantine, and Medieval periods, c. 150-800 CE, including the style, the role of the Bible in medieval image theory, iconography, and typology.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2013.
ARTHIST 237 Northern Renaissance Art
3 cr. Undergraduate. Painting, graphics, and sculpture, 1364-1569; their influence on great 15th- and 16th-century styles. Main French, Dutch, and German artistic developments in historical context.
Prerequisites: soph st.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2015.
ARTHIST 240 Introduction to Prints and Printmaking: History and Techniques
3 cr. Undergraduate. The history of print media and its development in Europe, Asia, and the Americas since 1450. Emphasis on historical, artistic, material, cultural contexts.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2018.
ARTHIST 241 Introduction to Baroque Art
3 cr. Undergraduate. Representative masters of the 17th century, including Caravaggio, Rubens, Rembrandt, Bernini, Velazquez, and Poussin.
Prerequisites: soph st.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2013, Fall 2011, Spring 2010.
ARTHIST 250 Introduction to American Art
3 cr. Undergraduate. Traces major artists, styles, themes, and issues in American painting, sculpture, and photography from colonial through contemporary periods.
Prerequisites: soph st.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2016.
ARTHIST 251 Introduction to the Art and Architecture of Latin America
3 cr. Undergraduate. Art and architecture of Latin America from 1492 to the mid-twentieth century.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2013.
ARTHIST 255 Survey of Italian Renaissance Painting and Sculpture
3 cr. Undergraduate. Overview of Italian Renaissance art, tracing its origins with the painter Giotto in the fourteenth century to its culmination in Michelangelo's sixteenth-century masterpieces.
Prerequisites: none
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2014.
ARTHIST 260 Spanish Visual Art and Culture: 1450-1830
3 cr. Undergraduate. Masterpieces by Spanish artists, including El Greco, Velazquez, and Goya; the social and intellectual forces at play in their works.
Prerequisites: soph st.
ARTHIST 261 Modern Art
3 cr. Undergraduate. Survey of characteristics and developments of modern art movements. Representative theories, groups, and personalities.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2017.
ARTHIST 270 Pre-Columbian Art, Myth, and Legacy
3 cr. Undergraduate. The conquest of the Americas and the art of three Pre-Columbian civilizations: the Aztec, Maya, and Inca.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Spring 2015, Fall 2012.
ARTHIST 281 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art
3 cr. Undergraduate. Comprehensive survey of modern and contemporary Chinese art history.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2012.
ARTHIST 289 Internship in Art History, Lower Division
1-6 cr. Undergraduate. Application of basic principles of art history in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Course Rules: One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hours in internship. May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2005, Spring 2003.
ARTHIST 297 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate. Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: acceptance for Study Abroad Prog.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018.
ARTHIST 299 Ad Hoc:
1-6 cr. Undergraduate. Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem.
Prerequisites: none; add'l prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 1997, Spring 1997, Fall 1995, Spring 1995.
ARTHIST 307 Film Directors:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Comprehensive analysis of the technique, style, and themes of specific major film artists. Biographical, cultural, artistic influences on artists' work.
Prerequisites: jr st; ArtHist 205(R) or 305(R).
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max. ArtHist 307 & FilmStd 307 are jointly offered; w/same topic they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Spring 2013.
ARTHIST 307G Film Directors:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Comprehensive analysis of the technique, style, and themes of specific major film artists. Biographical, cultural, artistic influences on artists' work.
Prerequisites: jr st; ArtHist 205(R) or 305(R).
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max. ArtHist 307 & FilmStd 307 are jointly offered; w/same topic they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Spring 2013.
ARTHIST 308 Film Styles:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. A stylistic analysis of film of major filmmakers made within the structures of particular genres, such as gangsters, musicals, westerns, horror, science fiction and studios.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max. ArtHist 308 & FilmStd 308 are jointly offered; w/same topic they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Spring 2014.
ARTHIST 308G Film Styles:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. A stylistic analysis of film of major filmmakers made within the structures of particular genres, such as gangsters, musicals, westerns, horror, science fiction and studios.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max. ArtHist 308 & FilmStd 308 are jointly offered; w/same topic they count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Spring 2014.
ARTHIST 312 Minoan and Mycenaean Art and Archaeology
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Architecture, sculpture, and painting in the Aegean during the Bronze Age, with emphasis on recent archaeological discoveries.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2013, Spring 2011.
ARTHIST 312G Minoan and Mycenaean Art and Archaeology
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Architecture, sculpture, and painting in the Aegean during the Bronze Age, with emphasis on recent archaeological discoveries.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2013, Spring 2011.
ARTHIST 313 Greek Art and Archaeology
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Major developments in Greek art from Archaic times through the Hellenistic period. Emphasis on architecture, sculpture, and painting of the Archaic and Classical periods.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2021.
ARTHIST 313G Greek Art and Archaeology
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Major developments in Greek art from Archaic times through the Hellenistic period. Emphasis on architecture, sculpture, and painting of the Archaic and Classical periods.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2021.
ARTHIST 314 Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Ur, Gilgamesh, Mesopotamia; the art and archaeology of the first cities in the ancient Near East from the Neolithic to Alexander the Great's conquest.
Prerequisites: jr st; ArtHist 101(P).
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of ArtHist 499 w/same topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2021.
ARTHIST 314G Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Ur, Gilgamesh, Mesopotamia; the art and archaeology of the first cities in the ancient Near East from the Neolithic to Alexander the Great's conquest.
Prerequisites: jr st; ArtHist 101(P).
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of ArtHist 499 w/same topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2021.
ARTHIST 315 Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Architecture, arts, and crafts created for Egyptian kings, nobles, and commoners from the Predynastic period (5500 B.C.E.) to Cleopatra (31 B.C.E.).
Prerequisites: jr st; ArtHist 101(R).
Last Taught: Spring 2022.
ARTHIST 315G Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Architecture, arts, and crafts created for Egyptian kings, nobles, and commoners from the Predynastic period (5500 B.C.E.) to Cleopatra (31 B.C.E.).
Prerequisites: jr st; ArtHist 101(R).
Last Taught: Spring 2022.
ARTHIST 316 Roman Art and Archaeology
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Major developments in the evolution of Roman architecture, sculpture and painting from Republican through late Imperial times.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2015.
ARTHIST 316G Roman Art and Archaeology
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Major developments in the evolution of Roman architecture, sculpture and painting from Republican through late Imperial times.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Spring 2015.
ARTHIST 324 Early Christian and Byzantine Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Art and architecture of Constantinople and vicinity from the fourth to the fifteenth century.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2020.
ARTHIST 324G Early Christian and Byzantine Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Art and architecture of Constantinople and vicinity from the fourth to the fifteenth century.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2020.
ARTHIST 325 Early Medieval Art in the West
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Architecture, sculpture, metalwork, and manuscript illumination from c.500-c.1050 C.E. in Ireland, Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Scandinavia, and Northern Italy.
Prerequisites: jr st; ArtHist 101(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2010, Spring 2005.
ARTHIST 325G Early Medieval Art in the West
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Architecture, sculpture, metalwork, and manuscript illumination from c.500-c.1050 C.E. in Ireland, Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Scandinavia, and Northern Italy.
Prerequisites: jr st; ArtHist 101(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2010, Spring 2005.
ARTHIST 327 Caliphs, Emirs, & Kings: Art & Architecture of Medieval Spain
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Visual arts of the peoples that lived in Al-Andalus (the Arabic name for Muslim Spain) from the 8th to the 15th centuries.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2021.
ARTHIST 327G Caliphs, Emirs, & Kings: Art & Architecture of Medieval Spain
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Visual arts of the peoples that lived in Al-Andalus (the Arabic name for Muslim Spain) from the 8th to the 15th centuries.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2021.
ARTHIST 329 Late Medieval Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Church architecture, manuscript illumination, and architectural and figural sculpture from the Gothic era to the rise of the Renaissance.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2010, Spring 2009.
ARTHIST 329G Late Medieval Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Church architecture, manuscript illumination, and architectural and figural sculpture from the Gothic era to the rise of the Renaissance.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2010, Spring 2009.
ARTHIST 333 High Renaissance Art in Italy
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. The formation of the great style discussed in terms of the attainments of representative artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2022.
ARTHIST 333G High Renaissance Art in Italy
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. The formation of the great style discussed in terms of the attainments of representative artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2022.
ARTHIST 341 Art of the Dutch Golden Age
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. The development of art in Flanders and Holland during the seventeenth century, examining the works of artists Rubens, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Spring 2013.
ARTHIST 341G Art of the Dutch Golden Age
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. The development of art in Flanders and Holland during the seventeenth century, examining the works of artists Rubens, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Spring 2013.
ARTHIST 342 Art and Society in Renaissance Florence
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Masterpieces by artists including Donatello, Piero della Francesca, and Botticelli in concert with Florentine civic discourse on politics, religion, and gender.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2011, Fall 2007.
ARTHIST 342G Art and Society in Renaissance Florence
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Masterpieces by artists including Donatello, Piero della Francesca, and Botticelli in concert with Florentine civic discourse on politics, religion, and gender.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2011, Fall 2007.
ARTHIST 343 Art and Culture of Spain and Latin America, 1500-1750
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Art and culture in Spain and its empire, including Mexico and Peru. Major artists such as El Greco, Velázquez, and Ribera.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Fall 2015.
ARTHIST 343G Art and Culture of Spain and Latin America, 1500-1750
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Art and culture in Spain and its empire, including Mexico and Peru. Major artists such as El Greco, Velázquez, and Ribera.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Fall 2015.
ARTHIST 349 American Postmodernism 1960-2000
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Critical survey of Pop, Op, Kinetic, Systemic, Minimal, Colorfield, New-Realism, Antiform, Earthworks, Conceptual, and other avant-garde movements.
Prerequisites: ArtHist 102(P)
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2012.
ARTHIST 349G American Postmodernism 1960-2000
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Critical survey of Pop, Op, Kinetic, Systemic, Minimal, Colorfield, New-Realism, Antiform, Earthworks, Conceptual, and other avant-garde movements.
Prerequisites: ArtHist 102(P)
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2012.
ARTHIST 353 American Art: Colonial Period - 1870
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Architecture, painting, sculpture, and decorative arts of colonial America through the civil war period with emphasis on their aesthetic and social contexts.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2019.
ARTHIST 353G American Art: Colonial Period - 1870
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Architecture, painting, sculpture, and decorative arts of colonial America through the civil war period with emphasis on their aesthetic and social contexts.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2019.
ARTHIST 354 American Art: 1870 - Present
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts from 1870 to the present with emphasis on their aesthetic and social contexts.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2021.
ARTHIST 354G American Art: 1870 - Present
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts from 1870 to the present with emphasis on their aesthetic and social contexts.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2021.
ARTHIST 355 American Folk Art
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Survey of American folk art from colonization to the present. Emphasis on major styles and themes, regional developments, and relationship to the fine arts.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Spring 2010.
ARTHIST 355G American Folk Art
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Survey of American folk art from colonization to the present. Emphasis on major styles and themes, regional developments, and relationship to the fine arts.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Spring 2010.
ARTHIST 357 Rococo to Revolution: European Art, 1750-1850
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. History of European art and visual culture from 1750 to 1850.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Spring 2016.
ARTHIST 357G Rococo to Revolution: European Art, 1750-1850
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. History of European art and visual culture from 1750 to 1850.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Spring 2016.
ARTHIST 358 Realism to Post-Impressionism: European Art, 1850-1900
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Artistic developments including Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau; the modern art museum, the rise of the art market, the impact of global encounters, and new media (e.g. photography, film).
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016.
ARTHIST 358G Realism to Post-Impressionism: European Art, 1850-1900
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Artistic developments including Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau; the modern art museum, the rise of the art market, the impact of global encounters, and new media (e.g. photography, film).
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016.
ARTHIST 364 Modernism and the Avant-Garde, 1900-1960
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Overview of the major movements of this period (e.g., Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Dada, Surrealism, Pop Art) within a historical, political, and social context.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2021.
ARTHIST 364G Modernism and the Avant-Garde, 1900-1960
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Overview of the major movements of this period (e.g., Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Dada, Surrealism, Pop Art) within a historical, political, and social context.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2021.
ARTHIST 365 History of Photography
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. A survey of photography from its inception in 1826 to the present. Topics include stylistic and technological evolution, cultural impact, and aesthetic considerations of photography.
Prerequisites: jr st; ArtHist 102(R) or 357(R).
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Fall 2015.
ARTHIST 365G History of Photography
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. A survey of photography from its inception in 1826 to the present. Topics include stylistic and technological evolution, cultural impact, and aesthetic considerations of photography.
Prerequisites: jr st; ArtHist 102(R) or 357(R).
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Fall 2015.
ARTHIST 366 German Painting, 1800-1933
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Major German painters from Runge to Beckmann. Romantic art theory, landscape, Expressionism, and 'Neve Sachlichkeit.'
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2011, Spring 2007.
ARTHIST 366G German Painting, 1800-1933
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Major German painters from Runge to Beckmann. Romantic art theory, landscape, Expressionism, and 'Neve Sachlichkeit.'
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2011, Spring 2007.
ARTHIST 367 Latin American Modernisms
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Modernist developments in Latin American art, circa 1900 to circa 1960. National and regional histories and artistic trajectories; relationships between European and Latin American modernisms.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2009, Fall 2006.
ARTHIST 367G Latin American Modernisms
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Modernist developments in Latin American art, circa 1900 to circa 1960. National and regional histories and artistic trajectories; relationships between European and Latin American modernisms.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2009, Fall 2006.
ARTHIST 368 History of Modern Design
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. An investigation of the craft or decorative arts-specially furniture, ceramics, glass, metalwork, and textiles-from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the present.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2020.
ARTHIST 368G History of Modern Design
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. An investigation of the craft or decorative arts-specially furniture, ceramics, glass, metalwork, and textiles-from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the present.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2020.
ARTHIST 369 Introduction to Contemporary Art
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Legacies of Minimalism and Conceptual Art on global contemporary art movements such as site-specific art, earth and land art, institutional critique, body and performance art.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of ArtHist 470 w/same topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2019.
ARTHIST 369G Introduction to Contemporary Art
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Legacies of Minimalism and Conceptual Art on global contemporary art movements such as site-specific art, earth and land art, institutional critique, body and performance art.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of ArtHist 470 w/same topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2019.
ARTHIST 370 Trends in Contemporary Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Current trends in architectural practice, focusing on organic and animate built forms, as well as modular and portable structures within performative, digital, and visual architecture.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2020.
ARTHIST 370G Trends in Contemporary Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Current trends in architectural practice, focusing on organic and animate built forms, as well as modular and portable structures within performative, digital, and visual architecture.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2020.
ARTHIST 371 African Art
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Art of the indigenous peoples of different sections of Africa, with consideration of both aesthetic qualities and the social context of the art.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2021.
ARTHIST 371G African Art
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Art of the indigenous peoples of different sections of Africa, with consideration of both aesthetic qualities and the social context of the art.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2021.
ARTHIST 372 Art of the Inca and their Ancestors
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Native arts of South America before European contact; emphasis on artistic developments in the Andean region.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2022.
ARTHIST 372G Art of the Inca and their Ancestors
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Native arts of South America before European contact; emphasis on artistic developments in the Andean region.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2022.
ARTHIST 373 Art of Ancient Mexico and Central America
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Arts of ancient Mexico and Central America; emphasis on the Olmec, the Maya, and the Aztecs.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2010, Fall 2009.
ARTHIST 373G Art of Ancient Mexico and Central America
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Arts of ancient Mexico and Central America; emphasis on the Olmec, the Maya, and the Aztecs.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2010, Fall 2009.
ARTHIST 375 Art of the Aztec Empire
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Comprehensive introduction to the art of the Aztec Empire, including architecture, monumental sculpture, small-scale sculpture, ceramics, painting, lapidary work, goldwork, and featherwork.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of ArtHist 499 with same subtitle.
Last Taught: Spring 2008, Spring 2006.
ARTHIST 375G Art of the Aztec Empire
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Comprehensive introduction to the art of the Aztec Empire, including architecture, monumental sculpture, small-scale sculpture, ceramics, painting, lapidary work, goldwork, and featherwork.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of ArtHist 499 with same subtitle.
Last Taught: Spring 2008, Spring 2006.
ARTHIST 381 Honors Seminar:
3 cr. Undergraduate. Specific topics vary.
Prerequisites: soph st; Honors 200(P); cons Honors College dir.
General Education Requirements: HU
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019.
ARTHIST 382 Chinese Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Chinese bronzes, jades, painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Neolithic (5000 B.C.E.) to the modern period, including Buddhist, Daoist, Confucianist, and Communist art.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2020.
ARTHIST 382G Chinese Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Chinese bronzes, jades, painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Neolithic (5000 B.C.E.) to the modern period, including Buddhist, Daoist, Confucianist, and Communist art.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2020.
ARTHIST 383 Japanese Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Japanese temples, shrines, paintings, prints, and crafts from the Neolithic to the modern period, including films, Zen art, and the tea ceremony.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2022.
ARTHIST 383G Japanese Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Japanese temples, shrines, paintings, prints, and crafts from the Neolithic to the modern period, including films, Zen art, and the tea ceremony.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2022.
ARTHIST 384 Art and Archaeology of the Chinese Bronze Age
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. In-depth study of ritual bronzes and other crafts created for nobles and commoners of the Bronze Age, with emphasis on recent archaeological discoveries.
Prerequisites: jr st.
ARTHIST 384G Art and Archaeology of the Chinese Bronze Age
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. In-depth study of ritual bronzes and other crafts created for nobles and commoners of the Bronze Age, with emphasis on recent archaeological discoveries.
Prerequisites: jr st.
ARTHIST 386 Art, Ritual, and Ethnicity of China
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. In depth introduction to the ethnic arts and religions of China; architecture, painting, film, and religious ceremonies of Daoism, Buddhism, and Dongba.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2020.
ARTHIST 386G Art, Ritual, and Ethnicity of China
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. In depth introduction to the ethnic arts and religions of China; architecture, painting, film, and religious ceremonies of Daoism, Buddhism, and Dongba.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2020.
ARTHIST 387 Buddhist Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Buddhist arts and architectures of India, central Asia, China, Korea, Japan, and southeast Asia. Emphasis on Tibetan art.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2021.
ARTHIST 387G Buddhist Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Buddhist arts and architectures of India, central Asia, China, Korea, Japan, and southeast Asia. Emphasis on Tibetan art.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2021.
ARTHIST 412 Cities and Sanctuaries of Ancient Greece
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Development of Greek urban and religious architecture from Archaic through Hellenistic times. The growth of such centers as Athens, Delphi, Olympia, Paestum, Priene, and Pergamon.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2007, Spring 2005.
ARTHIST 412G Cities and Sanctuaries of Ancient Greece
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Development of Greek urban and religious architecture from Archaic through Hellenistic times. The growth of such centers as Athens, Delphi, Olympia, Paestum, Priene, and Pergamon.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2007, Spring 2005.
ARTHIST 413 Greek Sculpture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Development of sculpture from the Geometric Period through the Hellenistic age. All forms of sculpture considered, not just freestanding works.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2008, Spring 2007.
ARTHIST 413G Greek Sculpture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Development of sculpture from the Geometric Period through the Hellenistic age. All forms of sculpture considered, not just freestanding works.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2008, Spring 2007.
ARTHIST 425 The Age of Pilgrimage and Crusade: Romanesque Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Developments in art and architecture in the eleventh and twelfth centuries in France and Spain.
Prerequisites: junior standing, or completion of one of the following: ARTHIST 101(P) or ARTHIST 220(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2020.
ARTHIST 425G The Age of Pilgrimage and Crusade: Romanesque Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Developments in art and architecture in the eleventh and twelfth centuries in France and Spain.
Prerequisites: junior standing, or completion of one of the following: ARTHIST 101(P) or ARTHIST 220(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2020.
ARTHIST 426 The Age of the Great Cathedrals: Gothic Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Gothic art and architecture from its origins in the Ile-de-France through the High Gothic cathedrals to the European-wide diffusion of the Rayonnant style.
Prerequisites: jr st; ArtHist 101(R) or 220(R).
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Fall 2019.
ARTHIST 426G The Age of the Great Cathedrals: Gothic Art and Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Gothic art and architecture from its origins in the Ile-de-France through the High Gothic cathedrals to the European-wide diffusion of the Rayonnant style.
Prerequisites: jr st; ArtHist 101(R) or 220(R).
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Fall 2019.
ARTHIST 431 Renaissance Architecture in Italy
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Florentine and other Italian architecture in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; such artists as Brunelleschi, Alberti, Bramante, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Palladio.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2009, Fall 2005.
ARTHIST 431G Renaissance Architecture in Italy
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Florentine and other Italian architecture in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; such artists as Brunelleschi, Alberti, Bramante, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Palladio.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2009, Fall 2005.
ARTHIST 447 Topics in Early Modern Art:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Key themes, genres, and artists in European art from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries. Themes may include gender, politics, and religion.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2005.
ARTHIST 447G Topics in Early Modern Art:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Key themes, genres, and artists in European art from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries. Themes may include gender, politics, and religion.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2005.
ARTHIST 458 A Comparative History of Architecture and Urbanism:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Physical history of contrasting cities, concentrating on architectural development of all types: institutional, commercial, industrial, residential, and recreational. Emphasizes historical context as well as formal development.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2005, Spring 1998.
ARTHIST 458G A Comparative History of Architecture and Urbanism:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Physical history of contrasting cities, concentrating on architectural development of all types: institutional, commercial, industrial, residential, and recreational. Emphasizes historical context as well as formal development.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2005, Spring 1998.
ARTHIST 459 American Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Architecture in the United States from its beginnings in the 17th century to its absorption into international Modernism at the time of World War II.
Prerequisites: jr st; ArtHist 103(P) or 102(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2015, Spring 2010.
ARTHIST 459G American Architecture
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Architecture in the United States from its beginnings in the 17th century to its absorption into international Modernism at the time of World War II.
Prerequisites: jr st; ArtHist 103(P) or 102(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2015, Spring 2010.
ARTHIST 462 Frank Lloyd Wright
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. The work of America's and Wisconsin's best-known architect presented in its historical, cultural and philosophical contexts.
Prerequisites: jr st; one of the following courses recom: ArtHist 102(R), 359(R), 360(R), 459(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2011.
ARTHIST 462G Frank Lloyd Wright
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. The work of America's and Wisconsin's best-known architect presented in its historical, cultural and philosophical contexts.
Prerequisites: jr st; one of the following courses recom: ArtHist 102(R), 359(R), 360(R), 459(R).
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2011.
ARTHIST 463 Cubism and its Inheritance
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. The development of Cubism by Picasso and Braque and its progeny in Paris, in futuristic Italy, and in constructivist Russia.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Spring 2012.
ARTHIST 463G Cubism and its Inheritance
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. The development of Cubism by Picasso and Braque and its progeny in Paris, in futuristic Italy, and in constructivist Russia.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Spring 2012.
ARTHIST 465 Dada and Surrealist Art
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Two major twentieth-century art movements; their sources, major proponents, and later influence; Duchamp, De Chirico, Ernst, Giacometti, Picasso, Miro, Magritte, Dali.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2020.
ARTHIST 465G Dada and Surrealist Art
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Two major twentieth-century art movements; their sources, major proponents, and later influence; Duchamp, De Chirico, Ernst, Giacometti, Picasso, Miro, Magritte, Dali.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2020.
ARTHIST 469 American Artists Revealed:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Focus on prominent 19th and 20th century American master artists working in various genres and formal approaches.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Spring 2014.
ARTHIST 469G American Artists Revealed:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Focus on prominent 19th and 20th century American master artists working in various genres and formal approaches.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Spring 2014.
ARTHIST 470 Topics in American Art:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. In-depth examination of important themes, genres, or subgroups in the evolution of American art.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Spring 2016.
ARTHIST 470G Topics in American Art:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. In-depth examination of important themes, genres, or subgroups in the evolution of American art.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Spring 2016.
ARTHIST 471 Topics in Contemporary Art:
3 cr. Undergraduate. Art from the 1960s to the present.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
ARTHIST 472 History and Theory of New Media Art
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. The history and critical theory of new media artworks, focusing on artists who utilize interactive technologies.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2021.
ARTHIST 472G History and Theory of New Media Art
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. The history and critical theory of new media artworks, focusing on artists who utilize interactive technologies.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2021.
ARTHIST 473 Art and Performance
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Intersections between art and performance, beginning in the 1960s, and including performance and body art, live art, dance, and participatory or relational post-studio art practice.
Prerequisites: jr st.
ARTHIST 473G Art and Performance
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Intersections between art and performance, beginning in the 1960s, and including performance and body art, live art, dance, and participatory or relational post-studio art practice.
Prerequisites: jr st.
ARTHIST 474 Maya Art
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Ancient Maya art, with emphasis on the Classic Period florescence, its development, and major themes.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2012, Spring 2010.
ARTHIST 474G Maya Art
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Ancient Maya art, with emphasis on the Classic Period florescence, its development, and major themes.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2012, Spring 2010.
ARTHIST 480 Chinese Painting
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Major developments in Chinese painting from 6 B.C.E. to the modern period, including landscapes, figures, flowers-and-birds, and calligraphy.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2021.
ARTHIST 480G Chinese Painting
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Major developments in Chinese painting from 6 B.C.E. to the modern period, including landscapes, figures, flowers-and-birds, and calligraphy.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2021.
ARTHIST 481 Topics in Chinese Art:
1-3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. In-depth examination of important themes, genres, or subgroups in the evolution of Chinese art.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2016, Fall 2011.
ARTHIST 481G Topics in Chinese Art:
1-3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. In-depth examination of important themes, genres, or subgroups in the evolution of Chinese art.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2016, Fall 2011.
ARTHIST 482 Topics in Non-Western Art:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. In-depth examination of major themes, genres, or regional sub-groups within the field of non-western art.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2015, Fall 2011.
ARTHIST 482G Topics in Non-Western Art:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. In-depth examination of major themes, genres, or regional sub-groups within the field of non-western art.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2015, Fall 2011.
ARTHIST 489 Internship in Art History, Upper Division
1-6 cr. Undergraduate. Application of advanced principles of art history in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: jr st; 300-level or above course in ArtHist; 2.25 gpa; cons supervising faculty member.
Course Rules: One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hours in internship. May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2011.
ARTHIST 497 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance for Study Abroad Prog.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Summer 2022, Spring 2022.
ARTHIST 497G Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance for Study Abroad Prog.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Summer 2022, Spring 2022.
ARTHIST 499 Ad Hoc:
1-6 cr. Undergraduate. Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem.
Prerequisites: junior standing; additional prerequisites may be assigned to specific topic.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2015, Fall 2007, Fall 2003, Spring 2001.
ARTHIST 501 Colloquium in Method and Theory
3 cr. Undergraduate. An undergraduate research seminar in various aspects of the history of art, with papers presented by students.
Prerequisites: jr st; declared Art History major; cons instr.
Course Rules: Satisfies L&S research req.
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019.
ARTHIST 603 The Art Museum: History, Theory, Practice
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Directed readings and discussion on the history and cultural practices of the art museum, in conjunction with museum studies and new museum theory.
Prerequisites: junior standing or graduate standing.
Course Rules: No credit for students with credit in ARTHIST 703.
Last Taught: Spring 2021.
ARTHIST 603G The Art Museum: History, Theory, Practice
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate. Directed readings and discussion on the history and cultural practices of the art museum, in conjunction with museum studies and new museum theory.
Prerequisites: junior standing or graduate standing.
Course Rules: No credit for students with credit in ARTHIST 703.
Last Taught: Spring 2021.
ARTHIST 691 Art Museum Internship
3 cr. Undergraduate. Supervised practical experience in local art museums arranged on individual basis. Introduction to curatorial and/or administrative duties; 'hands on' treatment of works of art.
Prerequisites: jr st; at least 6 cr ArtHist at the 300 level or above & cons internship coord.
Course Rules: May be retaken for 3 additional cr.
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020.
ARTHIST 699 Independent Study
1-3 cr. Undergraduate. Advanced independent work under the supervision of an ArtHist faculty or instructional academic staff member. Students must submit a study proposal. For more information, consult dept chair.
Prerequisites: jr st; 2.0 GPA; consent of constructor, department chair, and Assistant Dean for Student Academic Services.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019.