 |
|||
 |
 |
 |
 |
| |
|||
|
|
|
|
FAH Fine Art CoursesFAH100Y1 Issues and perspectives in the study of western art. Consideration of representative monuments, their original significance, and their continuing relevance. FAH202Y1 The material revealed by archaeological investigations as documents of general cultural and historical significance as well as works of art. (Offered in alternate years) FAH203H1 The major developments in the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods (ca. 750 - ca.
100 B.C.) in their social and historical context. FAH204H1 The visual arts of the ancient Roman world, in the Republican and Imperial periods (ca.
300 B.C. - ca. 300 A.D.). An introductory survey of major forms and monuments. FAH208H1 Discussion of the importance of seven cities (Pergamon, Sardis, Smyrna, Ephesos,
Laodikeia, Thyateira, Philadelphia) in the world of the 1st century A.D., and an account
of the major monuments revealed by excavation. (Offered in alternate years) FAH209H1 A study of the ancient and Early Christian monuments at some of the cities connected with the travels of St. Paul in Asia Minor, the Aegean and Greece; the survey concentrates on significant visible remains at sites not studied in detail in other course offerings. (Offered in alternate years) FAH213H1 Major monuments of architecture and town planning in Europe and North America from the
middle of the 18th century through the 19th century. FAH214H1 Continuous with FAH213H, a study of the work of key figures in Europe and North America from the “early moderns” of the late 19th century through the “Modern Movement” to the present. (Offered in alternate years) FAH218H1 Consideration of painting, printmaking, sculpture, and architecture in cities and courts. The role of arts in the forming of urban culture, relationships of portraiture to notions of identity issues of gender in representations, the rise of landscape, religion reform and Reformation, the vogue for antiquity and confrontation with Italian design. FAH261H1 The aesthetic, historical and cultural significance of selected major works of art and
architecture in the Christian world between the 3rd and 15th centuries. FAH262H1 The art and architecture of the first Christian millennium from its Jewish and
classical origins in the world of Late Antiquity to its subsequent development in the
Byzantine East and the Carolongian and Ottonian West. FAH263H1 The art of Western Europe — architecture, painting, manuscript illumination,
sculpture, and metalwork from the year 1000 — through the emergence and dissemination
of the Gothic style. FAH265H1 The mediaeval townscape: forms and uses of religious and secular public buildings, domestic architecture, and other ordinary furnishings of cities. FAH266H1 A history of western medieval monasticism, male and female, from the 6th to the 15th century through its art and architecture, focusing on the monastery as a distinctive architectural form and the evolving inter-relationship between material culture, monastic craft, and the spiritual ideals of various monastic orders. FAH268H1 The Gothic cathedral represents the archetypal accomplishment of medieval art. The course considers the cathedral from multiple perspectives: technology and construction, ideology and iconography, patronage and programs, liturgy and function, history and historiography, urban setting, and such integral elements as stained glass, sculpture, and liturgical furnishings. FAH269H1 An interdisciplinary course focusing on new pictorial structures around 1300, paralleled by an evaluation of Italian (Tuscan) civilization, culture and language (volgare). FAH269Y1 Taught in Siena; course description same as FAH269H above. FAH270H1 13th- and 14th-Century Panel Painting and Frescoes in Florence and Siena: Art in
Context (formerly FAH270Y) 26L FAH272Y1 The development of fresco painting from the time of Giotto to the great masters of the
period ca. 1500. Taught in Siena: field trips to Florence as well as visits to Assisi,
Padua, S. Gimignano, and Arezzo. FAH274H1 Major forms of expression in the visual arts ca. 1400 - ca. 1600 with particular
attention to Italy, but also in Germany, France and the Low Countries: forms, techniques,
theories, and patronage of the arts as well as biographies of the artists. FAH277H1 A study of the two most important Netherlandish artists of the 17th century and their contemporaries. FAH278H1 An examination of the work of Andrea Palladio (1508-1580), with an analysis of the significance of his architectural and literary legacy to 1800. The course concentrates on political circumstances and patronage in Palladio’s own work and addresses the diffusion of his work in Northern Europe. FAH279H1 Major forms of expression in the visual arts ca. 1600 - ca. 1750 with particular
attention to forms, techniques, theories, and patronage of the arts as well as biographies
of artists in Italy, France, the Netherlands, Flanders, Germany and England. FAH284H1 The painting, sculpture, and works on paper of this master, examined within the context
of the Post-Impressionist, Art Nouveau, Cubist, Surrealist, and Abstract movements. FAH286H1 An introductory survey of the history of painting and sculpture in Canada from the 17th to the mid-20th century. FAH287H1 A survey of major movements and artists active in Europe in the late 18th century and
during the 19th century. FAH288H1 A continuation of FAH287H, this course comprises a
survey of major movements and artists in European and American art of this century. FAH290Y1 Major themes of eastern art drawn from the rich legacy of Ancient Near Eastern, Islamic, Indian, Chinese and Japanese civilizations from prehistory to the recent past. Emphasis on appreciation within cultural context; museum visits. FAH299Y1 Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 42 for details. FAH300H1 Detailed study of selected monuments and sites exemplifying the development of Greek
architecture and planning through the complex programs of the Hellenistic period (ca. 750
- ca. 100 B.C.). FAH302H (formerly FAH302Y) 26L FAH303H1 Different facets of these and related arts of Classical and Early Hellenistic Greece,
with reference to the impact of recent archaeological discoveries on our knowledge. FAH305H1 Painting techniques and the development of styles from the 10th to the 5th century B.C.
Analysis of themes (mostly mythological), representational conventions and pictorial
narrative, with comparison to contemporary sculpture. FAH306H1 Albrecht Dürer and the painting and printmaking of his contemporaries. Consideration
of the great Hall churches of Saxony and the altarpieces and tomb sculpture of Tilman
Riemenschneider, Viet Stoss, and others; the status of the arts and attitudes towards
Italian art, and the consequences of the Reformation for religious imagery. FAH307H1 Arts of the 16th century in the context of literature, religion, urban expansion,
political and economic development. Detailed study of Dürer, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter
Bruegel, rise of vernacular literature and secular art. FAH308H1 (formerly FAH308H) 26L FAH312H1 The development of these arts from the late 17th to mid-20th century and their
relationship to European traditions; emphasis on the re-assessment of the growth of a
distinctive national style; international interaction. FAH315H1 Concepts and expression of narrative in the Greek pictorial arts (free-standing and
relief sculpture, monumental painting, ceramics and minor arts), from the 8th through the
second century B.C., with reference to other traditions (e.g. Aegean, Near Eastern). FAH317H1 Transformation in the visual arts painting, sculpture, and mosaics of the expanding
Greek world, ca. 400 - ca. 100 B.C.; the response to Hellenization from the new artistic
centres of Pergamon and Italy. FAH318H1 The art and architecture of French monasticism in the 12th century, with an emphasis on
the interrelationship of art and spirituality. Among the topics considered: monastic
architecture (the crypt, the facade, the cloister, and the portal), pilgrimage, relics and
reliquaries, the illuminated bible, royal patronage, and controversies over the legitimacy
of images. FAH319H1 The course considers the art and architecture, sacred and secular, produced in and
around major centres of royal and imperial patronage, among them, Paris, Burgundy, London,
and Prague, in the 13th, 14th, and early 15th centuries, with emphasis on issues of
dynastic propaganda, artistic rivalry and exchange (the “International Style”),
and the emergence of modern notions of art and artistry. FAH320H1 An interdisciplinary examination of illuminated manuscripts in the cultural context of
medieval Christianity, from the origins of the book in Late Antiquity to the invention of
printing. FAH321H1 (formerly FAH321Y) 26L FAH322H1 Mediaeval sculpture from Carolingian times to the last quarter of the 12th century in
architectural decoration and in church furnishings in stone, metal and wood. FAH323H1 The imagery in Books of Hours mirrors contemporary societal concerns, and is a window
onto late medieval culture. Topics include: origins, function, ownership and patronage;
relationships between image and text; effects of changing patterns of literacy; and
interplay between realism and abstraction. FAH324H1 Architecture and architectural theory ca. 1400 - ca. 1600. FAH324Y1 Taught in Siena; course description same as FAH324H above. FAH326H1 Italian Sculpture in the 13th and 14th Centuries (formerly FAH326Y) 52L FAH328H1 Painting, manuscript illumination, and the graphic arts in northern Europe (France, the
Netherlands, Burgundy, and Germany), ca. 1300 to 1500. In addition to major artists, the
course treats topics such as the emergence of panel painting and other, novel forms of
devotional imagery; courtly patronage and collecting, and changing functions and audiences
for art. FAH331H1 The development of Renaissance sculpture from Ghiberti to Michelangelo; emphasis on the
works of Donatello and Michelangelo, and the latter’s impact on the succeeding
Mannerist generation (Cellini, Ammanati, Sansovino). FAH331Y1 Taught in Siena; course description same as FAH331H above. FAH333H1 Focussing on developments in Venice, Florence and Rome during the Renaissance, this
course examines altarpieces both as aesthetic objects and as expressions of the social,
religious and political structures for which they were made. FAH334Y1 Architectural theory and practice in Tuscany from Brunelleschi through Alberti,
Francesco di Giorgio, and Peruzzi to Michelangelo and Ammanati as seen against concurrent
developments in Venice and Rome. Taught in Siena. Field trips to Florence and throughout
Tuscany, as well as Venice, Vicenza, and the Veneto. FAH335H1 Love is studied not only as a favorite theme of Renaissance art, but as the basis of
some of its fundamental aesthetic claims. The question of love connects Renaissance art to
important strains of philosophical thought and religious spirituality, as well as to some
urgent realities of social life. FAH337Y1 (formerly FAH273H) 52L FAH338H1 The origins and development of the Baroque style in architecture in the Italian
peninsula, principally in Rome. FAH339H1 A wide array of works in architecture, painting and sculpture studied in light of some
of the most important political and social developments of the period: the French invasion
of Italy, the rise of Savonarola and the fate of the Medici, the imperialization of the
papacy under Julius II, and the Sack of Rome. FAH341H1 Form and meaning, theory and practice of painting and architecture in Venice, ca.
1450-ca. 1600. Social, political and cultural contexts of making and viewing art,
including works by Giorgione, Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto and Palladio. FAH342H1 (formerly FAH405Y) 26L FAH346H1 This course explores the painting, sculpture, and graphic arts of the Romantic era in
France, from about 1820 to 1850. Major emphasis on Gericault, Delacroix, and Ingres in
their artistic, cultural, and political context. Key topics in Romanticism, including
Orientalism and gender are also explored. FAH347H1 (formerly FAH447H) 26L FAH359H1 (formerly FAH318H) 26L FAH360H1 Tradition and innovation in the art of the later empire: the transformation of the city
of Rome and its architecture; the invention of new monumental types; the revival of
earlier styles as the visualization of ideology. FAH365H1 (formerly FAH313H) 26L FAH367H1 (formerly FAH367Y and 370H) 26L FAH372H1 Major movements and significant graphic artists from the Fin de Siècle to the present.
Students have the opportunity to study works of art in the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
collections, and printmaking collectives. FAH375H1 American Architecture: A Survey (formerly FAH327H)
26L FAH376H1 Canadian Architecture: A Survey (formerly FAH328H)
26L FAH377H1 Toronto Architecture (formerly FAH325H) 26L FAH378H1 Impressionism (formerly FAH278H) 26L FAH380H1 The formal vocabulary and theory of the Modern Movement (ca. 1907- ca. 1927) set in the
context of social and political changes, of debates in the field of aesthetics and
criticism, and of dialogue with the other arts. FAH382H1 An examination of architectural theory and practice spanning the period marked by the
dissolution of Modernist utopia to Post-Modernism and beyond. FAH385H1 The origins and development of the Dada and Surrealist movements in early 20th-century
Western art, and their lasting impact on art after World War II. Painting, sculpture,
graphic arts, and the theoretical preoccupation which accompanied artistic production. FAH386H1 The development of representational forms of art between World War II and the present
beginning with late Surrealism and Magic Realism. Included are such movements as Pop Art,
Super Realism, Performance Art and Neo-Expressionism, as well as individual artists such
as Tinguely, Kienholz, Bourgeois, Marisol, Christo and D. Oppenheim. FAH387H1 The development in terms of style and meaning of abstract or non-figurative modes of
art as manifested in painting, sculpture and other selected media between World War II and
the present. Movements covered include Abstract Expressionism, Colour Field, Hard Edge, Op
Art, Minimalism, Conceptualism and Earthworks. FAH388H1 This course investigates the role of Theory in the art of the modern period. The texts
studied include works by the principal theoreticians and critics from the late 18th
century to the present. FAH389H1 An investigation of the different definitions and issues of minimal art including seriality, materials, process, objecthood, chance, installation, reception, relations to music and film, and the influence of structuralism. FAH390H1 The museum is built over generations and held in public trust. Its rhythms, priorities
and problems come from its collections, which must be conserved, studied and interpreted
for different audiences. Its exhibitions and publications reveal the other side of the
art-historical coin and the problem of public perception and marketing. FAH398H0/399Y0 An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. See page 42 for details. FAH400H1 Le Corbusier’s work as it interprets and reflects artistic and societal issues
critical to the 20th century. FAH401H1 The art of Paul Gauguin in the context of his involvement with the Impressionist and
Symbolist movements in France. FAH402H1 Developments in the mainstream of Western painting and sculpture since World War II
with special emphasis upon interrelations between Europe and North America. FAH403H1 An investigation of the birth and development of Neo-Impressionism (Divisionism or
Pointillism) and its subsequent influence. FAH404H1 Realism (formerly FAH315H) 26S FAH405H1 An examination of the theoretical underpinnings of the Modern Movement set in the
context of 19th-century sources, contemporary developments in aesthetics, art history, and
science. FAH406H1 Seminar investigation of the work and role of women artists within the history of
western art; the development of Feminist art in the 20th century; and the history of
Feminist art history. FAH407H1 19th-Century Landscape Painting (formerly FAH317H)
26S FAH410H1 Close examination of turning points in American architecture represented by critical
works of major designers such as: Jefferson; Latrobe; Mills; Davis; Renwick; Olmsted;
Richardson; McKim, Mead & White; Burnham & Root; Adler & Sullivan; and Wright. FAH413H1 British Architecture in the 19th Century (formerly FAH385H)
26S FAH414H1 The painted image as a mirror of the life, thought, and attitudes of Archaic and
Classical Greece, especially Athens. FAH415H1 Special studies in the sources, development and significance of painting trends,
selected in consultation with interested students. FAH417H1 The Greek Symposion (formerly FAH420H) 26S FAH418H1 Development from the first appearance in the 7th century B.C. through efflorescence in
the 5th century B.C. The impact of techniques on style and other aspects of formal
evolution; influences from contemporary cultures; Greek myth, legend and religion, as
these affect theme and narrative manner. FAH419H1 Studies in the manipulation of monumental art and construction for commemorative and
propagandistic purposes in the Greek world. FAH420H1 Republican and Imperial painting; its Hellenistic sources and parallel media (mosaic,
relief). Styles, themes and modes of display in cultural context. FAH422H1 Art on Thera ca. 1500 B.C. (formerly FAH316H) 26S FAH423H1 Minoan society during the second millennium B.C. on the island of Crete centered about
palaces, where social, artistic, and economic activities flourished; emphasis on
architecture, wall painting and the minor arts. FAH424H1 The character of the religious architecture (shrines and cult areas) and the possible
meanings of ritual scenes as depicted by the Minoans, Mycenaens and other Aegean peoples
in wall painting and other representational art, ca. 2000 - ca. 1200 B.C. FAH425H1 Mycenaean culture as revealed through excavation of palace centres on the Greek
Mainland. Art, artifacts, and architecture, as well as published texts, contribute to an
understanding of the society. FAH427H1 Special topics concerning the interaction of social, political or intellectual trends
in Western Mediaeval history as manifested in works of art, selected in consultation with
interested students. FAH428H1 The study of Pieter Bruegel’s works in the context of Netherlandish culture.
Emphasis on secular works. FAH429H1 The house as a total work of art, and its effect on the character of private life: the
development of its architectural forms as a setting for the display of painting,
sculpture, mosaic, and decorative arts. FAH432H1 The life and work of Caravaggio in the context of 17th-century Roman and Neapolitan art
theory and patronage, with a particular emphasis on the contentious issues of realism. FAH434H1 The history of attitudes towards image-making through a history of image breaking from
late Antiquity to the Reformation. Among the issues explored: censorship, vandalism, art
as propaganda, and the “power” of images. Close reading of primary sources (in
translation) in conjunction with consultation of surviving objects. FAH435H1 A close consideration of Jan van Eyck in the context of Early Netherlandish and late
medieval painting, with some attention to chronology and attribution, but with the focus
on the function the inimitable illusionism that defines his art and its meaning in the
context of 15th-century patronage and spirituality. FAH436H1 We consider the proliferation of forms of religious art produced in late Medieval
Europe: cult statues, reliquaries, prayer books, icons and panels, devotional dolls, and
altarpieces. We explore differences in monastic and lay piety, religious attitudes north
and south of the alps, “low” and “high” forms of piety, and the
distinguishing features of female spirituality. FAH437H1 The seminar examines the art of Rome between the Pontificate of Innocent III and the
exile of the Curia in Avignon (late 12th - early 14th century). This period is marked by
radical historical, political, and religious changes which had significant repercussions
on artistic production in Rome. FAH438H1 A careful reading of some classic accounts of the “High Renaissance”, from
Vasari and Reynolds to Wolfflin and Freedberg, serves as the basis for an analysis of
developments within various genres and types of art production in the period: drawings,
altarpieces, portraits, cabinet pictures and sculpture. FAH440H1 Study of so-called “scenes of everyday life.” Special attention given to
cultural context and problems of interpretation, the work of Jan Vermeer, and the
reputation of this art in following centuries. FAH442H1 The Renaissance architect engaged his profession from a multitude of vantage points: as
designer, builder, writer, critic, instrument-maker, draughtsman, scenographer,
archaeologist, historian and courtier; his activity intersected with many disciplines.
This course charts the consequences of this exchange both for architecture and for
contemporary conceptions of rulership, nature, history, etc. FAH450H1 The literary and philosophical bases of art-historical research. Laboratory sessions
make use of the considerable resources of the Metropolitan Toronto area, and cover a wide
range of periods, themes, and geographic regions. FAH451H1 The museum is built over generations and held in public trust. Its rhythms, priorities
and problems come from its collections, which must be conserved, studied and interpreted
for different audiences. Its exhibitions and publications reveal the other side of the
art-historical coin and the problem of public perception and marketing. FAH452H1 This seminar explores key topics in the sylistic and technical development of ceramics
in Western art from the middle ages to the present. Focus on objects in the collections of
the ROM, and taught at the Museum. FAH453H1 This course is an Introduction to Conservation, designed to give art history majors, specialists, and interested students a basic understanding of the field, its techniques, and its purposes. Sessions conducted by specialists in the ROM conservation department. Prerequisite: Open to third and fourth year majors, specialists and minors in visual studies and fine art history. This course does not fulfill period requirements, but does count towards program fulfillment. FAH473Y0 Individual projects taken in Siena under the supervision of an instructor. FAH474H1 From Donatello to Giambologna (formerly FAH474Y) 26S FAH480Y1/481H1 Students who have demonstrated unusual ability in earlier years are encouraged to
undertake supervised special research projects culminating in a major research paper. Not
more than one course in Independent Studies may be taken in a single year. Students must
obtain the written consent of their faculty supervisor(s) and the Undergraduate Secretary
before registering. FAH482Y1/483H1 The same course description and prerequisites as FAH480Y/481H. FAH484Y1/485H1 The same course description and prerequisites as FAH480Y/481H. FAH486Y1/487H1 The same course description and prerequisites as FAH480Y/481H. FAH488Y1/489H1 The same course description and prerequisites as FAH480Y/481H. |
Calendar Home ~ Calendar Contents~
Contact Us ~ Arts and Science Home
Copyright © 2000, University of Toronto