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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) FAH212H1 The appearance of new types of buildings and the development of established types in
Europe and North America in the modern period (especially mid-18th to early 20th century),
their forms, uses and meanings. (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 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. 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 the Western World between the 1880s and ca. 1960. 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 Design and function of architectural forms in the Roman world ca. 300 B.C. - ca. 300
A.D.: late Hellenistic and Italic roots; the transformed orders; Roman forms in capital
and empire. 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 Drer 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. FAH307Y1 Arts of the 16th century in the context of literature, religion, urban expansion,
political and economic development. Detailed study of Drer, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter
Bruegel, rise of vernacular literature and secular art. FAH308Y1 Concentration on the major masters of Holland's Golden Age with reference to works in
the Art Gallery of Ontario. 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 The Jewish antecedents of Christian art, the continuity and the revival of classical
styles and iconography, the impact of devotional images, church decoration, the role of
patronage and working methods of mediaeval artists. 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. FAH326Y1 A study of the 13th- and 14th-century sculpture in Siena and its environs, with
particular attention given to Nicola and Giovanni Pisano and the social and architectural
contexts for their work. Taught in Siena. 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. FAH329Y1 The development of art in England from the 7th century to the end of the Gothic period. 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. FAH337Y1 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. 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 Systems of decoration (programmed, integrated, or both), particularly in Italy and
France in the 16th century. 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 An investigation of the birth and development of Cubism, Futurism and Orphism in Europe
and North America. FAH355H1 Evolution of ornamental style from the Renaissance through Art Nouveau in prints and
drawings. Focussed on these works on paper as a genre and on the chronology of European
ornament, the course also addresses theories of ornament and the many different roles
played by such prints and drawings in art, architecture, and decorative arts. FAH359H1 The evolution of distinctly Roman artistic forms from their Hellenistic and Italic
origins, ca. 100 B.C. - ca. 100 A.D. Emphasis on Augustan Rome and Pompeii. 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 A survey of artistic culture from the time of Mignard, named as First Painter and
Director of the Royal Academy in 1690, to the Academy's dissolution in 1793. FAH367H1 The craft and social history of drawings and prints in Western tradition ca. 1400- ca.
1900; their real and perceived roles in the development and dissemination of subject
matter (original, interpretive and popular). FAH372H1 Major movements and significant graphic artists from the Fin de Si cle to the present.
Students have the opportunity to study works of art in the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
collections, and printmaking collectives. FAH375H1 Vernacular traditions of the colonial period, patterns of settlement and urbanization,
the emergence of the architect and development of high styles of architecture throughout
representative parts of what is now the United States, from ca. 1650 to ca. 1925. FAH376H1 Vernacular traditions in building, patterns of settlement and urbanization, and
development of high styles in architecture in New France, British North America, and what
is now Canada, from ca. 1650 to ca. 1925. Material economy, cultural identity, local
character, regional expression, national symbolism and international influences. FAH377H1 The changing concerns of architects and planners from the first quarter of the
nineteenth century to the present are examined closely in a series of site visits.
Structures are chosen from different periods to represent the broadest possible range of
designers, building types, materials, technologies and styles. FAH378H1 The origin and development of Impressionism in France and Europe, 1860-1886, in its
social, political and intellectual context. Painting, graphics and sculpture by Monet,
Renoir, Degas, Pissarro, Sisley, Cassatt and Morisot. 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. 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 An examination of mid-19th century French Realism with emphasis on Courbet, Millet, the
Barbizon School, Daumier and Manet. 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 Investigation of English, French, German and Swiss landscape painting from the birth of
the Romantic movement to Post-Impressionism. 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 The work and influence of major figures in Late Georgian and Victorian architecture in
Great Britain and Ireland (with some reference to the colonies). 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 Analysis of the physical and artistic environment of this central cultural institution
from a neo-historicist perspective. 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 Investigation of the newly discovered city of Akrotiri, on Thera, north of Crete. This
Bronze Age Aegean Pompeii is producing artistic and architectural remains unique to the
time and area. 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. FAH433H1 Illustrated bestiaries produced in England and France from the 12th to the 14th century
attribute social, political, economic, and theological significance to animals. Other
issues investigated include: relationship of images to text, mise-en-page and scale,
programs and sequences, reception by different audiences and changing functions. 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. FAH473Y1 Individual projects taken in Siena under the supervision of an instructor. FAH474H1 Aspects of 15th- and 16th-century sculpture in Florence and Siena. Selected topics
dealing with the development of the art of sculpture from Renaissance to Mannerism. 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. FAH488Y1/489H The same course description and prerequisites as FAH480Y/481H. |
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