ARTH 101
Art Through Time Fall 2017
Division I
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A single-semester, team-taught introduction to European and North American art and architecture from the beginning to approximately 1600. This course celebrates the glory of works of art as physical objects, to be viewed and contemplated, to be sure, but also often to be worshiped, exhibited, bought and sold, held, touched, worn, passed through or around, and lived in. To help students begin to appreciate how these works of art might have been understood by those who originally made and used them, the course set its objects of study within a number of revealing historical contexts, from the social and the political to the philosophical and the art historical. To train students to look carefully at art, and to give them time with original works of art, we use the wealth of art resources in Williamstown: the Clark Art Institute, the buildings and sculpture of the Williams College Campus, the Williams College Museum of Art, and the Chapin Rare Book Library.
The Class: Format: lecture with discussion section
Limit: none
Expected: 80
Class#: 2015
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: quizzes, midterm, two papers and a final exam
Prerequisites: none
Distributions: Division I

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