Orange Shirt Day | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Every year on September 30th, people across Canada wear orange and participate in Orange Shirt Day events to recognize and raise awareness about the history and legacies of the residential school system in Canada.
ARTH 464—Seminar on Japanese Art
The Epinal Project (The process in question, pt. 1) Professor Ignacio Adriasola In the final pages of The Mechanism of Meaning, by Arakawa Shūsaku (1936–2010) and Madeline Gins (1941–2014), an aerial photograph appears without a caption: it is a view of the Moselle River as it crosses the city of Epinal in France. Arakawa and […]
ARTH 323—Heaven and Earth: Renaissance Art and Culture in Northern Europe
Professor Joseph Monteyne Painting, sculpture, and graphic art in France, the Netherlands, Germany, and England in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries are studied in this course with special emphasis on the major figures of this period, from Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden to Matthias Grunewald, Hieronymus Bosch, Albrecht Durer, Hans Holbein, and […]
ARTH 253—Asian Architecture
Asian Cities Professor Ignacio Adriasola Through a series of case studies focusing on current urban form, this course will examine city and representation across Asia. Topics discussed will include geography, landscape, and the inscription of historical memory (The Past City); modernism and the rise of urban culture in the twentieth century (The Modernist City); urban […]
ARTH 311—Art in the Early Medieval West
2019 Winter Term 2 (Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9:30–11:00), with Dr. Georgios Makris The early Middle Ages, the period between A.D. 300 and 1000, was a time of profound change marked by events such as the fall of the Roman empire, the rise of Christianity, the emergence and expansion of Islam, the foundation of Constantinople (modern Istanbul), and […]
ARTH 376—Arts of the Northwest Coast Peoples: The North
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory featured course: ARTH 376—Arts of the Northwest Coast Peoples: The North 2019 Winter Term 2 (Tuesdays/Thursdays, 2:00–3:30), with Dr. Michelle McGeough This course critically engages with Northwest Coast First Nations artistic expressions and cultural belongings, as well as the politics attendant to them. Its primary focus […]
ARTH 397A—Special Topic: Mexican Muralism
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory featured course: ARTH 397A—Special Topic: Mexican Muralism 2019 Winter Term 1 (Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9:30–11:00), with Dr. Michelle McGeough The Mexican Muralist movement emerged in the 1920s following the Mexican Revolution. The political and social messages contained in these government-sponsored public art projects were inspired by the idealism […]
ARTH 361—Chinese Modern and Contemporary Art
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory featured course: ARTH 361—Chinese Modern and Contemporary Art 2019 Winter Term 1 (Tuesdays/Thursdays, 2:00–3:30), with Dr. Julia Orell This course employs the framework of transcultural movements and globalization to account for the history of Chinese art and visual culture from the (early) modern to the contemporary […]
ARTH 360—Chinese Painting: Word and Image
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory featured course: ARTH 360—Chinese Painting: Word and Image 2019 Winter Term 2 (Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9:30–11:00), with Dr. Julia Orell This course examines the history of Chinese art and visual culture from the (early) modern to the contemporary period, both within China and internationally. From the Qing empire […]
ARTH 351b—Art and Architecture in the Islamic World
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory featured course: ARTH 351b—Art and Architecture in the Islamic World 2019 Winter Term 2 (Tuesdays/Thursdays, 3:30–5:00), with Dr. Saygin Salgirli ARTH 351b is a thematic study of visual arts, architecture, and objects (or minor and decorative arts) from the Islamic world. As a field, Islamic art […]