Spring 2022

Suzanne Blier Harvard Square has a rich history; under its earlier name of Newtowne (founded in 1630), it was once the site of the Massachusetts capital. Much has changed. This class looks back on the many changes Harvard Square has undergone, recent...

Felipe Pereda This course is about two things. First it’s an introductory course to the art of Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) at the time of the Enlightenment and early Romanticism. It will look into his formation in the institutions of the Old Regime...

Joseph Koerner Considers the deeply enigmatic art of Hieronymus Bosch in its entire range, and in relation to earlier and later European painting. Concerned to imagine, vilify, and (sometimes) identify with "the enemy," whoever or whatever that foe may be...

Ioli Kalavrezou The course will concentrate on the Mediterranean world during Late Antiquity from the 4th to the 8th century. This is a time of cultural changes that set traditions leading up to the Christian medieval world. The course will focus on the...

Ioli Kalavrezou Concentrates on art and architecture created for the court of Constantinople from the 9th to the 12th century. Focuses on objects and monuments, exploring their role in political, religious, and personal events.

Gulru Necipoglu Examines multimedia arts, monuments, gardens, and cities of the Ottoman Empire straddling Asia, Europe and Africa. The selective fusion of Ottoman-Islamic, Byzantine, and Italian Renaissance artistic traditions, and the earliest pictorial...

Patricio del Real, Felipe Pereda This course introduces concentrators to on-site study of art and architecture through the case study of a particular geographic and cultural area. This year: Washington DC and Philadelphia. Excursion is optional; not a...

Evridiki Georganteli Money is everywhere. As both an abstract construct and a material entity, money makes the world go around. Since before the invention of writing, money has been a common facet of everyday life, informing how we think and how we act...

Jeffrey Hamburger The development of European architecture through the cathedral’s construction, transformation, and restoration in dialogue with its changing urban context, as well as debates over its reconstruction following the fire of 2019.

Carrie Lambert-Beatty This class is about encountering the art of your time. You will learn why artists today have such a different range of choices than their counterparts in other periods, and how to make sense of the experiences they create, in order...