Fall 2018

Methods and Theory of Art History Jeffrey Hamburger Friday 10:30am-1:15pm A team-taught course led by the DGS based on exemplary readings designed to introduce students to a wide range of art-historical methods.

Topics in Pre-Columbian and Colonial Art Thomas Cummins Thursday 12-2:45pm Topics to be determined in consideration of interests of students.

Indian Esoteric Buddhism Jinah Kim Wednesday 12-2:45pm This seminar explores the art of Indian Esoteric Buddhism from various interpretive vantage points. After a brief historiographical introduction, the discussion will focus on unpacking recent...

From Posada to Isotype: International Progressive Political Print Culture, 1900-1945 Benjamin Buchloh Wednesday 3-5:45pm This seminar, open to Graduates and qualified undergraduates will trace the developments and exchanges between presumably regressive...

Cubism and its Others: Art in Paris, 1907-1937 Maria Gough Monday 12-2:45 Emergence, development, reception, and legacy of Cubism in Paris between 1907 and 1937, focusing on Picasso, Braque, Léger, and Gris, the four major artists of the pioneering...

Historiography of Modern Architecture: In Search for a Global History Patricio del Real Wednesday 12-2:45pm This graduate seminar traces the development of architectural modernism as a discursive practice. It explores the construction of a cohesive...

Diagram Paradigm Jeffrey Hamburger Tuesday 12-2:45pm In a networked age, diagrams are everywhere. From philosophy, semiotics and computer science to the burgeoning field of graphics, diagrams visualize knowledge in critical ways. This seminar will look at...

Word and Image in Persian Painting David J. Roxburgh Monday 3-5:45pm Texts of the Persian literary tradition that were illustrated constitute our focus, including Firdawsi's Shahnama and Nizami's Khamsa. Study of word and image is staged through key...

Early Ottoman Architecture Gulru Necipoglu-Kafadar Tuesday 12-2:45pm Examines architectural cosmopolitanism in the early Ottoman polity straddling Asia and Europe, by focusing on artistic interactions with neighbors (Byzantium, Latin West, Anatolian...

The Museum Suzanne Blier Monday 3-5:45pm This course explores a vital cluster of themes around museums and the relation between objects, knowledge, culture and society. The focus is at once contemporary practice, historical, and theoretical. A key aim is...