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06a6acf3-73c3-4ed3-9f03-6e1dafb7e2cb

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CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
Country
Taiwan
Host Institution
National Taiwan University
Program(s)
National Taiwan University
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Art History
UCEAP Course Number
19
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
UCEAP Transcript Title
CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description

This course introduces the development of Chinese calligraphy from its origin to the present, enabling students to have a basic understanding of the style and tradition of Chinese calligraphy and the cultural significance behind it. In addition to analyzing the development of various calligraphy styles, styles and artistic expressions according to the evolution of the times, we will pay special attention to the roles played by historical, cultural, and social factors. Important topics include "the establishment and transformation of calligraphy paradigms", "calligraphy and religion ", "Calligraphy and Painting", "Modern and Traditional", etc.

Language(s) of Instruction
Chinese
Host Institution Course Number
ARHY1009
Host Institution Course Title
CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
Host Institution Campus
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Host Institution Department
ART HISTORY

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CONTEMPORARY ART AND DISSEMINATION
Country
Spain
Host Institution
Carlos III University of Madrid
Program(s)
Carlos III University of Madrid
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Art History
UCEAP Course Number
104
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
CONTEMPORARY ART AND DISSEMINATION
UCEAP Transcript Title
CONT ART&DISSEMNATN
UCEAP Quarter Units
2.50
UCEAP Semester Units
1.70
Course Description
This course covers contemporary art from the end of the 19th century to the end of World War I. Topics include: impressionist and post-impressionist painting and sculpture; modernity and post-modernity; art during the Great War.
Language(s) of Instruction
Spanish
Host Institution Course Number
12731
Host Institution Course Title
CONTEMPORARY ART AND DISSEMINATION
Host Institution Campus
Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas. (Getafe)
Host Institution Faculty
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Host Institution Department
Humanidades: Historia, Geografía y Arte

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MEDIEVAL ART
Country
Italy
Host Institution
University of Bologna
Program(s)
University of Bologna
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Italian Art History
UCEAP Course Number
182
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
MEDIEVAL ART
UCEAP Transcript Title
MEDIEVAL ART
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale program. The course is intended for advanced level students only. Enrollment is by consent of the instructor. Students acquire the fundamental knowledge in history of Medieval art and develop the necessary skills to familiarize themselves with the artistic production of the period. Students analyze some of the main works of the history of Medieval art using specific methodologies and compare these appropriately. The first part of the course focuses on the study of artistic phenomena and their development with particular attention to the mendicant orders (Franciscans, Dominicans and Augustinians). Attention is paid to the material aspects, techniques, form, and function of the works of art (architecture, paintings, frescoes, illuminated books) in relation to the liturgy, architecture, accesses, and pilgrimage routes. The second part of the course focuses on monographic terms of the spatial and decorative restitution of one of the most significant European monuments: the basilica of San Francesco in Assisi.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
90650
Host Institution Course Title
MEDIEVAL ART
Host Institution Campus
BOLOGNA
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
LM in VISUAL ARTS
Host Institution Department
Arts

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STREET ART
Country
Australia
Host Institution
University of Melbourne
Program(s)
University of Melbourne
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Art History
UCEAP Course Number
120
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
STREET ART
UCEAP Transcript Title
STREET ART
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description

From illegally spray-painted stencils to secret exhibitions in abandoned warehouses to exclusive multi-million dollar art fairs, this course explores the rise of street art in the contemporary city. The course examines the diversity of artists, materials, and political impulses that drive street art and graffiti and its shift from an illicit subculture to a mainstream practice. Using examples from Melbourne and other key cities such as New York, Rome, and Berlin, the course investigates how the meaning and impact of street art derive from spatial and social contexts and how street art can provide new ways of understanding a city. It also covers broader debates about art, public space, and urban development. Students develop skills in identifying, mapping, and designing street art in Melbourne’s laneways.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CCDP20001
Host Institution Course Title
STREET ART
Host Institution Campus
Melbourne
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Art History

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ARCHITECTURE IN BERLIN: A WALK THROUGH HISTORY
Country
Germany
Host Institution
Free University of Berlin
Program(s)
Berlin Summer
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
German Art History Architecture
UCEAP Course Number
116
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
ARCHITECTURE IN BERLIN: A WALK THROUGH HISTORY
UCEAP Transcript Title
BERLIN ARCHITECTURE
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course gives an overview of the development of public and private architecture in Berlin during the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Following an introduction to the urban development and architectural history of the Modern era, the Neo-Classical period is surveyed with special reference to the works of Schinkel. This is followed by classes on architecture of the German Reich after 1871, which was characterized by both modern and conservative tendencies and the manifold activities during the time of the Weimar Republic in the 1920s such as the Housing Revolution. The architecture of the Nazi period is examined, followed by the developments in East and West Berlin after the Second World War. The course concludes with a detailed review of the city's more recent and current architectural profiles, including an analysis of the conflicts concerning the re-design of Berlin after the Cold War and the German reunification. Seven walking tours to historically significant buildings and sites are included (Unter den Linden, Gendarmenmarkt, Potsdam, Chancellory, Potsdamer Platz, Holocaust Memorial, etc.). The course offers a deeper understanding of the interdependence of Berlin's architecture and the city's social and political structures. It considers Berlin as a model for the highways and by-ways of a European capital in modern times.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
3.01
Host Institution Course Title
ARCHITECTURE IN BERLIN: A WALK THROUGH HISTORY
Host Institution Campus
FUBiS- Track A
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
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PERSPECTIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE: ECOPSYCHOLOGY, ART, AND NARRATIVES
Country
Sweden
Host Institution
Uppsala University
Program(s)
Uppsala University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Philosophy Environmental Studies Art History
UCEAP Course Number
105
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
PERSPECTIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE: ECOPSYCHOLOGY, ART, AND NARRATIVES
UCEAP Transcript Title
CLIMATE:ECOPSY&ART
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
The course deals with various theoretical and practical perspectives on climate change in relation to ecopsychology (e.g. environmental melancholia), artistic forms of expression (e.g. climate art) and literary communication methods (e.g. ecocriticism, climate fiction). Through various theoretical understandings and knowledge in psychology, philosophy, ethics, art history, literature, and climate science, the discussion on how different ways of working in the area can contribute to an individual and societal climate transition is deepened. The various parts of the course bring together an experience-based, process-focused, and creative learning with a reflexive, debating and knowledge-oriented learning, where art and science meet in a transdisciplinary and critical dialogue. Through project work the student develops, initiates, and works with a practical in-depth study of one of the course areas.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
1MV082
Host Institution Course Title
PERSPECTIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE: ECOPSYCHOLOGY, ART, AND NARRATIVES
Host Institution Campus
Faculty of Sciences and Technology
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Earth Sciences

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ARCHITECTURE OF EAST ASIA
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Art History Architecture
UCEAP Course Number
167
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
ARCHITECTURE OF EAST ASIA
UCEAP Transcript Title
ARCH: EAST ASIA
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course examines the architecture of East Asia from prehistory to the early modern period. In addition to monumental buildings such as temples and palaces, the examples range from urban planning and garden design to peasant dwellings and nomadic structures. A number of architectural traditions are covered, including Bhutanese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Tibetan, and Uyghur. Among the socio-cultural factors that have shaped East Asia’s built environments, it looks at Buddhism and the literati as influences traversing geopolitical borders, as well as vernacular development of structural systems, spatial geometries, and material utilization based on the land, climate, and other natural conditions.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
ARTH2067
Host Institution Course Title
ARCHITECTURE OF EAST ASIA
Host Institution Campus
HKU
Host Institution Faculty
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INTERMEDIA STUDIES: THE AESTHETICS OF POPULAR CULTURE
Country
Sweden
Host Institution
Lund University
Program(s)
Lund University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Sociology Communication Art History
UCEAP Course Number
157
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
INTERMEDIA STUDIES: THE AESTHETICS OF POPULAR CULTURE
UCEAP Transcript Title
POP CULTURE
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description

The course discusses the various expressions of popular culture within 20th-century art and media. Collaboration between different media is emphasized. The main focus is on contemporary western culture, the latter years of the 20th century, and the expressions of postmodern culture, although several episodes in the cultural history of the whole century are studied historically. Advertising, television, music videos, movies, literature, and music are analyzed. Theoretical tools are introduced from the foundations of intermedia studies, cultural sociology, hermeneutics, and semiotics. Several examples are presented for analysis and discussion. Students identify basic concepts, ideas, and terminology in intermedia studies, and describe popular cultural conditions that account for some of the processes that shaped the postmodern art of the 1900s and its relationship to popular culture. 

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
IMSB23
Host Institution Course Title
INTERMEDIA STUDIES: THE AESTHETICS OF POPULAR CULTURE
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Faculties of Humanities and Theology
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Arts and Cultural Sciences

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CONTEMPORARY ART
Country
Spain
Host Institution
Complutense University of Madrid
Program(s)
Complutense University of Madrid
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Art History
UCEAP Course Number
113
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
CONTEMPORARY ART
UCEAP Transcript Title
CONTEMPORARY ART
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course analyzes the main contemporary art manifestations in their various forms of expression. It focuses on their origin, evolution and meaning, and plastic and stylistic values within their historical and social contexts. 

Language(s) of Instruction
Spanish
Host Institution Course Number
803729
Host Institution Course Title
CONTEMPORARY ART
Host Institution Campus
Moncloa
Host Institution Faculty
Facultad de Ciencias de la Información
Host Institution Degree
Comunicación Audiovisual
Host Institution Department
Departamento de Teorías y Análisis de la Comunicación

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ART, CULTURE, AND POLITICS, FROM 1900 TO NOW
Country
United Kingdom - Scotland
Host Institution
University of St Andrews
Program(s)
University of St Andrews
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Art History
UCEAP Course Number
108
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
ART, CULTURE, AND POLITICS, FROM 1900 TO NOW
UCEAP Transcript Title
ART& POLITICS 1900+
UCEAP Quarter Units
8.00
UCEAP Semester Units
5.30
Course Description

This course examines the relationship between art and political struggle in the 20th and 21st centuries, exploring how practitioners around the globe have contributed to socio-cultural change and forged new ways of seeing. It addresses how artists, architects, photographers, and designers have responded to the increasingly industrialized and fast-paced nature of modern and contemporary experience, and how this has led to a constant re-evaluation of what might be expected of art. Each week is devoted to a specific theme, including modernism, the metropolis, materiality, protest, dissent, and globalization.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
AH2002
Host Institution Course Title
ART, CULTURE, AND POLITICS, FROM 1900 TO NOW
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
School of Art History
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
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