Art History

This course is an introduction to the study of East Asian Art. Each lecture features representative works created from the ancient to pre-modern era of East Asia, particularly of China and Korea. The aims to acquire basic knowledge of East Asian art from art historical points of view, and learning the practical skills of studying and making own presentations about East Asian Art.
 

Although this course refers to some relationships on visual art between the continent and Japan, the course will not emphasize Japanese art.  Those who intend to study Japanese art are recommended to take ARC211 and ARC212 (History of Japanese Art I and II), then take this course before or after then.

This course explores the psychological aspects of fashion. Topics include the history of fashion cycles spread of fashion; rapidly changing fashion media environment; fashion market; fashion system and the alternatives; and fashion ideas and inspirations being constructed, elaborated, and conveyed in detailed elements of fashion images and narratives. Psychological theories and approaches are introduced and applied to various aspects and dimensions of fashion systems.

The course analyzes the main milestones of Western Art from post-World War II to today. Topics include: debates on the notion of contemporary art; narratives and problems in contemporary art; art history "after modernity".

This course provides a study of the development of urban architecture and environmental landscape, as well as the evaluation of world-famous architectural landscape. It covers the development process and notable achievements of the aesthetic creation of architecture and environmental landscape, both in ancient and modern China and around the world. The course provides an analysis of the architectural ideas, theories, and techniques of each historical period, including the types, features, styles, forms, structural features, artistic features, and their evolution. Other topics include architectural communication culture, integration of architectural culture and art, and architectural features as well as the religious, cultural, social and technological factors that have shaped these architectural features.

The course provides a survey of Norwegian visual art from the early medieval period to contemporary art. The primary focus is on painting, but developments in sculpture, architecture, folk arts, design, installations, conceptual, and performative art are also covered. Beginning with archeological findings from the Viking Age and the arts of the stave churches, the course runs more or less chronologically through the arts with regular interventions from the present. The course develops skills in describing, interpreting, and critically reflecting upon visual art and its discourse. It analyzes Norwegian art as a key to understanding Norwegian culture, and develops an understanding of the vital role that Norwegian artists have and have not played in shaping national identity.

This course presents the aesthetic changes and new artistic currents experienced in French painting in the 19th century. It provides an introduction to and analysis of neo-classicism with the presentation of two artists: David and Ingres; romanticism seen through the works of Géricault and Delacroix; realism in France through the study of works by Courbet; the impressionists presented first by the influence of Manet, then by the analysis of works by Monet and Renoir; and post-impressionism through the presentation of four precursor painters of the 20th century painting movements: Cézanne, Seurat, Van Gogh, and Gauguin.