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Art History Courses
From the 2010-11 Millsaps College Catalog
2500 Survey of Ancient and Medieval Art (4 sem. hours). A study of the development of art from prehistoric times through the late Gothic period. Offered in alternate years.
2520 Northern Renaissance Art (4 sem. hours). A study of painting from the 15th and 16th centuries in northern Europe, with special attention paid to the interpretation of symbolic images. Offered occasionally.
2530 Italian Renaissance Art (4 sem. hours). A study of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the 14th through the 16th centuries in Italy, set in the context of Renaissance thought and culture. Offered in alternate years.
2540 Baroque Art (4 sem. hours). A study of European art of the 17th century, with special attention paid to Italian, Flemish, and Dutch painting and sculpture. Offered in alternate years.
2550 Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Art (4 sem. hours). A study of European art of the 18th and 19th centuries in the context of an increasingly industrialized and middle-class society, with attention paid to issues of gender, class, and technology. Offered in alternate years.
2560 Modern Art (4 sem. hours). A study of European and American art from Post Impressionism to around 1970. Offered in alternate years.
2570 Contemporary Art (4 sem. hours). A study of art from around 1970 to the present, with a special focus on new media and concepts as well as contemporary approaches to traditional themes such as landscape, personal identity, the body, and religious and political subjects. Offered in alternate years.
2580 Women Artists (4 sem. hours). A study of the work of women artists from the 15th through the 20th centuries, with particular attention to the impact of sex and gender
on artistic production. Offered occasionally.
2590 Topics in World Art (4 sem. hours). A study of selected topics in the art of Asia, Africa,and Latin America, either surveying key periods of two or three cultures or focusing on one of these areas. Offered occasionally. This course may be repeated for credit with a different topic.
2600 Museum Studies (4 sem. hours). This course will provide an introduction to the structure, operations, and social and political functions of museums. Topics will include funding, management, marketing, ethical issues, exhibition strategies, and educational outreach. We will also consider the practical, ethical, and legal issues related to the acquisition, handling, conservation, and exhibition of museum objects.
2760-2763 Special Topics in Art History (1, 2, 3, or 4 sem. hours).
3600 Museum Studies Internship I (4 sem. hours). An internship in which a student works at a museum for at least 75 hours during the semester and meets frequently to discuss readings with the art history mentor and other interns. Prerequisite: consent of art history faculty.
3700 Museum Studies Internship II (4 sem. hours). An internship in which a student works at a museum for at least 100 hours during the semester or summer and writes a research paper on a museum studies topic. Prerequisite: consent of art history faculty.
3760-3763 Special Topics in Art History (1, 2, 3, or 4 sem. hours).
3860-3863 Internship in Art History (1, 2, 3, or 4 sem. hours). An internship in which a student works at a museum, art agency, business firm, or artist under the supervision of the art department. These internships may not count toward a major requirement. Prerequisite: consent of the art department chair.
3910 Junior Art History Seminar (4 sem. hours). An upper-level art history seminar focused on a different topic every fall semester, open to all students who have had a previous art history course, with instructor's permission, and strongly recommended for all junior art history majors.
4760-4763 Special Topics in Art History (1, 2, 3, or 4 sem. hours).
4910 Senior Art History Seminar (4 sem. hours). An upper-level art history seminar focusedon a different topic every fall semester, open to students who have had a previous art history course and required of senior art history majors.
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