Art History Minor

Summary of Requirements

• Minimum 5 Full Courses of Art History Electives

Note: No more than 1 full course may be transferred for the minor in Art History; departmental approval is required for such transfers.

Art History Electives

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• ARTH 100 - Themes in Western Art
• ARTH 110 - Christian Art: A Global History
• ARTH 150 - Approaches to Western Art
• ARTH 152 - Approaches to Chinese and Japanese Art
• ARTH 153 - Approaches to Islamic Art and Architecture
• ARTH 154 - Approaches to African Art
• ARTH 210 - Medieval Art
• ARTH 211 - Illuminated Manuscripts
• ARTH 212 - Monastic Art of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
• ARTH 213 - Late Medieval Art
• ARTH 214 - Synagogues, Churches and Mosques: Sacred Art of the Medieval Mediterranean
• ARTH 215 - Saints and Relics in Medieval and Renaissance Art
• ARTH 216 - Romanesque & Gothic Art
• ARTH 217 - Ancient and Early Medieval Art: from Augustus to Charlemagne
• ARTH 218 - From Emperor to Pope: Art, Architecture, and Urbanism in Ancient and Medieval Rome
• ARTH 223 - Politics and Protest: Modern Chinese Art
• ARTH 225 - Pleasure and Design in Confinement: Japanese Prints in and after Edo
• ARTH 226 - Monks, Miracles, and Magic: Buddhist Art in East Asia
• ARTH 227 - Topics in East Asian Art: Monuments in a Comparative Perspective
• ARTH 269 - Beyond the Plane: Photography as Intermedium
• ARTH 270 - Africa, Europe, and the Art of Colonization
• ARTH 271 - Looking for Africa in Brazil
• ARTH 272 - Sacred Arts of Vodou and Santeria
• ARTH 290 - Gender and the Visual Arts in Europe, 1450-1750
• ARTH 291 - Baroque Art
• ARTH 292 - Art of the Italian Renaissance
• ARTH 293 - Art, Politics, Religion in 16th Century Italy
• ARTH 294 - The Arts of Conquest and Resistance in 17th century Europe and Latin America
• ARTH 299 - Methods of Art History
• ARTH 310 - Word and Image in Medieval Art
• ARTH 311 - Art History without a License
• ARTH 312 - Art at the Valois Courts
• ARTH 313 - Illuminated Manuscripts in Oberlin Collections
• ARTH 326 - Death and Dying in East Asian Art
• ARTH 327 - Image/Object: Material and Mediation in Chinese Art
• ARTH 328 - New Ghosts Old Dreams: The Art of Post-Imperial China
• ARTH 329 - Cultural Property? Art, Heritage, Ownership
• ARTH 370 - Slavery and the Problem of the Visual
• ARTH 371 - African Art in Museums: From Collection to Display
• ARTH 390 - Wood, Flesh, Metal, Blood
• ARTH 391 - Love, Lust, and Desire in Renaissance Art
• ARTH 499 - Honors in Art History