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Apr 20, 2024
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Course Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Art History Major
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Transfer of Credit Toward the Major
No more than three full courses or the equivalent may be transferred to count toward the major, unless the courses were taken in an Oberlin-affiliated program. Students should submit transcripts, syllabi, class notes, term papers, and examinations in order to obtain final approval for credit.
Advanced Placement Credit
The department offers no major credit, and no exemption from major requirements, for Advanced Placement (AP) Art History Examination scores.
Honors in Art History
Application for the Honors Program in Art History occurs during spring semester of junior year. We encourage students who are interested in pursuing Hhnors to discuss the details of the program and potential topics with any member of the art history faculty. Faculty members are likewise urged to encourage qualified students to consider applying for honors.
Students seeking admission to the Honors Program in Art History must meet the following criteria:
- A minimum overall GPA of 3.25. In exceptional cases, students may petition to waive this requirement.
- A minimum GPA of 3.50 in art history courses taken at Oberlin (by beginning of spring semester of junior year).
- Completion of ARTH 299 - Methods of Art History .
- At least two 200-level art history courses and one 300-level art history course completed at Oberlin by the end of the junior year.
- Completion of the major’s language competency requirement.
- Writing Proficiency Qualification.
Students who meet the above qualifications should identify a faculty member who is willing to advise a year-long project (the “Honors Advisor”). Together they will devise a plan of study, and the student submits a 5-page prospectus and a preliminary bibliography to the general Honors Supervisor (a designated faculty member) two Fridays prior to Spring Break.
After the prospectus and bibliography are submitted, the Honors Supervisor distributes them to the art history faculty.
NOTE: Students who are away from campus in the second semester will submit a prospectus and bibliography no later than the Monday (one week) before the first day of classes of the fall semester
Detailed Major Requirements
Art History Major Course Lists
200-Level Art History Courses
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Note: Of the required 200- and 300-level courses, at least one must focus on non-Western art history.
- ARTH 204 - Introduction to Book Studies
- 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 219 - Albrecht Dürer and German Renaissance Printmaking
- 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 236 - Science, Technology, and Magic in Islamic Art
- ARTH 238 - Modern & Contemporary Islamic Art
- ARTH 239 - Word and Image across Middle East and Asia
⇒ cross-listed with CMPL 239 - ARTH 252 - Collectives and Collaboration in Modern and Contemporary Art
- ARTH 253 - Latinx Art: Past and Futures
⇒ cross-listed with HISP 253 - ARTH 254 - The Arts of Latin America in the 20th and 21st Centuries
- ARTH 255 - Histories of Performance: From Live Art to New Media
- 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 Santería
- ARTH 273 - Art and Empire in Africa, 1000-1700
- ARTH 282 - Black Feminist Art: Contemporary Feminist Practices from Africa and its Diasporas
- ARTH 283 - Gender and Power in the Arts of Africa
- ARTH 284 - Art from the Four Corners of the Early Modern World
- ARTH 285 - Imagining Ancient Rome in Early Modern Art
- ARTH 290 - Gender and the Visual Arts in Europe and Colonial Latin America, 1450-1650
⇒ cross-listed with GSFS 340 - ARTH 291 - Baroque Art
- ARTH 292 - Art of the Italian Renaissance
- ARTH 293 - Art and Politics in 16th-Century Italy
- ARTH 294 - The Arts of Conquest and Resistance in 17th century Europe and Latin America
⇒ cross-listed with HISP 294 - ARTH 295 - Ingenious Making in the Early Modern World
- CLAS 251 - Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean
300-Level Art History Seminar Courses
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Notes:
- Of the required 200- and 300-level courses, at least one must focus on non-Western art history.
- The courses counting toward the art history seminar course requirement must be taken at Oberlin.
Extradepartmental Courses
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The courses taken to complete this requirement should be chosen in consultation with the major advisor to reflect the student’s special geographic, chronological, or thematic area of interest.
Art History Major Distribution Requirement
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Note: Courses must be taken in at least four of the six different areas offered by the art history faculty. Students wishing to count a course toward this requirement in an area not listed below must consult with their major advisor and gain the approval of the department chair.
Language Competency Requirement
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An ability to speak and/or read in more than one language, equivalent to at least two semesters of introductory language study at Oberlin. Students may meet this requirement in a number of ways, including but not limited to: (1) completing a two-semester introductory language course at Oberlin; (2) placing above the first-year level on a placement test administered by one of the language departments; (3) transferring a course/s taken elsewhere equivalent to two semesters of an introductory language at Oberlin; (4) having been brought up in a bi-lingual or multilingual environment, in which case they should discuss this with the chair of the department who will request approval from Art History faculty; 5) having learned English as a second (or additional) language to those in which they were raised.
Students are strongly encouraged to advance their knowledge of more than one language well beyond the major requirement. They are encouraged to study away/abroad for at least one semester and to focus on advancing their language skills during this time, ideally building on language knowledge acquired before the semester away/abroad (for instance, through introductory and intermediate language study at Oberlin). Art History at Oberlin has the language requirement because it reflects our commitment to offering a diverse and global curriculum with cultural, historical, and methodological breadth.
For students interested in pursuing Art History after graduation (for instance, jobs/internships in museums, jobs in arts non-profits, graduate school in Art History, etc.), the department strongly recommends advanced experience in languages relating to their area/s of interest in Art History. Regardless of what students go on to do, multilingualism will open doors and opportunities not otherwise available. Students interested in learning/developing knowledge in a language as it relates to a specific culture or geographical area in Art History are advised to meet with the relevant faculty member who teaches in their area of interest to get advice on which language/s are most useful.
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