The department offers courses which are slashlisted so undergraduate students may take an undergraduate 4000-level course while graduate students may take a graduate 5000-level course. The lectures in a slashlisted course are the same. However, students in the 5000-level course have substantial additional requirements beyond those for students in the 4000-level course. These additional requirements are listed in the slashlisted course syllabus.
1113 The Understanding of Art. Explanation and analysis of the principles underlying the visual arts. Consideration of formal, historical and other factors in the valuation and enjoyment of painting, sculpture, architecture and utilitarian objects. (F, Sp, Su) [IV-AF]
2213 General Survey I. The visual arts from the prehistoric through the Renaissance. (F) [IV-AF]
2223 General Survey II. From the Renaissance to the present. (F, Sp, Su) [IV-AF]
2930 Special Topics. 2-6 hours.; Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. May be repeated with change of topic; maximum credit 12 hours. Courses in special topics not offered in the established curriculum. (Irreg.)
The prerequisite for courses in Art History numbered 3000 to 4000 is 1113 or 2213 or 2223 unless otherwise indicated.
3133 Survey of Aegean Art and Architecture. Prerequisite: junior standing. Understanding of art and architecture of the Aegean civilization. The focus of the course will be on artistic production of the island of Crete and to a lesser extent Cycladic and Mycenaean achievements in the Bronze Age Greece. (alt. Sp)
3213 Classical Art and Archaeology: Greek Art to the Death of Alexander (Crosslisted with Classical Culture 3213). Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Lectures, occasionally illustrated, and assigned readings. Survey of the architecture, sculpture, painting and minor arts in the Greek regions of the eastern Mediterranean in the successive stages of their development, with analyses of dominant styles and detailed study of select masterpieces and monuments. (F) [IV-AF]
3223 Classical Art and Archaeology: Hellenistic Greek Art; Roman Art (Crosslisted with Classical Culture 3223). Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Continuation of 3213. Survey of Hellenistic art, with particular attention to the individuality of style and diversity of matter. Early Etruscan and Roman art. The development of Roman art in native and assimilated forms; studies in domestic and national monuments. (Sp) [IV-AF]
3263 Survey of Byzantine Art and Architecture. Prerequisite: junior standing. A survey of Byzantine monuments from the foundation of Constantinople in 330 CE to its fall in 1453. (Alt. Sp) [IV-AF]
3303 Renaissance Art in Italy 1200-1600. Prerequisite: junior standing, 1113, 2213 or 2223. Focuses on Renaissance art and architecture in Italy from a social and cultural framework, beginning in the 1200’s and ending around 1580. (Irreg.)
3403 Baroque Art and Architecture in Europe: 1600-1700. Prerequisite: junior standing; 1113, 2213 or 2223. Covers art and architecture in Europe in the seventeenth century, during the time period called the Baroque. (Irreg.)3673 History of Visual Communications. Prerequisite: junior standing. The history of visual communications and design from prehistoric times to the twentieth century. (Sp)
3753 History of Interior Design, Early Civilization to 1800. Prerequisite: 1113 or 2213 or 2223. Historical survey of architectural interiors and of the decorative arts from prehistory to 1800. Readings, lectures and discussion about the art, composition, and the aesthetic theories that give value to historical interiors. (F) [IV-WC]
3763 History of Interior Design, 19th and 20th Centuries. Prerequisite: 1113 or 2213 or 2223, 3753 or permission. History of interior with emphasis on cultural and socio-economic factors which led to their development. Emphasis on designers and patrons and on the major furnishings styles and design ideas of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. (Sp)
3803 Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture of Meso- and South America. Prerequisite: 2213 or 2223. An overview of Pre-Columbian art and architecture in Meso-America and South America from Prehistoric times until the Spanish intervention in the early 1500s. (F-alternate) [IV-NW]
3853 Survey of Asian Art. Prerequisite: junior standing. A survey of the art of India, China, and Japan. (Irreg.)
4113 Cycladic Art (Slashlisted with 5113). Prerequisite: junior standing. The Bronze Age culture of the Aegean Islands with special emphasis on Cycladic idols and monumental paintings on the island of Thera (Santorini). No student may earn credit for both 4113 and 5113. (Irreg.)
4123 Minoan Art and Architecture (Slashlisted with 5123). Prerequisite: junior standing. Examination and interpretation of Minoan palatial architecture and related art production on the island of Crete. No student may earn credit for both 4123 and 5123. (Irreg.))
4143 Mycenaean Art and Architecture (Slashlisted with 5143). Prerequisite: junior standing. Art of mainland Greece with particular attention to Mycenaean settlements and funeral practices. No student may earn credit for both 4143 and 5143. (Irreg.)
4163 Etruscan Art (Slashlisted with 5163). Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor. Examine and interpret selected works of Etruscan art in reference to the possible influences from the social, political, economic, literary, and religious "climate" of the time. No student may earn credit for both 4163 and 5163. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4233 Medieval Art I: Early Christian to c. 1100 (Slashlisted with 5233). Prerequisite: junior standing. A study of Western art and architecture from the early Christian period (fourth century) through the Early Romanesque period (about 1100). Studies of Byzantine, Migratory, Insular, Hispano-Islamic, Carolingian and Ottonian art included. No student may earn credit for both 4233 and 5233. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4243 Medieval Art II: Romanesque (Slashlisted with 5243). Prerequisite: junior standing. European medieval art of 11th and 12th centuries. Romanesque, the first pan-European art style, is formulated during a period of urban growth and the beginning of the university system. One of the most significant achievements during the Romanesque is the sculpted iconographical portal. No student may earn credit for both 4243 and 5243. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4253 Medieval Art III: Gothic (Slashlisted with 5253). Prerequisite: junior standing. European late Medieval art from mid-12th century to mid-15th century. Beginning with Gothic and continuing into early Renaissance, when two distinct styles come about simultaneously: Flemish and early Renaissance. No student may earn credit for both 4253 and 5253. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4273 Byzantine Icons (Slashlisted with 5273). Prerequisite: junior standing. Byzantine images occupy a principal position at the heart of the Eastern Church and they are an organic part of daily services. The icon represents a vision of the invisible, and therefore a vision founded on divine knowledge which transforms the created work into the miracle working image. This class will examine the challenging process of producing holiness and divinity through painting panels. No student may earn credit for both 4273 and 5273. (Irreg.)
4303 Early Renaissance Art in Italy (Slashlisted with 5303). Prerequisite: junior standing. Italian painting, sculpture, and architecture between 1250-1500, emphasizing the birth of the Renaissance from a social and cultural framework. No student may earn credit for both 4303 and 5303. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4333 High Renaissance and Mannerist Art in Italy (Slashlisted with 5333). Prerequisite: junior standing. Italian High Renaissance and Mannerist painting, sculpture, and architecture between 1500-1600. No student may earn credit for both 4333 and 5333. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4343 Italian Decorative Complexes (Slashlisted with 5343). Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor. Designed for art history and non-art history majors studying abroad in Italy. Explores the history of sculpture, architecture and painting produced in Italy with particular emphasis on the renaissance in Tuscany between c. 1250 to 1534. No student may earn credit for both 4343 and 5343. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4353 Northern Renaissance Art (Slashlisted with 5353). Prerequisite: junior standing. Painting, sculpture and architecture in Northern Europe from 1400-1600. The course will emphasize painting in Flanders, Germany and the Netherlands. No student may earn credit for both 4353 and 5353. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4373 The Italian City: Renaissance and Baroque Architecture (Slashlisted with 5373). Prerequisite: junior standing. Architecture and urban planning of Italy from about 1300-1700. Emphasis on the growth of the city and how new forms of social interaction affected the development of architecture and the urban setting. No student may earn credit for both 4373 and 5373. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4403 Southern Baroque Art (Slashlisted with 5403). Italian painting, sculpture, ar architecture from 1600-1700. This course will emphasize the effects of the Counter-Reformation on art and artists in Rome. No student may earn credit for both 4403 and 5403. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4463 Issues in Northern Baroque Art (Slashlisted with 5463). Prerequisite: junior standing; 1113, 2213 or 2223. Focuses on Northern Baroque art as case-study for examination of a variety of art historical methodologies and problems such as attribution, function, and meaning. No student may earn credit for both 4463 and 5463. (Irreg.)
4503 Art of the 18th Century: The Age of Enlightenment (Slashlisted with 5503). Prerequisite: junior standing. Emphasizes the interaction of art with scientific, literary, historic and philosophical innovations of the eighteenth century. Content includes painting, sculpture and architecture of Northern Europe. No student may earn credit for both 4503 and 5503. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4553 Nineteenth-Century Art (Slashlisted with 5553). Prerequisite: junior standing. European art from the French Revolution to 1900, with particular emphasis on developments in French painting. Brief consideration of parallel trends in American art. No student may earn credit for both 4553 and 5553. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4603 American Art (Slashlisted with 5603). Prerequisite: junior standing. American art from the colonial period to 1950. No student may earn credit for both 4603 and 5603. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4613 Readings in Twentieth-Century Art (Slashlisted with 5613). Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Explores the cultural/intellectual context of the Fauves, German Expressionists, Cubists, Constructivists, Futurists, Dadas, Surrealists, Etc., through artists' and critics' writings and manifestoes as well as other arts such as poetry, drama and dance. Readings, presentations, and critical writings will be assigned. No student may earn credit for both 4613 and 5613. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4633 Modern Art: Cezanne to 1950 (Slashlisted with 5633). Prerequisite: junior standing. European art from Post-Impressionism to 1950, including some American developments. Emphasis on painting and sculpture, with some consideration of architecture. No student may earn credit for both 4633 and 5633. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4653 Art Since World War II (Slashlisted with 5653). Prerequisite: 1113 or 2213 or 2223. Recent developments in art, both in the United States and abroad. No student may earn credit for both 4653 and 5653. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4663 Women in Contemporary Art (Slashlisted with 5663). Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Discussions concerning women's issues in contemporary art, current women artists and their art works. The notion of a "female sensibility" will be examined. Students will engage in individual and group presentations, both of artists and critical issues. Essay writing and preparation of bibliographies. No student may earn credit for both 4663 and 5663. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4673 Modern Sculpture (Slashlisted with 5673). Prerequisite: junior standing. A study of changing concepts in sculpture from neo-classicism to the present day. No student may earn credit for both 4673 and 5673. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4703 History of Photography 1839-1945 (Slashlisted with 5703). Prerequisite: junior standing. A survey of the history of photography from 1839 to 1945. Topics include photography as art; social, technical, mechanical, scientific and aesthetic factors in the development of the medium. No student may earn credit for both 4703 and 5703. (Irreg.) [IV-AF]
4713 History of Photography: 1945-Present (Slashlisted with 5713). Prerequisite: junior standing. A survey of the principal movements, ideas and motifs of photography from post-World War II until the 1990's. No student may earn credit for both 4713 and 5713. (Irreg.) [IV-AF]
4743 The American West in Art, Photography, and Popular Culture (Slashlisted with 5743). Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor. Focuses on the study of the Trans-Mississippi West, as seen through the eyes of artists and photographers from the early 19th century until today. A variety of media will be discussed, including paintings, prints, photography, and sculpture. The purpose of the course will be primarily to study Euro-American artistic conventions/tradition and how they have been employed in defining western history, culture, and native peoples as fact, fiction, and myth. No student may earn credit for both 4743 and 5743. (Irreg.) [IV-AF]
4753 The American West in Photography (Slashlisted with 5753). Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of the instructor. This course focuses on the study of the trans-Mississippi west as seen through the eyes of photographers from the early 19th century up to the present. The purpose of this course will primarily be to study Euro-American photographic conventions, traditions, and styles and how they have been employed in defining American western history, culture and native peoples as fact, artistic motif and myth. No student may earn credit for both 4753 and 5753. (Irreg.)
4823 20th-Century American Indian Art History (Slashlisted with 5823). Prerequisite: junior standing. Examination and study of the arts of North American Indians. Included in the survey will be the examination of new materials, styles, and the shifts of gender roles in the creative arts. No student may earn credit for both 4823 and 5823. (Irreg.) [IV-NW]
4843 20th Century Hispanic and Latin American Art History (Slashlisted with 5843). Prerequisite: junior standing. Visual arts of Mexico, Central and South America. Interdisciplinary methodology includes painting, sculpture, photography, video installations, pottery, and weaving. No student may earn credit for both 4843 and 5843. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
4853 American Indian Women Artists (Slashlisted with 5853). Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of the instructor. Investigates the arts of indigenous women throughout the Americas. Students will participate in research, discussion of selected readings, written assignments and individual presentations concerning the non-western aesthetics and ideals that are found in arts of Indian women from the 20th century forward. No student may earn credit for both 4853 and 5853. (Irreg.)
4873 Japanese Art (Slashlisted with 5873). Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor. Examines and interprets selected works of Japanese art from prehistory to the present in reference to the possible influences from the social, political, economic, literary, and religious "climate" of the time. No student may earn credit for both 4873 and 5873. (Irreg.) [IV-NW]
4883 Chinese Art (Slashlisted with 5883). Prerequisite: 3853 or permission of instructor. A general survey of the art of China from the Neolithic period through the 20th century. No student may earn credit for both 4883 and 5883. (Irreg.)
4913 Seminar (Slashlisted with 5913). Prerequisite: permission of instructor. May be repeated with change of content; maximum credit 12 hours. Advanced topics in art history. No student may earn credit for both 4913 and 5913. (Irreg.)
G4930 Special Topics. 2 to 6 hours. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. May be repeated with change of topic; maximum credit 12 hours. Courses in special topics not included in the established curriculum. (Irreg.)
4953 Museum Studies (Slashlisted with 5953). Prerequisite: junior standing. Analysis of problems in collecting, authenticating, exhibiting and conserving works of art. Attention is also given to museum architecture and administration, as well as to the cultural and educational role of the museum in the community. Field trips, projects and papers are required. No student may earn credit for both 4953 and 5953. (Irreg.)
4960 Directed Readings. Prerequisite: six hours of upper-division art history and permission of instructor. May be repeated; maximum credit six hours. Research culminating in the preparation of papers using technical and critical literature in the history of art. (Irreg.)
4963 Museum Studies Seminar (Slashlisted with 5963). Prerequisite: junior standing. Intended to provide an introduction to the museum profession and particularly to art museums. The class will consist of lectures/discussion and field trips to art museums (as well as other kinds) in Norman, Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Fort Worth. No student may earn credit for both 4963 and 5963. (Irreg.)
4993 Senior Capstone Experience. Prerequisite: senior classification. May not be repeated for credit. Primary objective is to provide a culminating experience for the senior-year student. Satisfies the University-wide General Education Requirement for a capstone course for art history majors. (F, Sp) [V]
G5113 Cycladic Art (Slashlisted with 4113). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. The Bronze Age culture of the Aegean Islands with special emphasis on Cycladic idols and monumental paintings on the island of Thera (Santorini). No student may earn credit for both 4113 and 5113. (Irreg.)
G5123 Minoan Art and Architecture (Slashlisted with 4123). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Examination and interpretation of Minoan palatial architecture and related art production on the island of Crete. No student may earn credit for both 4123 and 5123. (Irreg.)
G5143 Mycenaean Art and Architecture (Slashlisted with 4143). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Art of mainland Greece with particular attention to Mycenaean settlements and funeral practices. No student may earn credit for both 4143 and 5143. (Irreg.)
G5163 Etruscan Art (Slashlisted with 4163). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Examine and interpret selected works of Etruscan art in reference to the possible influences from the social, political, economic, literary, and religious "climate" of the time. No student may earn credit for both 4163 and 5163. (Irreg.)
G5203 Reflections on Western Art. Prerequisite: 4743 or 5743 or graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Focus on topics in western American art, contrasting contemporary with traditional interpretations, as well as formal with social implications of the subject. Issues to be considered will include gender and ethnicity; historiography and the impact of changing perceptions; western art as historical analogue vs. art as creative expression; and art of frontier America as a form of national identity, as commercial and social exploitation and as aesthetic tradition. Content will concentrate on the 19th and early 20th century painters, sculptors, and print makers who derived artistic themes from the trans-Mississippi west. (Irreg.)
G5210 Graduate Readings. 1 to 6 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. May be repeated with change of subject; maximum credit nine hours. Selected readings in art history. (Irreg.)
G5213 Ancient Portraits. Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. This course examines works from different western and non-western ancient cultures to establish a working definition of the art of portraiture. (Irreg.)
G5220 Graduate Projects. 1 to 6 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. May be repeated with change of subject; maximum credit nine hours. Individual problems on selected topics. (Irreg.)
G5233 Medieval Art I: Early Christian to c. 1100 (Slashlisted with 4233). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. A study of Western art and architecture from the early Christian period (fourth century) through the Early Romanesque period (about 1100). Studies of Byzantine, Migratory, Insular, Hispano-Islamic, Carolingian and Ottonian art included. No student may earn credit for both 4233 and 5233. (Irreg.)
G5243 Medieval Art II: Romanesque (Slashlisted with 4243). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. European medieval art of 11th and 12th centuries. Romanesque, the first pan-European art style, is formulated during a period of urban growth and the beginning of the university system. One of the most significant achievements during the Romanesque is the iconographical portal. No student may earn credit for both 4243 and 5243. (Irreg.)
G5253 Medieval Art III: Gothic (Slashlisted with 4253). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. European late Medieval art from mid-12th century to mid-15th century. Beginning with Gothic and continuing into early Renaissance, when two distinct styles come about simultaneously: Flemish and early Renaissance. No student may earn credit for both 4253 and 5253. (Irreg.)
G5273 Byzantine Icons (Slashlisted with 4273). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Byzantine images occupy a principal position at the heart of the Eastern Church and they are an organic part of daily services. The icon represents a vision of the invisible, and therefore a vision founded on divine knowledge which transforms the created work into the miracle working image. This class will examine the challenging process of producing holiness and divinity through painting panels. No student may earn credit for both 4273 and 5273. (Irreg.)
G5303 Early Renaissance Art in Italy (Slashlisted with 4303). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Italian painting, sculpture, and architecture between 1250-1500, emphasizing the birth of the Renaissance from a social and cultural framework. No student may earn credit for both 4303 and 5303. (Irreg.)
G5333 High Renaissance and Mannerist Art in Italy (Slashlisted with 4333). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Italian High Renaissance and Mannerist painting, sculpture, and architecture between 1500-1600. No student may earn credit for both 4333 and 5333. (Irreg.)
G5343 Italian Decorative Complexes (Slashlisted with 4343). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History. Designed for art history and non-art history majors studying abroad in Italy. Explores the history of sculpture, architecture and painting produced in Italy with particular emphasis on the Renaissance in Tuscany between c. 1250 to 1534. No student may earn credit for both 4343 and 5343. (Irreg.)
G5353 Northern Renaissance Art (Slashlisted with 4353). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Painting, sculpture and architecture in Northern Europe from 1400-1600. The course will emphasize painting in Flanders, Germany and the Netherlands. No student may earn credit for both 4353 and 5353. (Irreg.)
G5373 The Italian City: Renaissance and Baroque Architecture (Slashlisted with 4373). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Architecture and urban planning of Italy from about 1300-1700. Emphasis on the growth of the city and how new forms of social interaction affected the development of architecture and the urban setting. No student may earn credit for both 4373 and 5373. (Irreg.)
G5403 Southern Baroque Art (Slashlisted with 4403). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Italian painting, sculpture, architecture from 1600-1700. This course will emphasize the effects of the Counter-Reformation on art and artists in Rome. No student may earn credit for both 4403 and 5403. (Irreg.)
G5463 Issues in Northern Baroque Art. Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Looks at northern Baroque art as a case study for the examination of a variety of art historical problems such as attribution, function, interpretation, and symbolism. (Irreg.)
G5503 Art of the 18th Century: The Age of Enlightenment (Slashlisted with 4503). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Emphasizes the interaction of art with scientific, literary, historic and philosophical innovations of the eighteenth century. Content includes painting, sculpture and architecture of Northern Europe. No student may earn credit for both 4503 and 5503. (Irreg.)
G5553 Nineteenth-Century Art (Slashlisted with 4553). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. European art from the French Revolution to 1900, with particular emphasis on developments in French painting. Brief consideration of parallel trends in American art. No student may earn credit for both 4553 and 5553. (Irreg.)
G5603 American Art (Slashlisted with 4603). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. American art from the colonial period to 1950. No student may earn credit for both 4603 and 5603. (Irreg.)
G5613 Readings in Twentieth-Century Art (Slashlisted with 4613). Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Explores the cultural/intellectual context of the Fauves, German Expressionists, Cubists, Constructivists, Futurists, Dadas, Surrealists, Etc., through artists' and critics' writings and manifestoes as well as other arts such as poetry, drama and dance. Readings, presentations, and critical writings will be assigned. No student may earn credit for both 4613 and 5613. (Irreg.)
G5633 Modern Art: Cezanne to 1950 (Slashlisted with 4633). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. European art from Postimpressionism to 1950, including some American developments. Emphasis on painting and sculpture, with some consideration of architecture. No student may earn credit for both 4633 and 5633. (Irreg.)
G5653 Art Since World War II (Slashlisted with 4653). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Recent developments in art, both in the United States and abroad. No student may earn credit for both 4653 and 5653. (Irreg.)
G5663 Women in Contemporary Art (Slashlisted with 4663). Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Discussions concerning women's issues in contemporary art, current women artists and their art works. The notion of a "female sensibility" will be examined. Students will engage in individual and group presentations, both of artists and critical issues. Essay writing and preparation of bibliographies. No student may earn credit for both 4663 and 5663. (Irreg.)
G5673 Modern Sculpture (Slashlisted with 4673). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. A study of changing concepts in sculpture from neo-classicism to the present day. No student may earn credit for both 4673 and 5673. (Irreg.)
G5703 History of Photography 1839-1945 (Slashlisted with 4703). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. A survey of the history of photography from 1839 to 1945. Topics include photography as art; social, technical, mechanical, scientific and aesthetic factors in the development of the medium. No student may earn credit for both 4703 and 5703. (Irreg.)
G5713 History of Photography: 1945-Present (Slashlisted with 4713). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. A survey of the principal movements, ideas and motifs of photography from post-World War II until the 1990's. No student may earn credit for both 4713 and 5713. (Irreg.)
G5743 The American West in Art, Photography, and Popular Culture (Slashlisted with 4743). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Focuses on the study of the Trans-Mississippi West, as seen through the eyes of artists and photographers from the early 19th century until today. A variety of media will be discussed, including paintings, prints, photography, and sculpture. The purpose of the course will be primarily to study Euro-American artistic conventions/tradition and how they have been employed in defining western history, culture, and native peoples as fact, fiction, and myth. No student may earn credit for both 4743 and 5743. (Irreg.)
G5753 The American West in Photography (Slashlisted with 4753). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. This course focuses on the study of the trans-Mississippi west as seen through the eyes of photographers from the early 19th century up to the present. The purpose of this course will primarily be to study Euro-American photographic conventions, traditions, and styles and how they have been employed in defining American western history, culture and native peoples as fact, artistic motif and myth. No student may earn credit for both 4753 and 5753. (Irreg.)
G5823 20th-Century American Indian Art History (Slashlisted with 4823). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Examination and study of the arts of North American Indians. Included in the survey will be the examination of new materials, styles, and the shifts of gender roles in the creative arts. No student may earn credit for both 4823 and 5823. (Irreg.)
G5843 20th Century Hispanic and Latin American Art History (Slashlisted with 4843). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Visual arts of Mexico, Central and South America. Interdisciplinary methodology includes painting, sculpture, photography, video installations, pottery, and weaving. No student may earn credit for both 4843 and 5843. (Irreg.)
G5853 American Indian Women Artists (Slashlisted with 4853). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Investigates the arts of indigenous women throughout the Americas. Students will participate in research, discussion of selected readings, written assignments and individual presentations concerning the non-western aesthetics and ideals that are found in arts of Indian women from the 20th century forward. No student may earn credit for both 4853 and 5853. (Irreg.)
G5873 Japanese Art (Slashlisted with 4873). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Art and architecture in Japan from prehistory to the present. No student may earn credit for both 4873 and 5873. (Irreg.)
G5883 Chinese Art (Slashlisted with 4883). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. A general survey of the art of China from the Neolithic period through the 20th century. No student may earn credit for both 4883 and 5883. (Irreg.)
G5903 Methodologies and Theories in Art History. Prerequisite: graduate standing in art history or senior standing with permission of instructor. A study of various scholarly approaches to the history of art, as well as the theories which inform these approaches. Preparation of bibliographies; short presentations and papers. (Irreg.)
G5913 Seminar (Slashlisted with 4913). Prerequisite: permission of instructor. May be repeated with change of content; maximum credit twelve hours. Advanced topics in art history. No student may earn credit for both 4913 and 5913. (Irreg.)
G5953 Museum Studies (Slashlisted with 4953). Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Analysis of problems in collecting, authenticating, exhibiting and conserving works of art. Attention is also given to museum architecture and administration, as well as to the cultural and educational role of the museum in the community. Field trips, projects and papers are required. No student may earn credit for both 4953 and 5953. (Irreg.)
G5960 Directed Readings. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. May be repeated; maximum credit six hours. Research culminating in the preparation of papers using technical and critical literature in the history of art. (Irreg.)
5963 Museum Studies Seminar (Slashlisted with 4963). Prerequisite: junior standing. Intended to provide an introduction to the museum profession and particularly to art museums. The class will consist of lectures/discussion and field trips to art museums (as well as other kinds) in Norman, Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Fort Worth. No student may earn credit for both 4963 and 5963. (Irreg.)
G5972 Thesis Proposal. Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Students will create a research topic, select a thesis committee and formulate a proposal and bibliography approved by their committee. (Irreg.)
G5980 Research for Master's Thesis. 2 to 9 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. May be repeated for credit; maximum credit applicable toward degree, four hours. Directed research culminating in the completion of the master's thesis. (Irreg.)
G5990 Special Studies. 1 to 6 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be repeated; maximum credit 12 hours. Advanced studies in various periods of art history, given under stated titles determined each semester by the instructor involved. (F, Sp)
G5993 Special Studies. Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. May be repeated; maximum credit twelve hours. Advanced studies in various periods of art history, given under stated titles determined semester by the instructor involved. (Irreg.)
G6103 Regional Art and Artists. Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. May be repeated with change in topic; maximum credit 12 hours. Advanced seminar that will examine in depth various concepts, individuals, schools, movements or themes. Topics may include: contemporary Oklahoma artists; Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, 16 Taos and Santa Fe painters; contemporary Santa Fe artists; and Oklahoma artists, 1880-1950. (Irreg.)
G6203 Native American Art. Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. May be repeated with change in topic; maximum credit 12 hours. Advanced seminar that will examine in depth various concepts, individuals, schools, movements, or themes. Topics may include: Oklahoma Native American artists; Ledger art; art of Native American people; contemporary Native American painters; Native American sculptors; southwestern Native American weaving; jewelry; beadwork; potteries; coastal American art of the northwest; and native arts of Hawaii. (Irreg.)
G6303 Western American Art. Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. May be repeated with change in topic; maximum credit 12 hours. Advanced seminar that will examine in depth various concepts, individuals, schools, movements, or themes. Topics may include: contemporary western American artists; the impact of the west in New York artist – 1880-1920; Remington and Russell; Eastern artists and their western sojourns; monumental western American sculptors of the 19th or 20th century; utilitarian art of the west – saddles and tack, spurs, leather and ironwork; and American illustrators to artists. (Irreg.)
G6403 19th Century American Art. Prerequisite: graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. May be repeated with change in topic; maximum credit 12 hours. Advanced seminar that will examine in depth various concepts, individuals, schools, movements, or themes. Topics may include: the western landscape in 19th century American art; 19th century American folk art; 19th and 20th century American landscape photographers; natural America as seen by native Americans and Europeans – a comparison; John James Audubon and the naturalists; the commemorative sculpture legacy of the Civil War; American mythology in 19th and 20th century art; American masters of the 19th century. (Irreg.)
G6423 Topics in American Art History. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of instructor. Interdisciplinary seminar addressing topics in the history of American art, its focus changing from year to year though always concerned with developments in the art of the American west, based on close, restrained analysis of particular images combined with readings in art history and related disciplines. (Irreg.)
G6433 American Art and Material Culture. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Interdisciplinary seminar addressing the significance of ordinary objects taken as evidence of unconscious as well as conscious attitudes and beliefs, some specific to their original makers, users, owners and receivers, others latent in the broader cultural milieu in which each object circulated or circulates still. (Irreg.)
G6473 Issues in Spanish Colonial Architecture. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Class will focus on the development of Spanish colonial architecture in the Americas from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, focusing on methodological issues and current scholarship. (Irreg.)
G6503 Contemporary American Art. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. May be repeated with change in topic; maximum credit 12 hours. Advanced seminar that will examine in depth various concepts, individuals, schools, movements or themes. Topics may include: Post-modernism and its view of western American icons; contemporary native American southwestern artists; the west coast artists; California impressionism; Peter Hurd and his contemporaries; black American artists; Georgia O’Keeffe and the ghost ranch years; 20th century American immigrants and their art; American innocents; outsiders art and folk artists; contemporary American crafts; contemporary American illustration and graphic design; and contemporary American architecture (Irreg.)
G6513 Critical Issues in Recent American Art History. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Interdisciplinary seminar addressing critical issues in recent American art history through close attention to a series of recent monograms by major figures in the field. (Irreg.)
G6603 Cross Cultural Art of the Americas. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. May be repeated with change in topic; maximum credit 12 hours. Advanced seminar that will examine in depth various concepts, individuals, schools, movements or themes. Topics may include: the Canadian seven; Mexican art in the 19th century; pottery of San Ildefonso pueblo; pottery of Santa Clara pueblo; New York’s influence on Emilo Amero and his Mexican contemporaries; Diego Riveria in America; Jean Charlot and his American murals; and Inuit art of the Artic. (Irreg.)
G6973 Dissertation Proposal. Prerequisite: completion of core coursework for the PhD in Art History. Students will create a research topic and formulate a proposal and bibliography approved by their Doctoral committee. (F, Sp)
G6980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the general examination. Directed research culminating in the completion of the Doctoral dissertation. May be repeated for credit; Maximum credit applicable toward the degree is nine hours. (F, Sp)
Updated: May 22, 2009