Courses & Special Topics Fall/Winter 2013-14

“Course Summaries” will be listed below as they become available – simply click on the course title to view the course summary information. Special Topics courses may vary from year to year.

Please note:

the TIME and LOCATION of courses is published in the Public Class Schedule
OFFICIAL COURSE DESCRIPTIONS are available in the Undergraduate and Graduate Calendars
the OFFICIAL COURSE OUTLINE will be distributed at the first class of the term

[slideme title=”FYSM 1509P Street Art – Fall and Winter terms”]

Instructor: Anna Khimasia
This course is part of the Artsone Cluster, Street Art and Urban Culture, and considers visual art and performance outside the gallery and museum. We will examine street art from both a local and global perspective. The first half of the course examines street art from early Pop Art to the rise of graffiti art, underlining its links to other forms of popular culture such as dance and music. The second half of the course focuses on performance in its broadest sense, from street buskers to contemporary artists such as Santiago Sierra and the Guerrilla Girls. Historical moments such as May 1968, The Arab Spring, and the Occupy Movement will also be considered as we interrogate the relationship between the street, performance, art and politics.
Textbook and readings TBA.
Evaluation will include: class participation, maintenance of a blog presence, presentations and facilitations, short assignments, and a research essay.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 1100 Art and Society: Prehistory to the Renaissance – Fall term”]

Instructor: Cristina S. Martinez
Course Description
The course surveys the major developments in the history of art from prehistoric times to the Renaissance. It traces the responses of artist’s to historical and cultural developments and focuses on the major issues and themes in Western art. Students will learn to identify artists and works from each period, and develop critical, analytical and writing skills using relevant vocabulary. The course considers the significance of artistic and architectural developments in a historical and contemporary context.
Method of Evaluation
- Tutorial attendance and participation 15%
- Mid-term exam 20%
- Final paper 35%
- Final exam 30%
Textbook
Fred S. Kleiner, Gardner’s Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Boston: Wadsworth Publishing, 14^th edition. OR: Fred S. Kleiner, Gardner’s Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Book A: Antiquity (Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 14^th edition) and Fred S. Kleiner, Gardner’s Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Book B: The Middle Ages (Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 14^th edition).

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[slideme title=”ARTH 1101 Art and Society: Renaissance to the Present – Winter term”]

Instructor: Brian Foss
This course surveys the painting, sculpture and architecture of Europe and the Americas from the fifteenth-century Renaissance to the present. It identifies and examines keyartworks that helped define the places and periods in which they were produced, and that were influential for later artists and societies. Through lectures, tutorials, readings and research, students will develop different ways of viewing, understanding and interpreting these works of art in terms of their historical, social and aesthetic contexts, and will gain an understanding of the chronological and thematic development of the art and architecture of the past 600 years.
One two-hour lecture and one one-hour tutorial each week.
Textbook: Fred S. Kleiner, Gardner’s Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective (Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2010); OR: Fred S. Kleiner, Gardner’s Art throughthe Ages: The Western Perspective, Book C: Renaissance and Baroque (Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2010) and Fred S. Kleiner, Gardner’s Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Book D: Modern Europe and America (Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2010).
Grading:
Tutorial attendance and participation: 15%
Mid-term test: 20%
Annotated bibliography assignment: 25%
Final paper: 20%
Final exam: 20%

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[slideme title=”ARTH 1105 Art as Visual Communication – Winter term”]

Instructor: Jill Carrick
This course examines a variety of visual materials from across the ages. Art as Visual Communication focuses upon the elements of art (e.g. line, space, colour, texture), itsprinciples of pictorial organization, materials and techniques, and its organization into historical styles. Themes examined include the functions of art, and debates on artistic value, censorship and politics.
Evaluation includes a mid-term exam, take-home assignment, and a final exam.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 1200 Introduction to Architectural History – Fall term”]

Instructor: Peter Coffman
Required text: Fazio, Moffett and Wodehouse, Buildings Across Time: An Introduction to World Architecture, Fourth Edition.
Description: This course is an introduction to the major monuments and themes of Western architecture from Classical Antiquity to the end of the Renaissance. It will also include material from the Middle East and Asia. Formal and technological developments will be explored through a variety of building types including sacred, military, commercial and domestic. In all cases, the goal will be to situate the monuments on a broad cultural and historical landscape, connecting them to the ideas, events and circumstances that originally gave them meaning.
Evaluation: Mid-term test, Visual Analysis, Tutorial attendance and participation, Final Exam.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 2002 Canadian Historical Art – Fall term”]

Instructor: Angela Carr
The format of the course will be chronological with thematic discussion of issues such as contact between the First peoples and European explorers, traders and settlers, therole of contemporary theory in re-evaluating 19th century classifications of knowledge, and the impact of contemporary critiques upon canonical interpretations. Selected examples of
photography, graphic, decorative and folk arts will also be included, together with references to modern and contemporary works. Discussion will focus on how historical narratives
structure knowledge in ways that reflect society and values. Attitudes toward the cultural production of women, First Nations, and minorities will be considered, as will the privileging of certain types of artistic production and the manner in which art, artists, patrons, and scholarly discourses have shaped the Canadian cultural reality.
Evaluation: Attendance 10% 1 mid-term test (1.25 hour) 30% 1 essay (2500 words) 30% 1 final exam 30%
Format: Lecture (3 hours)

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[slideme title=”ARTH 2005 Arts of the First Peoples: The Woodlands, the Plains and the Subarctic – Fall term”]

Instructor: Allan Ryan
email: allan_ryan@carleton.ca, website: www.trickstershift.com
This course presents a selective survey of pre-contact, historic, and contemporary arts of the Aboriginal peoples of the Southeast, Eastern Woodlands, Great Plains and Prairies and the Subarctic regions of North America. The aim of the course is to develop a familiarity with the richness of First Peoples artforms in their regional diversity and temporal depth from time immemorial to the present. A wide range of traditional media and materials will be examined, from sculpture, architecture, birchbark and hide painting to basketry, quillwork and beadwork. The role that art has played in expressions of cosmological belief, political power, group identity, and/or presentation of the individual self will also be explored. Specific attention will be paid to the impact on the arts by colonization, gender, and touristic commodification of indigenous culture. Cultural continuity expressed and maintained through the arts will be an ongoing theme, as will the foregrounding of contemporary Aboriginal “fine arts” production in these regions over the last three decades, with a particular emphasis on Canadian First Nations artists.
Required texts: (available at Haven Books, corner of Sunnyside and Seneca):
Berlo, Janet Catherine and Ruth B. Phillips, Native North American Art (Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 1998) Andrew Hunter Whiteford, North American Indian Arts. Golden/St. Martin’s Press.
Most images viewed in class will be made available electronically. Additional readings, videos and DVDs will be placed on reserve in the Audio Visual Resource Centre and/or the McOdrum Library.
Tentative Grading breakdown:
Short report on Canadian Museum of Civilization visit 15%
Two short reports on attendance at two public Aboriginal events 10%
Midterm exam 30%
Library research assignment 15%
Final exam 30%

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[slideme title=”ARTH 2007 Asian Art – Winter term”]

Introduction to the Arts of Asia
Instructor: Ming Tiampo
This course is an introduction to Asian art in China, Japan, India and surrounding areas. It acquaints students with the arts of Asia from prehistory to the present, providing a foundation for further study in Asian Art. Emphasizing transnational cultural movements, this course explores the interconnectedness of cultures in Asia, as well as their contacts outside of Asia. The course is organized in two parts—before the midterm, we will be focusing on the religious arts of Asia, and after the midterm, secular art will be our primary consideration.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 2202 Medieval Art and Architecture – Winter term”]

Instructor: Peter Coffman
Required text: Stokstad and Cothren Art History: Medieval Art, Fifth Edition with MyArtslab.
Description: This course is a survey of the major monuments of medieval art from approximately the fourth to the fifteenth centuries. The course will be anchored in the study of architecture, which has with some justification been called “the mother of all [medieval] arts.” While the great cathedrals and abbeys unavoidably (and rightly) play a central role in the course, we will also look at small parish churches and secular buildings ranging from castles to middle-class houses. While exploring the architecture, we will look at closely related arts such as sculpture, mosaic and stained glass, as well as media such as metalwork and illuminated manuscripts.
Evaluation: quiz, mid-term test, essay or design assignment, tutorial participation, final exam.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 2300 Italian Renaissance Art – Winter term”]
Instructor: Randi Klebanoff
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[slideme title=”ARTH 2405 European Art of the 17th Century – Fall term”]

Instructor: Stéphane Roy
This course explores painting, sculpture, print and architecture in Europe during the Baroque era (circa 1600-1700). After an introductory section explaining the basic conceptswhich define this particular moment in art history, the course will examine the art produced in different national settings, from Italy to Spain, from the Netherlands to France. Through lectures, readings, and discussions, we will develop different ways of viewing and interpreting 17^th-century art in its broader historical and social contexts.
Evaluation
Short assignment 20%
Mid-term test 30%
Final exam 40%
Attendance/participation 10%
Class Format: 2 lectures a week of 1.5 hours each

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[slideme title=”ARTH 2406 European Art of the 18th Century – Winter term”]

Instructor: Stéphane Roy
This course explores painting, sculpture, print and architecture in Europe during the 18th century (1680-1815). After an introductory section explaining the basic conceptswhich define this particular era in art history, the course will examine the art produced in different national settings, most particularly Italy, England, and France. Through lectures, readings, and discussions, we will develop different ways of viewing and interpreting late Baroque, Rococo and Neoclassical art in its broader historical and social contexts.
Evaluations:
1. Short assignment 20%
2. Mid-term test 30%
3. Final exam 40%
4. Attendance/participation 10%
Class Format: 2 lectures a week of 1.5 hours each

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[slideme title=”ARTH 2502 European Art of the 19th Century – Fall term”]

Instructor: Mitchell Frank
This course surveys mostly painting, but also architecture and sculpture in Europe from the French Revolution until the end of the nineteenth century. We will approach theart of this period chronologically as well as geographically. The course will begin with the Rococo and Neoclassical periods and then move on to Realism, Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism. The focus will be on artistic developments in France, Germany, and England. Through lectures, readings, and research, we will develop different ways of interpreting and viewing the art of this period in its historical and social contexts.
Evaluation: To be announced, but will likely include in-class assignments, essay, mid-term exam and final exam
Textbook: Petra ten-Doesscahte, Nineteenth-Century Art, 3rd ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2012).
Class Format: 2 classes a week of 1.5 hours each

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[slideme title=”ARTH 2600 Modern European Art 1900-1945 – Winter term”]

Instructor: Roger Mesley
By means of slide lectures, I present selected major movements and individuals of the 1900-1945 period. Specifically, we study Fauvism, Die Brucke Expressionism, Early Picasso and Cubism, Futurism, Orphism (Kupka and Delaunay), Marc and The Blue Rider, Mondrian, Duchamp, Picabia and Dada, Dali and Surrealism.
Evaluation is by means of a midterm test and a final examination (40/60).

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[slideme title=”ARTH 2601 History and Theory of Photography – Fall term”]

Instructor: Carol Payne
From the announcement of its invention in the 1830s to the rise of Facebook, photography has become a phenomenally popular and influential visual form. This course looksat the history and cultural meanings of photography. We will explore photographs as works of art, tools of scientific investigation, reportage, and personal mementos through lectures, discussions and assignments.
As part of the course, we will also visit the National Gallery of Canada’s renowned Photographs Collection and draw on other photography exhibitions and special events inthe National Capital Region.
Papers on the Visual and Historical Analysis of Photograph7 (total about 10 pages)
Exams: Midterm and Final
Texts: Mary Warner Marien, Photography: A Cultural History. latest Edition. (Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall,). ARTH 2601 Course pack.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 2608 History and Theory of Architecture – Winter term”]

Instructor: Michael Windover
This course explores aspects of the built environment from around 1600 to the present. We will look at monuments, architects, and theories that affected the wayarchitecture was designed, understood, and experienced in the West in this incredibly dynamic and innovative period.
Evaluation will consist of in-class tests, tutorial attendance and participation, a research project, and a final exam.
Required text: Fazio, Moffett and Wodehouse, Buildings Across Time: An Introduction to World Architecture, Fourth Edition.
2 lecture hours and one tutorial per week.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 3000 Themes in Canadian Art – Fall term”]
The Photograph in Canada

Instructor: Carol Payne
This class will explore the history of photography in Canada through Ottawa’s rich collections … while exploring Canadian history through photographs. This is an ideal coursefor student interested in museums as well as the history of photography. Students will have a rare opportunity to work directly with objects in area collections. Participating collections opening their doors to the class are: the National Gallery of Canada, the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Canadian War Museum, and the Carleton University Art Gallery. Since the first documented use of the daguerreotype in British North America (in 1840), the medium of photography has played a varied role in Canadian history. It has served as a tool of art, western settlement, journalism, official propaganda, commercial advertisement and social critique. Through a study of Canadian photographic history, we will examine such diverse topics as the construction of nationhood, imperialist representations, and visual media. At the same time, this course will introduce students to different theoretical approaches to the photograph and develop research and writing skills.
Classes will include weekly lectures and discussions. The course will also include a course pack of additional writing on photography in Canada.
Evaluations (provisional):
Paper: catalogue entry on a photograph in an area collection (this assignment will be completed in about 3 smaller parts): total of about 10 -15 pages
Exams: midterm and final Participation in Class discussions – includes periodic brief written commentaries on discussion topics and assigned reading
Textbook: Carol Payne and Andrea Kunard, eds. The Cultural Work of Photography in Canada. (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2011).

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[slideme title=”ARTH 3002 Canadian Architecture – Winter term”]

Instructor: Angela Carr
This course studies architecture in Canada from indigenous traditions to the present day, covering both stylistic and technological developments. Building styles, methods,and materials will be examined in the context of social and economic conditions and construction techniques.
In addition to the foregoing, we will address broader historical contexts. Lectures will consider how the methodology of history writing influences the study of built form andhow the traditional canon is now informed by cultural landscapes and historical and contemporary vernaculars.
Evaluation: Attendance 10%, Mid-term test 30%, Essay 30%, Final exam 30%.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 3005 American Architecture – Fall term”]

Instructor: Angela Carr
A selected overview of American architecture from pre-history to the present, this course explores scholarly critiques in the field of architectural history and seeks todevelop study and research skills in the field of architectural history.
Evaluation:
Attendance 10%
Mid-Term Test 30%
Essay 30%
Final Examination 30%
Format: Lecture (3 hours)

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[slideme title=”ARTH 3105 Studies in Roman Art – Fall term”]

XL with CLCV 3307 and RELI 3733
Instructor: Janet Tulloch
This year’s topic is: “Pilgrimage in the Roman World”
Visions, votives and cult centers were all part of ancient pilgrimage in the Roman world. Who were the ancient pilgrims? Where did they travel? How did they get there? Why did they go? This course will examine the visual, archaeological and written evidence of those who sometimes risked their lives to heal themselves, divine the future or see their gods.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 3106 History and Methods of Art History – Fall and Winter terms”]

Instructors: Randi Klebanoff (Fall) and Carol Payne (Winter)
This course will explore art history’s history and methods, its practices and problematics. During the first term we will examine the historical and theoretical foundations ofart history from the Renaissance through its development as an academic discipline to the early 1970s with a look at current issues in museum studies. The second section of the course will deal with some of the challenges to the traditional methods and definitions of the discipline in the twentieth and twenty-first century.
EVALUATION: facilitation panels (4 required: averaged) 20% course journal (4 collections, averaged) 30% participation* 10% Fall term test (November 15) 20% Winter term test(TBA) 20%

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[slideme title=”ARTH 3107 History and Methods of Architectural History – Winter term”]

Instructor: Angela Carr
This course will study of the methodologies and research approaches employed by architectural historians. Beginning with the foundations of architectural history inRenaissance humanism, the readings will follow the development of the discipline through modernism to more recent critical approaches dealing with gender and race as well as the current emphasis on inter-disciplinary study and the vernacular.
EVALUATION: Over the term students will be expected to summarize and present to the class two readings from the Course Outline (20% each). You will also be asked toprepare a journal with 2-page summaries from each of at least seven weeks of classes to synthesize your thinking over the course of the term (25%). Attendance (10%) Final examination (25%).
Prerequisite(s): third-year Honours standing or higher in History and Theory of Architecture, or permission of the Discipline.
Seminar three hours a week

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[slideme title=”ARTH 3305 History of Architecture 1400-1700 – Fall term”]

Instructor: Michael Windover
This course examines architecture of the early modern era (from Renaissance to Rococo). We will consider how ideas developing in this tumultuous period of political andsocial unrest shaped architecture and how the built environment affected European societies. We will consider a number of key themes in relation to the creation of designed environments, including the use and understanding of the classical tradition, the notion and importance of translation, the status of the architect, and the role of new technologies (e.g., the printing press).
Evaluation will consist of participation in weekly lectures, a midterm exam, a research project, and a final exam.
3 lecture hours a week.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 3400 History of Printmaking – Winter term”]

Instructor: Stéphane Roy
This course will provide a survey of the various printmaking techniques used from the 15th to the 21st century (woodcut, etching, lithography, linocut, etc.) through the workof their practitioners. In order to give a better sense of the medium’s materiality and to develop elements of basic connoisseurship (identification, technical processes, scholarly conventions), teaching and discussions will be conducted – whenever possible – from actual objects, drawn mainly from Carleton University Art Gallery’s collections, as well as from other institutions in the Capital Region. By the end of this course, students will have a better understanding of this important yet overlooked art form. Evaluation
1. Two reaction papers (2 x 15%)
2. Research statement (20%)
3. Term paper (40%)
4. Class participation (10%)
Course format: 3-hour weekly seminar

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[slideme title=”ARTH 3507 The Artist in Context – Winter term”]

Instructor: Roger Mesley
Vincent Van Gogh is the artist studied in 2013-2014. The mode of instruction is slide lectures. Emphasis is placed on Van Gogh’s years in France (1886-1890).
There is no assigned text, as online resources are excellent and, in addition, copious readings will be available on reserve at the AVRC.
Evaluation will be by means of a midterm test, and a choice between a 15-page essay or a final examination (40/60). Students who took the Gauguin version of 3507 are eligible to get a second 3507 credit for the Van Gogh version of the course.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 3600 Modern Art from c. 1945 – c. 1980 – Fall term”]

Instructor: Jill Carrick
This course examines modern art from 1945 to the present. It emphasizes the relationship of the visual arts to key historical events, political agendas, and other cultural phenomena. The course moves chronologically from American and European postwar art (e.g. Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art) to minimalism, performance art, postmodernism, and recent contemporary art.
Evaluation includes reading summaries, take-home assignment, class participation and facilitation, and a research essay

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[slideme title=”ARTH 3609 Twentieth-Century Architecture – Fall term”]

Instructor: Michael Windover
This course examines how architects, builders, designers, and their patrons responded to the changing conditions of modernity in the twentieth century. This was a centuryof great formal innovation in architecture but also of massive upheaval caused by world wars, ideological conflict, and a more globalized economy than had ever been seen before. We will look at how these and other factors affected the designed environment. What is meant by the “Modern Movement” in architecture? How has it been critiqued? Is it over?
Evaluation will consist of participation in weekly lectures, midterm exam, a research project, and a final exam.
3 lecture hours a week.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 3809A A Closer Look at Art and Visual Culture – Fall term”]

Modern Japanese Art 1868-1989
Instructor: Ming Tiampo
This course examines Japanese art from the Meiji Restoration until the death of Emperor Hirohito and the peak of the Japanese economic bubble. Japan’s rise from isolated nation to economic superpower was rapid, aggressive, and highly contested. The art of 20^th c Japan grew out of this fertile soil, touched by the nation’s first brutal encounters with the West, violent ambitions as a colonial power, experiences of defeat, breakneck industrialization (with attendant environmental and societal costs), and ambivalent globalization. From the very beginning of the century, Japanese artists and architects had no choice but to think internationally, producing cosmopolitan forms informed by three intersecting histories of art—Japanese, European and American—providing a powerful case study for understanding transnational modernism.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 3809B A Closer Look at Art and Visual Culture – Winter term”]

The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: Architecture in the Age of Revolutions
Instructor: Peter Coffman
Required text: TBA
Description: The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were a time of enormous intellectual and creative activity, social upheaval, and technological innovation. The architecture of the period both reflected and informed its turbulent and fascinating era. This course will explore the styles, building types, key monuments and ideological frameworks of architecture ranging from the most florid Baroque to the strictest Neo-Classicism through revived medievalism and the restless experimentation with new forms, materials, and building types that would lead to Modernism.
Evaluation: TBA

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[slideme title=”ARTH 3809C A Closer Look at Art and Visual Culture – Winter term”]

Art & Visual Culture in the U.S.
Instructor: Carol Payne
This course will address key aspects of American painting, sculpture and photography from the Colonial period to the present. Attention will particularly be paid to shiftingconstructions of national identity in American art, the role of the museum in the history of US art and how class, racial and gender representations. The class will combine regular lectures with discussion. Coursework: response papers, midterm exam and final exam. Textbook (to be determined) and course pack.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 4000 Topics in Canadian Art – Fall term”]

Instructor: Angela Carr
This course addresses the little-studied theme of urbanism and representations of city life in Canadian historical art. From the topographers to Lawren Harris and MillerBrittain, discussion will include selected examples of contemporary art dealing with ecology, transnational issues, and dreamscapes.
The class will also visit the National Gallery of Canada exhibition Artists, Architects, and Artisans: Canadian Art, 1890-1918 and relevant collections in the NationalCapital region.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 4005 Topics in Contemporary Aboriginal Art – Winter term”]

Creative Engagement with Aboriginal Self-Portraits: A Discourse on the Nature of Self-Representation
Instructor: Allan Ryan
Contact: allan_ryan@carleton.ca; www.trickstershift.com
This course will take as its primary referent, About Face: Self-Portraits by Native American, First Nations and Inuit Artists, catalogue to an exhibition of contemporary Aboriginal self-portraits co-curated by the instructor, and shown at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 2005-2006. Still the only exhibition of its kind, this body of work will be considered in light of the history of Native American self-representation, from its early focus on communal and socio-political identities to the emergence of more individualistic portrayals in the late 19th and early 20th century; and in light of the history of Western self-portraiture from the Renaissance period to the present. Interdisciplinary thinking is encouraged.
This course is more broadly about the construction of personal identity and its public presentation, and the implementation of indigenous pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning that privilege holistic and experiential learning, the construction of safe and sacred spaces, relationality, personal narratives, and writing from the heart. As such, a primary component of the course is the creation and presentation of a student self-portrait viewed in conversation with those by Aboriginal artists discussed in the course.
Course format: lectures, guest speakers, videos, seminar discussion, class presentations, conference attendance.
Required texts:
Exhibition catalogue, About Face: Native American, First Nations, and Inuit Self-Portraits, Zena Pearlstone and Allan J. Ryan, curators. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 2006. Available from the instructor.
The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative, Thomas King, Anansi, 2003. Available from Haven Books (Seneca and Sunnyside)
Supplementary resources (articles, books, DVDs and videos) will be placed on reserve in the MacOdrum Library or the Audio Video Resource Centre, and on the course website.
Course Evaluation:
1. Class presentation on one piece of work in the About Face exhibition, in the context of the curatorial essay, the artist’s other work, and ideas in at least one of the accompanying supplementary essays. (15% of term grade.) A one page summary of the main points in the presentation is to be provided to the rest of the class. An essay (9-10 pages) based on the presentation, along with a minimum of 10 illustrations, is to be submitted one week after the presentation. (20% of term mark)
2. A 5-6 page personal reflection on the presentations at the 13th Annual New Sun Conference on Aboriginal Arts, March 1, 2014. (15% of term grade.). See www.trickstershift.com for more details on the annual conference.
3. Final assignment has two parts: 1) a student self portrait in any media (15%), and a 10-12 page reflective essay (25%) that discusses the various artists, exhibition self-portraits, readings, class presentations, videos and personal experiences that have informed the creation of the self-portrait. The self-portraits will be presented during the last class.
4. Class participation: everyone is expected to contribute to class discussions (10% of term mark).

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[slideme title=”ARTH 4008 Transnational Theory – Winter term”]

Contemporary Art in the World
Instructor: Ming Tiampo
This course examines current trends in contemporary art internationally. Moving from local to global sites of production, display and encounter, this course considers several regions in depth, as well as transnational structures such as art fairs, biennales, and major international museums.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 4202 Topics in Medieval Art and Architecture – Fall term”]

(x-listed with ARTH 5113)
The Gothic
Instructor: Peter Coffman
Required text: Weekly readings will be made available through a combination of a course pack and Ares.
Description: This seminar will explore the Gothic as a continuous imaginative tradition stretching from the twelfth century to the present day. The core of the course will be Gothic architecture and its many re-births, but other media ranging from painting to literature to film will also play a part, and students will be given as much latitude as possible to explore whatever corner of Gothic most interests them. We will consider Gothic both as a series of monuments that span the centuries, and as an imaginatively- or ideologically-driven series of interpretations and meanings that have been assigned to those monuments. Readings will include both primary and secondary documents.
Evaluation: Assessment will include a research essay and in-class presentation, as well as smaller assignments and tutorial participation. Exact requirements for 4202 will differ from those for 5113. Details TBA.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 4602 Issues in the Theory and History of Photography – Winter term”]

(x-listed with ARTH 5500)
Memory and the Photograph
Instructor: Carol Payne
This seminar will address the role that photography plays in conceptualizations of memory. We will draw on the rich body of literature on photography and memory as well astheory drawn from Memory Studies including work by Roland Barthes, Marianne Hirsch, Annette Kuhn, Martha Langford, and Barbie Zelizer.
Grades will be based on regular reader responses, discussion participation and a research paper/seminar.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 4800 Topics in Architectural History – Fall term”]

Instructor: Michael Windover
“Architecture and the Mass Media”
This seminar examines intersections of architecture and the mass media. We will look at how media, such as printing, photography, film, and radio, affected the practice,reception, and experience of architecture. As well we will consider how architecture operates as a mass medium itself, often in concert with others.
Evaluation will consist of participation in weekly seminars, presentations, group work, and an independent research project.
3 seminar hours a week.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 4809B Topics in Art History and Criticism – Winter term”]

(x-listed with ARTH 5115)
Instructor: Mitchell Frank
Topic: Weimar Art and Culture
Weimar Germany (1918-33) was a period of sharp conflicts and contrasts. In this course, we explore artistic movements, such as New Objectivity, Expressionist film, and theBauhaus, within political contexts established between the end of the WW I and the rise of Hitler to power.
Evaluation (subject to change):
1. Participation 10%
2. Short Writing Assignments 25%
3. Seminar Presentation 15%
4. Final Essay 50%
Readings: Coursepack of selected essays and book chapters.
Class Format: 1 class 3 hours per week

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[slideme title=”ARTH 4809C Topics in Art History and Criticism – Winter term”]

Instructor: Nathan Flis
Topic: Drawn from the Life: Perspectives on Art and Science in Europe, C.1500-1700
This seminar introduces the fascinating and often bizarre world of art and science in early modern Europe, c.1500-1700.Organized around the theme of “drawing from the life”(from nature), we will explore the intricate connections between Art (as craft) and Science (as knowledge), with weekly topics to include: the depiction of animals (from the paintings of Piero di Cosimo to the illustrations in natural history books); the art of anatomical illustration (including the work of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo); perspectives on the discovery and exploration of the New World; and the phenomenon of collecting objects of art and nature (cabinets of curiosities).
Guided by weekly primary and secondary readings, discussions will usually focus on objects –prints, drawings, paintings, and other decorative and functional objects (e.g.tools, pieces of furniture, musical instruments). Special papers will involve choosing an object, reconstructing its historical and cultural context, and understanding it from a myriad of perspectives. Comparisons will be drawn with objects from other early modern cultures, including the Far and Middle East.
The course is open to upper year undergraduates from any program.
Format: seminar, meeting once a week for 3 hours
Assignments: Response papers (1500-2000 words each) on five of the six weekly topics of your choice. Each paper will analyse one or more of the images/objects discussed in class in the context of that week’s theme and readings. One of these response papers will be adapted for presentation in seminar.
Requirements and Grading:
- Response papers x 5 (75% i.e. 15% each)
- Seminar presentation 15%
- Seminar participation 10%
Required reading: A mixture of primary (historical) and secondary literature; some texts can be accessed through Carleton’s library online catalogue (electronic access, free of charge), while others will be included in the course pack, (available for purchase at the university book store).

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[slideme title=”ARTH 4809D Topics in Art History and Criticism – Fall term”]

(x-listed with ARTH 5218)
Instructor: Stéphane Roy
In this seminar, students will be introduced to the visual object from a curatorial/museum perspective. They will learn to think critically about the practice of art history inacademia and in the museum world. Students will be asked to develop their own small-scale exhibition proposal based on selected objects from Carleton University Art Gallery’s collection.
Evaluation
1. Comparative review of exhibitions (30%)
2. Research/small exhibition project (40%)
3. Class presentation (15%)
4. Class participation (15%)
Course format: 3-hour weekly seminar

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[slideme title=”BUSI 4901A Managing the Arts (elective) – Fall term”]

A new elective offered by The Sprott School of Business
Description: Marketing, human resource management, strategy, leadership, finance and other managerial functions are examined within the context of the artistic and aesthetic considerations that obtain within the arts and culture industry.
Prerequisites: Third Year Standing, available to students in Film Studies, Music and Art History. Minors in these disciplines also welcome. For permission to register please submit a Registration Override Request.
Lectures three hours a week.
Topics: Strategy, Programming, Art and tourism, Joint ventures and partnerships, Government relations, Leadership, Governance and dealing with boards, Marketing, Fundraising, Human resources, Career paths
Arts and culture is a large and growing industry, which must deal with all of the issues faced by managers in other sectors but within a quite distinct context. Government granting agencies, donors, specific audiences, personnel hired from an international market and competition from numerous entertainment alternatives help define the competitive space within which arts and culture organizations must compete. The normal factors that influence managerial decisions are overlaid with aesthetic and artistic considerations, which are almost impossible to measure empirically, but which carry great weight for many of the organization’s members, clients and consumers. The task of managers is thus made more complex by competing logics that operate in a highly dynamic and increasingly competitive market. This course is designed to introduce students to the realities of managing in this sector through an examination of the research material and through interactions with managers active in arts and culture organizations.
This course is ideally suited for students enrolled in programs (including Minors) in the School for Studies in Art and Culture. Priority registration will be given to the aforementioned students

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[slideme title=”ARTH 5010 Art and Its Institutions – Fall and Winter terms”]

Fall term Instructor: Ming Tiampo,
Winter term Instructor: Jill Carrick
ARTH 5010 is a full-year course for incoming MA students in Art History. In the fall semester, students are introduced to a selection of key theoretical models and objects ofstudy in art history. In the winter semester, the emphasis is on developing primary and secondary research skills, writing ability, and knowledge of area resources for art historians. The course is thus designed to engage students with the theoretical and practical nature of writing art history.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 5112 Topics in Historiography, Methodology and Criticism – Winter term”]

Instructor: Michael Windover
“Thinking Inside the Box: Approaching Interiors”
This seminar joins recent scholarly discussion about interiors—interior design and role of the interior designer or decorator, theoretical considerations of interiority, and thesocio-political place of interiors in modernity. What kinds of problems do interiors pose and how do they affect our understanding of modernity?
Evaluation will be based heavily on participation in seminar discussions, responses to weekly readings, presentations, and an independent research project.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 5113 Perspectives on Pre-Modernity – Fall term”]

(x-listed with ARTH 4202)
The Gothic
Instructor: Peter Coffman
Required text: Weekly readings will be made available through a combination of a course pack and Ares.
Description: This seminar will explore the Gothic as a continuous imaginative tradition stretching from the twelfth century to the present day. The core of the course will be Gothic architecture and its many re-births, but other media ranging from painting to literature to film will also play a part, and students will be given as much latitude as possible to explore whatever corner of Gothic most interests them. We will consider Gothic both as a series of monuments that span the centuries, and as an imaginatively- or ideologically-driven series of interpretations and meanings that have been assigned to those monuments. Readings will include both primary and secondary documents.
Evaluation: Assessment will include a research essay and in-class presentation, as well as smaller assignments and tutorial participation. Exact requirements for 4202 will differ from those for 5113. Details TBA.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 5115 Topics in Modern and Contemporary Art – Winter term”]

(x-listed with ARTH 4809)
Instructor: Mitchell Frank
Topic: Weimar Art and Culture
Weimar Germany (1918-33) was a period of sharp conflicts and contrasts. In this course, we explore artistic movements, such as New Objectivity, Expressionist film, and theBauhaus, within political contexts established between the end of the WW I and the rise of Hitler to power.
Evaluation (subject to change):
1. Participation 10%
2. Short Writing Assignments 25%
3. Seminar Presentation 15%
4. Final Essay 50%
Readings: Coursepack of selected essays and book chapters.
Class Format: 1 class 3 hours per week

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[slideme title=”ARTH 5210 Topics in Aboriginal Art – Fall term”]

Instructor: Ruth Phillips
Special topic: Printmaking in Modern Northwest Coast Aboriginal Art
The course will focus on printmaking as an important component of the renewal of Northwest Coast Aboriginal art that took place during the second half of the twentiethcentury. We will examine prints both as a modern artistic expression and within the context of Northwest Coast historic art traditions. Hands on study and research papers will focus on the Macdonald collection in the Carleton University Art Gallery, one of the finest and most comprehensive assemblages of these prints in the world. Students’ projects will continue to a forthcoming CUAG exhibition and website development.

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[slideme title=”ARTH 5218 Museum Studies and Curatorial Practice – Fall term”]

(x-listed with 4809)
Instructor: Stéphane Roy
In this seminar, students will be introduced to the visual object from a curatorial/museum perspective. They will learn to think critically about the practice of art history inacademia and in the museum world. Students will be asked to develop their own small-scale exhibition proposal based on selected objects from Carleton University Art Gallery’s collection.
Evaluation
1. Comparative review of exhibitions (30%)
2. Research/small exhibition project (40%)
3. Class presentation (15%)
4. Class participation (15%)
Course format: 3-hour weekly seminar

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[slideme title=”ARTH 5500 Photography and its Institutions – Winter term”]

(x-listed with ARTH 4602)
Memory and the Photograph
Instructor: Carol Payne
This seminar will address the role that photography plays in conceptualizations of memory. We will draw on the rich body of literature on photography and memory as well astheory drawn from Memory Studies including work by Roland Barthes, Marianne Hirsch, Annette Kuhn, Martha Langford, and Barbie Zelizer.
Grades will be based on regular reader responses, discussion participation and a research paper/seminar.

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