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The educational experience
of Art History majors at The American
University of Paris offers an in-depth
understanding of the development of Western
Art as product and agent of history and
society. In addition to class lectures
exceptional exposure to original works of
European art and architecture, both in
museums and on-site, is an integral part of
the course of study.
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will acquire a broad grasp of the
evolution of
Western Art in the framework of social and
historical developments.
Using discipline specific terminology they
will learn to
analyze art works thematically and
stylistically. Students will
be able to apply a variety of theoretical
approaches to individual
works of art as well as to specific
monuments.
Interdisciplinary Initiatives
Minors in Art History, Fine Arts, Classical
Civilization, Medieval
Studies, Middle Eastern and Islamic
Cultures, Renaissance
Studies, Urban Studies, Visual Culture.
Centers and Partnerships
Louvre Partnership: “Les jeunes ont la
parole”
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Requirements for the Major in
ART
HISTORY |
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FirstBridge
8 FirstBridge courses change every year.
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Up to 8 EN 110 College Writing, EN 220 Writing and Criticism
Up to 18 French through French FR 235
4 French language or literature beyond FR 235
8 Historical and Cross-Cultural Understandings
8 Social Experience and Organization
Up to 8 Scientific and Mathematical Investigations
CORE
Select one of the following two options (16 credits)
OPTION I
AH 100 Introduction to Western Art I
AH 213 Renaissance Art and Architecture
AH 214 Baroque and Rococo Art and Architecture
AH 216 19th- and 20th-Century Art and Architecture
OPTION II
AH 120 Introduction to Western Art II
AH 211 Ancient Art and Architecture
AH 212 Medieval Art and Architecture
AH 213 Renaissance Art and Architecture
REQUIRED
(12 credits)
AR 120 Materials and Techniques of the Masters
AH 390 Junior Seminar (must be taken in the Junior year)
AH 490 Senior Seminar (may be taken twice for credit)
ELECTIVES (20
credits)
Select five additional Art History courses of which three must be at the
300- level or above,
(only one of these may be cross listed) plus two other Art History or cross
listed AH courses.
Plus GENERAL ELECTIVES to total 128 Credits |
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Requirements for the Major in
ART
HISTORY with a VISUAL CULTURE TRACK |
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CORE (20 credits)
AH 100 Introduction to Western Art I
AH 120 Introduction to Western Art II
CM 123 Media Analysis or
FM/CM 110 Films and Their Meanings
CM/ES 337 The Museum as Medium
ES 110 Europe and Cities: The Modern City
ELECTIVES
Choose six of the following courses, from at least three different
disciplines (24 credits)
Any upper level AH course (200-level or above) except
AH 390 and AH 490
AH/PL 374 The Philosophy of Aesthetics
CM 306 Color as Communication
CM 355 Visual Rhetoric: Persuasive Images
CM 362 Media Semiotics
CM 375 Media Aesthetics
CM/AN 349 Media and Ethnography
CM/GS 353 Media and Gender
CM/GS 304 Communicating Fashion
CL 302 Word and Image: Literature and the Visual Arts
ES 105 Europe and Cities: The Italian Renaissance
ES/AH 316 Society and Spectacle
ES/HI 317 The Islamic City
ES/FM 300 The Film Culture of Europe’s Cities
FM 275 Introduction to the History and Analysis of Film I
FM 276 Introduction to the History and Analysis of Film II
FM 292 Women and Film
FM 327 Film Theory and Criticism
GS/PY 208 Gender Identity, Homosexuality and the Cinema: A Psychosocial
Approach
GS/HI 213 Women in Parisian History and the Arts
GS/VC 314 Art, Culture and Gender in the Italian Renaissance
GS/HI 319 Women Artists in European History
GS/VC 332 The Power of Images in Western History
GS/HI 326 Women in the French Renaissance
PY 391 Topics in Psychology (if the topic is appropriate)
VC 495 SENIOR THESIS OR SENIOR PROJECT: interdisciplinary in nature, linking
an art historical
issue to at least one other discipline (4 credits)
Plus GENERAL ELECTIVES to total 128 Credit |
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Art History
Classical Civilization
Fine Arts
Medieval Studies
Urban Studies
Visual Cultures |
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 AUP
is now a partner of the Cour de France, a publication space
for documents, essays and scholarly resources for research on the
court of France from its beginnings to the 19th century. Please
visit:
http://cour-de-france.fr |
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 Louvre: Les jeunes ont la parole
Each Fall and Spring semester, Art History students are offered the
privilege of participating in 'Les jeunes ont la parole', one facet
of the Louvre Museum's Friday evening program Les nocturnes du
Louvre. Alongside peers from other Parisian institutions,
students may elect to do in-depth research on a specific work of art
in the Louvre, around which they enter into dialogue with young
visitors and/or the general public on two or three designated
evenings, in the languages of their choice. The program culminates
in both one AUP credit and a certificate from the Louvre. Please see
Professor
Christine Baltay, Chair of the Department, for further
information. |
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Madeleine
Beaufort spoke on the American Register at
the College Art Association annual
conference on February 13. |
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[AUP - Posted 4 Mar 2010] |
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Evelyne
Berriot-Salvadore (Université de
Montpellier) published a detailed review
of Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier's book,
Patronnes
et mécènes en France à la Renaissance
(2007; reissued in 2009), in Bibliothèque
d’Humanisme et Renaissance (2008-3, t. LXX,
pp. 717-720). Berriot-Salvadore's positive
assessment begins: "Les plus récentes
études monographiques consacrées aux
princesses et reines de la Renaissance,
d'Anne de France à Catherine de Médicis,
ont laissé percevoir déjà l'importance
politique et artistique de leur mécénat.
Pourtant, aucun ouvrage encore n'avait
ouvert la voie à une approche plus globale." |
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[AUP - Posted 4 Dec 2009] |
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A new review of Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier's book,
Patronnes et mécènes en France à la Renaissance, by Barbara Gaehtgens (presently at the Getty in Los Angeles), is henceforth available on the German book review site "Sehepunkte.de" (Barbara Gaehtgens: Rezension von: Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier (éd.):
Patronnes et mécènes en France à la Renaissance , Saint-Étienne: Publications de l'Université de Saint-Étienne 2007, in: sehepunkte 9 (2009), Nr. 9 [15.09.2009]. See review
here. |
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[AUP - Posted 26 Nov 2009] |
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Kathleen
Wilson-Chevalier attended the
annual meeting of the
Sixteenth Century Society and
Conference which was held in
Geneva last May. Her paper,
"The Nature of the Piety of
Queen Claude de France", was
part of two sessions which she
organized with Sheila
ffolliott (George Mason
University) around the theme
of the religious stances of
queens in sixteenth century
France. François Rigolot
(Princeton University)
published a review of
Wilson-Chevalier's book,
Patronnes et mécènes en France
à la Renaissance
(2007), in the April 2009
issue of
The French Review
(pp.1081-1082). After
referring to her "riche
introduction", he concludes:
"[le livre] constitue un
apport considérable à notre
connaissance de la fonction et
des motivations de femmes qui
furent à l'origine d'oeuvres
qui influencèrent leur
entourage et continuent à nous
fasciner". |
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[AUP - Posted 19 Sep 2009] |
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