British and American Art History Classes
Please note that not all courses are offered every semester. This listing is not considered authoritative. Please visit Access.SMU for authoritative course offerings including meeting times, professor, and more.
ARHS 5360: Seminar in British Art
Specific topics for investigation chosen by the instructor.
ARHS 5361: Seminar in American Art of the 19th Century
Specific topics for investigation chosen by the instructor.
ARHS 5362: Seminar in American Art of the 20th Century
Specific topics for investigation chosen by the instructor.
ARHS 6370: British Architecture
Developments, architects and buildings in Great Britain from the late Middle Ages through the middle of the 19th century, emphasizing Smythson, Wren, Hawksmoor, Adam, Soane and Pugin.
ARHS 6371: British Art: Elizabethan through Victorian
The landscape traditions, portraiture and genre painting in England from 1740 to 1860 and their relationship to the literature and politics of the period.
ARHS 6372: American Architecture
A survey of building types and styles from the first European settlements to postmodernism, emphasizing the Mexican baroque, the American wooden vernacular, Richardson, Sullivan and Wright.
ARHS 6373: American Art and Architecture to 1865
A survey of American painting, sculpture and architecture from the Colonial period through the Civil War.
ARHS 6374: American Art and Architecture, 1865-1945
A survey of American painting, sculpture and architecture from the Civil War through World War II.
ARHS 6375: Arts of the American Southwest
An overview of the visual culture of the region, defined as Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and California. Focuses on the region’s cultural landscape, its identity past and present as an art colony, art subject and art center. Looks at works produced by indigenous inhabitants, later arrivals and visitors; at cross-cultural connections and disconnections; at the roles played by the arts and tourism in the region’s development; and at the validity of regionalism as a category of investigation.
ARHS3370: British Architecture
Developments, architects and buildings in Great Britain from the late Middle Ages through the middle of the 19th century, emphasizing Smythson, Wren, Hawksmoor, Adam, Soane and Pugin.
ARHS3373: American Art and Architecture to 1865
A survey of American painting, sculpture and architecture from the Colonial period through the Civil War.
ARHS3374: American Art and Architecture, 1865–1940
The course provides a stylistic and iconographic survey of American painting, sculpture, photography, and architecture from 1865 to 1940. The course also attempts to situate the images within their specific cultural contexts. Broad underlying issues such as nationalism, class, race, and gender are discussed. The strengths, assumptions, and weaknesses of these interpretations are evaluated through group discussions, which are relevant for the students’ research, thinking, and writing.
ARHS3375: Arts of the American Southwest
An overview of the visual culture of the region, defined as Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and California. Focuses on the region’s cultural landscape, its past and present identity as art colony, art subject and art center. Looks at works produced by indigenous inhabitants, later arrivals and visitors; at cross-cultural connections and disconnections; at the roles played by the arts and tourism in the region’s development; and at the validity of regionalism as a category of investigation.