Artistic Interventions of Board & Subcultures

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture/Seminar) This lecture/seminar course engages with critical theories and practices in contemporary art, culture and design in relation to board and subcultures. Surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, graffiti, and music such as punk and rap have a long history of disrupting public space and place. This course investigates how people make meaningful connections with these communities through the skate park, board videos, outdoor festivals and concerts. It reflects on key concepts in critical race theory, feminist, anti-oppressive and collaborative methodologies in conjunction with board and subcultures by drawing on the unique geographic locations of each of these subcultures within Canada and globally. HIST-3840 (3 or 6) Seventeenth Century Art (3 hrs Lecture/Seminar) This course explores the visual arts of Italy, France, England, Spain, and the Netherlands against the background of the social, economic, political and religious change in the seventeenth century. Some of the topics we consider include the position of women artists, the cultural effects of colonialism, the natural sciences, art collecting and the emergence of the art market. Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and HIST-3803. HIST-3841 (3 or 6) Arts of the Middle Ages (3 hrs Lecture/Seminar) This lecture/seminar course is an introduction to the study of medieval art and architecture in Europe, from the demise of Late Antique traditions up to the Renaissance. In the context of a thematic survey, students are introduced to the terminology, methods, materials, subject matter and function of medieval art and architecture. Since the largest proportion of surviving materials is religious, this includes a firm grounding in the medieval Christian tradition and the nature of the prominent institutions of Church and state. Secular art is considered where possible or appropriate, and broader issues of material culture are explored. HIST-3842 (3 or 6) Italian Renaissance Art (3 hrs Lecture/Seminar) This lecture/seminar course is an introduction to the study of Italian Renaissance art and architecture in the context of the social, political and economic circumstances of this time. This course traces the history of painting, sculpture and architecture of the mid-14th to the 16th century. More specific topics explore the virtuosity and philosophies of realism, the discovery of linear perspective, the artists' social and intellectual status, art patronage, and gender issues (women artists and women's art patronage). Some artists/art patrons are considered more in depth, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Isabella d'Este, among others. HIST-3843 (3 or 6) Northern Renaissance Art (3 hrs Lecture/Seminar) This lecture/seminar course is an introduction to the study of art and architecture of the mid-14th to the 16th century Northern regions of Western Europe (France, England, Germany and the Netherlands) in the context of the social, political, and economic circumstances of this time. More specific topics should capture our attention, such as the development of panel and manuscript paintings, prints, the rise of realism and secular subjects in the arts, the transformation of the artist's status, and art patronage.