The University of Toronto will offer two Art History courses in Paris, France. The courses are worth one full-year credit and are contingent on adequate enrolment. Students are not permitted to register for more than one course.
Courses
FAH391Y0: Studies Abroad in Ancient Art and Architecture
FAH391Y0: Studies Abroad in Ancient Art and Architecture: Greek and Roman Art and its Reception in France
This is a course on Greek and Roman Art in French collections, as well as the reception of antiquity in French art and architecture. The seminar will be based in Paris, but include several field trips, including a visit to the castles on the Loire and a trip to Nimes in the last week of the course. In Paris, we will have exclusive access to the spectacular collections of the Musee du Louvre, and also visit the Cabinet des Medailles, the Musée d’Orsay and other important collections and architectural landmarks.
Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Prerequisites
Required: at least 1.0 full FAH credit
Recommended Preparation
Any of the following FAH courses: FAH 197/207/208/307/308/309/310/311/312/313/314/405/406/407
Distribution Requirement: Humanities
Breadth Requirement: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
2024 COURSE OUTLINE (preliminary)
Instructors
Bjorn Ewald is a Historian of Ancient Art who is known internationally for his expertise on Greek and Roman iconography and sculpture, in particular Roman funerary art. He received his training in the History of Ancient Art and Architecture (Classical Archaeology), as well as the history, philosophy and languages of the Classical World in Germany and Italy. He has over 20 years of teaching experience, at Yale University and the University of Toronto, where he is Associate Professor in the Department of Art History (cross-appointed in Classics).
Christina Katsougiannopoulou received her PhD. in Early Medieval Archaeology from the University of Bonn, Germany and has taught in the Hellenic Studies Program at Yale University. Since 2007 she has been a sessional lecturer at the Department of Art History, University of Toronto, where she has taught several courses on ancient Greek and Roman art and archaeology on all undergraduate levels.
FAH393Y0: Studies Abroad in Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture
FAH393Y0: Studies Abroad in Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture
“There is but one Paris,” declared Vincent Van Gogh in 1886. This course explores the city’s art, architecture, and museum collections focusing on the early modern period, when Paris acquired its reputation as a world capital of art. Its history offers an invaluable window into the Renaissance, the founding of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, the popularity of rococo and chinoiserie, and the rise of the salon exhibitions in the early Enlightenment. Students will develop field research skills through frequent visits to key sites such as the Louvre, Versailles, and the chateaux of the Loire Valley. Guest presentations by French curators, conservators, and scholars will bring the city and its artworld to life.
Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Prerequisite
Required: at least 1.0 full FAH credit
Recommended Preparation
FAH230H1/ FAH231H1/ FAH274H5/ FAH279H5/ VPHB64H3/ VPHB74H3
Distribution Requirement: Humanities
Breadth Requirement: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
2024 COURSE OUTLINE (preliminary)
Instructor
Christy Anderson studies and teaches the history of architecture. While most of her work focuses on the buildings of early modern Europe, these projects extend broadly across oceans and into contemporary design. A full-time member of the Art History Department at the University of Toronto, and a member of the Graduate Faculty at the Daniels, she enjoys teaching both the undergraduate students and those in the professional programs. She received her PhD from MIT in the School of Architecture. In addition to teaching at the University of Toronto since 2005, she has also taught at Yale University, MIT, and the Courtauld Institute in London.
Out of her many years of teaching, Christy Anderson has published a survey of Renaissance Architecture (Oxford University Press, 2013) that treats buildings across Europe and rewrites the history of the field. She has also published on the complicated history of classicism and gender, the failure of architectural language, and the politics of wonder. Her most recent project is a study of the ship as an architectural type by exploring the spaces and environments that connect the sea to the shore.