January 10, 2025
Topics: Designing Paris
TBA: Topics vary by semester
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May 23, 2024
French Film and Fiction Now
The course aims to introduce students to up-to-date literary and cinematic developments in France, and Francophonie, give students the opportunity to learn about the recent issues in French culture and society and develop their skills in oral and written French. Taught in French (presentations and papers may be written in English).
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May 23, 2024
Topics: Jewelry Making
Topics vary by semester.
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May 23, 2024
Topics: False Idols
The Gothic style originated in the Ile-de-France: within Paris itself and in less than 2 hours by train, one can see some of the finest examples of Gothic Cathedrals. This course will trace the evolution of the Gothic style from its Romanesque precedents through to its most ornate Flamboyant phase.
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May 23, 2024
Sculpture II
This course will focus on consolidating the basics of sculpture: firstly learning how to build up forms using planes and structure, and secondly mastering the carving technique. A nude model (male or female) will be posing for the class for at least 4 sessions, so if for any reason whatsoever this is problematic, the student is advised not to take the class.
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May 23, 2024
Paris Vu Par Ses Photographes
This course is intended to expose students to the various neighborhoods of Paris. They will discover many aspects of the city – the unexpected, the hidden culture, and the everyday lives of Parisians by plunging into the works of Brassai, Doisneau, Cartier-Bresson, Kertesz, Lartigue, Sieff, Bourdin, Newton, Klein, Calle and other masters of photography.
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May 23, 2024
Graphic Design Studio
In this course, students will be introduced to graphic design history and graphic design principles. They will learn to apply these principles through hands-on exercises and projects, using both analog means and digital tools (Adobe Photoshop).
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May 23, 2024
Islamic Art and Architecture
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the multifaceted and dynamic character of Islamic art by focusing on the highest achievements of the major dynasties. The time frame will span over one thousand years and, geographically, will cover lands from the western Mediterranean to the Indian subcontinent. Lectures will concentrate on the most representative monuments and works of art from each period.
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May 23, 2024
Printmaking I
This course focuses on traditional relief printing techniques for the creation of multiple identical images without the use of a printing press. Once the fundamentals are understood, experimentation is encouraged so that each student can learn how to best exploit the different methods to successfully translate sketches into a powerful printed document.
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May 23, 2024
Impressionism In Summer
Discusses the stylistic and thematic concerns of Manet, Monet, Degas, Pissarro, and Renoir, in the context of artistic theory and practice in mid-19th-century France. Analyzes the art of Gauguin, Van Gogh, Cezanne, and Seurat as responses to impressionism. Classes at the Musee d’Orsay are scheduled regularly.
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May 23, 2024
Digital Photography
This introductory course is an exploration of both technical and aesthetic concerns in photography. Using a digital camera, students will produce original work in response to a series of lectures, assignments, and bi-weekly critique classes. The course will cover the fundamentals of photographing with digital SLR’s, and students will learn a range of digital tools including color correction, making selections, working with layers and inkjet printing.
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May 23, 2024
History of Photography
Introduces students to the evolution of photography, which is both closely related to modern painting and clearly distinct from it. Focuses on major figures such as Atget, Weston, Stieglitz, Steichen, Hine, Brassai, and Man Ray, in an effort to develop the visual skills necessary to understand photographs as specific forms of artistic vision and creation. AH1020 is strongly recommended as a prerequisite. 4 Credits. Offered periodically.
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May 23, 2024
Digital Photography
This introductory course is an exploration of both technical and aesthetic concerns in photography. Using a digital camera, students will produce original work in response to a series of lectures, assignments, and bi-weekly critique classes. The course will cover the fundamentals of photographing with digital SLR’s, and students will learn a range of digital tools including color correction, making selections, working with layers and inkjet printing.
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May 23, 2024
Versailles: Kingdom of the Sun
This course surveys the history of Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV. Tracing the development of the architecture, gardens and interiors, we will examine how this country house developed into the seat of government and became the Baroque Palace model for monarchs throughout Europe. The contributions of architects Andr LeNotre will be discussed.
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May 23, 2024
Digital Photography
This introductory course is an exploration of both technical and aesthetic concerns in photography. Using a digital camera, students will produce original work in response to a series of lectures, assignments, and bi-weekly critique classes. The course will cover the fundamentals of photographing with digital SLR’s, and students will learn a range of digital tools including color correction, making selections, working with layers and inkjet printing.
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May 23, 2024
Early 20th Century Art
Every act of creation, said Pablo Picasso, is first of all an act of destruction. In the field of art, the early 20th century is undoubtedly a time of accelerated collapse for the artistic vocabulary, the values and the canon identified with the great Western tradition inherited from the Renaissance. What are the motivations of this breakdown and what kind of creation did it give rise to?
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May 23, 2024
Drawing in Paris
Focuses on the fundamentals of drawing. This course is intended for both beginners and advanced students. Concentrates on specific graphic elements such as line, composition, and form, that provide the beginner with the basic tools needed for personal expression. Still life, on-site drawing in Paris, visits to museums, portrait and figure drawing with models are included. More advanced students are encouraged to develop their own styles and to review drawing concepts.
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May 23, 2024
Topics: Art Since 1945
This course presents the basic stylistic, thematic and theoritical concerns of the major movements in Western art, from WWII to the 1980’s. Investigating the diversity of artistic responses to the challenges posed by both aesthetics legacy of the past and the new political, social and economic climate of the post-war period, this course will focus on the relationship between aesthetic theory and artistic practice.
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May 23, 2024
Painting Paris
Paris and its surroundings will be used as the model for this introductory painting class. This exceptional setting has inspired artists for centuries, and students will work outside as well as study the wealth of images of Paris to develop their artistic possibilities and choose a direction for themselves.
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May 23, 2024
Pop Art and Pop Culture
Aesthetic autonomy is the notion that culture is a sphere apart, with each art distinct, and it is a bad word for most of us raised on postmodernist interdisciplinarity. We tend to forget that autonomy is always provisional, always defined diacritically and situated politically, always semi. Hal Foster (2002) Pop Art and Pop Culture investigates the relationships between arts (painting, architecture, design, film, music) and the mass media, with a particular focus on the 1960s.
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May 23, 2024
Painting Paris
Paris and its surroundings will be used as the model for this introductory painting class. This exceptional setting has inspired artists for centuries, and students will work outside as well as study the wealth of images of Paris to develop their artistic possibilities and choose a direction for themselves.
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May 23, 2024
Philosophy of Aesthetics
What is Art? What is Beauty? How can I know what is beautiful? And what does it mean to me? These are some of the main questions as it is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and value of art and the criteria of artistic judgment and experience.
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May 23, 2024
Topics: Paris Sketchbook
Topics vary by semester.
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May 23, 2024
Junior Seminar
Introduces the methodologies of the discipline. Develops skills in research and analysis by stressing the close, critical reading of art historical texts and investigating the assumptions and perspectives of major art historians. Provides the opportunity to explore different methods and approaches.
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May 23, 2024
Topics: Paris Sketchbook
Topics vary by semester.
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May 23, 2024
Topics: Museums, Monuments, and Contested Heritage
Topics vary by semester.
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May 23, 2024
Topics: Printmaking
The focus of this Printmaking course is traditional and contemporary techniques for the creation of multiple identical images without the use of a printing press. A thorough study of the many types of relief printing will be at the core of this class, including Chiaroscuro printing, full colour printing, reduction printing, and cribl. Wood, metal, plaster, plastic, fabric, and cardboard will be used for the creation of the matrices, (i.e.
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May 23, 2024
Topics: Introduction to Architectural Conservation and Urban Design
Topics vary by semester.
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May 23, 2024
Seeing Paris Through Video
This hands-on course provides the unique opportunity of learning about all the steps involved in video making while shooting the streets of Paris. In addition to making videos, we will visit Art Galleries and Museums, view and analyze relevant films and videos (Nouvelle-Vague, Experimental Film&Video, Video Art). Students will learn to shoot and edit their own videos, which will later be screened and discussed in class.
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May 23, 2024
Senior Seminar: Women and Renaissance Art
This course explores female patronage and representations of gender in the French Renaissance. A long string of powerful women regents and queens (from Anne of France and Anne of Brittany to Catherine de Medici), royal mistresses (including the Duchess of tampes and Diane de Poitiers), and great ladies of the real mare seen to play crucial roles in defining the art and architecture of the age.
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May 23, 2024
Drawing II
Explores in greater depth the concepts of drawing presented in AR 1010. Concentrates on the study of volume, the construction of shallow and deep space, and the design of shapes and negative space. Working from life provides the main focus; however, drawing from memory and collage develop visual imagination and personal expression. Please note that an additional fee will be charged for this course.
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May 23, 2024
Introduction to Drawing
A studio course, which provides an introduction to basic drawing problems for the beginning student interested in developing his or hr drawing skills. Subject matter includes still life, portraiture, landscape, and the nude. Mediums introduced are pencil, charcoal, and ink wash. Please note that an additional fee will be charged for this course.
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May 23, 2024
Painting II
Offers a basic study of visual analysis and contemporary painting techniques. Color theory and its practical application and a solid understanding of painting materials are central to the course. Working from life provides the main focus. Different methods of paint application are introduced, including direct painting, glazing, scumbling, and the use of the palette knife. Please note that an additional fee will be charged for this course.
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May 23, 2024
Painting I
For students with little or no previous experience in drawing or painting. First analyzes still life objects in basic plastic terms starting with value. Concentrates during each class session on a new painterly quality until a sufficient visual vocabulary is achieved so that more complicated subjects such as the nude can be approached. Work will be done in oil. May be taken twice for credit.
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May 23, 2024
Materials and Techniques of the Masters
Techniques of the Masters Lectures, demonstrations, and workshops focus on materials and techniques used by artists over the centuries. Studies the historical background of techniques of drawing, painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts combined with a hands-on approach so that each student can experience the basic elements of the plastic arts. Please note that an additional fee will be charged for this course.
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May 23, 2024
Art and the Market
Investigates economic and financial aspects of art over several historical periods. Examines painting, sculpture, drawing, and decorative arts as marketable products, analyzing them from the perspective of patrons, collectors, investors, and speculators. Studies artists as entrepreneurs. Assesses diverse functions and forms of influence exercised by art market specialists: critics, journalists, public officials, auctioneers, museum professionals, experts, and dealers.
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May 23, 2024
Intro to Sculpture
For students who have little or no previous experience. Students learn how to see in three dimensions and work from observation. Mastery of structure and the architecture of form in space are acquired by the building up technique in clay. Work from plaster copies, nude models (male and female), and imagination are followed by an introduction to the carving technique. There is an additional fee in this course for materials.
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May 23, 2024
Introduction to Western Art I
Teaches the skills needed for an informed approach to art and architecture by introducing the salient concepts, techniques, and developments of Western Art. Studies works from ancient Greece, Rome, and the European Middle Ages in their K19 historical, social, and cultural contexts. Includes visits to museums and monuments in and around Paris.
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May 23, 2024
Introduction to Art Through Paris Museums
Uses the unsurpassed richness of the art museums of Paris as the principal teaching resource. The history of Western Art is studied through the close examination of a limited selection of major works in a variety of media. The works chosen illuminate the political, social and religious contexts of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque and Rococo periods, and the modern epoch. The course has an extra course fee of 25 euros.
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May 23, 2024
Introduction to Art Through Paris Museums
Uses the unsurpassed richness of the art museums of Paris as the principal teaching resource. The history of Western Art is studied through the close examination of a limited selection of major works in a variety of media. The works chosen illuminate the political, social and religious contexts of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque and Rococo periods, and the modern epoch.
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May 23, 2024
Introduction to Western Art II
Continues the study of the most significant monuments of Western painting, sculpture, and architecture, from the Renaissance to the 20th- century. Emphasizes historical context, continuity, and critical analysis. Includes direct contact with works of art in Parisian museums.
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May 23, 2024
Les Jeunes Ont La Parole
Les Jeunes ont la parole is a program organized by the Louvre Museum, in cooperation with a dozen Parisian educational institutions including The American University of Paris, to attract the younger generation into its venerable walls. As part of the Louvres Les Nocturnes du vendredi, participating students dialogue with peers and other museum visitors around a work of art that he or she has studied in depth.
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May 23, 2024
Paris through its Architecture l
Investigates the growth patterns of Paris from Roman times though the Second Empire. Studies major monuments, pivotal points of urban design, and vernacular architecture on site. Presents the general vocabulary of architecture, the history of French architecture and urban planning, as well as a basic knowledge of French history to provide a framework for understanding the development of Paris.
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May 23, 2024
Paris through its Architecture l
Investigates the growth patterns of Paris from Roman times through the Second Empire. Studies major monuments, pivotal points of urban design, and vernacular architecture on site. Presents the general vocabulary of architecture, the history of French architecture and urban planning, as well as a basic knowledge of French history to provide a framework for understanding the development of Paris.
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May 23, 2024
Modern Architecture in Paris
Celebrated for the beauty of its architectural past, Paris is also a rapidly changing, dynamic, modern metropolis in the present. From its historical center to newer neighbourhoods at the city’s periphery, recent buildings and urban projects have altered Paris and made it the site of significant modern architecture and urbanism. This course introduces the major new monuments and urban designs that characterize the city today.
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May 23, 2024
Ancient Art and Architecture
Introduces first the specific contributions of Greek art to the Western tradition. Then presents the diversification of these achievements in the Etruscan civilization and in the Hellenistic age. Examines how the Romans absorbed, continued, and creatively transformed Greek and Etruscan art and passed the ancient heritage on to medieval and early modern Europe.
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May 23, 2024
Medieval Art and Architecture
Explores the adaptation of ancient art by the Christian religious establishment and the interaction of early medieval artists with the Graeco-Roman tradition. Follows the development of medieval art in the West to the Gothic period by analyzing its spiritual dimensions and diversity as well as the impact on artistic creation of the changing centers of power and influences.
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May 23, 2024
Renaissance Art and Architecture
Surveys notable developments in painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy and in Northern Europe (late 13th- 16th centuries). Emphasizes the origins of the Renaissance and the basic stylistic evolution from Early to High Renaissance and Mannerism. Explores the ramifications of the Italian Renaissance mode as it came into contact with other historical and cultural traditions in Northern Europe.
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May 23, 2024
Baroque and Rococo Art and Architecture
Examines the dynamic and often militant Baroque style in Counter- Reformation Italy and its national variants in France, Spain, and Flanders. Traces the development of new and different modes of expression in the emerging Protestant Netherlands. Explores the evolution from Baroqueto Rococo as well as the arts of the 18th-Century in France and England.
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May 23, 2024
19th and 20th Century Art and Architecture
Introduces the principal arts and aesthetic issues of the 19th and 20th centuries from the French Revolution to World War II. Studies artists such as David, Turner, Monet, and Picasso, as well as movements such as Romanticism, Impressionism, and Surrealism, stressing continuities beneath apparent differences of approach. Regular museum sessions at the Louvre, the Musee d’Orsay, and the Centre Pompidou.
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