EMC-Related Courses
(Spring 2008) ARTHI 115E/Italian 162DX: The Grand Tour: Experiencing Italy in the Eighteenth Century (C. Paul) (Undergraduate)
In the eighteenth century, Italy was a mecca for European travelers who sought to enjoy its culture, diversions, landscape and society. This course will examine the multifaceted experiences of these travelers and the ways in which they consitute the beginnings of the phenomenon of modern tourism.
(Spring 2008) ARTHI 257A: Seminar: Topics in Seventeenth-Century Art: "Authenticity, Honest copy, Faithful reproduction, Fakes and Forgeries" (A. Adams) (Graduate)
This seminar examines changing cultural attitudes toward the concept of authenticity, from the copy created as part of the learning process through intentional forgeries, and the slippery reproduction that in today's digital age takes on new value. We will examine changing art historical attitudes toward authenticity, and then consider these in light of case studies drawn from course participants' areas of interest. Students will be able to do a topic that relates to their own area of research and interest (pre-Columbian through the 20th century), or do one that focuses upon northern European art 16th - 18th century.
(Spring 2008) FRENCH 146X/CL107: Voyages to the Unknown (C. Skenazi) (Undergraduate)
Course Website.
(Spring 2008) FRENCH 150B: The Age of Louis XIV (E. Sturm) (Undergraduate)
Course Website.
(Spring 2008) HIST 201HS: Advanced Historical Literature: History of Science, Technology and Medicine (A. Guerrini) (Graduate)
Course Website.
(Winter 2008) ARTHI 109G: Leonardo Da Vinci: Art, Science, and Technology in Early Modern Italy (R. Williams) (Undergraduate)
The life and work of Leonardo Da Vinci and a consideration of their place in the history of art as well as in the development of early modern science and technology.
Course Website (coming soon)

(Winter 2008) ARTHI 115C: Eighteenth-Century British Art and Culture (A. Bermingham) (Undergraduate)
An interdisciplinary study of British art and culture in the eighteenth century. Topics may include: the art market and art public; portraiture and autobiography; images of the family; landscape gardening and poetry; sentimentalism; the Royal Academy and the ordering of the arts.