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Art and Art History

Emeriti: (Professors) Keith Boyle, Kristina Branch, Wanda M. Corn, Elliot Eisner, Lorenz Eitner, David Hannah, Suzanne Lewis, Frank Lobdell, Dwight C. Miller, Nathan Oliveira, Richard Randell, Michael Sullivan, Paul V. Turner

Chair: Kristine Samuelson

Area Director for Art History: Maria Gough

Area Director for Film and Media Studies: Kristine Samuelson

Area Director for Art Practice and Director of Undergraduate Studies for Art Practice: Paul DeMarinis

Director of Undergraduate Studies for Art History: Jody Maxmin

Director of Undergraduate Studies for Film and Media Studies: Scott Bukatman

Director of Graduate Studies in Art History: Pamela M. Lee

Director of Graduate Studies in Art Practice: Gail Wight

Director of Graduate Studies in Documentary Film: Jan Krawitz

Professors: Enrique Chagoya (Painting/Drawing/Printmaking), Matthew S. Kahn (Design), Jan Krawitz (Documentary Film), Pamela M. Lee (Contemporary Art), Michael Marrinan (18th- and 19th-century European Art), Kristine Samuelson (Documentary Film), Melinda Takeuchi (Japanese Art), Richard Vinograd (Chinese Art), Bryan Wolf (American Art)

Associate Professors: Scott Bukatman (Film Studies), Paul DeMarinis (Electronic Media), Maria Gough (Modern Art), Jody Maxmin (Ancient Art), Gail Wight (Electronic Media)

Assistant Professors: Terry Berlier (Sculpture), Morten Steen Hansen (Renaissance Art), Pavle Levi (Film Studies; on leave), Jean Ma (Film Studies), Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz (African Art; on leave), Jamie Meltzer (Documentary Film), Bissera Pentcheva (Medieval Art)

Professor (Teaching): Joel Leivick (Photography)

Lecturers: Kevin Bean (Drawing/Painting), Robert Dawson (Photography), John Edmark (Design), Lukas Felzmann (Photography), Jennifer Marshall (American Art; autumn only)

Affiliated Professor: John H. Merryman (Law; emeritus)

Department Offices: Room 101, Cummings Art Building

Mail Code: 94305-2018

Phone: (650) 723-3404

Web Site: http://art.stanford.edu

Courses offered by the Department of Art and Art HIstory have the subject codes ARTHIST, ARTSTUDI, FILMSTUD, and FILMPROD. Courses in Art History are listed in the "Art History [ARTHIST] Courses" section of this bulletin. Courses in Art Practice are listed in the "Art Practice [ARTSTUDI] Courses" section of this bulletin. Courses in Film Studies are listed in the "Film Studies [FILMSTUD] Courses" section of this bulletin. Courses in Film Practice are listed in the "Film Practice [FILMPROD] Courses" section of this bulletin.

MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY

The department offers courses of study in: (1) the history of art, (2) the practice of art (studio), and (3) film and media studies, leading to the following degrees: B.A. degrees in Art with fields of study in Art History or Art Practice; B.A. degree in Film and Media Studies; M.F.A. degrees in Art Practice or Design; M.F.A. degree in Documentary Film and Video; Ph.D. degree in Art History; and a joint Ph.D. in Art History and Humanities.

The undergraduate program is designed to help students think critically about the visual arts and visual culture. Courses focus on the meaning of images and media, and their historical development, roles in society, and relationships to disciplines such as literature, music, and philosophy. Work performed in the classroom, studio, and screening room is designed to develop a student's powers of perception, capacity for visual analysis, and knowledge of technical processes.

The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University is a major resource for the department. The center offers a 22,000-object collection on view in rotating installations in 18 galleries, the Rodin Sculpture Garden, and special exhibitions, educational programs, and events. Through collaborations with the teaching program, student internships, and student activities, the center provides a rich resource for Stanford students.

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