HAAVC-2000: History of Art and Visual Culture

Course Description

HAAVC 2000 courses develop students' visual analysis skills while providing the opportunity for in-depth study of the visual/structural artifacts associated with a particular topic, region, or movement. Students will also engage with the relevant primary/secondary literature for the topic at hand. Courses will pay particular attention to the larger cultural, historical, and theoretical/ideological contexts in which the visual artifacts and structures under consideration were created.

Academic Level: Undergraduate

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Subjects

Sections

Fall 2025

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
HAAVC-2000-1: The Arts of The Silk Road, Then and Now Hossein Khosrowjah	Hossein Khosrowjah	Fri 3:30-06:00PM, Main Bldg - W1
HAAVC-2000-2: Latin American Art and Visual Culture Cindy Bello	Cindy Bello	Tue 12:15-02:45PM, Main Bldg - W5
HAAVC-2000-3: Designing for the Body Katherine Lambert	Katherine Lambert	Tue 3:30-06:00PM, Main Bldg - W5
HAAVC-2000-4: Art and its Curation Padma Maitland	Padma Maitland	Fri 12:15-02:45PM, Main Bldg - E1
HAAVC-2000-5: Why Fashion in America? Melissa Leventon	Melissa Leventon	Wed 3:30-06:00PM, Main Bldg - E1
HAAVC-2000-6: History of Photography Christine Robinson	Christine Robinson	Wed 12:15-02:45PM, Main Bldg - E1

Spring 2025

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
HAAVC-2000-1: Reading Comics Jeanette Roan	Jeanette Roan	Thu 12:00-03:00PM, Hooper GC - GC7
HAAVC-2000-2: Twentieth Century Fashion Melissa Leventon	Melissa Leventon	Wed 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - W2
HAAVC-2000-3: Queer Art and Visual Culture Thomas Haakenson	Thomas Haakenson	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - E1
HAAVC-2000-4: History of Contemporary Photography Natalie Pellolio	Natalie Pellolio	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - E1

Fall 2024

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
HAAVC-2000-1: Intro to Latin American Art Cindy Bello	Cindy Bello	Mon 8:00-11:00AM, Main Bldg - W2
HAAVC-2000-2: Contemporary African Photography Genevieve Hyacinthe	Genevieve Hyacinthe	Thu 8:00-11:00AM, Main Bldg - E5
HAAVC-2000-3: Popular Indian Cinema Lucia Fagen-DeLuca	Lucia Fagen-DeLuca	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - E1
HAAVC-2000-4: History of Photography Christine Robinson	Christine Robinson	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - E2
HAAVC-2000-5: History of Photography tamara suarez porras	tamara suarez porras	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, Hooper GC - GC7
HAAVC-2000-6: African Design: Architecture and the Body Genevieve Hyacinthe	Genevieve Hyacinthe	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - Timken Lecture Hall

Summer 2024

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
HAAVC-2000-2: Study Abroad Modernism/Postmodernism in European Design Mara Holt Skov	Mara Holt Skov	Every Day 9:00AM-05:00PM, Off Campus - Study Abroad - Europe

Spring 2024

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
HAAVC-2000-1: Reading Comics Jeanette Roan	Jeanette Roan	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - E1 (inactive)
HAAVC-2000-2: African-American Art and Artists II: Civil Rights to Present Genevieve Hyacinthe	Genevieve Hyacinthe	Fri 12:00-03:00PM, 80 Carolina - P1
HAAVC-2000-3: Modern Art and Architecture of South Asia Padma Maitland	Padma Maitland	Thu 7:15-10:15PM, Main Bldg - E4 (inactive)
HAAVC-2000-4: 20th Century Fashion Melissa Leventon	Melissa Leventon	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - E5 (inactive)

Fall 2023

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
HAAVC-2000-1: African Art and Film Genevieve Hyacinthe	Genevieve Hyacinthe	Thu 8:00-11:00AM, Main Bldg - 141
HAAVC-2000-2: Introduction to Latin American Art Cindy Bello	Cindy Bello	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - E2
HAAVC-2000-3: Queer Art & Visual Culture Thomas Haakenson	Thomas Haakenson	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - E2
HAAVC-2000-5: Introduction to Performance Art Cindy Bello	Cindy Bello	Thu 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - E2

Spring 2023

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
HAAVC-2000-1: Stuff: The Irresistibility of Products Leslie Becker	Leslie Becker	Mon 8:00-11:00AM, Hubbell - 151
HAAVC-2000-2: Contemporary African Photography Genevieve Hyacinthe	Genevieve Hyacinthe	Thu 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - E2
HAAVC-2000-3: Contemporary Art (Art since 1960) Natalie Pellolio	Natalie Pellolio	Mon 8:00-11:00AM, Main Bldg - W2
HAAVC-2000-4: 20th Century Fashion Melissa Leventon	Melissa Leventon	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, 80 Carolina - P1
HAAVC-2000-5: Feminist Art Cindy Bello	Cindy Bello	Thu 7:15-10:15PM, Hubbell - 141
HAAVC-2000-6: Post-Internet Art Brian Karl	Brian Karl	Fri 4:00-07:00PM, Hooper GC - GC7

Fall 2022

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
HAAVC-2000-1: In Time: Media, Performance, and Participatory Art in Context Andrea Nitsche-Krupp	Andrea Nitsche-Krupp	Mon 8:00-11:00AM, Hooper GC - GC2
HAAVC-2000-2: African American Art and Artists I Jacqueline Francis	Jacqueline Francis	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Hubbell - 141
HAAVC-2000-3: Horror Before the Slasher Marc Le Sueur	Marc Le Sueur	Fri 4:00-07:00PM, Hooper GC - GC3
HAAVC-2000-5: Introduction to Latin American Art Cindy Bello	Cindy Bello	Mon 7:15-10:15PM, Main Bldg - W2
HAAVC-2000-7: History of Photography tamara suarez porras	tamara suarez porras	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - E2

Summer 2022

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
HAAVC-2000-1: European Design Capitals TBD	TBD	Every Day 9:00AM-05:00PM, Off Campus - Study Abroad - Europe

Spring 2022

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
HAAVC-2000-1: Asian Modernism Mia Liu	Mia Liu	Mon 8:00-11:00AM, San Francisco - Main Building - W2
HAAVC-2000-2: African American Art & Artists II Genevieve Hyacinthe	Genevieve Hyacinthe	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 141
HAAVC-2000-3: Feminist Art Cindy Bello	Cindy Bello	Thu 8:00-11:00AM, San Francisco - Main Building - W2
HAAVC-2000-4: 20th Century Fashion Melissa Leventon	Melissa Leventon	Thu 7:15-10:15PM, San Francisco - Main Building - W2
HAAVC-2000-5: Vernacular Architecture Lucia Fagen-DeLuca	Lucia Fagen-DeLuca	Tue 8:00-11:00AM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC3
HAAVC-2000-6: Media Art in Context Rudolf Frieling	Rudolf Frieling	Fri 8:00-11:00AM, San Francisco - Main Building - E5

Fall 2021

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
HAAVC-2000-2: Queer Art and Visual Culture Viet Le	Viet Le	Mon 8:00-09:30PM
HAAVC-2000-4: Introduction to African American Art and Artists I Jacqueline Francis	Jacqueline Francis	Mon 11:00AM-12:30PM
HAAVC-2000-5: Introduction to Performance Art Jessica Calvanico	Jessica Calvanico	Thu 8:00-09:30PM
HAAVC-2000-7: Introduction to Latin American Art Cindy Bello	Cindy Bello	Mon 8:30-10:00AM
HAAVC-2000-8: History of Photography Jordan Reznick	Jordan Reznick	Wed 2:00-04:00PM, Online - FA-10
HAAVC-2000-9: Hella Oakland Mitchell Schwarzer	Mitchell Schwarzer	Thu 11:00AM-01:00PM, Online - HS-9 Thu 11:00AM-01:00PM, Oakland - Founders - Nahl Hall

Summer 2021

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
VISST-2000-3: Queer Art and Visual Culture Viet Le	Viet Le	Tue/Thu 4:30-06:00PM, Online - HS-2

Spring 2021

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
VISST-2000-1: Stuff: The Irresistibility of Products Leslie Becker	Leslie Becker	Tue 9:30-10:55AM, Online - HS-1
VISST-2000-3: Designing for the Body Katherine Lambert	Katherine Lambert	Wed 8:00-09:25AM, Online - HS-1
VISST-2000-6: Contemporary Art Daniell Cornell	Daniell Cornell	Tue 8:00-09:25AM, Online - HS-1
VISST-2000-9: Contemporary Art of the Arab World Brian Karl	Brian Karl	Tue 5:00-06:25PM, Online - HS-1
VISST-2000-11: History of Fashion in the 20th Century Melissa Leventon	Melissa Leventon	Wed 6:30-07:55PM

Fall 2020

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
VISST-2000-1: As Seen on TV Timothy Goodman	Timothy Goodman	Tue 4:00-07:00PM
VISST-2000-2: Feminist Art Cindy Bello	Cindy Bello	Mon 4:00-07:00PM
VISST-2000-4: Black Contemporary Art Imani Roach	Imani Roach	Wed 8:00-11:00AM
VISST-2000-5: African Photography Genevieve Hyacinthe	Genevieve Hyacinthe	Thu 12:00-03:00PM
VISST-2000-6: Contemporary Philosophy of Art Florian Grosser	Florian Grosser	Mon 4:00-07:00PM
VISST-2000-7: Reading Comics Jeanette Roan	Jeanette Roan	Mon 12:00-03:00PM
VISST-2000-8: Intro to Performance Art Jessica Calvanico	Jessica Calvanico	Fri 8:00-11:00AM
VISST-2000-10: Media Art in Context Rudolf Frieling	Rudolf Frieling	Thu 4:00-07:00PM
VISST-2000-11: Contemporary Art Daniell Cornell	Daniell Cornell	Fri 12:00-03:00PM, Online - HS-3

Summer 2020

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
VISST-2000-3: Silk Road Then & Now (Online) Hossein Khosrowjah	Hossein Khosrowjah	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 101

Spring 2020

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
VISST-2000-1: Stuff: The Irresistibility of Products Leslie Becker	Leslie Becker	Thu 8:00-11:00AM, San Francisco - Main Building - 103
VISST-2000-3: Designing for the Body Katherine Lambert	Katherine Lambert	Thu 8:00-11:00AM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC4
VISST-2000-4: The Grotesque in Art Thomas Haakenson	Thomas Haakenson	Wed 4:00-07:00PM, Oakland - B Building - B2
VISST-2000-5: Tele-Vision:Seeing Greatness Timothy Goodman	Timothy Goodman	Tue 7:00-10:00PM, Oakland - B Building - B1
VISST-2000-6: Intro to Philosophy of Art Florian Grosser	Florian Grosser	Wed 8:00-11:00AM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC4
VISST-2000-7: Post-Internet Art Brian Karl	Brian Karl	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 103
VISST-2000-8: Contemporary Art of the Arab World Kathy Zarur	Kathy Zarur	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - E1
VISST-2000-10: African Art & Cinema Leslie Townsend	Leslie Townsend	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - E2
VISST-2000-11: History Fashion: 20th Century Melissa Leventon	Melissa Leventon	Wed 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC7
VISST-2000-20: Social Works Susanne Cockrell	Susanne Cockrell	Thu 4:00-07:00PM, Oakland - Textiles - 3: Seminar
VISST-2000-21: Contemporary Art Marina Pugliese	Marina Pugliese	Thu 8:00-11:00AM, Oakland - B Building - B1
VISST-2000-22: Media History: Constructing Identity: Textiles, Indigeneity, and Resistance Deborah Valoma	Deborah Valoma	Fri 12:00-03:00PM, Oakland - B Building - B5

Fall 2019

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
VISST-2000-1: As Seen on TV Timothy Goodman	Timothy Goodman	Thu 7:15-10:15PM, Oakland - B Building - B7
VISST-2000-4: Black Contemporary Art J. Myers-Szupinska	J. Myers-Szupinska	Thu 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - 103
VISST-2000-6: Comics: History, Theory, Aesthetics Vanessa Chang	Vanessa Chang	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Grad Center - GC3
VISST-2000-11: Subversive Art of Dada Thomas Haakenson	Thomas Haakenson	Thu 12:00-03:00PM, Oakland - Shaklee - 1A
VISST-2000-12: Contemporary Art Marina Pugliese	Marina Pugliese	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - E1
VISST-2000-14: History of Photography Monica Bravo	Monica Bravo	Mon 12:00-03:00PM, Oakland - Ralls - 202

Summer 2019

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
VISST-2000-1: Art & The City Berit Potter	Berit Potter	Tue/Thu 9:00AM-01:00PM, Oakland - B Building - B4
VISST-2000-2: European Design Capitals Mara Holt Skov	Mara Holt Skov	Every Day 9:00AM-05:00PM
VISST-2000-3: Berlin / Venice Biennale Karen (Ren) Fiss	Karen (Ren) Fiss	Every Day 9:00AM-05:00PM

Spring 2019

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
VISST-200-01: TBA TBD	TBD	Thu 8:00-11:00AM, Main Building - 103
VISST-200-02: Social Works Susanne Cockrell	Susanne Cockrell	Thu 4:00-07:00PM, Textiles - 3: Seminar
VISST-200-03: TBA TBD	TBD	Wed 4:00-07:00PM, Main Building - E2
VISST-200-04: Performing Race/Sex/Gender Jessica Calvanico	Jessica Calvanico	Wed 4:00-07:00PM, B Building - B2
VISST-200-05: Tele-Vision:Seeing Greatness Timothy Goodman	Timothy Goodman	Tue 7:00-10:00PM, B Building - B1
VISST-200-06: Intro to Philosophy of Art Florian Grosser	Florian Grosser	Wed 8:00-11:00AM, Grad Center - GC4
VISST-200-07: Contemp. Art of the Arab Wrld Kathy Zarur	Kathy Zarur	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, Main Building - 103
VISST-200-08: TBA TBD	TBD	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, B Building - B1
VISST-200-09: Contemporary Art Marina Pugliese	Marina Pugliese	Thu 8:00-11:00AM, B Building - B1
VISST-200-10: African Cinema Leslie Townsend	Leslie Townsend	Mon 4:00-07:00PM, Grad Center - GC1
VISST-200-11: History Fashion: 20th Century Melissa Leventon	Melissa Leventon	Wed 4:00-07:00PM, Grad Center - GC7
VISST-200-12: Cultures of the Screen Vanessa Chang	Vanessa Chang	Thu 8:00-11:00AM, Grad Center - GC4
VISST-200-18: Fashioning the Body Deborah Valoma	Deborah Valoma	Fri 12:00-03:00PM, B Building - B5

Fall 2018

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
VISST-200-01: As Seen on TV Timothy Goodman	Timothy Goodman	Thu 7:15-10:15PM, B Building - B7
VISST-200-02: TBA TBD	TBD	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Main Building - E2
VISST-200-04: Chinese Art & Visual Culture Mia Liu	Mia Liu	Thu 12:00-03:00PM, Main Building - 103
VISST-200-05: Designing for the Body Katherine Lambert	Katherine Lambert	Thu 8:00-11:00AM, Main Building - 103
VISST-200-06: Subversive Art of Dada Thomas Haakenson	Thomas Haakenson	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Grad Center - GC3
VISST-200-08: TBA TBD	TBD	Wed 7:15-10:15PM, B Building - B2
VISST-200-09: Transnational Feminisms Cindy Bello	Cindy Bello	Wed 12:00-03:00PM, Grad Center - GC6
VISST-200-10: Contemporary Art Marina Pugliese	Marina Pugliese	Wed 12:00-03:00PM