Critical perspectives on art history

Democracy and the Greek ideal

The Parthenon and patrimony

The classical tradition

Portraits and politics

The Gothic cathedral

Iconoclasm, vandalism, and the fear of images

Iconography

Anti-Semitism and stereotypes

The Renaissance portrait

The female nude

Viewing Michelangelo's David

Women artists

Northern art vs. Italian art

Gender and representation

Modernist architecture

Art and popular culture

Postmodernist art

Censorship

Public funding for the arts

The museum

Culture wars and the canon

The art history course.