American Art and Culture, 1913-Present
ARHA 271
Spring 2013 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 233 |
This course examines the production and reception of American visual culture from 1913 to the present, paying particular attention to painting and photography. Students will study theory and criticism in addition to the formal qualities of American visual art to examine how artists engaged and interpreted the world around them in material form, as well as how American visual culture helped shape and promulgate certain attitudes toward nationhood, race, class, gender, and sexual orientation in the 20th century. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ART |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST) |
Major Readings:
Wanda Corn, THE GREAT AMERICAN THING: MODERN ART AND NAIONAL IDENTITY, 1915-1923 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999)
Marianne Doezema and Elizabeth Milroy, eds., READING AMERICAN ART (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998)
A course reader
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Examinations and Assignments:
Short paper; mid-term, final exam |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Instructor - Nancy Noble |
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