Art and Identity in the U.S., 1860-1945
ARHA 271
Spring 2006
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 233 |
Who is the American artist? Though a tantalizing question even before 1776, at no time was this question so hotly debated as in the decades following the Civil War. As new technologies and ideologies transformed the political, economic and social fabric of the country, changes in the arts were equally as rapid and as dramatic, culminating in the introduction of abstraction after 1900. Indeed, who was the American audience during an era of increased immigration? Did a person have to be born in the United States to be an American artist? Was the artist who lived out his or her career in a foreign country no longer American? How did an artist's gender, race, ethnicity, or sexuality affect his or her access to the art market? This course seeks to answer these questions by studying how some men and women involved in the visual arts in the United States responded to the rapid rate of change and diversity of new ideas to create what is commonly called modern art. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Reading Non-Verbal Texts |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ART |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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 |
| Instructor(s): Noble,Nancy J. Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: DAC100; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 35 | | SR major: 8 | JR major: 7 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 5 | FR: 5 |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 7 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 6 |
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