Art After 1945
ARHA 253
Fall 2024
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 249 |
This course examines artistic production in the United States between 1945 and 1980, with a primary focus on the United States. The historical conflicts of that tumultuous period presented new challenges for artists as they attempted, in their work, to respond to the "caesura of civilization" brought about by the Holocaust and World War II, to contend with the consolidation of postwar consumer capitalism and mass culture, and to situate their work in relation to the far-reaching social upheavals of the 1960s and '70s. Practices linked to the historical avant-gardes (such as abstraction, the readymade, Dada, and surrealism) echoed in these years as attention shifted from the canvas and studio to greatly expanded contexts of reception and public experience. The boundaries of the art object transformed in turn as artists developed new models of spectatorship to confront a world that had placed enormous pressure on traditional concepts of humanist subjectivity. Topics include New York School painting, pop art, minimalism, process art, conceptual art, performance, institutional critique, and site-specificity. |
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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)(ARHA-MN)(ARHA)(ARST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
1. Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin Buchloh, Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, ART SINCE 1900 (Third Edition) VOL. 2, (ART SINCE 1945) (London: Thames and Hudson, 2016) ISBN-10: 0500285357
2. Essays posted on e-reserve.
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Examinations and Assignments:
1. One 3-page paper, one 8-page paper, three tests. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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| Instructor(s): Grace,Claire Times: ..T.R.. 08:50AM-10:10AM; Location: BOGH114; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 30 | | SR major: 7 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 7 | FR: 6 |
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