ARTH-A 300 TOPICS IN ART HISTORY (3 CR.)
Specialized topics in the study of Art History.
3 classes found
Spring 2024
Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
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LEC | 3 | 34494 | Open | 9:45 a.m.–11:00 a.m. | TR | BH 141 | Rousseva N |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
LEC 34494: Total Seats: 15 / Available: 1 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inq
- Above class open to undergraduates only
- Above class meets with SLAV-S320
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
Topic: Post-socialist art and culture
The collapse of Eastern Europe's socialist regimes in the early 1990s radically transformed the cultural landscape of the region. With a focus on art and visual culture from 1990 to the present, this course examines contemporary post-socialist art across Eastern Europe (special focus will be placed on former Yugoslavia and its successor states,Hungary, Bulgaria, Albania, and Ukraine). In addition to learning about prominent artists and works of art, students will study important trends in contemporary East European art and explore visual manifestations of counter-cultures and protest movements throughout the region. This course is open to all students with an interest in East European art and culture. No previous knowledge in the area is required. COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit.
Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
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LEC | 3 | 34962 | Closed | 9:45 a.m.–11:00 a.m. | TR | LI 044 | Wolfskill P |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
LEC 34962: Total Seats: 5 / Available: 0 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) Diversity in U.S.
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inq
- Above class open to undergraduates only
- Above class meets with AMST-A352
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
- COLL (CASE) Diversity in U.S. credit
Topic: Amer documentary photography
How has America been depicted through photography, a mechanical and "objective" medium that has historically proclaimed to offer a direct index of reality? In what ways do photographic images (as documentation, archives, art, or advertising) influence understandings of Americans and American life, politics, and culture historically and through the present day? How have artists used photography to contemplate issues of nationhood, self and other, or to document, protest, or affirm? This class surveys the history of American photography through a focus on documentary practices, including photojournalism, media imagery, government archives, family albums, social documentary, conceptual photography, scientific and pseudo-scientific images, and historical and recent images of war. We begin with the invention of photography in 1839 and move chronologically through present-day digital imagery. Students will develop an understanding of the historical evolution of photography with particular attention to the array of social and cultural meanings ascribed to the medium. Readings will include a history of photography textbook alongside key historical, theoretical, and critical reflections on the medium.
Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
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LEC | 3 | 35051 | Closed | 1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m. | TR | LI 044B | Wolfskill P |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
LEC 35051: Total Seats: 7 / Available: 0 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) Diversity in U.S.
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inq
- Above class open to undergraduates only
- Above class meets with AAAD-A332
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
- COLL (CASE) Diversity in U.S. credit
Topic: Art of the civil rights moveme
The Civil Rights Movement holds a pivotal place in American/African- American history. This course considers the ways in which art and visual culture joined the protests and discussions that frame this movement. We consider questions including: How have visual materials informed the ways in which we understand this crucial period? In what ways do photographic images (as documentation, art, or advertising) influence cultural understandings of black identity and the Civil Rights Movement historically and how do they continue to do so? How did visual artists respond to the movement through sculpture, painting, assemblage and other media? This class investigates the complex relationship between visual art and imagery and our historicization, memory, and understanding of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements. We will study painting, sculpture, photography, assemblage, performance art, public murals, media and advertising, and film to better understand black freedom movements from the 1950s-70s, their relationship to visual culture, and their continuation today.