ARTH-A 327 SURVEY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC ART (3 CR.)
Provides a comprehensive overview of modern and contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa.
1 classes found
Spring 2025
Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
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LEC | 3 | 9921 | Open | 9:35 a.m.–10:50 a.m. | TR | TV 226 | Domene-Danes M |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
LEC 9921: Total Seats: 40 / Available: 14 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inq
- Above class open to undergraduates only
- COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
This course will provide a comprehensive overview of modern and contemporary Arab art. We will start with art production from the early 20th century, which will involve the artistic responses to experiences of colonization and independence, and we will continue with the study of contemporary art practices from the late 20th century and the 21st century, which involve a context of postcolonialism and globalization. Thus, the aim of the course is to connect modern and contemporary Arab art to major political, social and economic events in the Middle East and North Africa, including the Nakba (Palestinian exodus), the formation of an Arab aesthetic identity, the artistic reactions to 9/11, the War on Terror, the Arab Spring, the civil war in Syria or the cultural impact of oil wealth in the Gulf region.