ARTH2020
American art
Lecturer:
Previously taught by: Kathleen L. WYMA
6 credits
This course surveys painting, sculpture, photography, and architecture in the United States from European settlement to 1945. The underlying theme is how art in the United States has helped project various new ideologies and values associated with this young and unique nation. Issues to be considered in relation to art include Protestant values, democracy, wilderness, racial conflict, capitalism, popular culture, and America’s gradual rise to power.
100% coursework
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“Love the focus of the course about the politics of representation as the base, then opening up to more finer chapters on race, gender, identity etc.”
“I think the course was structured quite well. It was easy to follow the different time periods and art movements, especially since prior to this course I had no experience with American art specifically.”
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