ClassInfo - Fall 2018 Art History Classes

Fall 2018 | ARTH 5411 Section 001: Gender and Sexuality in Art Since 1863 (33314)

Instructor(s): Jane Blocker
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018

Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM

UMTC, West Bank

Blegen Hall 145
Enrollment Status:: Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: History of art from late 19th to early 21st century. How gender/sexuality have been central to that period's artistic production, art criticism, and aesthetic theorization. How gender/sexuality are important themes for artists. How the writing of history reveals assumptions about gender/sex. Critical reading/writing.
Class Description:: This course surveys the role gender and sexuality have played in the development of art from Manet's Olympia to the present; and the role that art has played in both reinforcing and challenging dominant theories of gender identity. It thus considers modernism and postmodernism as they reflect historical changes in gender roles, feminist politics, and the construction and deconstruction of masculinity and femininity. It considers such things as transgender performance as avant-garde practice and the body as image, medium, and site of theoretical debate. Students read a wide variety of texts by scholars, critics, and artists addressing different themes related to the course.
Grading:: 60% Reports/Papers
25% Special Projects
15% Attendance
Class Format:: 50% Lecture
50% Discussion
Workload:: 50-80 Pages Reading Per Week
18-21 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s)
1 Special Project(s)
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33314/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 16 April 2010

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