ClassInfo - Fall 2019 Art History Classes

Fall 2019 | ARTH 3464 Section 001: Art Since 1945 (20580)

Instructor(s): Emily Ruth Capper
Aleisha Barton (TA)
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019

Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM

UMTC, West Bank

Anderson Hall 230
Enrollment Status:: Open (53 of 60 seats filled)
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Spring 2022

Course Catalog Description:: Broad chronological overview of U.S./international art movements since 1945. Assessment of critical writings by major theoreticians (e.g., Clement Greenberg) associated with those movements. Theoretical perspective of postmodernism.
Class Description:: This course will provide a broad overview of U.S. and international art movements since 1945. We will begin with a survey of the Depression-era artistic climate, and then move on to analysis of the postwar art of the 1940s and 1950s, with particular focus on Abstract Expressionism and the tenets of modernism as defined by Clement Greenberg. We will then explore the way in which following generations of artists, engaged with phenomenological, poststructuralist, and feminist philosophy, and interested in the intersections of art, consumer culture, and politics, began to develop alternative objectives for art making in the 1960s and 1970s. We will end with a survey of the debates, theories, and practices associated with postmodernity that have dominated the art world since 1980.
Grading:: 30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
10% Class Participation
30% Short Paper Other Grading Information:
Exam Format:: Essay
Class Format:: 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
25% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
5% Guest Speakers
Workload:: 50-60 Pages Reading Per Week
5 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20580/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 3 November 2015

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