This course traces the development of American painting from the colonial period to the present. Includes selected regional, ethnic, and avant-garde works. Explores the relationship between painting and U.S. economic, political, historical and literary developments. This course examines selected works of art produced between 1945 and the present. Includes consideration of both traditional and non-traditional media such as painting, printmaking, sculpture, architecture, photography, video, mixed media, and installation.
Emphasis is on critical theory.
Art History Topics 3 credits - Prerequisite AH210 Courses covering different topics of art history will be offered as faculty is available. This course includes selected works of fiction, poetry, and drama from various areas of the world. Students consider problems of interpretation and criticism, and questions of meaning, form, and social significance. Coursework includes attendance at fiction and poetry readings, and drama productions, when available. This course considers selected works of 19th century American authors.