Topics include the Expressionist movement in Germany before World War I, Kandinsky and the quest for the spiritual, American Abstract Expressionism and the recent resurgence of Neo-expressionism in the United States and western Europe. Deals in depth with a major issue in art between 1848 and 1914. Methods of Art History is concerned with various aspects of the discipline and its current state of study, the historiography of the field in America, resources and organizations, and such seminal thinkers as Hegel, Wtfflin and Panofsky. The course is required of all entering M.A. candidates as well as those students already enrolled in the M.A. program who have not yet taken the Methods seminar. Selected topics, varying with semester and instructor.
Seminar focuses on a major movement or theme in modern art.
The relationships between the Harlem renaissance, Wild Bill's West Shows, internment camps in WWII, and the return of Atzlan will be linked to the ongoing transformation of our undertstanding of art in a multiple cultural society. A written proposal of the project and its justification must be approved by the faculty member supervising the work. Special study and research leading to a final written presentation. Graduate standing and approval by an advisor is required along with a written proposal and justification in consultation with instructor and faculty advisor. Available to students who are writing theses in the master of arts in humanities program.