12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW
Art & Design Building 2026
Section Information for Fall 2015
This course will consider a wide range of artistic expression in the United States, beginning with first contact between Native Americans and Europeans, continuing through to 1950. We will explore how visual artists represented shifting notions of American identity and investigate the tangled intersection of art and popular culture. Students will study a broad spectrum of the period’s cultural production, from New World maps and colonial portraiture to social realist photography and comic strips. Museum visits, slide lectures, and class discussions will provide students with the tools to formally analyze artworks and place them within their socio-historical context. Written assignments, exams, and collaborative work will foster the development of research, writing, and critical-thinking skills.
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Credits: 3
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