ARTH 372: Studies in 18th- and 19th-Century Art of the United States

ARTH 372-001: Studies in the 18th and 19th Century Art of the United States
(Fall 2011)

10:30 AM to 11:45 AM MW

Enterprise Hall 174

Section Information for Fall 2011

Instructor: Prof. Kerry Roeder Prerequisite: 24 credits. This course surveys the exploration of American identity in visual art created in the United States between 1815 and 1900. We will examine how artists used traditional and new visual media to communicate views about what America was and who Americans were. We will concentrate on images of landscape, genre, portrait, and current events. Media covered will include painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, and illustration. Field trips to local museums will be scheduled. Students will write about art works they have studied in person in local collections.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Developments in visual culture and the changing status of art practitioners throughout these periods. Focus is either chronological (Colonial Period, Gilded Age) or thematic (19th-century genre scenes, the American landscape and national identity). Notes: May be repeated when topic is different. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
Mason Core: Arts
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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