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

ARTH 372-001: Tracing Conflict in American Art and Visual Culture
(Spring 2013)

12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW

Art & Design Building 2026

Section Information for Spring 2013

This course takes an interdisciplinary look at American Art and Visual Culture from the Antebellum period through Reconstruction, with an emphasis on the impact of the Civil War on artistic production. In addition to painting and sculpture we will use works of popular and mass culture, photography, and literature to help broaden our account.

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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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