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Academic Year 2000/2001

Art of the 20th Century
ARHA 250 SP

This course focuses on painting and sculpture from Cubism to the present in Europe and America with special attention to stylistic revolutions from 1910 to 1920, the retreat from the image and contemporary modes of expression.

MAJOR READINGS

R. Rosenblum, CUBISM AND TWENTIETH CENTURY ART
C. Tisdall & A. Bozzolla, FUTURISM
W. Rubin, DADA, SURREALISM AND THEIR HERITAGE
D. Ashton, THE NEW YORK SCHOOL
I. Sandler, THE TRIUMPH OF AMERICAN PAINTING
R. Smithson, THE WRITINGS OF ROBERT SMITHSON
G. Battcock, MINIMAL ART
F. Coalpitt, MINIMALISM

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Mid-term, final exam; one paper, 5-7 pages.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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