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Academic Year 2000/2001

Women and the Visual Arts in America (to 1930)
ARHA 273 FA
Crosslistings:
AMST 242
WMST 273

This course will survey the history of women's involvement in the visual arts in the United States by examining the careers of specific women who have worked as artists (amateur and professional), critics, commentators, collectors or patrons (or combinations thereof) from the colonial period to the early 20th century. Topics to be addressed will include patterns of training, employment opportunities and patronage, association with professional artists' groups and exhibiting organizations, and th e authority of the feminine viewpoint in cultural and aesthetic issues in America.

MAJOR READINGS

Major readings not known

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three short papers; research paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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