ARHA341 - Gender and Representation in Late 19th Century European Painting 1860-1910

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Academic Year 2002/2003

Gender and Representation in Late 19th Century European Painting 1860-1910
ARHA 341 FA

How does gender analysis further our understanding of late nineteenth-century French painting? In weekly readings and discussions, we will both evaluate the existing methodologies of gender analysis and identify promising new lines of inquiry. We will examine different types of female figures represented, including the mother, the prostitute, the COURTISANE, the FEMME FATALE, and the PARISIENNE, and their relationship to modernism. We will compare and contrast these female characters to male harbingers of modernity such as the FLÂNEUR and the rag picker. Our readings of these types will be nuanced, and directed to specific paintings. For example, the notion of FEMME FATALE may apply to the work of Aubrey Beardsly or Gustav Klimt, but these in no way help us get at the peculiarity of Edouard Vuillard's domestic representations. Other topics include the role of women artists, nineteenth-century notions of feminine and masculine spheres and identity, and the breakdown of these toward the end of the century. Readings will be drawn from the fields of art history, history, literature, and gender studies.

MAJOR READINGS

Tamar Garb, SISTERS OF THE BRUSH: WOMEN'S ARTISTIC CULTURE IN LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY PARIS
Griselda Pollock, VISION AND DIFFERENCE: FEMININITY, FEMINISM, AND HISTORIES OF ART (1988)
Richard Kendall and Griselda Pollock, eds., DEALING WITH DEGAS: REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN AND THE POLITICS OF VISION
Simone de Beauvoir, THE SECOND SEX
Judith Butler, GENDER TROUBLE, FEMINISM AND THE SUBVERSION OF IDENTITY
Kaja Silverman, MALE SUBJECTIVITY AT THE MARGINS.
There will also be a course reader.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Several short response papers, a research paper, and a class presentation.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Previous course(s) in art history and women's studies would be helpful, though these are not formal prerequisites.

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: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ART Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Kuenzli,Katherine M.

Times: ....R.. 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: DAC300

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)

SR. major: 4 Jr. major: 2

SR. non-major: 4 Jr. non-major: 3 SO: 2 FR: X

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing

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Last Updated on MAR-18-2003