ARHA273

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ARHA273

Women and the Visual Arts in America (to 1930) ARHA273 FA

Crosslistings: AMST242, WMST273

Next Offered in 9899 FA

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 the authority of the feminine viewpoint in cultural and aesthetic issues in America.

MAJOR READINGS

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: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

About the Photo:

Frida Kahlo's AUTORRETRATO CON BONITO (SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BONITO), 1941

Reference:

Rasmussen, Waldo, LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc.,1993

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