ARHA252

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ARHA252

Strategies of Abstraction ARHA252 FA

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By exploring works from the second decade of the twentieth century to the present, this class will investigate the extent to which every practice of abstraction is highly contested and historically defined. Topics will include the autonomy of pictoral elements in early modernism, the political uses of abstraction, the historicity of seemingly universal paradigms (such as geometry), the hegemony of American abstraction and formalist criticism, and the debated use of abstract paradigms in the age of visual culture. Special emphasis will be on the post-World War II period.

MAJOR READINGS

Kandinsky, CONCERNING THE SPIRITUAL ART
Albers, THE INTERACTION OF COLOR
Works by Meyez Schapiro, Clement Greenbert, Anna Chave,
Yve-Alain Bois, Jean-Claude Lebensztejn

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two short papers, midterm, final

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: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ART

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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