Art History and Visual Culture Studies 227 - European Art: 1780- 1880

Institution:

Whitman College

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Description:

not offered 2008-09 A study of the period in which art first became a public issue in cities throughout Europe due to regularly-staged, state-sponsored exhibitions and the opening of state art collections. Emphasis on the political structures of the European art establishment and various artists' attempts to produce vital work regardless of the establishment. Issues to be discussed include: the competing concepts of the public, the role of art criticism; the politics of landscape painting in Germany and England; art and socialism; modernity and the painting of La vie moderne. Three exams, a paper and class participation are required. Recommended: completion of Art History 103.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.whitman.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 527-5111

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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