AAH 421 - Issues in Contemporary Art

Institution:

Roger Williams University

Subject:

ART AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY

Description:

Fulfills Visual Arts Studies major requirement and a course requirement inthe Art and Architectural History Core Concentration and/or minorPrerequisite: AAH 121-122 and one 300 level AAH courseCross-listed with AAH 521A course addressing major conceptual and thematic concerns inart since the 1960s. Movements and approaches covered include:Minimalism, Conceptualism, Appropriation, Installation, Abstraction,Video, Photography, and Performance. The themes explored rangefrom racial and sexual identity, to globalization, to public space, to theenvironment, to outsider art. Course content will be presented in theform of works of art from the 1960s to the present, critical essays thatcontextualize the work and field trips to galleries, openings, museumsand studios. Satisfies Feinstein Service Learning in Visual ArtsStudies, and Art and Architectural History.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rwu.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 253-1040

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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