Art History 269 - Revolution,Social Change,and Art in Latin America

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

Human Rights, LAIS, SRE This course examines the role that Christian iconography played in the conquests of the 16th century and the radical new meanings that same iconography took as time went on; it also reviews the visual strategies employed in the presentation of the "heroes" of independencemovements (Simón Bolivar, Miguel Hidalgo) and how art contributed to the formation of national identities. It considers the 20th-century Mexican mural movement and how the artists involved promoted and reaffirmed the nation's new leftist political policies in public spaces. Other topics include printmaking as a political tool; the use of Che Guevara's image as a catalyst for social change; murals in Nicaragua; art by Chicano activists in the United States; and the role of folk art traditions.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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