VSAR 324 - Critical History of Twentieth Century Art and Theory

Institution:

California State University-San Marcos

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Description:

Examines crucial artistic production and debates that developed in the 20th Century in areas including the United States, Europe and Mexico through a re-examination of the traditional concept of the static "art object." Explores the provocative intersections between supposed high art and other visual forms of culture including cartoons, film, design, advertising and museum display. Focused consideration of gender, cultural, political and artistic issues that involve the relationship of the avant-garde to everyday life, changing concepts of modernism in contest with developing technologies, and the interconnections between dominant "art movements," little-studied examples of artistic production, developments in the larger visual culture and which peoples' histories are left out of the frame of art history. Course is based on discussions, lectures, on-site critical viewing, research papers and collaborative projects.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.csusm.edu

Phone Number:

(760) 750-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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