AH 317 - Woman and Art

Institution:

Maine College of Art

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Description:

This course will investigate women as makers of art, as subjects of art, and as critics, theorists, and historians of art. Rather than attempting a comprehensive chronological survey, the course will focus on a series of topics or themes exploring art production in Western Europe and America from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Among the topics to be considered are: the impact of feminism and feminist art theory on the rewriting of art history; the nude; orientalism and women as other; female subjects as the object of the gaze; feminist art of the 1970s and essentialism; psychoanalytic theory; woman and craft and art history's privileging of painting and sculpture; women and Impressionism; Victorian women artists; 19th-century American women sculptors; the careers of specific women artists, i.e., Cassatt, O'Keefe, Kahlo, Krasner, and the concept of "greatness"; race and women of coloras makers/subjects; body, performance, conceptual art; the status and concerns of contemporary women artists. Elective: 3 credits/semester; 3 hours/week. Prerequisite: AH101-102 or equivalent.

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.meca.edu

Phone Number:

(207) 775-3052

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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