ARTH 331 - Visual Arts in the United States to 1890

Institution:

American University

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Course Level: Undergraduate This course covers portraiture, landscape, and genre painting from the early Colonial period to the late nineteenth century. It examines major artists and movements including Colonial portraiture, Hudson River School and Luminist landscape, sculpture, and photography, and artists including Eakins, Homer, and Cassatt. Emphasizes cultural politics, colonialism, slavery, Native Americans, gender issues, and relationships between American and European art. Meets with ARTH-631. Usually offered alternate falls. Prerequisite: ARTH-105 or permission of instructor.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.AMERICAN.EDU

Phone Number:

(202) 885-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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