ART HISTORY 493Y,494Y - on The Margins: Outsider And Visionary Art

Institution:

Connecticut College

Subject:

Description:

An exploratory seminar to consider art and artists whose work typically falls outside the canons of art history. We will consider, for example, the art of the asylum and the insane; self-taught, folk or na?e artists; visionary artists and the art of personal symbolism and private shrines; lawn art and kitsch; offbeat museums as installation art; and many other forms of unusual and "obsessive" visual culture . C. Steiner

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.connecticutcollege.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 447-1911

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

The Course Profile information is provided and updated by third parties including the respective institutions. While the institutions are able to update their information at any time, the information is not independently validated, and no party associated with this website can accept responsibility for its accuracy.