A HI G5203 - Reflections on Western Art

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

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Prerequisite: 4743 or 5743 or graduate standing in the School of Art and Art History or permission of the instructor. Focus on topics in western American art, contrasting contemporary with traditional interpretations, as well as formal with social implications of the subject. Issues to be considered will include gender and ethnicity; historiography and the impact of changing perceptions; western art as historical analogue vs. art as creative expression; and art of frontier America as a form of national identity, as commercial and social exploitation and as aesthetic tradition. Content will concentrate on the 19th and early 20th century painters, sculptors, and print makers who derived artistic themes from the trans-Mississippi west. (Irreg.)

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Institution Website:

www.ou.edu

Phone Number:

(405) 325-0311

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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