Art History 245s - Contemporary Art

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Mount Holyoke College

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This course traces the different paths of painting, sculpture, and photography in the united States and, less so,Western Europe sinceWorldWar II. Initially, most of these paths traced a relationship with the "crisis of modernism," but increasingly, they have taken on a different vitality, drawing energy from a wide variety of postmodern and postcolonial subjects and debates: identity politics, transnationalism, diaspora. Can something that can be identified as an avantgarde practice exist in such a context What kinds of questions are appropriate to ask about works that stridently attempt to suspend the very category of art Meets Humanities I-A requirement A. Lee Prereq. soph, jr, sr, or permission of instructor; 4 credits

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mtholyoke.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 538-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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