ARTHIST 353A - American Art,1900-1945

Institution:

Stanford University

Subject:

Description:

(Same as ARTHIST 153A.) Painting, sculpture, photography, and design. Focus is on the emergence of diverse cultural forms in the search for a modern, American form of artistic expression. Topics include: Robert Henri and the Ash Can school; the Armory Show and the influence of European modernism; Marcel Duchamp and plumbing; futurism, cubism, and the machine aesthetic; Stuart Davis and jazz; Dorothea Lange and documentary photography; Alfred Stieglitz and his Seven Americans; Thomas Hart Benton and regionalism; the arts of the WPA; and the role of artists in wartime propaganda. 4 units, not given this year

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stanford.edu/

Phone Number:

(650) 723-2300

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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