AHI 364 - American Realisms:The Evolution of the Real in American Art

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University at Buffalo

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Description:

Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Type: LEC Begins with an introduction to European realism and a discussion of its adaptation to an American context during the final quarter of the nineteenth century. The course then denaturalizes Realism s ties with objectivity, explaining the movement as one in a series of subjective strategies for ordering one s relation to the world. Focusing then on several discrete artistic movements, the course considers the changing cultural functions of the real , ranging from the early nineteenth through the late twentieth centuries. Movements to be addressed include romanticism, sentimentality, naturalism, impressionism, urban realism, regionalism, abstract expressionism, neo-realism, and photorealism.

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.buffalo.edu

Phone Number:

(716) 645-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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