Art-Arch 4921 - Theory for Art History: Modernism / Modernity / Postmodernism

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Washington University in St Louis

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Description:

This course introduces key modern theories. Considering diverse thinkers, this seminar focuses on concepts that have framed and reframed the study and interpretation of aesthetic modernism and postmodernism over the past century. We read and discuss primary theories and probe their application through close visual readings of individual works of art. Discussions seek a better understanding of the role and meaning of the aesthetic object within a variety of theoretical contexts, extending from an investment in the universalist modern artistic subject, to the shifting role of the contingent viewer within modernity to an expansion of the traditional boundaries of the discipline of Art History into Visual Studies. Prerequisites: advanced undergraduate standing and permission of the instructor.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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