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09F: 2 The founding movements of European modernism: Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, German Expressionism, early abstract art. Sources in Post-Impressionism. Issues of structure and meaning. Special focus on the innovations of Picasso, Matisse, and Kandinsky; extensive readings in artistic manifestos and contemporaneous criticism. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Jordan.
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09W: 2 Art after the First World War: International Dada, Surrealism, Suprematism, Russian Constructivism, the Bauhaus. The further development of abstraction: Mondrian, De Stijl, Abstraction-Création, early modernism in New York. The idea of the avant-garde and inter-war struggles for leadership will be studied in theoretical and historical context. Readings in primary sources. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Jordan.
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Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S Abstract Expressionism (the New York School) as culmination of the modernist tradition. The "Post-Pollock" problem and reactions. Neo-Dada, Pop Art, Hard Edge, Minimalism, Conceptual, New Realism, Neo-Expressionism, Appropriationism, recent movements. Considerations of Modernism and Post-Modernism; problems of the late avant-garde; and changing relationships between the artist and society. Extensive readings in contemporary theory and criticism. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Wolfskill.
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08F: 2 Architectural historians disagree about the origins of the modern era. For many, "modern" suggests principally the built works of the twentieth century. Others find the great projects of the nineteenth-century industrial revolution a more suitable place to begin. Still others-as will we-push the beginnings of "modern" architectural thought and practice back to the late eighteenth century. In this way we place architectural transformation in the context of the great changes taking place in the political, artistic, social and intellectual life of the perThis course approaches architecture as a cultural product and investigates the relationship between buildings, the ideas embodied in buildings and the cultures that designed them. We will chart the history of modern design from the Age of Enlightenment to the present. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Heck.
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08F: 11 Intended as a general introduction to Chinese art and culture, this course will survey major artistic developments from neolithic times to the Republican period. Among the topics to be considered are Shang and Chou bronzes, Buddhist sculpture, and the evolution of landscape painting from the Han to Ch'ing Dynasties. Dist: ART; WCult: NW. Hockley.
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09W: 10 This course examines Shinto and Buddhist architectural, sculptural, painting and print traditions from the prehistoric to the modern era. The primary emphasis will be on the relationship of these arts to their doctrinal sources and the ritual, social, and political contexts in which they were created and utilized. Dist: ART; WCult: NW. Hockley.
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09S: 2 This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the Japanese painting tradition. Surveying a broad range of themes, formats, and styles and exploring the relationship between indigenous sensibilities and the traditions Japanese artists borrowed from continental Asia and the West, it defines the unique aesthetic experience offered by Japanese sacred and secular painting. Its focus on patronage and studio practice emphasizes the social, political, and cultural processes that underscored important developments in the painting tradition. Dist: ART; WCult: NW. Hockley.
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10W: 10 A survey of the Japanese print tradition from its inception in the seventeenth century through modern prints in the early twentieth century, this course emphasizes the relationship between prints and the political, social, and cultural milieu in which they circulated. The curriculum includes applications of recent critiques and theoretical approaches from fields as diverse as sexuality and gender studies, mass culture and media studies, aesthetics of popular arts, and the sociology of consumption. Dist: ART; WCult: NW. Hockley.
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Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S This course examines the use of photography by colonial governments, anthropologists, commercial photographers, and tourists in nineteenth-century Asia. It also takes into account indigenous uses of photography that both conform with and react against Western uses of the medium. Consideration is also given to the diffusion of photographic images into other media including news publications, government documents, academic studies, travelogues, guidebooks, and museum displays. Dist: ART; WCult: NW. Hockley.
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09W: 12 This course examines the contemporary art of Asia from a variety of historical, cultural, and critical perspectives. Lectures, readings and discussions range across broad themes such as identity, globalization, trans-nationalism, and feminism and include examination of both traditional and new media. Case studies examine the work of both well-established and emerging young artists. This course is designed to equip students with the critical skills necessary to appreciate, discuss, and analyze contemporary Asian art. Dist: ART; WCult: NW. Hockley.
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