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4.00 Credits
Examining "industry" in terms of historical and contemporary large-scale manufacturing, students will conduct primary research (field trips) to ponder the human dimensions of work and contextualize the issues of art, craft, and design in everyday life. Prerequisite: ARTH 211.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. A series of recent projects exploring contemporary issues in sculpture will be the focus of this class. We will be looking an international array of artists, including: Matthew Barney (United States), Robert Irwin (United States), Juan Munoz (Spain), Doris Salcedo (Colombia), Thomas Schutte (Germany), and Rachel Whiteread (Britain). The work of these artists will be examined in the context of larger post-war debates.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. A survey course covering the pre-history of photography up to Post Modernism. Required readings directly related to the slide lectures are placed on reserve at Scholes Library. The course is open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors. Courses of Instruction: New York State College of Ceramics 275 ARTH 363 - Ceramics and Cultural Identity: Global Traditions and Innovations 4 hours. A thematic approach to the history of ceramics that is global and cross-disciplinary, designed for students to re-conceive their inheritance and its varied strands of tradition, convention and invention. Topics include ritual objects, tableware and dining customs and the funereal. Evidence will span an enormous range of cultures and era, from ancient to contemporary. The approach of material culture will reveal the complex cultural issues surround the ceramic medium.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. Trace chair, the coffee mug, and the printed page back in time to consider their significance in America between 1600 and 1900. Consulting primary documents, such as houses, furnishings, and photographs, and contemporary secondary readings, this course will examine the concepts, social meanings, styles, and craftsmanship of American material culture. Different theoretical models of interpretation will complement looking at stuff and learning about history.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. Looking at tiny objects and massive architecture and every thing in a size in-between that was made in the years from 1900 to present, students will be introduced to a global and diverse definition of design. We will ask many questions of many artifacts to determine the value of materials, craftsmanship, consumption and ideology: Is a chair an idea? Does a building's facade determine the politics of its nation? Is a type design about craftsmanship or mass-consumption? Theoretical, historical and aesthetic readings will assist our study of material evidence and visual culture.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. This class will attempt to re-map twentieth-century ceramics and its critical place within the broader art system. Our discussions will be based on a range of texts and images, both within and beyond the field of ceramics. Particular emphasis will be placed on recent studio practices.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. We will investigate developments in studio ceramic art over the past fifty years. Topics include: a commentary on Modernism and materiality, a critique of the postmodern interest in the decorative, and a review of current scholarship in the field. Contemporary Work will be examined in their historical contexts and cultural traditions.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. This course will explore the art of largely self-taught artists in the United States from the earliest colonial period to present day. A variety of media will be discussed including portraiture, tombstone carving, quilts, architecture and furniture design. We will also look at distinctive regional traditions, such as the decorative arts produced by the Shakers and Yard Art produced in the deep South today. Course will consist of lectures, discussions on assigned readings, exams and a research project on which students will present to the class.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours. This course considers various gender issues in art history including the role of women artists in western and non-western cultures, feminist re-evaluation of art history, and the existence of a "feminine art." Students are assigned research papers or oral reports on topics generated by readings, lectures, and class discussions. (Cross-listed as WMST 382)
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