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AHI 364 : American Realisms: The Evolution Of The Real In American Art

Credits: 3
Semester:
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.

Class Schedule: Fall 2009

Class Schedule: Spring 2010