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AR 341: Contemporary Art History
Instructor: Steven Michael Vroom
Course Description: Examination and discussion of major movements in American and International art from the late 1940's to the mid 1970's The theoretical, philosophical, socio-political and critical nature of the art will be analyzed and explored. Out-of-class encounters with the art of our time, through gallery and museum exhibitions, will also be included where appropriate to this historical survey.
Course Requirements: [1] Class Attendance and Participation{10%}, [2] Three essays of 450 to 500 words in length which review a current exhibition in the Seattle area {60%}, [3] the final examination {30%}
Readings: David Hopkins After Modern Art: 1945-2000, 2000 Oxford University Press [ISBN 0-19-284234-X]
Syllabus \{subject to revision
Weekly Topic
Week 1 Introduction and Course Philosophy
Week 2 Duchamp's Critique of Modernism
Hopkins pp.37-66
Week 3 Review of art at mid century (Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art)
Hopkins pp.5-36
Week 4 Art City: Making it in Manhattan
Week 5 Neo-Dada, Gutai, Group Zero, Fluxus, Happenings and Intermedia
Hopkins pp.95-130
*1st essay due
Week 6 Systems Esthetics [Minimalism]
Hopkins pp.131-160
Week 7 Conceptual Art
Hopkins pp.161-196
Week 8 Contemporary Architecture
Week 9 Joseph Beuys and Ritual Art
Hopkins pp.67-94
Week 10 Feminist Movement in Art
*2nd essay due
Week 11 Veteran's Day (observed)
Week 12 Earthworks and Temporal Environments
Week 13 Siteworks and Monumental Art
Hopkins pp.197-232
Week 14 Criticism and Critical Ideologies
Week 15The Final Exam
*3rd essay due
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