Course Description
Particular topics in modern art and architecture from Europe or America treated in depth.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be expected to produce an extensive
research paper on specific works or issues related to the field
and the methodologies appropriate to the topic under
consideration in the course. This paper will be a detailed,
in-depth consideration of the student's chosen theme requiring
not only a demonstration of advanced research skills (including
the ability to read and use material presented in foreign
languages), but also an articulation of the student's ability to
understand and manipulate the critical apparatus of art history.
Athena Title
Topics in Modern Art
Prerequisite
Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This course addresses specific topics in the history of modern or contemporary art.
Topical Outline
I. The Popular Image in Modern Art II. Clement Greenberg's Theory of Modernism and Steinberg's Other Criteria
Syllabus