Transforming Encounters: American Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries

izvodač:
šifra: 102113
ECTS: 5
tip izbornosti: C2 (kolegiji namijenjeni studentima matičnog studija i svim studentima FF-a)
semestar: ljetni
uvjeti: poznavanje engleskog jezika

Oblik nastave: 15P/15S/0V

Course description: Learning how to identify and define major artistic standpoints and artists which make up the mosaic of American modern art. Being able to chart major trends in American art and define their aesthetic and ideological claims. Expanding students’ knowledge of American culture. Expanding students’ knowledge of cross-fertilization between European and American art.

Course aims and objectives: Acquiring visual literacy by learning to describe, analyze, and formulate arguments on works of art using appropriate art historical terminology and methods; learning how to engage independently with a work of art; an important goal of this course is to enable students to do independent research and formulate valid arguments; learning art historical terminology in English.

Assessment: written exam

Readings

Required

  • Angela L. Miller, Janet C. Berlo, Bryan J. Wold, Jennifer L. Roberts, American Encounters: Art, History, and Cultural Identity, Prentice Hall, 2008.

Suggested

  • Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss et al., Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism and Postmodernism: 1900 to 1944, Vol. 1 and 2, Thames & Hudson, 2004.

ažurirano: 29 Rujan, 2023