ARTH 248
Art about Art: 1500 to 2000 Fall 2017
Division I
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Artists sometimes produced works that refer to their own profession. This lecture/discussion course will focus on examples from the end of the Middle Ages to the present, such as self-portraits and portraits of other artists (e.g., Rembrandt, Vigee-Lebrun), legends about the origin of art (Boucher), studio scenes with contemporary or historical artists (Delacroix, Matisse), and images of one or more art works (Magritte, Picasso). Analysis of the changes that took place in art-about-art subject matter over seven centuries will yield a visual record of what artists thought about their own profession, i.e., a pictorial version of art theory.
The Class: Format: lecture; two 75-minute meetings a week, one lecture and the other discussion
Limit: 16
Expected: 16
Class#: 1672
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: 3- to 4-page paper, 5-minute class presentation focused on one work of the student's choice, and 10- to 11-page paper on the same subject as the oral presentation
Prerequisites: none
Distributions: Division I

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