ARTH 264
American Art and Architecture, 1600 to Present
Last Offered Fall 2019
Division I
Cross-listed AMST 264
This course is not offered in the current catalog

Class Details

American art is often looked at as a provincial version of the real thing–i.e., European art–and found wanting. This course examines American architecture, painting, and sculpture on its own terms, in the light of the social, ideological and economic forces that shaped it. Special attention will be paid to such themes as the Puritan legacy and attitudes toward art; the making of art in a commercial society; and the tension between the ideal and the real in American works of art.
The Class: Format: lecture
Limit: 60
Expected: 60
Class#: 1121
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: 15-page research paper (divided into an annotated bibliography, first draft and revised draft); weekly study questions on the readings; final 15-minute oral exam
Distributions: Division I
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ARTH 264 Division I AMST 264 Division II
Attributes: AMST Arts in Context Electives
AMST Space and Place Electives
ARTH post-1600 Courses

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