WGSS 451
Ideal Bodies: The Modern Nude and Its Dilemmas Spring 2014
Division II
Cross-listed ARTH 451
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Since the nineteenth century, the female nude has been so dominant that the very term “nude” has come to stand for the female body. This course looks at both male and female nudes from the time of the French revolution to the present in order to order how and why this gendering occurred. We will explore the ways in which certain types of bodies have been defined in opposition to the white western ideal, and thereby exoticized and marginalized. Our prime focus is the work of David, Ingres, Courbet, Gericault, Manet and Renoir but more popular nineteenth-century images as well as selected works by artists working in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries will be discussed.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 12
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: evaluation will be based on biweekly 1-page papers, short reports, an oral presentation and a 10- to 20-page paper
Prerequisites: Two semesters of ARTH 101-102-103; permission of instructor required
Enrollment Preferences: junior and senior Art majors, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies majors, French majors, and History majors with a concentration in European studies.
Distributions: Division II
Notes: meets Division 1 requirement if registration is under ARTH; meets Division 2 requirement if registration is under WGSS
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
WGSS 451 Division II ARTH 451 Division I

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