| Course | Title | Instructor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART HIS 40C | HISTORY OF WESTERN ART: BAROQUE AND MODERN | MORRILL, E. | The visual arts from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. Explores the changing social purposes and meaning of painting, sculpture, and architecture in relation to historical events and to the artists who made them. (IV, VIII) |
| ART HIS 140A | ART AND THE CITY | SIEGELBAUM, S. | It has recently been calculated that for the first time in history more of the earth's population now live in cities than in rural areas. However, the urbanization of global society is a process that has been taking place since the 19th century and has developed unevenly around the world. How have artists responded to these enormous changes? In what ways has art challenged or aided urban development? What new forms of social life and culture arise from the modern city? How have different social groups used art or visual culture to claim their "right to the city"? How can art affect everyday life in the city? These are some of the questions we will address through a thematic investigation of the complex relationship between art and urban space from the late 19th century to the present. This course will be appropriate mainly for art history majors and minors interested in modern and contemporary art as well as those with an interest in architecture and urbanism. |