Fall 2017 - HUM 308 D100
STT - Art in Paris 1850-1900 (4)
Class Number: 8001
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 5 – Dec 4, 2017: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–1:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Heather Dawkins
hdawkins@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
45 units.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Examines art and artists in Paris during the second half of the nineteenth-century, with attention to changes in urban experience, aesthetics, technology, patronage, and culture. Breadth-Humanities.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course focuses on art in Paris from 1850-1900, a period of profound change in the role of art and artists as well as the making of art. We will examine the education and aspirations of artists, the emergence of a new aesthetic and a new market for art, experiences of urbanization and modernity, and the individual careers of painters such as Manet, Degas, Cassatt, Monet, Morizot, Renoir, Cezanne, and Van Gogh.
By drawing on a variety of primary sources, we will build a complex understanding of how artists challenged the conventions of what painting should be, while also finding visual expression for new dynamics in urban life, space, time, culture, and subjectivity.
Grading
- Quiz 10%
- Topic and Bibliography for Research Essay 5%
- Research Presentation 10%
- Research Essay 35%
- Short Essay (5 pages) 15%
- Two Hands-On Experiments 10%
- Attendance and Participation 15%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
James H. Rubin, Impressionism, Phaidon, 1999.
Online readings as assigned.
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