Spring 2017 - FPA 168 D100
Visual Art and Culture II (3)
Class Number: 8155
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 4 – Apr 7, 2017: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Vancouver -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 21, 2017
Fri, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
Vancouver
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Instructor:
Claudette Lauzon
lauzon@sfu.ca
Office: 2540 Woodward's
Office Hours: Thursdays 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and by appointment
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
A study of the visual arts from the twentieth century to the present, with attention to the artists, artworks, movements, and discourses that re-defined the functions and meanings of art. The debates of modernism, postmodernity, postcolonialism, feminism, and the avant-garde will be systematically explored. Breadth-Humanities.
COURSE DETAILS:
A critical survey of international visual art and culture from 1900 to the present. By analyzing the different streams of the early avant-garde and the rise of global art history, this course will address the social, political, and philosophical questions raised by modernism, postmodernism and postcolonial theory and their influence on art in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Movements and art forms to be covered include Soviet Constructivism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop art, Land art, Performance, installation, new media and environmental art.
The major part of the course consists of weekly lectures. They are followed by weekly workshops in which students work in smaller groups to review weekly readings, lecture material, assignments, and work on class exercises.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
Through assignments and exams, students will be expected to: identify and classify works of art (artists’ names, dates, movements); understand and apply art historical terminology; analyse and develop arguments about the formal, material, cultural, philosophical, historical and political significance of important works of art from this period; evaluate and engage critically with various arguments made by historians and critics; and develop original arguments about artworks.
No extensions will be granted on assignment. Late papers will be penalized one grade per day unless an extension has been requested in writing and granted.
Grading
- Mid-term examination 25%
- Research paper 30%
- Attendance and participation 10%
- Final Examination 35%
NOTES:
The Midterm exam is on February 23 90 minutes The examination will be written in essay format (terminology, slide comparisons, and an essay) and will be closed-book. The Research Paper is due March 23 Detailed essay instructions will be distributed during the second week of term. Topic: Choose two art objects made between 1900 and 2007. Compare and contrast the main art historical arguments made about them and their related movements. Length: 2000 – 2,500 words.
The Final Exam will be held during exam period, April 9 to 21. 120 minutes
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
H.H. Arnason and Elizabeth C. Mansfield, History of Modern Art, 7th edition.
Any additional readings and screenings will be available on Canvas.
Registrar Notes:
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