Spring 2021 - CA 118 E100
Contemporary Art History (3)
Class Number: 7939
Delivery Method: Remote
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Thu, 5:30–8:20 p.m.
Location: TBA -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 23, 2021
Fri, 5:30–5:30 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Denise Oleksijczuk
doleksij@sfu.ca
1 778 782-5349
Office: GC 2885
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. Students with credit for CA (or FPA) 168 may not take this course for further credit. Breadth-Humanities.
COURSE DETAILS:
A critical survey of visual art and culture from about 1900 to the present. We will examine 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 Cubism, Soviet Constructivism, Surrealism, the Harlem Renaissance, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Land Art, Performance, installation, new media, sound art and environmental art.
The major part of the course consists of weekly lectures and screenings. They are supported by workshops in which students work in smaller groups to discuss weekly readings, lecture material, assignments, and work on 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 lucid and engaging close readings of artworks.
Grading
- Mid-term exam 20%
- Annotated Bibliography 20%
- Group Poster Research Project 25%
- Final Exam 25%
- Participation 10%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
H. H. Arnason and Elizabeth C. Mansfield, History of Modern Art, 7th edition. Boston: Pearson, 2013. Available at SFU Vancouver bookstore and on reserve at Belzberg Library.
ISBN: 9780205259472
Other assigned readings will be available as pdfs through the course Canvas website (Canvas.sfu.ca).
Registrar Notes:
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TEACHING AT SFU IN SPRING 2021
Teaching at SFU in spring 2021 will be conducted primarily through remote methods. There will be in-person course components in a few exceptional cases where this is fundamental to the educational goals of the course. Such course components will be clearly identified at registration, as will course components that will be “live” (synchronous) vs. at your own pace (asynchronous). Enrollment acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the internet. In some cases your instructor may use Zoom or other means requiring a camera and microphone to invigilate exams. If proctoring software will be used, this will be confirmed in the first week of class.
Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).