ARTH 550

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Seminar in American Art

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Credit: 4 hours.

Investigation of selected problems in the history of American art.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite: ARTH 350 and ARTH 351, or consent of instructor.

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ARTH 550 class schedule data for fall 2008
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
30115	Conference	1	9:00AM -11:40AM	W	210A Architecture Building	Greenhill, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: Between high and low: defining "art" in late 19th-century American culture. This course considers art as a concept under construction in the U.S. after the Civil War, when nationalistic interests, insecurity and money conspired to legislate taste and codify hierarchies of aesthetic expression. As the U.S. began to build institutions that would attest to its cultural advancement and the outlets for mass culture expanded, artists and critics had to continually renegotiate the terms of "art." What media and modes of expression would be worthy of that designation? How did chromolithography, plaster casts, pottery, and natural history specimens, for example, inform (and/or challenge) developing attitudes toward the "high" and the "low"? What was the relationship between art and entertainment, education and spectacle? What, exactly, would the new museums like the Metropolitan house and how did they conceive of their audiences? Our topics for discussion will include: the class dynamics of space in New York's Central Park, the classificatory challenge posed by P. T. Barnum's "non-descripts," Japonaiserie at the Centennial exposition, the seductions of marble sculpture, and scatological pottery. Leading art critics of the day will provide a way into this dynamic period, while more contemporary theorists will help us to tie the nineteenth century to our own time. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
40571	Lecture-Discussion	A	6:00PM -8:00PM	M	Location Pending	Bandy, L Fotos, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Section Info: Topic: The History of Twentieth Century American Comics. This course is to provide the student a survey of the history of comics in America. While learning to understand comics as a language that synthesizes words and pictures, we will explore the history of the medium as it changed throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. The student will become familiar with the theories that surround the medium�s development as well as its societal influences and impact. From the colorful romps of George Herriman's Krazy Kat to Art Spiegelan's Maus, we will become familiar with the changes in comics and the varying trajectories of contemporary works. Enrollment is restricted to students accepted into the Illinois at the Phillips Collection program in Washington D.C. Graduate section. Undergraduates must enroll in the ARTH 491 section of this course. 1st class meeting Monday, September 8. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
52580	Lecture-Discussion	AO	6:00PM -8:00PM	M	ARR Washington DC	Bandy, L Fotos, A	Date Range: 09/08/08-12/15/08 Section Fee: Graduate - Urbana-Champaign OCE Tuition $298.00 per Bill Hour, Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign OCE Tuition $270.00 per Bill Hour, Graduate - Urbana-Champaign OCE Fees $41.00 per Bill Hour, and Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign OCE Fees $41.00 per Bill Hour. Section Title: Hist. of 20th C American Comic Section Info: History of 20th Century American Comics. Academic Outreach restrictions and assessments apply, see http://www.outreach.uiuc.edu. Restriction(s): Restricted to NDEG:Grad Nondegree-CE-UIUC.