ARTH 541

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Seminar in Modern Art

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Credit: 4 hours.

Investigation of special problems in the history of twentieth-century art. Students present reports of their research.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

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ARTH 541 class schedule data for fall 2009
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	30120	Conference	A	1:00PM -4:00PM	W	Location Pending	Lang, K Greenhill, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/09-12/09/09 Section Info: Art produced around 1900 has often been classified as either "late Victorian" or "early modern." But this distinction is superficial. Indeed, much of the art of this period exists between these categories or somehow exceeds them by simultaneously reinforcing and subverting traditional values and/or aesthetic tropes. We will explore this problem by focusing on materiality as a peculiar period idea that, in its various iterations, gave artists and writers a way to work through or stake a claim to the "modern." But if an artist's emphasis on the substance of paint--and thus its materiality--signaled to critics his departure from Victorian senses of paint's purpose, how should we situate the flickering filmic image or the ghost stories of Henry James, for example? When does materiality shade into immateriality and how do these terms intersect with or inform period ideas about abstraction, naturalism, and so on? What does materiality have to do with attitudes toward subjectivity and experiences of the body in these years? With texts by Bakhtin, Brown, Fried, Shklovsky, and others structuring our discussions, we will look, in depth, at works of art in The Phillips Collection as well as other area museums. Literature will also be a crucial component of the course, and we will read short stories and novels by Stephen Crane, Harold Frederic, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Henry James and others. Enrollment is restricted to students accepted into the Illinois at the Phillips Collection program -- all classes in Washington D.C. Graduate Section. Undergraduates register for ARTH 491. 1st class meeting Wednesday, September 9. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	54815	Lecture-Discussion	AO1	1:00PM -4:00PM	W	ARR Washington DC	Lang, K Greenhill, J	Date Range: 09/09/09-12/16/09 Section Fee: Graduate - Urbana-Champaign OCE Tuition $309.00 per Bill Hour, Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign OCE Tuition $277.00 per Bill Hour, and OCE Fees $45.00 per Bill Hour. Section Title: Materiality c 1900 Section Info: Academic Outreach restrictions and assessments apply, see http://www.outreach.uiuc.edu. Class will not meet during the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thanksgiving break which occurs between November 23 and November 27. Restriction(s): Restricted to NDEG:Grad Nondegree-CE-UIUC or NDEG:Undergrad Nondeg-CE-UIUC.