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ART 234-01, American Art, Fall 2012
McCarthy, David
McCarthy, David
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Abstract
The objectives of the course are as follows: (1) to provide students with a
comprehensive overview of the major works, artists, and movements of American art from
the colonial period to the mid-twentieth century; (2) to integrate these works of art within the
broader social and intellectual history of the period; and (3) to help students develop their
skills in visual analysis, image identification, and historical interpretation.
Among the issues we will examine are the following: the development of indigenous
styles of architecture, the debt to European conventions in painting and sculpture, the place of
the visual arts within a democracy, the attempt to define the experience of America through
painting and sculpture, and the periodic attempt to break free of European precedent.
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This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor.