Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: SEMINAR ON BEAUTY AND FRAGMENTATION IN MODERN ART

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course will examine literal and symbolic representations of the human body in modern American and European art. Topics addressed will include conceptions of beauty versus subjective fragmentation; the performative nature of social identity; and art history's longstanding preoccupation with the sensuous equivalency of flesh and paint. Cross-list: WGST 369, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: HART 569.