Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: MASS CULTURE & THE AVANT-GARDE

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This seminar will explore the close relationship between mass culture and avant-garde art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. In particular, we will examine how artists have both borrowed from and reacted against mass cultural forms--from comic books to television--as a means to renew their practice. Artists to be considered include Gustave Courbet, Pablo Picasso, Kurt Schwitters, Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman and others. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: HART 564. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for HART 460 if student has credit for HART 564.