ARTH 266 - American Intrsctions 1760-1940

Credits: 4

This course investigates sites of intersection in American art and visual culture from the colonial period through the eve of the Second World War, including encounters between racial, ethnic, and cultural groups; exchanges between various presumed geographic centers and peripheries; interactions with new technologies; and conflicts between classes amidst the often violent processes of modernization. Sample topics: the myth of the frontier in depictions of the American West; race and gender in Civil War-era photography; the emergence of mass culture in the early twentieth century alongside a self-consciously American “art world.” Fulfills post-1800 requirement for Art History major. No prerequisites.