Dear students:
Please consider registering for this amazing asynchronous online course for Fall 2023!
If you’d like to create art at the same time as you study art history, this is the course for you! For this Art History course (ART350), students will research and write about artwork by 20th-21st century Latin American artists, as well as have the option (not required) to create at least one work of art (such as painting, sculpture, fiber art, photography, animation, film, etc,) inspired by artists studied during the course. Students will have the option to create artwork, that is, respond visually to a Latin American artists' work of art, instead of only responding to that work by writing about it. This is a great way to stretch your creativity while also studying art history.
Please email me to let me know if you have any questions. Encourage other students to take the course as well!
Best,
Dr. Anitagrace
ART 350-01 20th-21st Century Latin American Art
Course description:
This course examines a broad range of artists, artwork, and artistic trends from many Latin American countries within their cultural and historic contexts. We will explore the emergence of the Latin American aesthetic in art within the context of cultural nationalism by looking briefly at the 19th century and then focusing on artists active during the 20th and into the 21st century. We will study Latin America's indigenous and African heritage, its colonial past, as well as political and religious themes in Latin American art and their relationship to European and North American cultures. Students will become familiar with major artistic trends (such as Muralism, Constructive Universalism, and Neo-Concretism) and some major artists from Latin America. We will also explore why the distinct-and problematic-category of "Latin American" art has emerged in academia and the international art world.
Students will also have the option (not required) to create at least one work of art (such as painting, sculpture, fiber art, photography, animation, film, etc.) inspired by the work of a 20th-21st century Latin American artist studied during the course.
This course is an asynchronous online course. There is no time or date associated with the course. This course is self-paced. Students follow instructions online and upload their work to the BlackBoard site.
Prerequisite: ART 216 or ART 221 with a grade of 'C' or better or permission of the instructor. Please email me to let me know if you need permission to register for the course.