Professor Christopher Witcombe
&
Professor Tracy Hamilton

Spring 2006

Maureen - Anne - Kate - Henslee - Sarah - Megan - Laura Ann

SCHEDULE

WEEK 1
Wednesday January 25
Introduction to the seminar
Requirements and Topic Assignments
Discussion: What is Art? What is Art History?

WEEK 2
Wednesday February 1
Discussion: Modernism and Postmodernism
READ:
Modernism, Christopher Witcombe (website)
The Political Origins of Modernism, Patricia Mainardi (PDF file - 8 pages)
Good Art / Bad Art - Pulling Back the Curtain, Fred Ross (PDF file - 8 pages) excerpt through The Art Renewal Center

WEEK 3
Wednesday February 8
FIRST DEBATE: Motion "20th-Century Art is not Art"

Modernism & Postmodernism

WEEK 4
Wednesday February 15
Realism and Impressionism vs. Academic Art : Maureen McGuire

WEEK 5
Wednesday February 22
Post-Impressionism vs. Academic Art : Laura Ann Humphress
Reading 1 (through JSTOR)
Reading 2 (through JSTOR)

WEEK 6
Wednesday March 1
Expressionism vs. Academic Art : Kate Feiss

WEEK 7
Wednesday March 8
Cubism vs. Academic Art : Megan Meighan

WEEK 8
SPRING VACATION

WEEK 9
Wednesday March 22
Dada and Surrealism vs. Academic Art : Henslee Evans
Reading 1 (through JSTOR)
Reading 2 (through JSTOR)
Reading 3 (through JSTOR)
Reading 4 (through JSTOR)

WEEK 10
Wednesday March 29
Abstract Expressionism and Pop vs. Academic Art : Sarah Hart
Reading 1 (through JSTOR)
Reading 2 (through JSTOR)
Reading 3 (through JSTOR)

WEEK 11
Wednesday April 5
Minimalism vs. Academic Art : Anne Wise
Reading 1 (through JSTOR)

WEEK 12
Wednesday April 12
SECOND DEBATE: Motion "Thomas Kinkade is the greatest contemporary American artist"

Contemporary Art & Visual Culture

WEEK 13
Wednesday April 19
Religion : Maureen
Fashion : Sarah
Media : Anne

WEEK 14
Wednesday April 26
Celebrity : Laura Ann
The Body : Megan
Sex : Kate
Beauty : Henslee

WEEK 15
Wednesday May 3
THIRD DEBATE: Motion "Studying Art History is a Waste of Time"

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ART HISTORY SENIOR SEMINAR
Spring, 2006