ARTH 454 - Art and the Emergence of Modernity

Unit(s): 3-4

This course explores 19th century art movements such as Impressionism, Neo-impressionism, Symbolism in relation to the changes that marked the Nineteenth Century: the development of the democratic nation state, colonialism, the rise of social movements, the shift from private court patronage to a free market economy, the development the dealer-critic system, the invention of photography, scientific advances in optics, and the discovery of the unconscious in psychology, shifts in gender roles.

Prerequisite(s): HUM 200 or ENGL 101 or ENGL 100B or LIBS 101 required.
GE Category: Satisfies upper-division GE Area C1 (History of the Fine Arts).
Typically Offered Variable Intermittently
Grading: OPT

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