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Jul 01, 2025
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ARH 4590 - SEMINAR IN ART CRITICISM credits: 3.0 ARH 4590. This course will focus on understanding contemporary concepts in art by means of four activities: viewing, writing, reading and discussion. Course content will center on modern art and post-modernism in order to gain an understanding of the range of contemporary art criticism. Essays by the most influential art critics of their day will be studied, from Baudelaire and Ruskin to Greenberg and Hughes, and more contemporary critics, such as Andrianna Campbell, Jerry Saltz, and Martha Schwendener. The process of analyzing and writing about art will be emphasized. Class meetings will take the form of group discussions, lectures, gallery and museum visits, as well as documentary viewing. The writing component will be integrated into the fabric of the course through weekly papers. Objectives: To gain an understanding of art criticism with special focus on the range of contemporary viewpoints. To develop the student’s ability to articulate and to write meaningfully about works of art, both art of their own creation and that of other artists. Method of Instruction: Lecture and discussion, slide viewing, and field trips. Method of Evaluation: Students will be graded on attendance, participation in class discussion, and on a weekly series of written essays, culminating in a final critical essay. Meets *WRT Distribution Requirement.
Prerequisite(s): JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING IN ART.
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