ARTH-432 American Art: Civil War to Civil Rights (3)

Examines the relationship between art and politics in the United States from the 1860s through the 1960s. Lectures and assignments explore the development and limits of abstraction and the various reasons why thinkers, artists, and the public thought art should or should not explicitly address social issues. Covering both the fine arts and popular culture, the course considers these issues from a variety of subject positions. Crosslist: ARTH-632. Prerequisite: ARTH-105 and ARTH-210.