This course will introduce students to a broad range of US-American visual art with a specific focus on the 20th century. We will develop a critical understanding of art and of the writing and debates surrounding it. Positioning artists and art-making firmly within cultural history we will discuss works of art both as material artifacts and cultural practices. Since the subject field itself is so broad, we will select representative works to be studied carefully.
Students are recommended to consult Bjelajac’s and Pohl’s surveys on American art in order to discover their own interests and preferences well before the beginning of the course. Selected chapters can be found on Stud.IP

Bjelajac, David. American art: a cultural history. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2005
Pohl, Frances K. Framing America: A social history of American Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 2002.

This course will introduce students to a broad range of US-American visual art with a specific focus on the 20th century. We will develop a critical understanding of art and of the writing and debates surrounding it. Positioning artists and art-making firmly within cultural history we will discuss works of art both as material artifacts and cultural practices. Since the subject field itself is so broad, we will select representative works to be studied carefully.
Students are recommended to consult Bjelajac’s and Pohl’s surveys on American art in order to discover their own interests and preferences well before the beginning of the course. Selected chapters can be found on Stud.IP

Bjelajac, David. American art: a cultural history. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2005
Pohl, Frances K. Framing America: A social history of American Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 2002.

This course will introduce students to a broad range of US-American visual art with a specific focus on the 20th century. We will develop a critical understanding of art and of the writing and debates surrounding it. Positioning artists and art-making firmly within cultural history we will discuss works of art both as material artifacts and cultural practices. Since the subject field itself is so broad, we will select representative works to be studied carefully.
Students are recommended to consult Bjelajac’s and Pohl’s surveys on American art in order to discover their own interests and preferences well before the beginning of the course. Selected chapters can be found on Stud.IP

Bjelajac, David. American art: a cultural history. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2005
Pohl, Frances K. Framing America: A social history of American Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 2002.