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Gayle Clemans
ART H 309
Seattle Campus
Topics vary.
Class description
This course looks at American and European female artists of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, with an emphasis on identifying the gendered issues surrounding artistic training, production, and creativity. We will examine individual women’s achievements in order to explore how their subjectivities – socially and psychically constructed, but lived in specifically personal ways – can be shown as affecting their work.
Student learning goals
Students will learn to examine artists' biographies and works of art for traces of larger social issues.
Students will become familiar with the styles and key works of art of significant artists.
General method of instruction
Lecture, discussion, and brief, informal in-class writing exercises
Recommended preparation
203 or other general art history courses (recommended but not required)
Class assignments and grading
Reading assignments from one course book and several articles. Participation, including informal, in-class written responses to the “Question of the Day.” Midterm and Final Exams. One 5-7 page paper on a critical, thematic comparison of 2, 3 artists.
