AH 2400 - Seminar in Contemporary Art

Credits: 3
Course Type: Lecture

This seminar course focuses on issues, art movements, and criticism from Postmodern to the present. Students investigate Postmodern and contemporary art through the writings of artists and critics, lectures, and readings. Furthermore, students will become familiar with relevant art theory and methodology; learn to conduct research within the discipline of art history; and write knowledgeably on Postmodern and contemporary topics. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to articulate Postmodern and contemporary art issues—both critically and historically—in relation to larger social and political contexts.

Prerequisites: AH 1130 - Global Art History II: c.1300 to c.1980

Notes: (Formerly AH 2030 History of Modern + Contemporary Art, FA 2015 Seminar in Modern + Contemporary Art, FA 2010 History of Modern Art)

Course Learning Outcomes:

Students recognize the formal and theoretical development of art and visual culture. They will do so through engagement with a broad range of artists, media, and approaches to production, context, reception, display, and critique, 1968-present.
Demonstrate critical visual thinking skills, defined as the capacity to challenge assumptions, contextualize information, analyze problems and conceptualize responses through art history scholarship, c.1968-present.
Apply scholarly research skills in-class assignments and projects that could include oral presentations.
Write effectively with a thesis, supporting evidence, clarity, organization, and correct grammar, syntax, spelling, a conclusion, and successfully applied the Chicago Manual of Style in-class assignments and projects.

AH2400 Course Learning Outcomes Rubric

Required Textbooks:
ONLINE: Art in Theory: 1900-2000 - ISBN: 9780631227083

ONLINE: Themes of Contemporary Art - ISBN: 9780199797073