ARTH 271  (AMST 271): American Art and Culture: The 20th/21st Century              
A survey of the development of American art from 1900 to the present (and the future) which will explore how art has expressed both American values and American anxieties.  Painting will be emphasized but the course will also consider architecture, the decorative arts, film, literature and music.  Requirements: There will be weekly writing assignments, a midterm and final exam.  Recommended reading:  Wayne Craven, American Art and Culture, McGraw-Hill, 2003, and Henry Adams, What’s American About American Art?, Cleveland Museum of Art, 2009.
 
ARTH 576 Seminar in Modern Art: Modern Art in America: Its Sources and Meaning
An examination of the birth of modern art in America, and of the evolution of key concepts such as that of “abstraction.” We will go back to the 19th century, to examine influences such as Japanese prints, and will then examine the work ideas of key figures and teachers, such as Robert Henri, Alfred Stieglitz, Marcel Duchamp, and Jackson Pollock, and their conflicting notions of what modern art was all about.