Courses
Contemporary Art History
AHST 3318-501 Fall 2018
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Wednesday 7:00-9:45
ATC 1.305
Dr. Charissa N. Terranova
Office Hours: By appointment on and off campus
Office Location: ATC 2.704
terranova@utdallas.edu
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Class Lectures + Presentations:
1.) 08/22/18 Introduction: Syllabus, Terms, Overview of Dadaism and Surrealism
2.) 08/29/18 From Drip to Dance: Abstract Expressionism and the Rise of the Happening
3.) 09/05/18 The Flatbed Picture Plane: American Pop!
4.) 09/12/18 International Pop!
5.) 09/17/18 French Pop! Nouveau Réalisme/John Cage, Fluxus, and Intermedia
6.) 09/26/18 Fluxus (cont'd), Color Field Painting, Kinetic Art
7.) 10/03/18 Color Field Painting and Kinetic Art (cont'd); Perception in Motion
8.) 10/17/18 Op, New Tendencies and GRAV (review); The Rise of the Digital Image in Art; California Light and Space Movement
9.) 10/24/18 California Light and Space Movement (cont’d); Minimalist Sculpture
10.) 10/31/18 Minimalist Sculpture (cont'd); Conceptual Art
11.) 11/07/18 Bodies in Action: Feminism in Art
12.) 11/14/18 In-Class Screening Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present
13.) 11/28/18 Bodies in Action II: Politics in Art + Gay Rights in Art
14.) 12/05/18 Bodies in Action III: Towards a Progressive Masculinity; Postmodern Pictures