Summer 2013 Credit Courses: Art History

The most recent syllabi available can be found in the Liberal Studies Syllabus Bank.

Introduction to Modern Art
The work of Courbet, Manet, and the circle of the Impressionists sets the stage for the revolutionary modern movements of the 20th century (e.g., Cubism, Expressionism, Dada, Surrealism). The course concludes with those artists who came to prominence in America at the time of World War II.
AAR2050.45 / 3 credits
AAR9050.45 / noncredit option / $520
Jeffrey Mueller
Tues. & Thurs., 6:15–9:10 p.m.
Session II: June 11–July 25
Fort Awesome Room 0137

Contemporary Art
The first distinctly American modern movement in art, Abstract Expressionism, burst onto the international scene around 1950. American artists then pioneered the major movements of Pop art, photorealism, earth art, and minimalism, while simultaneously participating in the more international developments: happenings, environments, conceptualism, neo-expressionism, and new figuration. Students explore the multiple directions in American and European art from 1945 to the present.
Note: This course is 100% online; please visit www.purchase.edu/online for details.
AAR3120.60 / 4 credits
Jim Bergesen
Session I (Intensive): May 20–June 7

American Art
A study of American painting and sculpture from colonial times to the present, focusing on American contributions to romanticism, realism, impressionism, abstraction, Pop art, and postmodernism. Lectures also cover African American art, Latino American art, and Jewish artists as part of this opportunity to learn about American history through art.
Note: This course is 100% online; please visit www.purchase.edu/online for details.
AAR3180.60 / 4 credits
Beth Gersh-Nesic
Session III (Intensive): June 10–28

Impressionism
The simultaneous development of various painters associated with Impressionism (e.g., Monet, Renoir, Morisot, Pissarro, Manet, Degas, Cassatt) is presented. This radical new art movement is traced from the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874 to the last exhibition of 1886 and the appearance of the post-Impressionists. Students explore the shared relationships of the Impressionist artists.
Note: This course is 100% online; please visit www.purchase.edu/online for details.
AAR3400.60 / 4 credits
Beth Gersh-Nesic
Session IV (Intensive): July 8–26

20th-Century Photography
A seminar examining the history of photography within both the historical and the neo-avant-gardes. Special attention is given to photographic activities of the Weimar Republic, the Soviet avant-garde, surrealism, and American pictorialism, modernism, and FSA documentary work, as well as the postwar formations of the New York School, conceptual art, and photographic postmodernism.
AAR3193.45 / 4 credits
AAR9193.45 / noncredit option / $625
Catherine Spaeth
Tues. & Thurs., 1–4:50 p.m.
Session II: June 11–July 25
Fort Awesome Room 0138 

Updated April 25, 2013