ARTH 1167

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ARTH 1167
FWS: Latin American Modernism

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

Explores how different styles of writing about art such as manifestos, art criticism, catalogue essays, and art history papers have attempted to give resolution to the larger question: what is Latin American art? While most scholars today agree that there is nothing inherently "Latin American" in the art of the region, this was a central concern for many of the artists who will be covered in class: Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and Joaquin Torres Garcia. Through a discussion on artistic movements between the years of 1920 to 1950, such as Mexican Muralism, Surrealism, Geometric Abstraction, and Neo-Figuration, this course will explore how these different styles of writing about art have themselves helped construct the category "Latin American Art."

When Offered Spring.

Satisfies Requirement First-Year Writing Seminar.

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17699 ARTH 1167   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.