COURSE DESCRIPTION

A survey of art in America from Colonial times to the present. In additional to architecture, painting, and sculpture, photography, crafts, furniture, and the decorative arts are included. Lecture 3 hours per week.

GENERAL COURSE PURPOSE

The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an in-depth survey of the history of the fine arts in the United States from the 17^th through the 20^th century.

ENTRY LEVEL COMPETENCIES

No prerequisites are required for this course.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:

1. discuss major artists and developments in American art
2. identify key works
3. discuss the significant factors contributing to the special characteristics and qualities of American art

1. Native American arts and crafts
2. Art and design in the Colonial period
3. Art during the Revolutionary period
4. Art of the Young Republic
5. Romantic Landscape Painting
6. Genre Painting and Sculpture
7. Per-Civil War Architecture/Design
8. Images of the Civil War Art

1. The Expatriates/The 19^th Century Realists
2. The American Renaissance and Academism
3. Late Century Landscape painting and photography
4. The Ashcan School/Stieglitz and 291
5. The Regionalists/Social Realists
6. Abstract Expressionism
7. Pop Art and Contemporary trends