Modern Art in Africa and Europe

Modern Art in Africa and Europe

Course Number
AFRC 2850 601
Course Code
AFRC2850601
Course Key
78894
Day(s)
Tuesday
Thursday
Time
5:15pm-6:45pm
5:15pm-6:45pm
Instructor
GIBSON, STEPHANIE M
Secondary Program
Fulfills
Cross Cultural Analysis Course (for students admitted in Fall 2006 and later)
Course Description
The history of modern art is closely tied to and largely unfolds from the history of Western Imperialism. While the technologies made possible by colonial resource extraction produced new ways of looking, modern conceptions of the nation and how to represent it, developed in dialogue with racialized notions of the other. This course focuses on encounters between the cultures of Africa and Europe, from 1880 to 1960, and on the artistic practices that emerged on both continents as a result. Topics of special interest will include racial difference and the ramifications of colonialism, colonial masquerade, post-colonial monuments and memorials, the African influence on Dada and surrealism, Negritude and interwar Paris, colonial arts education, and the South African built environment under and after Apartheid.
Crosslistings
AFRC2850601
Subject Area Vocab