Women in Art History

Catalog description

The topic of this course is women both as the subject and the creators of art. It relates the particular and perplexing challenges involved with women in art history as both subject/object of art and creators of art. The course is organized chronologically and thematically. Students explore how women have been represented and examine the religious, mythological and secular images of women in art. The course also examines the relationship of the creation, modification, and persistence of these images throughout history due to various social, economic, psychological and intellectual conditions. Students also study women artists and the particular challenges they have faced and addressed in their work.