ARTH 4480Art Theory and Criticism

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Prerequisites: ARTH 1600, ARTH 1700, and ARTH 1800 or ARTH 2080 with C- or better in each; OR permission of department. Students in this seminar read and discuss Modern and Postmodern critical and theoretical essays about the visual arts. Students are required to make extensive use of the library facilities and to demonstrate their ability to analyze texts both orally and in writing. By the end of the course, students will be able to apply theoretical principles to their own and historical artworks.