American Art

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This class introduces students to American art by studying examples of visual art and material culture such as painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, textiles, performance art, and public art, in the context of major social, cultural, and political developments in American history. Students will examine how the meaning of American art is not only a function of its subject or content, but also of where it is produced, where it is displayed and/or how it used, and the identity of the artist.