ART 264 - Survey of American Art

1. Students will learn to identify a representative selection of works of art and architecture produced in the United States from the Colonial period through the post-modern present.
2. Students will learn to discriminate among the different artistic styles and periods in the history of art in the U.S.
3. Students will learn to analyze the connection between works of art and the particular historical circumstances in which they were produced.
4. Students will learn to analyze the different ways in which race, gender and ethnicity have affected both the production and the reception of works of art.
5. Students will learn to analyze and critique a number of different methodologies and interpretive strategies used by contemporary art historians in the study of American art.