ARTH 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Utopia, Romanticism, Claustrophobia
5 Dec 2017
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Gender, sex, and the making of modern art. Keywords: (cid:862)pri(cid:373)iti(cid:448)is(cid:373)(cid:863: canon, colonialism, fauves (wild beasts, cultural appropriation, orientalism, de burke (the bridge, expressionism, cubism. Key people: paul gauguin, henri matisse, suzanne valadon, andre derrain, ernst ludwig kirchner, paula modersohn-becker, pablo picasso. Recap of last lecture: we looked at the origins of canonical modernism in europe, particularly realism and. Impressionism in france: expressions of gender were fundamental at the time. How are canons maintained? (cid:862)a(cid:448)a(cid:374)t-garde art has become the official art of our time. It occupies this place because, like any official art, it is ideologically useful. But to be so used its meaning must be constantly and carefully mediated. That task is the specialty of art historians, who explain, defend and promote its value. Implication that this is available to conquer and take: changes brought about by modernization unsettled people and brought about changes in their lives. Colonialism: forceful occupation of territory and subjugation of the people who occupy it.
