ARTH 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Lady Gaga, White Separatism, Conversation Threading
11 Dec 2017
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Robert e. lee statue protest and takedown, one dead in charlotsville. Robert was a white separatist confederate general during the u. s civil war. The city council voted to remove the statue. Lilies symbolically shown with virgin mary to mean chastisity, principle of living for females. Aspirations of a culture of women to be virgin and a sense of beauty. Avant-garde movements began refusing style, then became style itself. In the past it blocks women"s body and prevented body interactions. Today, lady gaga performs on it to signify a feminist gesture of freeing her body. Museum visits: moa traces of words calligraphy from asia. Bring notepad and pencil or tablet / phone to take notes. Answer discussion thread on canvas about moa to discuss in class next tuesday: belkin art gallery the beautiful brain: the drawings of santiago ram n y cajal. Date: tuesday sep 26 (no class, meet in the museum)
