ARTS 450 - Modern Seminar: Manet and the Modernist Project: Paris 1860-1880

First Semester.  Issues central to Modernism from consumerism to gender roles, class distinctions, racial hierarchies, and bourgeois politics were in flux in mid-century Paris.  Although in existence in a modern form from the beginning of the century, these and other concerns that define modernity were transformed dramatically during the period under study.  Avant-garde artists represented these changes from a variety of perspectives.  We will focus on Manet in particular, as well as Degas, Cassatt and the Impressionists, in order to the study the Modernist Project in their work. 

Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required. 

Enrollment Limit: 15. 

Ms. Mathews

Credits: 3