ARTH232 – ART OF LATIN AMERICA

ARTH232 – ART OF LATIN AMERICA

Spring 2008

         Professor:                      Monica Dominguez Torres

E-mail:                         monicadt@udel.edu

Lecture Hours:               MW 5:45-7:00

Lecture Hall:                 202 Old College

Office Hours:                 W 3-5 or by appointment

Office Location:             308 Old College

Course Description	Course Evaluation	Course Textbooks
Study Guides	Calendar of Lectures & Readings	Research Resources

Course Description

This course is a survey of the art and architecture created in what today we call Latin America, from pre-Hispanic times to the 21^st century. We will place particular emphasis on the interaction between native traditions and imported ideas, particularly in relationship to religion, politics, and daily life.

Course Evaluation

There will be three take-home exams (each worth 25%) and an exhibit review (15%). The remaining 10% of the final grade would be based on attendance and class participation.

● First Exam (to see some samples of exam questions, click here)

● Second Exam

● Third Exam

Calendar of Lectures & Readings

● Feb 11, 13 Introduction to Latin America’s Geography, History and Art

Bailey: 4-68, 376-410, 425-434; Ades: 1-5

● Feb 18, 20 Mesoamerican Art I: The World of the Mayas
Miller: 130-173

● Feb 25, 27 Mesoamerican Art II: The Aztec Empire
Miller: 210-247

● Mar 3, 5 The Art and Architecture of the Incas
Stone-Miller: 180-218

● Mar 10, 12 The Art of the Conquest
Bailey: 70-108, 208-260

● Mar 17 First Exam Due

● Mar 17, 19 Iberoamerican Baroque

Bailey: 168-206; 262-310

● Mar 24, 26 Creole Identity and Artistic Creation

Bailey: 110-166; 312-354

● Apr 7, 9                   Art and Revolution in 19^th-Century Latin America
                                    Ades: 6-39

● Apr 14, 16 Portraying Nations: Between the Picturesque and the Satirical
Ades: 41-99, 101-123

● Apr 21 Second Exam Due

● Apr 21, 23 Modern Art and the Search for Roots

Ades: 125-149

● Apr 28, 30 Art and Social Reality

Ades: 151-213

● May 2 Field Trip: ‘Frida Khalo’ Exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

● May 5, 7 Surrealism or ‘Magical Realism’

Ades: 215-239

● May 12, 14 The Advent of Abstractionism

Ades: 241-283

● May 16 Field Trip: ‘The Baroque World of Fernando Botero’ Exhibit at the Delaware Art Museum

● May 19, 21 Postmodernism and later trends

Ades: 241-283

● May 21 Third Exam Due

Course Textbooks

The textbooks for the course are available at the bookstore and other online dealers. In the class schedule, you will find a list of the pages you must read prior to each lecture:

● Bailey, Gauvin Alexander. The Art of Colonial Latin America (Phaidon Press, 2005)

● Ades, Dawn. Art in Latin America. The Modern Era, 1820-1980 (Yale University Press, 1989)

Some sessions will require readings taken from other sources. Students can access these readings through links posted in the course website (access restricted to UD students).