ARTH232 – ART OF LATIN AMERICA

ARTH232 – ART OF LATIN AMERICA

Spring 2013

         Professor:                      Mónica Domínguez Torres

E-mail:                          monicadt@udel.edu

Lecture Hours:               TR 2:00-3:15

Lecture Hall:                  006 Willard Hall

Office Hours:                 T 3:30-5:00 or by appointment

Office Location:             308 Old College

Teaching Assistants:       Isabel Oleas (ioleas@UDel.Edu)

Rachel Zimmerman (rachelz@UDel.Edu)

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 short writing assignments, each worth 25%, and an exhibit-related project worth 15%. The remaining 10% of the final grade will be based on attendance and class participation. There will also be opportunities to complete extra credit assignments throughout the semester. Honors students will have also three special activities. Details about each assignment are posted in SAKAI.

Calendar of Lectures & Readings

● Feb 5, 7 Introduction to Latin America’s Geography, History and Art

Ades: 1-5

● Feb 12, 14 Mesoamerican Art I: The World of the Mayas
Miller: 130-209

● Feb 19, 21 Mesoamerican Art II: The Aztec Empire
Miller: 210-247

● Feb 26, 28 The Art and Architecture of the Incas
Stone-Miller: 180-218

● Mar 5, 7 The Art of the Conquest
Donahue-Wallace: xix-xiii, 1-71

● Mar 12 First Exam Due

● Mar 12, 14 Ibero-American Baroque

Donahue-Wallace: 100-132, 164-170; Sullivan: 39-55

● Mar 19, 21 Creole Identity and Artistic Creation

Donahue-Wallace: 133-163, 200-223

● Mar 26, 28 Spring Break – NO CLASSES

● Apr 2, 4 Art and Revolution in 19^th-Century Latin America
Donahue-Wallace: 224-241; Ades: 6-39

● Apr 9, 11 Portraying Nations: Between the Picturesque and the Satirical
Ades: 41-99, 101-123

● Apr 16 Second Exam Due

● Apr 16, 18 Modern Art and the Search for Roots

Ades: 125-149

● Apr 23, 25 Art and Social Reality

Ades: 151-213

● Apr 30, May 2 Surrealism or ‘Magical Realism’

Ades: 215-239

● May 7, 9 The Advent of Abstractionism

Ades: 241-283

● May 14 Postmodernism and Later Trends

Ades: 285-300

● May 16 Third Exam Due

Course Textbooks

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

● Donahue-Wallace, Kelly. Art and Architecture of Viceregal Latin America, 1521-1821 (University of New Mexico Press, 2008)

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

Some sessions require readings taken from other sources. These readings are available in the Resources folder of SAKAI. You can also access them via the link provided in this website.