Бакалавриат
2020/2021
Искусство второй половины XX - XXI вв.
Статус:
Курс обязательный (История искусств)
Направление:
50.03.03. История искусств
Кто читает:
Школа исторических наук
Где читается:
Факультет гуманитарных наук
Когда читается:
4-й курс, 3 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Преподаватели:
Лусенто Анджелина Бакли
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
4
Контактные часы:
38
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The present program establishes minimum requirements to students’ knowledge and skills and determines contents and the teaching mode of the course, and of the assessment of students’ knowledge. The present syllabus is designed for lecturers teaching this course, their teaching assistants and students of the degree program 50.03.03 ‘History of Art’, bachelors’ program. This syllabus meets the standards required by: Standards of National Research University Higher School of Economics; Bachelors’ program ‘History’ of Federal Bachelors’ Degree Program 50.03.03; University curriculum of the bachelors’ program in history (50.03.03) for 2019
Learning Objectives
- to introduce students to the main problems of the course, to its notions, concepts and terminology, and to the existing literature
- to enable students to master methods of art historical analysis and to be able to apply this analysis at theoretical, ideological, institutional and research levels
- to inculcate into students an understanding of the complex evolution of global contemporary art throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
- to introduce students to the English language terminology relevant to the course
Expected Learning Outcomes
- to write proposals for their diploma topics, as required of them, in English
- to gain a general knowledge of the English language historiography of contemporary art history
- to know the main theoretical and ideological approaches of Anglophone art historians
- to be able to identify, analyse and categorise the approaches of Anglophone historians of contemporary art and compare them to the approaches of certain Russophone scholars
- to gain experience discussing, analysing, and debating the problems of the Anglophone historiography of contemporary art history, while using the appropriate English language terminology
Course Contents
- Contemporary Institutions.The development of art institutions in the United States, “Western” Europe, and the Soviet Union from 1948-1960.The beginning of institutional critique. Comparative analysis of institutions in the US, Europe, and the USSR.
- Contemporary Objects.Introduction to the concept of “modernist painting.” Usage of American “modernist painting” as ideological tool under the Marshall Plan in post-WWII Europe. European and Soviet critiques of American “modernism.” Post-war European art and architectural avant-gardes.
- From Mass Culture to Global Happenings.Impact of mass media culture on the development of global contemporary art, especially painting.Effect of the Cold War on global contemporary art.The turn away from abstract painting and object production to Happenings. Birth of Conceptual Art in the United States, Europe, and the USSR.
- The Ordinary and the Fabulous: Andy Warhol and Dmitry PrigovThe beginning of “Pop Art.” Introduction to Warhol and discussion of evolution of his work. The Factory. Introduction to Prigov and discussion of his work. Comparative study of Prigov and Warhol. Discussion of artist as celebrity versus artist as cultural representative.
- Situations and Disagreements: The Art of Protest.The events of 1968 and the development of global protest art. Situationism, Black Power, Czech Conceptualism, Soviet underground photography.The Prague Spring and the Cold War. American racism and late capitalism.Authoritarian regimes in Latin America and protest art. Global challenges to the museum. Relationship to Russian avant-garde.
- The Body and Performance in Contemporary Art.Historical analysis of understanding of the meaning of the body of artist and spectator in contemporary art. Rise of performance based feminist art in Europe and the United States. History and theory of performance in video art. History of performance in the Eastern Bloc. The themes of body in food in contemporary art and design.
- Archives and contemporary art today.History and meaning of global art after the collapse of the USSR. Uses of the past in contemporary art today. Archives as sources of art-making. Concepts of truth and objectivity in today’s art. Digital archiving of art.
Assessment Elements
- formal analysis paperWhen handing in the first 250-word formal analysis paper students must submit a selfie with the work of art they have chosen to discuss. Paper should be typed, in 12 point, Times New Roman font.
- final essayPaper should be typed, in 12 point, Times New Roman font. The research essay should contain proper citations, which should be formatted according to the Chicago Manual of Style.
- Exam
Interim Assessment
- Interim assessment (3 module)0.5 * Exam + 0.25 * final essay + 0.25 * formal analysis paper
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Kalyva, E. (2016). Image and Text in Conceptual Art : Critical Operations in Context. [Cham, Switzerland]: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1331445
- Stimson, B., & Alberro, A. (1999). Conceptual Art : A Critical Anthology (Vol. MIT Press pbk. ed). Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=138689
- Поминки по Просвещению : политика и культура на закате современности, Грей, Дж., 2003
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Cole, L. (2018). Surveying the Avant-Garde : Questions on Modernism, Art, and the Americas in Transatlantic Magazines. University Park, Pennsylvania: Penn State University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1821912