Description
Sleeping Beauties: The Nude in the 19th and 20th Century Art
This course examines the multi-dimensional role of the nude in nineteenth and twentieth-century art—historically, critically, thematically, and aesthetically. Students critically examine questions such as gender and power, the body as battleground, the body as landscape, art versus pornography, and the objectification and politicization of the nude. Extra-curricular work with local women’s groups is integral to the course ARH-0176 and/or ARH–0176 are preparatory but not required. Offered upon rotation with other history of art and women's studies courses.