AHST 3318.001: Contemporary Art 
at The University of Texas at Dallas

Fall 2021

T-Th 11:30-12:45

JO 4.102
 

Syllabus

Writing Tips 

Midterm Exam Review

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PowerPoint Presentations:

1.) Tues-Thurs 08/24-08/26/2021 Introduction, Themes, Terms

2.) Tues-Thurs 08/31-09/02/2021 From Drip to Dance: Abstract Expressionism and the Rise of the Happening

3.) Tues-Thurs 09/07/2021-09/09/2021 The Flatbed Picture Plane: American Pop!

4.) Tues-Thurs 09/14/2021-09/16/2021 British and French Pop!

5.) Tues-Thurs-Tues 09/28/2021-10/05/2021 John Cage, Fluxus, and Intermedia; Color Field Painting; Kinetic Art

6.) Tues 10/12/2021 Perception in Motion: Op, New Tendencies and GRAV

7.) Tues 10/19/2021 Minimalism

8.) Thurs 10/21/2021 Conceptual Art

9.) Tues-Thurs 10/26/2021-10/28/2021 Earthworks and California Light and Space

10.) Tues-Thurs 11/02/2021-11/11/2021 Bodies in Action: Civil Rights and Feminism in Art 

11.) Tues-Thurs 11/16/2021-11/18/2021 Bodies in Action II: Politics in Art + Gay Rights in Art

12.) Tues 11/30/2021 Bodies in Action III:  Towards a Progressive Masculinity/Postmodernism and the Image: Pictures Generation