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Art: Its History and Meaning

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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Culture Formations
    • 3. Art, Myth, Power
    • 4. Sacred Spaces
    • 5. The Soul of Objects
    • 6. Art, Faith and Philosophy
    • 7. European Art through the Ages
    • 8. Picturing the Other
    • 9. Modernism and Other Tales of Progress
    • 10. Art and Revolution
    • 11. National Modernisms
    • 12. Embodied Art
    • 14. Image Politics
    • 15. Institutional Anatomies
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    • “Visual analysis at home” post
    • Outline for final paper
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    • Close Reading Assignment
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    • Conducting research
    • Citing your sources
    • Formatting your papers
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Art: Its History and Meaning

7. Picturing the Other

T 19 Oct: Colonialism, Orientalism

Jean-Léon Gérôme, The Snake Charmer, c. 1879, oil on canvas

Readings: Nochlin_The Imaginary Orient

Slides: Orientalism

Th 21 Oct: Images of race in North America

Edward Curtis, The Chief and His Staff, Apsaroke, 1905 (published 1909)

Readings: Baigell_Territory, Race and Religion

Slides: Images of Race in America

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Prof. Khushmi Mehta (kmehta@gradcenter.cuny.edu)
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