ARTH 343: Arts of Modern Latin America

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the major visual materials, monuments, and critical debates of the arts of Latin America, from the 19th to the early 20th century. It studies a wide range of artistic media, including drawings, paintings, popular prints, performance, photography, film, murals, architecture, and urban planning, especially as they pertain to definitions of "Latin America". The course pays particular attention to constructions of race and gender in representing the modern nation. Same as LAST 343.