An examination of the extraordinary ferment in the visual arts in Germany from 1960 to the present. Beginning with the work of Joseph Beuys, the course will explore, through lecture and discussion, developments in painting, sculpture, and photography, including the work of such artists as Georg Baselitz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Bernhard and Anna Blume, Rebecca Horn, Anselm Kiefer, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, and Rosemarie Trockel. Among the issues to be examined will be German art and historical memory; "Neo-Expressionism"; the reaffirmation of painting as a medium; the rediscovery of alchemy; and the German reception of Pop Art. Requirements: a quiz, a midterm, a short research paper, and a final. Prerequisites: ArtH 101-102.