An examination of the major movements and critical tendencies that defined American art of the 1960s and 1970s. Beginning with Pop and Minimalism's reconsideration of the relationship between art and everyday life, the course will explore the wide range of post-Minimal work that has included Conceptual art, Earthworks and Environmental art, Performance and Body art, and early Installation. The impact of growing social and political unrest at the end of the 1960s, and the emergence of the anti-war, feminist and black-power movements, will be considered in relation to a variety of artistic practices in the 1970s that have focused on issues of politics and identity, both cultural and personal. Format: lecture/discussion. Requirements: a midterm, a short research paper and a final. Prerequisites: ArtH 101-102. Enrollment limit: 25 (expected: 18). Preference given to Art majors.

Hour: CHADWICK