ARTH 551(F) Winslow Homer
In this seminar we will explore the life and art of Winslow Homer. Paintings, prints, watercolors, and photographs in the collection of the Clark Art Institute and the Williams College Museum of Art will focus our discussions and provide the basis for understanding Homer's art-making and his place within the art-culture of his day. A consideration of his subjects will necessarily intersect with many of the nation's most pressing issues during his era: the Civil War and Reconstruction; the rise of middleclass leisure; the relation of man to the environment.
Format: seminar. Students' responsibilities will include class discussion, two short papers, an oral presentation (and response to someone else's), and a final research paper.
Enrollment limit: 10. Preference will be given first to graduate students and then to senior majors.
Hour: SIMPSON