This course will examine the careers of several major figures in depth (Kollwitz, Modersohn-Becker, Muenter, Goncharova, Popova, Valadon, Delaunay, Hoech, Taeuber-Arp, Oppenheim, O'Keefe, Carr, Stettheimer, Kahlo, Bourgeois, Nevelson, Neel, Frankenthaler, Marisol, Hesse, Graves, Schapiro, Chicao, Anderson) and several of the major group tendencies in which women have participated (turn-of-the-century arts and crafts movements; Russian Neo-Primitivism, Suprematism, and Constructivism; 1920s decorative movements; Dada; Bauhaus and De Stijl; Surrealism; Women's Building at the Columbian Exposition; photography; WPA projects; abstract expressionism; pop art, minimalism, and conceptualism; new feminism of the 1960s and 1970s; social protest; earth works and primitivism; video; film; performance). It will combine thematic, stylistic, and biographical approaches to introduce students both to the quality, complexity, and variety of women's artistic production in the 20th century and to the historical background and circumstances in which this was achieved.

Requirements
Two short (3-5 page) papers, mid-term and final examinations. Reading and written assignments will emphasize both primary sources and works of historical and critical analysis.

Prerequisites
Junior standing and Art History 201 or 202; or consent of instructor