1) Holger Cahill, “The Federal Art Project”, 1936 from Herschell Chipp: Theories of Modern Art 471-473

a) What are the aims of the Federal Art Project as outlined by HolgerCahill?

b) What does Cahill mean by social content in art?

c ) Consider the role of government in traditional art history (Ancient/ Renaissance); Do you think government (local, provincial, federal) should be involved in supporting the arts? Why?/Why not? (Don't look up; just your own musings)

May 30 2)

May 30 1940s: Abstract Expressionism

Harold Rosenberg, “The American Action Painters” (1952). Only read to the bottom of page 6

a )Explain Rosenberg’s use of the term “Action Painter”. How is an action painter different from a traditional painter?

b) Explain “My painting is not Art; it’s an Is”

c) How does one evaluate an action painting?

3)

June 6 Readings on Blackboard (JOURNAL RESPONSES)

2 Readings Lawrence Alloway: “The Arts and the Mass Media” (1958) (re Pop Art)

a) What does Alloway say about culture and the mass arts?

b) How does his thinking differ from that of Clement Greenberg?

4)

Readings on Blackboard (Journal Responses)

Sol LeWitt: “Paragraphs on Conceptual Art” (1967)

a) Explain the difference between conceptual art versus perceptual art

b) How is Conceptual Art different from Minimalism?

c) Would Greenberg like Conceptual art?

d) What makes good Conceptual art?

5)

Nov 29 Readings on Blackboard (JOURNAL RESPONSE)

Linda Nochlin: “Why have there been no Great Women Artists” ArtNews Jan. 1971.

a) What is the usual response to this question (i.e., Why have there been no great women artists)?

b) What does Nochlin say about "Greatness"?

c) Why have there been no Great women artists?

6)

June 8 Readings on Blackboard (JOURNAL RESPONSE)

Irving Sandler: Introduction to Art of the Postmodern Era (1996)

a) Describe Sandler’s vision of postmodernism and its relationship to Clement Greenberg’s modernism.