Introduction to Canadian Arts
This course is an introduction to the visual arts in Canada with a focus on modern and contemporary art of the twentieth century, including First Nations, Inuit, and Metis art, cultural policy, collecting, and curatorial practices. Organized thematically and roughly chronologically, we will examine key movements, including impressionism, post-impressionism, abstraction, pop, and conceptual art within the political, social, economic, historical, and colonial contexts.
- Hours: 42 hrs (3-0)