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HA 394.003 Modern art and architecture in Europe and America arose in the twentieth century in the context of robust art worlds. But how did modernism get itself invented "at the margins," where such art worlds were largely absent, where intellectual, cultural, economic and political dependency remained colonial, where the circle of artists was small and economies were rudimentary? The pressure of modern art and architecture to produce conformity was significant, and yet the urge towards nationalism and the recovery of "indigenous traditions" was also powerful? How have diverse cultures "at the margins" dealt with these pressures, and achieved originality? The course will consider this problematic of visual culture at the margins comparatively, by studying developments in South Africa, India and Brazil. Its focus will be broad, ranging over art, architecture and public monuments, beginning with colonial formations and leading to the present. (Herwitz) |
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