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ART-HIST 5564      Modern Art and the Grotesque
The course explores how the grotesque shaped the history, practice and theory of art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The grotesque plays a major role in many modern styles, and its expressive possibilities encompass the capriccio, the carnivalesque and burlesque, the fantastic, and the abject and uncanny. Artists have incorporated the grotesque as a means to push beyond established boundaries, explore alternate modes of experience, and to challenge cultural and aesthetic conventions. Prerequisites: Art-Hist 303 or permission of the instructor.
Faculty: College of Arts & Sciences
Department: Art & Art History
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