ARTH 338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Intersectionality
6 Sep 2016
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ARTH 338
Lecture 1 â Sept 6
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-Concept of excess â come to class ready to discuss readings and works
Concept of Excess
-Excess: by necessity, something needs to be exceeded. Example: how does the good girl
exceed the bad girl
-Why many of the women artists of the time have not surpassed others like Picasso and
Matisse
Canon â only one ânâ in the art historical concept
Intersectionality: the ways in which race, genders and classes intersect with each other
-Addressing the fact that we are not just ONE thing. Various identity markers of a scholar and
an artist
-Ex. white, straight, rich â allows privilege to those artists over the inferior who were poor,
black, gay etc. Not that far from the abolishment of slavery, it was very difďŹcult for black
artists to gain power in the art world.
Frameworks of Risk and Excess
-How the various frameworks altered the ability women had to gain prominence in the art
world
Short Response Paper â engage with the questions and ideas
-Agree or disagree with the ideas
-What is, or isnât, remarkable
-Lived experience
-Thinking about the ways in which women have been thought as as excessive
-Can cite pop culture, ďŹlm, media, works
-Engaging critically with Russoâs text (not supposed to agree with everything)
Manet â the men that established the âHistory of Modern Artâ that forced women to compete
against
Modernist Period â 1850-1945
-Going to start around 1863
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Document Summary
Concept of excess come to class ready to discuss readings and works. Excess: by necessity, something needs to be exceeded. Example: how does the good girl exceed the bad girl. Why many of the women artists of the time have not surpassed others like picasso and. Canon only one "n" in the art historical concept. Intersectionality: the ways in which race, genders and classes intersect with each other. Addressing the fact that we are not just one thing. Various identity markers of a scholar and an artist. Ex. white, straight, rich allows privilege to those artists over the inferior who were poor, black, gay etc. Not that far from the abolishment of slavery, it was very dif cult for black artists to gain power in the art world. How the various frameworks altered the ability women had to gain prominence in the art world. Short response paper engage with the questions and ideas.
