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Introduction to Latin American Art (235-0-1)

Instructors

Jesus R Escobar
847/467-0854
Kresge 4321
Office Hours: W 3-4pm; R 3:30-4:30pm

Katrina Nicole Lukes

Melina Natalya Gooray

David Jones

Meeting Info

Block Pick-Laudati Auditorium: Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM

Overview of class

This class surveys art and architecture in Latin America from around 1495 to around 1945. From Mexico to Chile and from the Caribbean Sea to the Río de la Plata, we will explore churches, public buildings, and works of art in a variety of media—including wood and stone sculpture, feather and mural painting, prints and books—as expressions of the complex societies that emerged in the Americas after 1492. Along the way, we will study the output of artisans, artists, and architects whose names have been forgotten by history and the work of others whose biographies have become better known in recent years such as the Indigenous Andean painter Andrés Sánchez Galque. Additionally, the class will consider familiar figures such as Guaman Poma de Ayala, Cristóbal de Villalpando, Miguel de Cabrera, Diego Quispe Tito, Frida Kahlo, Tina Modotti, Juan O'Gorman, Joaquín Torres García, and Óscar Niemeyer.

Class Materials (Required)

No textbook required.

Class Notes

Please use the following link for Art History waitlist information: https://arthistory.northwestern.edu/courses/2023-2024/registration_waitlist.html

Class Attributes

Historical Studies Foundational Discipline
Literature and Arts Foundational Discipline
Historical Studies Distro Area
Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area
Global Perspectives on Power, Justice, and Equity

Associated Classes

DIS - Kresge Centennial Hall 2-343: Fri 10:00AM - 10:50AM

DIS - Kresge Centennial Hall 2-329: Fri 11:00AM - 11:50AM

DIS - Kresge Centennial Hall 2-329: Fri 1:00PM - 1:50PM