19th & 20th-century sculpture (group independent study)

course texts:

• Penelope Curtis, Sculpture 1900-1945
• Andrew Causey, Sculpture since 1945

***you need to consult with me on a weekly basis regarding your reading of the course material. (that is the only way you'll know that you are assimilating the material necessary for successful exams!***

course requirements:

• midterm exam (on material in Curtis) 100 points
• final exam (on material in Causay) 100 points
• project 100 points

Project:

1. Develop analysis strategy for works of sculpture. This should organize in a concise way important components like style, subject matter, purpose, historical/cultural context etc.

2. Apply your analysis strategy to at least ten of the following artists, choosing from the designated groups. It will be necessary to conduct research on each of the ten.

You will need to choose one or more works by each of your ten artists to explain/interpret carefully in conjunction with your analysis.

Choose two from this group:

• Honoré Daumier
• Auguste Rodin
• Camille Claudel
• Medardo Rosso
• Henri Matisse
  
• Amedeo Modigliani
• Ernst
• Barlach
• Giacometti
• Germaine Richier
  

Choose two from this group:

• Arp
• Noguchi
• Brancusi
• Pablo Picasso
• Zadkine
• Umberto Boccioni
• Jacob Epstein
• Gaston Lachaise
• Fernando Botero

Choose one from this group:

• Naum Gabo
• Lembrook
• Lipchitz
• George Minne
• Tatlin
• Barbara Hepworth
• Henry Moore
• Ben Nicholson

Choose one from this group:

• George Segal
• Duane Hanson
• Jean de Andrea

Choose one from this group:

• Marcel Duchamp
• Edward Kienholz
• Claes Oldenburg
• Robert Rauschenberg
• Ilya Kabakov

Choose one from this group:

• Eva Hesse
• Lynda Benglis
• Magdalena Abakanowicz
• Marisol Escobar
• Betye Saar
• Louise Bourgeois
• Rebecca Horn
• Judy Chicago
• Robert Gober

Choose one from this group:

• Alexander Calder
• David Smith
• Tony Smith
• Donald Judd
• Sol LeWitt
• Larry Bell
• Martin Puryear
• Richard Serra

Choose one from this group:

• John Chamberlain
• Jean Tinguely
• Nikke Saint-Phalle
• Tony Cragg
• Arman
• Christo & Jean-Claude
• Louise Nevelson
• Nam June Paik