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Marissa Baker

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Marissa Baker received a PhD in Art History from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research interests include Black art and social movements; public, community-based, and socially engaged art; and global modernism. Her dissertation, “The Nation Within: The Black Arts Movement in Chicago,” received support from the UIC Dean's Scholar Fellowship, the Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship in American Art, the UIC Graduate Student Fellowship in the Special Collections and University Archives Department, and the UIC Provost Award for Graduate Research. She is co-editor of the 2018 exhibition catalogue The Time is Now! Art Worlds of Chicago’s South Side, 1960-1980 with Rebecca Zorach.

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This course surveys developments in nineteenth and twentieth century art and architecture. Particular emphasis is placed on theoretical and critical issues, as well as the historical, intellectual, and socioeconomic changes that are reflected or addressed in the works of artists and architects. Note: ARTHI 1001 (or its equivalent) is recommended as a prerequisite for ARTHI 1002.

Class Number

1102

Credits

3

Description

This course surveys developments in nineteenth and twentieth century art and architecture. Particular emphasis is placed on theoretical and critical issues, as well as the historical, intellectual, and socioeconomic changes that are reflected or addressed in the works of artists and architects. Note: ARTHI 1001 (or its equivalent) is recommended as a prerequisite for ARTHI 1002.

Class Number

1042

Credits

3