The course will begin with the reaction against Abstract Expressionism in both the United
States and Western Europe and then trace the advent of new art movements in the 1960s: Fluxus,
Happenings, Pop Art, Minimalism, Post-Minimalism, Earth Art, Conceptual Art, and the ongoing
traditions of Realism.  Artists to be included: Allan Kaprow, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns,
Andy Warhol, Philip Pearlstein, Robert Morris, Robert Smithson.  One section of the course will
be devoted to the idea of artist as political activist; another will consider the ongoing impact of the
Sixties on present-day artists' activity.
Text: Irving Sandler, American Art of the 1960s (New York, 1988) plus a course packet
containing excerpts from critical and art historical writing.
Requirements: mid-term and final exam, research paper, and several in-class writing
assignments.