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Department of Art History

Gordon Hughes

Associate Professor of Art History

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Average rating

3.7

12 temporary mock ratings

Difficulty

3.3

course-linked average

Courses

7

in seeded sections

Public profile

Research areas

Twentieth-century art; contemporary art; history of photography

Courses taught

HART 205

Art Since 1945

This course introduces the major developments, figures, and works of late modernism beginning with the shift, during the 1940s, from Paris to New York as the cultural center of avant-garde. The class charts the rise of Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 50s and follows its divided legacies in the 1960s and 70s. We will examine the post-modern debates of the 1980s and the 90s and conclude with a look at trends in contemporary art.

Art HistoryD13 credits
4.38.3hFranco, Ana, Hughes, Gordon

HART 503

Graduate Research Paper

Graduate research paper.

Art HistoryNone3 credits
3.610.8hBader, Graham, Costello, Leo, Emami, Farshid, Hughes, Gordon, Lopez Duran, Maria Fabiola, Manca, Joseph, Oukaderova, Lida, Young, Olivia

HART 504

Independent Study

Graduate independent study, reading and research on variable topics. Repeatable for Credit.

Art HistoryNone3-6 credits
3.39.2hBader, Graham, Costello, Leo, Crawford-Brown, Sophie, Emami, Farshid, Gallant, Denva, Hughes, Gordon, Lopez Duran, Maria Fabiola, Manca, Joseph, Muvhuti, Barnabas, Oukaderova, Lida, Young, Olivia

HART 585

Marx / Modernism

Taking the 2024 translation of Volume One of Marx’s Capital as our starting point, this class will look at the often contested ways in which some of Marx's most influential interpreters have developed theories of aesthetic modernism, most notably György Lukács, Theodore Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Raymond Williams, and Fredric Jameson.

Art HistoryNone3 credits
3.410.8hHughes, Gordon

HART 600

Preparation For Candidacy I

Preparation for qualifying exams.

Art HistoryNone3-9 credits
4.110.4hBader, Graham, Costello, Leo, Emami, Farshid, Hughes, Gordon, Lopez Duran, Maria Fabiola, Manca, Joseph, Oukaderova, Lida, Young, Olivia

HART 601

Preparation For Candidacy II

Preparation for qualifying exams and dissertation prospectus.

Art HistoryNone3-9 credits
3.810.7hBader, Graham, Costello, Leo, Emami, Farshid, Hughes, Gordon, Lopez Duran, Maria Fabiola, Manca, Joseph, Oukaderova, Lida

HART 800

Dissertation Research

Dissertation Research for Ph.D. candidates. Repeatable for Credit.

Art HistoryNone1-9 credits
3.79.6hBader, Graham, Costello, Leo, Emami, Farshid, Gallant, Denva, Hughes, Gordon, Lopez Duran, Maria Fabiola, Manca, Joseph, Young, Olivia

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