Art in the United States from the American Revolution to the Civil War

Dr. Kimberly Rhodes, NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities & Professor of Art History, Drew University

5 Wednesday mornings 10:00 am – 11:50 am

January 31, February 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2024

This minicourse will cover the development of the visual arts in the United States from colonial times to the 1860s. Topics will include the discussion of exchanges between European and American artists, the education of American artists in Europe and the United States, the relationship between political events and visual culture, and the creation of professional institutions. Artists under discussion will include: John Singleton Copley, Benjamin West, John Trumbull, Charles Willson Peale, Thomas Cole, Frederic Edwin Church, and Winslow Homer.

Dr. Kimberly Rhodes (PhD, Columbia University) is NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Art History at Drew University.  She writes and teaches about modern and contemporary art history and has worked as an art historian in both museum and academic settings. Her publications include numerous articles on British visual culture from the eighteenth century to the present and the book Ophelia and Victorian Visual Culture: Representing Body Politics in the Nineteenth Century (Ashgate, 2008).

Classes will be held at the Florham Park Library

107 Ridgedale Avenue, Florham Park, NJ  07932