Section: November 16: Psychology and the Violence of Ornament | Topics in Material Culture - bmc.HART.B640.001.F26

Section outline

For this week, please focus your reading on Debora Silverman, "Art Nouveau and the Art of Darkness" Part I. Please note that Silverman's "Art Nouveau, The Art of Darkness" Part II is recommended but not required.

We will be discussing ways to write a revised museum label for this object (above) during our class time.
- Select activity ARTICLE TO FOCUS ON THIS WEEK: Silverman, Debora L. “Art Nouveau, Art of Darkness: African Lineages of Belgian Modernism, Part I.” West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture, vol. 18, no. 2, 2011, pp. 139–181.
  
  ARTICLE TO FOCUS ON THIS WEEK: Silverman, Debora L. “Art Nouveau, Art of Darkness: African Lineages of Belgian Modernism, Part I.” West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture, vol. 18, no. 2, 2011, pp. 139–181. File
  
  Students must
  
  Mark as done
  
  This reading contains graphic descriptions and images of colonial violence in the Belgian Congo.
- Select activity ADDITIONAL READING (NOT REQUIRED) Silverman, Debora L. “Art Nouveau, Art of Darkness: African Lineages of Belgian Modernism, Part II.” West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture, 19, no. 2 (2012): 175-95.
  
  ADDITIONAL READING (NOT REQUIRED) Silverman, Debora L. “Art Nouveau, Art of Darkness: African Lineages of Belgian Modernism, Part II.” West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture, 19, no. 2 (2012): 175-95. File
  
  Students must
  
  Mark as done