No student may receive credit for both this subject and 111-415 Art and Theory in Paris. 16.7 4th year Dr Roger Benjamin. Two art history subjects at second or third- year level. First semester A 2-hour seminar each week. Students completing this subject should, in addition to the above:

• be able to address specific art-historical problems in French art 1900-1915 from the perspective of current scholarship and theories of interpretation;
• have a good knowledge of major art movements, trends in criticism, and art institutions of the period.

A research seminar investigating the two key figures of the pre-1918 avant-garde in terms of recent scholarship. Issues treated include the academic sources of radical art; the dealer-critic system; Fauvism and the Salon; nationalism, anarchism and art; literary thematics; expression and the body; and significations of cubism and collage. Written work which may comprise class papers, essays, visual tests or take-home examinations totalling about 6,000 words.