Two topics are offered Spring 2010. Students may take one or both for credit. Topic for Section R1: Picasso. Nearly eight decades of incessant art making by Pablo Picasso are examined in relation to major currents in modern European art, literature, and politics. Topic for Section W1: Contemporary Art and Globalization. Considers how globalization has replaced postmodernism as key paradigm for art produced since 1989. Explores the process by which contemporary art has been historicized and made into a field of study distinct from modern art.