The last of the History of Art & Architecture sequence surveys the development of Western art and architecture from 1760 to 1945. Thinking beyond the established canon, the course critically addresses the political, aesthetic, institutional and cultural forces that have contributed to shaping this canon. Problems we encounter when we acknowledge that art is a cultural product include the uneasy fit of style-period categories or the “isms” of art; gender; historical definitions of the avant-garde; the consumption and display of art; and the status of the artist in society.