This course is a survey of some of the most influential and prolific illustrators, collectives and illustration movements of the past 150 years. The focus of this course is on those artists, collectives, and movements whose illustrations played a central role in political and social movements. We will explore each artist's work in the context of the cultural, political, social, and economic conditions of it's time. We will also discuss the ways each illustrator, collective, or movement responds to and builds on the stylistic trends and innovations of their predecessors and their contemporaries. Students in this course will also become familiar with and apply a handful of the critical and analytical frameworks drawing from contemporary art history and cultural studies, including critical race theory, trans theory, queer theory, postmodernism, and post structuralism. Assignments will include short written responses to the illustrators and their work, as well as a research project culminating in a virtual presentation on an illustrator of the student's choice.Hybrid course sections will be delivered both in-person and online. Online portions will be delivered with both asynchronous and synchronous components that will be outlined in the course syllabus.

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