| The
Rise of Modern Visual Media (Spring
2006)
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This course fulfills Category IV of the General Education Requirement. Faculty:
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Course Description: We live in a world inundated with media and saturated with images. What might now be reported through television, documentary films or magazines was once presented via illustrated texts and prints, or else commemorated in public murals or statues. This course will follow the emergence of modern media— culminating in photography, posters, film and video projections- in an increasingly public and democratic sphere of art. Social changes in courts and cities, especially in the wake of the Industrial and French Revolutions, resulted from increasing capitalism and democracy. Artists continually had to adjust to new roles, media and means of support. This course will introduce students from diverse backgrounds to visual media in culture and society, providing both critical and historical tools for visual literacy in the modern world. Assignments for the course include 2 short papers, a mid-term and a final examination. Students must register for both the lecture and a recitation. |