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Academic Year 2002/2003


American Artists and the Landscape
ARHA 274 FA

Crosslistings:
AMST 266

This course investigates the diverse responses of 19th-century painters and photographers to the myth and reality of the North American landscape. For what purposes did visual artists pictorialize the landscape? How did their interpretations compare to those formulated by American writers and poets? How and why did attitudes to and imaging of the landscape change over the course of the 19th century?

MAJOR READINGS

to be announced.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Short papers.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ART    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003


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