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Academic Year 2002/2003

Sophomore Seminar: Life Science, Art, and Culture, Medieval to Present
HIST 277 FA
Crosslistings:
SISP 277

This course will explore the place of visual images and image production in the history of the life sciences and medicine from the Middle Ages to the present day. Topics will include medieval memory theaters; the artistic activities of English Renaissance naturalists; the impact of an expanding print culture on scientific illustration; early modern European anatomical drawings; images of gender; the role of gardens, libraries, and museums as international centers for specimen collection and artistic production; art and European travel; mapping and imperialism; anatomical atlases; ethnographic film and hardening categories of race; photography and the American West; women and medical imaging; and scientific imaging in the age of computer technologies. We will consider especially the centrality of visualization to the history of science and medicine and will examine the intersections of science studies, art history, and economic imperial history.

MAJOR READINGS

F. Yates, THE ART OF MEMORY M. Kemp, ed., LEONARDO ON PAINTING Hoeniger and Hoeniger, THE GROWTH OF NATURAL HISTORY IN STUART ENGLAND and THE GROWTH OF NATURAL HISTORY IN TUDOR ENGLAND E. Eyler, EARLY ENGLISH GARDENS and GARDEN BOOKS Galison and Jones, PICTURING SCIENCE, PRODUCING ART L. Jordanova, SEXUAL VISIONS: IMAGES OF GENDER FROM THE 18TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY A. Meyers, ed., ART AND SCIENCE IN AMERICA: ISSUES OF REPRESENTATION L. Cartwright, SCREENING THE BODY: TRACING MEDICINE'S VISUAL CULTURE F. Tobing Rony, THE THIRD EYE: RACE, CINEMA, AND ETHNOGRAPHIC SPECTACLE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

One midterm; one 5-7 page paper; one 15 page research project.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003

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