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Academic Year 2003/2004


American Artists and the Landscape
ARHA 174 FA

Crosslistings:
AMST 266

This course investigates the diverse responses of 19th-century and 20th-century painters, photographers and film-makers 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? 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.

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-19-2004


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