Topics In Ahvs: Art & Environment

Instructor:
Peter Wang
300
Credits:
3.0
001
Building:
School of Art & Visual Studies Building
Room:
Rm.136
Semester:
Spring 2025
Start Date:
End Date:
Name:
Topics In Ahvs: Art & Environment
Requisites:

Prereq: At least one Art History and Visual Studies course at the 100- level required. Because A-H 300 is the GCCR course for the major, students must have completed 30 credit hours, including both CIS/WRD 110 and CIS/WRD 111.

Class Type:
LEC
4:30 pm
5:45 pm
Days:
MW
Note:
This course examines art and visual culture through an ecocritical perspective. Students will reflect on the interrelationship between art and environment through themes, including resources/elements, production, distribution, consumption, and pollution, among others. The class also revisits the evolution of landscape as a genre in art through themes of land into landscape and landscape into art. The course explores various pertinent terms and topics, including the Hudson River School, extraction, artist as naturalist, Anthropocene, climate change, art and ecology, among others. We will explore the notion behind the visualization of nature, including the relationship between human and land, as well as concepts and practices of environmental art.

According to the subtitle, this writing-intensive undergraduate seminar examines topics in art history and visual studies that are explicitly not limited by geographical location and/or period in history. Topics might be defined by subject matter, artistic practices and traditions, genres, and other comparable categories within art history and visual studies. Students will develop skills in writing and formal visual analysis, as well as practical skills needed to conduct and present their research. This course is a Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR) course for the Art History and Visual Studies program, and therefore is not likely to be eligible for automatic transfer credit to UK.

According to the subtitle, this writing-intensive undergraduate seminar examines topics in art history and visual studies that are explicitly not limited by geographical location and/or period in history. Topics might be defined by subject matter, artistic practices and traditions, genres, and other comparable categories within art history and visual studies. Students will develop skills in writing and formal visual analysis, as well as practical skills needed to conduct and present their research. This course is a Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR) course for the Art History and Visual Studies program, and therefore is not likely to be eligible for automatic transfer credit to UK.

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