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Toward a Rigorous Art History — AH2109.01

Instructor: Vanessa Lyon
Days & Time: TU,FR 10:30am-12:20pm
Credits: 4

A 鈥渞igorous study of art鈥 became the goal of Philosopher and Cultural Critic Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) when his growing distaste for the outlook and methods of his art history professor鈥攖he famous and foundational Heinrich W枚lfflin鈥攃aused him to consider publishing an account of 鈥渢he most disastrous activity I have ever encountered at a German university.鈥

Westworld Their World (Season 2) — AH4318.01

Instructor: Vanessa Lyon
Days & Time: TH 1:40pm-5:20pm
Credits: 4

Westworld (Season 2) HBO鈥檚 鈥渟cience fiction western thriller鈥 television series, drives a broadly-conceived visual culture/cultural studies course in which we identify and analyze various aesthetics and genres, histories and visions, typologies, theologies, and allegories on screen and off鈥攂oth inside and outside the show鈥檚 narrative.

Teaching Languages and Cultures — CSL2000.01

Instructor: No毛lle Rouxel-Cubberly
Days & Time: MO,TH 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 4

The study of foreign languages and cultures is a crucial asset. For some, it is a life-saving necessity. For others it represents a powerful tool in a toolkit for antiracism, social justice, and intercultural understanding. In this course, students will gain a basic understanding of language and culture teaching to young children and adults. Discussions with local teachers and language acquisition experts will provide a professional perspective on the course content.

Space Shaping Image Making: Readings — ARC2207.01

Instructor: Farhad Mirza
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

鈥淣ot long ago, a near prerequisite for vanguard architecture was an engagement with theory; lately it has become an acquaintance with art鈥 or so observed Hal Foster in his 2011 book 鈥楾he Art Architecture Complex.鈥 While ideas about what constitutes cutting edge architecture may have transformed in the decade since, entanglements between art and architecture and the reciprocal effects that they have on each other remain central to architectural discourse.

Space Shaping Image Making II: Readings — ARC4119.01

Instructor: Farhad Mirza
Days & Time: TU 4:10pm-6:00pm
Credits: 2

鈥淣ot long ago, a near prerequisite for vanguard architecture was an engagement with theory; lately it has become an acquaintance with art鈥 or so observed Hal Foster in his 2011 book 鈥楾he Art Architecture Complex.鈥 While ideas about what constitutes cutting edge architecture may have transformed in the decade since, entanglements between art and architecture and the reciprocal effects that they have on each other remain central to architectural discourse.

Space Shaping Image Making — ARC2208.01

Instructor: Farhad Mirza
Days & Time: WE 10:00am-11:50am & WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 4

Can architecture be understood in the same terms as a photograph? A piece of writing? A painting? A film? Or does it require its own vocabulary, rules, precedents, and sensibilities?