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VES 107 VES 160 VES 166 VES 167 |
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Studies of the Built North American Environment since 1580 Visual and Environmental Studies 107 half course (fall term) XII,XIII Tu., Th., 10-11:30 |
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North America as an evolving visual environment analyzed as a systems concatenation involving such constituent elements as farms, small towns, shopping malls, highways, suburbs, and as depicted in fiction, poetry, cartography, television, cinema, and advertising and cybernetic simulation. Note: Offered jointly with the Graduate School of Design as 4105. Enrollment: Limited to 40. |
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Modernization in the Visual United States Environment, 1890-2035 Visual and Environmental Studies 160 half course (spring term) XII,XIII Tu., Th., 10-11:30 |
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Modernization of the United States visual environment as directed by a nobility
creating new images and perceptions of such themes as wilderness, flight, privacy, clothing,
photography, feminism, status symbolism, and futurist manipulation as illustrated in print-media
and other advertising enterprise. Note: Offered jointly with the Graduate School of Design as 4303. Prerequisite: VES 107 or permission of the instructor. Enrollment: Limited to 40. |
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North American Seacoasts and Landscapes: Discovery to Present: Seminar Visual and Environmental Studies 166. half course (fall term) XV,XVI Tu., 1-3, and an additional hour to be arranged. |
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Selected topics in the history of the North American coastal zone, including the seashore as wilderness, as industrial site, as area of recreation, and as artistic subject; the shape of coastal landscape for conflicting uses over time; and the perception of the seashore as marginal zone in literature, photography, painting, film, television, and advertising. Note: Offered jointly with the Graduate School of Design as 4304. Prerequisite: VES 107 and VES 160, or permission of the instructor. |
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Adventure and Fantasy Simulation, 1871 to 2036: Seminar Visual and Environmental Studies 167. half course (spring term) XV,XVI Tu., 1-3. |
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Visual constituents of high adventure since the late Victorian era, emphasizing wandering
woods, rogues, tomboys, women adventurers, faerie antecedents, halflings, crypto-cartography,
Third-Path turning, martial arts, and post-1937 fantasy writing as integrated into contemporary
advertising, video, computer-generated simulation, and private and public policy.
Note: Offered jointly with the Graduate School of Design as 4305.
Prerequisite: VES 107, VES 160, and VES 166, or permission of the instructor.
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All courses are offered by the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies
(Faculty of Arts and Sciences) and Department of Landscape Architecture (Faculty of Design).
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