Landscape and Ideology, 1500-1700
ARHA 322
Fall 2009
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01
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Landscape, as Denis Cosgrove and others have argued, is a way of seeing the world. As such, it is always a reflection of social systems and cultural practices, as well as an agent that shapes them in turn. By considering ways in which landscape was constructed and instrumentalized through a variety of artistic media--from painting, prints, and maps, to villas and gardens--this seminar will consider its historical place in early modern European visual culture, while engaging venues through which it continues to be discussed and theorized in the fields of art and architectural history, landscape studies, and cultural geography. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Speaking, Writing
In addition to regular seminar discussions and short written responses to
reading materials, students will complete a substantial research project
and present it in both oral and written forms.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ART |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ARHA-MN)(ARHA)(ARST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Svetlana Alpers, The Art of Describing
Reinhard Bentmann and Michael Mueller, Villa as Hegemonic Architecture
Edward Casey, Representing Place
Denis Cosgrove, Social Formation and Symbolic Landscape
Tracy Ehrlich, Landscape and Identity in Early Modern Rome
W.J.T. Mitchell, ed. Landscape and Power
Simon Schama, Landscape and Memory
Selection of articles and primary sources on e-reserves
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Examinations and Assignments:
Regular contributions to seminar discussion (including reading reports),
one exam, oral presentation of the research topic, research paper |
| Instructor(s): Aksamija,Nadja Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: DAC300; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 16 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 6 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 2 | FR: X |
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