ART 3805 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Metropolitan Studies

(CA-AAP, LA-AAP)

Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Counts as modern art history for BFA students. Offered in New York City.

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This course introduces students to the key concepts in art and urbanism in the 19th-21st centuries, ranging from politics to social changes, technology to representation, as major factors and issues that have been influencing in the past and still continue to shape a contemporary Metropolis. Focusing on representation of the city in different media and multi-disciplinary approach to urban theory, with New York as a case study, the class will be structured around several field trips, weekly lectures followed by film excerpts screenings, individual student presentations, and discussions of the assigned readings.