Art History 289 - Rights and the Image

Institution:

Bard College

Subject:

Description:

Human Rights This course examines the relationship between visual culture and human rights. It considers a wide range of visual media as well as aspects of visuality (surveillance, profiling). The course uses case studies that range in time from the early modern period (marking the body to register criminality, for example) to the present day (images from Abu Ghraib). Within this framework, students explore how aspects of visual culture have been used both to advocate for human rights and to suppress them. Subjects addressed include evidence, disaster photography, censorship, advocacy images, signs on the body, and visibility and invisibility.

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

The Course Profile information is provided and updated by third parties including the respective institutions. While the institutions are able to update their information at any time, the information is not independently validated, and no party associated with this website can accept responsibility for its accuracy.