IN 139 - Art? History?

Institution:

Emerson College

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Description:

What have history and art to do with our sense of ourselves? Can histories end? Can art? Philosophers have recently argued that art and its history are over, in the wake of Modernism. These questions and this thesis will be examined and the course will ask "If art and its history have ended, then.what?" Readings will be drawnfrom diverse fields, including the philosophy of art, historical theory, art history, psychology, ethnology, and sociology/anthropology.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.emerson.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 824-8500

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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