HIST 390 - Art and Architecture in California

Institution:

University of San Diego

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Description:

This course looks at the way in which Californians adopted and transformed European architectural and artistic forms to create what boosters described as "a new Eden." It discusses the rise and fall of the Victorian, the re-invention of "Spanish" style with Mission Revival architecture, the origin of the craftsman bungalow, and the rise of modernism in California and the West. Emphasis throughout will be on the personalities, political events, and social forces that shaped the development of art and architecture from 1850 to the presen

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.sandiego.edu

Phone Number:

(619) 260-4600

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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