IAHIS 3200 - Art and Nature

Institution:

Lesley University

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3 credits Students examine the complexity and ambivalence of humankind's relationship to the natural world, and the rich variety of artistic responses it has inspired. Taking A thematic approach, the course explores selected topics across chronological, geographic and cultural lines, including: varieties of landscape painting in the West and the East; the expressive shaping of landscape across the centuries, from Neolithic earth formations, landscape design and development of the Olmsted urban park systems, to recent Land Art, and the rise of A modern-day ecological consciousness with its expression in art. Prerequisites: IAHIS 1100, IAHIS 1110 or instructor's permission.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lesley.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 868-9600

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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