Art-Arch 475 - The City in American Arts and Popular Culture, 1910-1940

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Washington University in St Louis

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Description:

Using visual media-painting; prints and illustration; film and animation-along with studies of vaudeville, and other forms of popular and mass entertainment, this seminar analyzes the presence of the city as a theme that registers a range of cultural attitudes toward the modern. Through close readings of visual and verbal texts, we consider such issues as the relationship between work and leisure, and between high culture and popular arts. We look at critiques and celebrations as well as at how the popular arts help the ordinary man and women to negotiate the challenges of the new mechanized and overscaled urban environment. Prerequisites: 300-level course in American 20th century cultural history, or American art or literature; or permission of instructor.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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