ART 149 - Introduction to Visual Culture

This course is an introduction to the principles of art and their application to broader visual culture. Students will develop specific visual and verbal skills for observing, analysing, describing and critiquing visual imagery coming from different cultures and from a range of diverse theoretical perspectives. In addition the course will expose the students to important cultural and philosophical shifts that have emerged in and across various domains of visual culture in recent decades. The course is comprised of field trips, guest lectures, films, as well as oral and written investigation of different manifestations of visual arts. Every semester. (4 Credits)