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HAAVC-1080-1: Introduction to the Modern Arts (Lecture)

Spring 2025

Subject: History of Art and Visual Culture
Type: Lecture
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Level: Undergraduate

Campus: San Francisco
Course Dates: January 21, 2025 — May 12, 2025
Meetings: Tue 12:00-01:30PM, Main Bldg - Timken Lecture Hall
Instructors: William Littmann, Jeanette Roan, Jordan Kantor, Elizabeth Mangini, Natalie Pellolio

Units: 3.0
Enrolled: 106/120

Description:

This is a survey of the arts from the early 19th century to the present time. This class examines profound transformations within modern culture: mechanized industry and transportation, mass urbanization, individual expression, political pluralism, cultural extremism, the avant garde; and their impact upon the traditional arts of painting, sculpture and architecture. Also explored are the new mechanical arts of photography, film, and video. Intended for second semester freshman students.

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