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HAAVC-2000-2: Twentieth Century Fashion

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: Wed 4:00-07:00PM, Main Bldg - W2
Instructor: Melissa Leventon

Units: 3.0
Enrolled: 19/18 Closed

Description:

This course is a survey of Western fashionable dress in the 20th century. Lectures will cover the evolution of fashion throughout the century and will touch on important fashion centers in Europe, the U.S., and Asia and some of the most influential designers working in those regions. The course will also look briefly at the rise of the ready-to-wear industry and the influence of movies on fashion. Students also have the opportunity to examine surviving examples of 20th century dress through the instructor's small personal collection.HAAVC 2000 courses develop students' visual analysis skills while providing the opportunity for in-depth study of the visual/structural artifacts associated with a particular topic, region, or movement. Students will also engage with the relevant primary/secondary literature for the topic at hand. Courses will pay particular attention to the larger cultural, historical, and theoretical/ideological contexts in which the visual artifacts and structures under consideration were created.

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