HAAVC 3000 seminars continue developing students' visual analysis and research skills while providing students 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 specific topic/theme. 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. This course cannot fulfill the HAAVC 2000 requirement.Course DescriptionThis seminar prepares CCA students to participate actively and confidently in conversations about the visual arts. Students will investigate the historical bases of contemporary debates and begin to frame their own work and that of others in terms of these ideas. We will examine the critical philosophies that shape the arts and consider the various frameworks for interpreting and judging visual images and objects. Seminar members will read about and discuss important critical methods and apply these approaches to artworks, exhibitions, institutions, and systems of production and distribution through oral presentations and written arguments.

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