9/15/23 note: The Friday recitation schedule has changed to F 4-5 pm
Introduction to theories of modernism and postmodernism and their related forms (roughly 18th century to present) in art and design. Focuses on how artists use the tension between fine art and mass culture to critique both. Examines visual art in a range of genres, from painting to design objects and "relational aesthetics." Works of art are viewed in their interaction with advertising, caricature, comics, graffiti, television, fashion, "primitive" art, propaganda, and networks on the internet.
Additional work required of students taking graduate version.
4.602/4.652 Syllabus (MIT Certificate Protected)
Schedule
Lecture: MW 9:30-11
Recitation 1: W 12-1
Recitation 2: F 4-5
Location
Lecture: 1-150
Recitation 1: 5-216
Recitation 2: 3-329
Required Of
4.602: restricted elective BSA, BSAD, A Minor, D Minor; 4.652: restricted elective MArch
Can Be Repeated for Credit
No
