| VISA 3B91 Special Topic in Visual Culture: Islamic Art and Architecture 0.50 Credit(s) Academic Course |
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| Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal arts & sciences (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM). |
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| This course examines contemporary art and architecture from the Middle East since 1979, the Western art world's rising interest in it, and the methodological problems inherent in such a study. Through an analysis of specific monuments, artists, theoretical writing, curated exhibitions, journal articles, and contemporary visual culture, we will address issues of central concern: the problem of naming "the middle east", centre vs. periphery, war and exile, what constitutes modern and contemporary and who is empowered to make that distinction, "difference" and its relation to capitalist consumption. Because such issues are grounded in post-colonial critiques of master historical narratives, we will also need to evaluate key writings by Edward Said, Homi Bhahba, Dipesh Chakrabarta and others to see if these theories remain effective guides for understanding the western reception of Middle-Eastern art today. |
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| Notes: This "Special Topic" course provides more advanced analysis of a topic of general interest or relevance. This course fulfills 0.5 credit toward the Liberal Art & Sciences requirements for a BFA or BDes. |
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| Course was last updated July 24, 2012 - 11:24 AM | |