Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: INTERMEDIATE STUDIES: POP ART AND ITS ORIGINS: ENGLAND AND AMERICA C. 1955-1968

Department: *Visual Arts*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Pop Art whether American, British, or European, had -- and has as its underlying and unifying agenda -- a commentary or critique concerning the impact of "popular" culture (film, television, advertising, music, fashion, etc.) on contemporary society, especially in creating a new synthesis of "popular" and "high" culture in the visual arts. This, in part, was a reaction against the lofty, idealistic aspirations of post-war abstraction. This course will examine the philosophical and aesthetic origins and development of what came to be known as Pop Art.