Course Catalog - 2015-2016

     

ARTS 330 - INTERMEDIA STUDIES

Long Title: INTERMEDIATE STUDIES: POP ART & ITS ORIGINS: ENGLAND & AMERICA C. 1955-1968
Department: *Visual and Dramatic Arts*
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
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.