Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2021-2022
HART 379 - THE AESTHETICS OF REALISM
Long Title: THE AESTHETICS OF REALISM: FROM COURBET TO THE WIRE
Department: Art History
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: This seminar will consider both the historical roots and contemporary manifestations of an aesthetics of realism. As a form of art concerned with the world as it is, in all its imperfection, realism is often assumed to ignore ideas of beauty, and even to court harsh, rough or ugly appearances. But as we will see there is both theoretical basis for an aesthetics of realism and a long history of its visual development. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: HART 579. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for HART 379 if student has credit for HART 579.