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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2025
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HART 379 001 (CRN: 14654)
THE AESTHETICS OF REALISM
Long Title: THE AESTHETICS OF REALISM: FROM COURBET TO THE WIRE
Department: Art History
Instructor: Costello, Leo
Meeting: 9:25AM - 10:40AM TR (25-AUG-2025 - 5-DEC-2025)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 30
Section Enrolled: 11 (Reserved + All Others)
Reserved Seats for Fall Semester 2025 Matriculants: 5 (5 Available)
Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 30
Total Cross-list Enrolled: 11
Waitlisted: 0 (Max 297)
Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.
Enrollment data as of: 20-APR-2025 3:24PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
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. Cross-list: HART 579. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for HART 379 if student has credit for HART 579.