This seminar explores the following: (i) art,becomes modern when art is rejected; (ii) there is,no modern art without poetry, philosophy, ethics,or the political; (iii) art becomes modern when,the poet Charles Baudelaire realizes the city as,an active subject in art; (iv) the city and,anti-art produce an avant-garde which claims to,refuse art. Broadly speaking, the course is … Continue reading “DLE-400 WHAT MAKES MODERN ART MODERN”
Madness has been of interest to philosophers,,psychologists, social scientists – as well as to,artists. The history of art, culture and,literature is filled with “mad or romantic,geniuses.” This course proposes a comparative,examination of the transition of “marginalized”,forms of representation from “insanity” into the,field of aesthetic and cultural practice by a,consideration of the art and drawing of … Continue reading “DLE-401 ART & MADNESS IN MODERN CULTURE”
This interdisciplinary course is an examination,of the cultural systems, history, and art of,human beings who espouse the world’s great,religions: Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and,Christianity. The broad course objective is to,introduce students to the differing ways that,humans organize and express their culture and,beliefs, their relationship to nature and the,cosmos, and to each other, through the making and,use … Continue reading “DLE-402 COMPARATIVE RELIGION: AN INTRODUCTION”
Since classical antiquity in the Western,tradition there has been a central dialogue,between philosophy and poetry on the question of,genre: What is philosophy? What is poetry? In,what way might philosophy and poetry be related? ,Do philosophy and poetry point to different kinds,of experience or different kinds of knowledge?,Through a selection of texts from Plato and,Aristotle to … Continue reading “DLE-410 PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY”
Care of the City: Detroit is an introduction to,Social Practice and Post-Studio art which through,an exploration of spaces of marginality and,collapse in cities in relation to durational,collaboration with communities as a response to,collapse and as evidence of an ethics of care. The,main question pursued: what does it mean to care,for a city? And: is care … Continue reading “DLE-411 CARE OF THE CITY: DETROIT, ART,,AND THE PRACTICE OF REINVENTION”
LIBERAL ARTS ELECTIVES INCLUDE SUBJECT CODES:,DAH, DAS, DEN, DHU, DLE, DNS, DSS, DPL, DVC Credits: 3 Prerequisites:
LIBERAL ARTS ELECTIVES INCLUDE SUBJECT CODES:,DAH, DAS, DEN, DHU, DLE, DNS, DSS, DPL, DVC Credits: 3 Prerequisites:
LIBERAL ARTS ELECTIVES INCLUDE SUBJECT CODES:,DAH, DAS, DEN, DHU, DLE, DNS, DSS, DPL, DVC Credits: 3 Prerequisites:
Imagined World: Utopia and Dystopia in Visual,Culture is an upper level Visual Culture seminar., It uses an interdisciplinary approach that,requires students to apply methodologies learned,in Visual Culture, Critical Thought, and Literary,and Film Studies, as well as a number of studio,based disciplines, to analyze the,utopian/dystopian genre. The class will examine,Western utopian and dystopian philosophies and,how they … Continue reading “DVC-301 IMAGINED WORLDS: UTOPIAS & DYSTOPIAS”
This course is designed to give students an,introduction to film as an art worthy of critical,attention. Students develop the ability to think,,discuss and write about film in an academic,context. Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Take one 3.0 credit, 200 level course from one of the,following subjects: DAH (Art History), DEN (English), DAS,(Academic Studies), DVC (Visual Culture).