This unit introduces any interested student to the study of visual culture in its various forms, from painting and architecture, to film, fashion, and popular culture. After initial consideration of Renaissance and Baroque space and spectacle, the focus will shift to modernist approaches to visuality in the 19th and early 20th century city. Machines, bodies and subcultures will be addressed through avant-garde movements such as Dada, Surrealism, and Pop. Fashion, the city and popular culture will be considered as sites for the generation of desire and diverse forms of spectatorship, and the unit will conclude with contemporary forms and concepts. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Leonie Cooper
