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2013-2014 University Catalog 
    
2013-2014 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]

LAPR 951 (STCU*207) Art, Media and Society

Division of Liberal Arts

3 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course

A seminar exploring the identity crisis of the modern artist in the period since the industrial revolution and the rise of the middle class. Conflicts or collaborations between the fine arts and commercialism, including mass media and new technology, from Romanticism and the arts and crafts movement to Pop Art and the Web. Issues of authorship, production, quality, and permanence. Who determines taste, and why? Does high art have a future?

Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103

Requires completion of 75 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.