ARTH 333 History of Land Art
This course will introduce students to the subject of Land Art, focusing on situating landscape within the context of contemporary art. Through readings, films, music and slides the class will explore site-specific works of art created from the 1960s to the present, with emphasis on materials, scale, and aesthetics generated from this movement and its art historical precedents. Seminar. Prerequisites: LSCI 105, Information Theory and Practice or, LSCI 106, Information Sources for Architecture and Interior Design or, LSCI 205, Information in the Disciplines and, WRIT 313, Advanced Academic Writing; MDST 120, Public Speaking; ARTH 204, History of Modern Art, or ARTH 205, History of Contemporary Art, or ARTH 211, History of Latin American Art.