FACULTY & STUDENT RESOURCES
Environmental Courses
Visual and Environmental Studies
*Visual and Environmental Studies 37. Lay of the Land: Studio Course 3090
S. Prina Spring T, Th 1:00-4:00
The pursuit of and response to the horizontal in art will be the focus of
this studio class. To cite a few examples, abstract expressionist painting,
cartography, earthworks, landscape photography, 19th century German
Romantic landscape painting, and Rayograms will provide models of the
horizontal that will be points of departure for studio projects, the forms of
which will be determined by what the investigation provides. Students will
shift medium from project to project.
Note: No previous studio experience necessary.
*Visual and Environmental Studies 107. Studies of the Built North
American Environment since 1580 7883
J. Stilgoe Fall T, Th 10:00-11:30
North America as an evolving visual environment is analyzed as a systems
concatenation involving such constituent elements as farms, small towns,
shopping malls, highways, suburbs, and as depicted in fiction, poetry,
cartography, television, cinema, and advertising and cybernetic simulation.
Note: Offered jointly with the Graduate School of Design as 4105.
*Visual and Environmental Studies 160. Modernization in the Visual United States Environment, 1890-2035 6668
J. Stilgoe Spring T, Th 10:00-11:30
Prerequisite: VES 107 or permission of the instructor.
Modernization of the US visual environment as directed by a nobility
creating new images and perceptions of such themes as wilderness, flight,
privacy, clothing, photography, feminism, status symbolism, and futurist
manipulation as illustrated in print-media and other advertising enterprise.
Note: Offered jointly with the Graduate School of Design as 4303.
*Visual and Environmental Studies 166. North American Seacoasts and Landscapes, Discovery to Present: Seminar 5873
J. Stilgoe Fall T 1:00-3:00
Prerequisite: VES 107 and VES 160, or permission of the instructor.
Selected topics in the history of the North American coastal zone, including
the seashore as wilderness, as industrial site, as area of recreation, and as
artistic subject; the shape of coastal landscape for conflicting uses over
time; and the perception of the seashore as marginal zone in literature,
photography, film, television, and advertising.
Note: Offered jointly with the Graduate School of Design as 4304.
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