| Unit
1: Foundations |
| Week
1: Looking & Seeing |
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M |
9/10 |
Introductions |
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W |
9/12 |
Reading:
"On Photography," Susan Sontag, S&W 182-184 |
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"Viewfinder,"
Ethan Canin, S&W 186-187 |
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Assignment:
Bring in a photograph that is meaningful to you |
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In-class
essay |
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| Week
2: Visual (and Other) Perceptions |
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M
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9/17
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Reading:
"Seeing," Annie Dillard, S&W 38-48 |
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W |
9/19 |
Reading:
"Seeing Is Believing," various, S&W 51-67 |
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Screen:
David Holzman's Diary |
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| Unit
2: Applications |
| Week
3: The Frame & Relations of Looking |
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M
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9/24
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Reading:
Ways of Seeing |
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DUE:
Critical response |
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W |
9/26 |
Trip
to Museum of Fine Arts |
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| Week
4 |
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M
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10/1
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Reading:
Ways of Seeing |
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W |
10/3 |
Reading:
Ways of Seeing |
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First
draft of ESSAY 1 DUE-bring 2 copies of it to class |
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| Week
5 |
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M
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10/8 |
NO
CLASS--Columbus Day |
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W |
10/10 |
DIGITAL IMAGING
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ESSAY
1 DUE |
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| Week
6: Art, Tradition, & Innovation |
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M
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10/15
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Reading:
Benjamin, "The
Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" (handout) |
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W
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10/17
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Trip
to Museum of Fine Arts |
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Reading:
"Show and Tell," Scott McCloud, S&W 526-550 |
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| Unit
3: Extensions |
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| Week
7: Identity and the Gaze |
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M |
10/22 |
Reading:
Double Consciousness, S&W 381-397 |
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Screen:
Illusions |
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Q:
Look at the photograph on p. 379, then answer Writing #2 on 380. |
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Intro
to group projects |
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W |
10/24
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Reading:
S&W 230-231 & 245-257 |
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| Week
8 |
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M |
10/29
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MIDTERM
DUE |
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W
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10/31 |
Reading:
handouts on the gaze |
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| Week
9: Interior/Exterior |
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M
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11/5 |
Reading:
handouts |
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W |
11/7
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Trip
to Museum of Fine Arts: Interior and exterior |
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Reading:
House by the Railroad, Edward Hopper, S&W 72 &
"Edward Hopper and the House by the Railroad," Edward Hirsch, S&W 73-75 |
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Q:
How does Hopper represent interior and exterior spaces? What interpretation
does Hirsch offer in his poem? Find other paintings that explore other relations
of looking in and at interior spaces. |
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| Week
10: Icons |
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M
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11/12 |
No
class meeting |
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T
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11/13
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FOLLOW
MONDAY SCHEDULE |
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Reading:
Ch. 7, S&W 398-423 |
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Q:
What icons have made the biggest impression on you? Why? |
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W |
11/14 |
Reading:
Ch. 7, S&W 424-451 |
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Q:
Which icons are least familiar? Why? |
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Screen:
clips from Pleasantville |
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| Unit
4: Synthesis |
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| Week
11: Digital Culture |
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M
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11/19
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Reading:
"Links," Steven Johnson, S&W 490-497 |
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W |
11/21 |
Trip
to the Museum of Fine Arts |
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| Week
12 |
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M |
11/26 |
Digital
Culture 2 |
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W |
11/28
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First
draft of Essay 2 due |
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| Week
13 |
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M
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12/3 |
Special
guest, Tom Perrotta |
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W |
12/5 |
Trip
to the Museum of Fine Arts |
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ESSAY
2 DUE |
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Week 14
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M
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12/10 |
Reading:
handout |
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W
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12/12 |
Conclusions
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FINAL
EXAM DUE |
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