RUSS 220 - Russian Visual Culture

Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 HU, CD, WR

This course will explore Russia’s long and rich tradition of visual experimentation and innovation. While much of our focus will be on painting (from fourteenth century icons up to late twentieth century Sotsart kitsch), we will look at a wide range of other visual forms (maps, domestic albums, shop signs, books, photographs) as we attempt to determine how a Russian “way of seeing” both intersects with and diverges from a more Western (European-American) “way of seeing.”
Instructor: T. Newlin