Visual Studies (VISST)Arts and Sciences
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Classes
VISST 2000
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to modes of vision and the historical impact of visual images, visual structures, and visual space on culture, communication, and politics. It examines all aspects ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2000, ARTH 2000, COML 2000
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- M
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Moisey, A
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Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 2511
Course Description
Students compose and present short studies that are discussed and reworked. Problems are defined and explored through class improvisations. Informal showing at end of semester. Includes informal showing ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 2300
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
VISST 2750
Course Description
These seminars offer an introduction to the humanities by exploring historical, cultural, social, and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 2750, COML 2750, ROMS 2750, SHUM 2750
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: After Images: From Photography to AI
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Lorca Fuentealba, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment preference given to: students accepted into the Humanities Scholars Program. For course description, see https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses
VISST 2790
Course Description
What does it mean to call a film is "Jewish"? Does it have to represent Jewish life? Does it have to feature characters identifiable as Jews? If artists who identify as Jews—actors, directors, screenwriters, ... view course details
VISST 2805
Course Description
Trade in and to Asia proved to be a key force in creating our modern "globalized" world. The Indian Ocean and the China Seas converged on Southeast Asia, where a cosmopolitan array of ships from every ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 2805, ASIAN 2285, SHUM 2805
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
McGowan, K
Pan, A
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
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- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
McGowan, K
Pan, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
VISST 2812
Course Description
An introduction to the history and theory of writing systems from cuneiform to the alphabet, historical and new writing media, and the complex relationship of writing technologies to human language and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2812, CLASS 2812, LING 2212, NES 2812, SHUM 2812, STS 2812
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
VISST 3175
Course Description
Global Cinema and Media offers a survey of international film and media history from the late nineteenth century to today. Through a focus on key films and significant epochs, the course traces the evolution ... view course details
VISST 3342
Course Description
Our present technology allows us to transmit and display information through a variety of media. To make the most of these media channels, it is important to consider the limitations and abilities of the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 3420, PSYCH 3420
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
VISST 3600
Course Description
This course discusses new art practices since the 1960s. Although numerous artistic experiments took place during the first half of the twentieth century, it was with the declining importance of modernist ... view course details
VISST 3758
Course Description
Formally titled "technosomakinesics," this class works to expand the specific aesthetics related to dance as embodied performance. Included in the process is the analysis of built environments that both ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3350
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
VISST 4155
Course Description
Topic: Latin American Moderinsims and Technology. The involvement of Latin American artists with modern media technologies dates at least to the late nineteenth century and has especially flourished in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4155, ARTH 6155, LATA 4155, LATA 6155, VISST 6155
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
VISST 4556
Course Description
Exploring a genealogy of Latinx, Afro-Latinx, Black, Indigenous, and Chicana/o/x theorizations of modernity and identity, the course asks, what is the decolonial? Is it a space between the colonial and ... view course details
VISST 4855
Course Description
This seminar explores how patterned cloths serve as a symbolic medium, functioning on multiple levels of understanding and communication. As spun, dyed, and woven threads of consequence, textiles can be ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4855, ARTH 6855, ASIAN 4487, ASIAN 6644, SHUM 4455, VISST 6855
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
VISST 6155
Course Description
Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology. The involvement of Latin American artists with modern media technologies dates at least to the late nineteenth century and has especially flourished in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4155, ARTH 6155, LATA 4155, LATA 6155, VISST 4155
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
VISST 6556
Course Description
Exploring a genealogy of Latinx, Afro-Latinx, Black, Indigenous, and Chicana/o/x theorizations of modernity and identity, the course asks, what is the decolonial? Is it a space between the colonial and ... view course details
VISST 6855
Course Description
This seminar explores how patterned cloths serve as a symbolic medium, functioning on multiple levels of understanding and communication. As spun, dyed, and woven threads of consequence, textiles can be ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4855, ARTH 6855, ASIAN 4487, ASIAN 6644, SHUM 4455, VISST 4855
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))