ARTH 2000

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ARTH 2000
Introduction to Visual Studies

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

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 of culture that communicate through visual means, including 20th-century visual technologies-photography, cinema, video, etc., and their historical corollaries. The production and consumption of images, objects, and events is studied in diverse cultures. Students develop the critical skills necessary to appreciate how the approaches that define visual studies complicate traditional models of defining and analyzing art objects.


Distribution Requirements (CA-AG, KCM-AG, LA-AG), (ALC-AS, ETM-AS)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2026SP, 2026WI, 2025SP, 2024SP

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Syllabi: none

  •  1158 ARTH 2000   LEC 001

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    • Jan 4 - Jan 22, 2027

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  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous

    This Winter Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/.
    Enrollment open to: Precollege Studies Online program students. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/precollege/program/online.