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Be sure to check out the 2013 Student Summer Show, which presents the best of this year's BFA Thesis exhibitions as well as a selection of work presented by CIA's sophomores and juniors. Open through August 2. More event details available at http://ow.ly/ldgbi.Cleveland Institute of Art: Class of 2013vimeo.comwww.cia.edu
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May 09, 2013
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May 31, 2013
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Academics . Continuing Education + Community Outreach . Courses
Visual Culture and the Manufacture of Meaning
Course No. ACD305.1 Credits: 3
Faculty David Hart | Gary D Sampson | Rita Goodman
This course will introduce students to critical theories and methods of analysis for interpreting contemporary visual art and culture. Topics include: formalism and stylistic analysis; semiotics and structuralism; Marxist theory; biography; psychoanalytic theory; feminist analysis and gender studies; postcolonial theory; post structuralism and postmodernity; and media arts studies (electronic/digital technologies). Select interpretive frameworks employed in the "manufacture of meaning" will be situated historically and discussed fully and critically, using seminal writings. Required for Visual Culture Emphasis. Offered each fall. 3 credits.
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