AHST 3320 Section 501
Course in Contemporary Art: Kinetics of Urban Sprawl
Dr. Charissa N. Terranova
Spring 2008
Monday, 7:00-9:45

Power Point Presentations:

1. Introduction: "Sprawl," origins of a word
2. Sprawl: Urbanism in Defense
3. Interiors, Woman, and Pop!: Tom Wesselmann, Mel Ramos, and Andy Warhol
4. Prefabrication and Postwar Prosperity: Levittown and the Case-Study Houses
5. Prefabrication and Postwar Prosperity:
   The Eichler Homes, Charles and Ray Eames, and George Nelson
6. Strip Architecture and Lifestyle: Googie, Las Vegas, and Russel Wright
7. The Suburban Campus and Highway Aesthetic: The Architecture of Eero Saarinen
8. Conceptualism as Aesthesis: Robert Smithson and Dan Graham
9. Conceptualism as Aesthesis: Dennis Hopper, Robert Smithson, Dan Graham, and John Baldessari
10. Conceptual Art and the Politics of Publicity by Alexander Alberro
11. Conceptualism as Aesthesis: Jeff Wall and Paul McCarthy
12. Conceptualism as Aesthesis: Ed Ruscha and Richard Prince
13. Art and the Automotive Ecology

 

Hand Outs (as Word Docs):

1. Introduction: "Sprawl," origin of a word
2. Sprawl: Urbanism in Defense
3. Interiors, Woman, and Pop!: Tom Wesselmann, Mel Ramos, and Andy Warhol
4. Prefabrication and Postwar Prosperity: Levittown and the Case-Study Houses
5. Prefabrication and Postwar Prosperity:
   The Eichler Homes, Charles and Ray Eames, and George Nelson
6. Strip Architecture and Lifestyle: Googie, Las Vegas, and Russel Wright
7. The Suburban Campus and Highway Aesthetic: The Architecture of Eero Saarinen
8. Conceptualism as Aesthesis: Robert Smithson and Dan Graham
9. Conceptualism as Aesthesis: Dennis Hopper, Robert Smithson, Dan Graham, and John Baldessari
10. Conceptual Art and the Politics of Publicity by Alexander Alberro (No handout)
11. Conceptualism as Aesthesis: Jeff Wall and Paul McCarthy
12. Conceptualism as Aesthesis: Ed Ruscha and Richard Prince
13. Art and the Automotive Ecology

Double Aperture Mid-Term Exam Review

Double Aperture Final Exam Review