AVC377A
Picturesque Suburbia
Subject code
AVC
Course Number
377A
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
E. Harwood
Course Long Title
Picturesque Suburbia
Description
The seminar focuses on the interconnections among conceptions of nature and the city, emergent middle-class social practices, and developments in the design of single-family houses in the United States between 1830 and 1930. Particular attention is paid to A. J. Downing, the garden city movement, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Recommended background: a 200-level course in the history of art and visual culture.
Modes of Inquiry
Analysis and Critique [AC], Historical and Social Inquiry [HS]
Writing Credit
No writing credit
INDS Program Relationship
IDAM - AMST Program
GEC This Course Belongs To
-
Class Restriction
Exclude First Years
Recommended Background
Recommended background: a 200-level course in the history of art and visual culture.