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AVC377A

Picturesque Suburbia

Subject code

AVC

Course Number

377A

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.