ART-3015: Graven Image: Art, Religion, and Culture

The Abrahamic injunction against making images of the divine is a recognition of the direct and immediate power of image over reason and even faith. From the Renaissance forward, the making of images was in western cultures the purview of practiced artists and craftsperson’s and well controlled by elites. In the century and a half since the advent of photography, the role of the artist has been rarified. While the making of images has been democratized and commercialized to the point where now we all are image makers, and all images are commercial. Image has come to drive definitions of self, public opinion and debate. Recognizing how and why images work, how they affect our perceptions, how to unpack, subvert and recreate them, and the appropriation of the role of image maker from Artist to Advertiser and back to the People will be the core of the class. Readings include but not limited to: Walter Benjamin, Susan Sontag, Clement Greenberg, David Hockney, Dave Hickey, Niel Postman.
Min. Credits: 3.0 Max Credits: 4.0
Credit Basis: Quarter credit
Location(s): Antioch Univ Seattle
Method(s): Classroom,Online Meeting (synchronous)
Course Type Liberal & Disciplinary Studies

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ART-3015: Graven Image: Art, Religion, and Culture