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Class number:
2647
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Title: Design and Everyday Life |
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Department: Fine Arts |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 12 |
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Current enrollment: 11 |
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Available seats: 1 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 |
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End date: Thursday, December 21, 2023 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: F: 1:30PM-4:10PM, HHN - 105 |
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Instructor(s): Gordon, Alden |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Arts Requirement |
Course Description:
This course examines the history of interior architecture and the many types of utilitarian objects that different cultures have used for ceremonial and daily life. The course teaches the history of the techniques of making and the characteristics of materials which have constrained design across time and around the globe. In Fall 2022, the course will take special advantage of an exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum on Contemporary Art Glass and many class sessions will be field trips. The course content falls into three parts: the study of interior architecture and the relationship of design to social practices; the history of individual crafts, materials, and makers; the history of styles. The course will consider furniture, ceramics, textiles, metalwork and glass and the new materials of post-industrial living. |