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ARTHI 5700

Art/Writing

 

The relationship between the visual arts and writing is vexed—and fundamental to the practices of art historians and critics. From the Renaissance doctrine of ut pictura poesis ("As is painting, so is poetry") to Rauschenberg's telegraphed portrait of Iris Clert ("THIS IS A PORTRAIT OF IRIS CLERT IF I SAY SO"), this seminar will explore episodes in this difficult relationship, investigating works in the borderlands between text and object to probe problems of description, interpretation, narrative, ekphrasis, and allegory.

DRAFT: This module has unpublished changes.