Art and Power

Catalog description

Art and architecture are often used to express power. Those in power, whether individuals or institutions, manipulate images, build and destroy monuments to power and ambition, and sponsor art that reveals values and power relationships. Through detailed study of works of art and architecture related to power or the lack of power, this course explores how expressions of power in art and architecture affect society and historical events and how modern concerns about propaganda, media, and manipulation color our own approach to the art and architecture of the past.