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Paris, France - Course Descriptions - Putting It in Prints

Course Information

Subject: Art History (ARTH)
Number: 206
Language of Instruction: English

Contact Hours and Credits

Semester Session: 45 contact hours, 3 semester credits, 4 quarter credits

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Summary

Prints, from woodcuts to etchings, and more experimental media, operate as social satire, political propaganda, and artistic expression. Addresses the function and production of prints in the modern age. Direct contact with the originals introduces issues of connoisseurship and market values. Focuses on artists as diverse as Hogarth, Picasso, and Warhol, and explores the print's power as modern communication and fine art.

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Prints, from woodcuts to etchings, and more experimental media, operate as social satire, political propaganda, and artistic expression. Addresses the function and production of prints in the modern age. Direct contact with the originals introduces issues of connoisseurship and market values. Focuses on artists as diverse as Hogarth, Picasso, and Warhol, and explores the print's power as modern communication and fine art.