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CLASS 1553
FWS: Art and Originality

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

What makes an original work of art authentic? Is a replica of a famous sculpture a derivative fake, or is the object valuable in its own right? Together we will examine themes of imitation, replication, illustration, and reinvention in the visual arts of the pre-modern Mediterranean. Representations executed in a variety of media, from paint to precious stones, will form the basis of writing assignments, designed to prompt reassessments of the educational models and creative canons operative in our own compositional techniques. Class readings, including selections from Plato, Aristotle, Vitruvius, and Pliny the Elder, will provide frameworks in which to approach ancient images within their historical context. Participants will organize an online art exhibition related to the politics of emulation in artistic practices of reproduction.

When Offered Fall.

Satisfies Requirement First-Year Writing Seminar.

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20434 CLASS 1553   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Danisi, M

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.