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MAS.110

Fundamentals of Computational Media Design

Undergraduate · Historical course

Fall 2008

This class covers the history of 20th century art and design from the perspective of the technologist. Methods for visual analysis, oral critique, and digital expression are introduced. Class projects this term use the OLPC XO (One Laptop Per Child) laptop, Csound and Python software.

Readings

  • Standage, Tom. The Victorian Internet . New York, NY: Walker and Company, 1998. ISBN: 9780802713421.
    Required
  • Carter, Rob, Ben Day, and Philip Meggs. Typographic Design: Form and Communication . 4th ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2006. ISBN: 9780471783909.
    Required
  • Britt, David, ed. Modern Art: Impressionism to Post-Modernism . New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2008. ISBN: 9780500238417.
    Required
  • Carter, chapter 7
    Listed reading
  • Carter, chapter 1 (please bring Carter to class today)
    Listed reading
  • LEC #: 5 · TOPICS: Discuss essay 1 · READINGS: Standage, chapters 1-5
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 6 · TOPICS: Continued discussion of type · READINGS: Carter, chapters 2-4 (please feel free to read further)
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 9 · TOPICS: Discuss exercise 1 · READINGS: Standage, chapter 6 through epilogue
    Reading assignment
  • Britt, chapter 1
    Listed reading
  • LEC #: 15 · TOPICS: Modern art · READINGS: Britt, chapters 2-3
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 17 · TOPICS: More modern art · READINGS: Britt, chapters 4-5 (feel free to read further if you wish)
    Reading assignment
  • LEC #: 18 · TOPICS: Discuss sound on the XO · READINGS: Manuals for CsoundXO and CsoundXO Python (see exercise 3 ) ↗
    Reading assignment
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