VISUAL CULTURES OF INDIA
Concentrates on image complexes (art, photography, and cinema) and visual environments (architecture, urban planning, and public rituals) of India; examination of visual culture through thematic issues such as, sexuality, patronage, cultural encounter, transculturation, ways of viewing, modernism, and nationalism. Not open to students with credit for LCA 428 prior to Fall 2019.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe, appraise and analyze the visual cultures of India through various media including art, architecture, photography, film, mass produced images and popular culture. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discuss texts from various critical perspectives, formulate ideas and make connections between visual/spatial/cultural concepts and themes. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Recognize visually and analyze the visual and spatial cultures of India. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe, appraise and analyze the visual cultures of India through various media including art, architecture, photography, film, mass produced images and popular culture. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discuss texts from various critical perspectives, formulate ideas and make connections between visual/spatial/cultural concepts and themes. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Recognize visually and analyze the visual and spatial cultures of India. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027
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Catalogue variants
- VISUAL CULTURES OF INDIA · 3 credits.