Collins Living Learning Center | Industrial Pastoral: American
Progress L100 | 7475 | David Constable  Plotting a course from
the natural repose of early 19th century painting to the
technological present, this class will explore the convulsive
evolution of land in relation to art during a tumultuous period
in American history. In what ways, and why, does American
landscape painting evolve as a result of rapid
industrialization? Will the canonical tradition of Western art
be able to sustain itself amidst these dramatic shifts, and can
American artists reinvent landscape as a vital branch of
artistic practice? Using examples from painting, photography,
film, installation, sculpture and critical writing, this class
will investigate the replacement of a pastoral vision with a
technological aesthetic tailored to a 21st Century