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20th Century Art, Fall 2002

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Type: Course Related Materials
Subject: Arts
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: Critical examination of major developments in European and American art during the past century. Surveys art's engagements with modernization, radical politics, utopianism, mass culture, changing conceptions of mind and human nature, new technologies, colonialism and postcolonialism, and other significant ... More »

A Brief History of Evolutionary Genetics

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Subject: Science and Technology
Collection: Starting Point (SERC)
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: This web article discusses the history of evolutionary genetics. The article highlights important contributors such as Sewall Wright and Dobzhansky as well as current ideas in evolutionary genetics. From this webpage, users can read and download the article and follow links to other useful websites.

A Grain of Sand

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Subject: Arts
Collection: Individual Authors
Grade Level: Primary, Secondary, Post-secondary

Abstract: A videographical presentation of Robert Service's short poem, "A Grain of Sand."

Architectural Design Workshop: Collage - Method and Form, Spring 2004

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Subject: Arts
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: This class investigates the theory, method, and form of collage. It studies not only the historical precedents for collage and their physical attributes, but the psychology and process that plays a part in the making of them. The class was broken into three parts, changing scales and methods each time, ... More »

Introduction to Media Studies, Fall 2003

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Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: Offers an overview of the social, cultural, political, and economic impact of mediated communication on modern culture. Combines critical discussions with hands-on "experiments" working with different media. Media covered include radio, television, film, the printed word, and digital technologies. Topics ... More »

Introduction to Music Theory

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Subject: Arts
Collection: Connexions
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: This course introduces the basic concepts and terms needed to discuss melody and harmony. It is intended for teens or adults with no background in music theory but some familiarity with reading common notation and playing an instrument (or singing). Concepts covered include interval, major and minor ... More »

Introduction to the Visual Arts, Fall 2004

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Subject: Arts
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: Introduction to artistic practice and aesthetic analysis through studio work and lectures. Students communicate ideas and experiences through various media such as sculpture, installation, performance, and video. Projects evolve through stages of conceptual and material development to final presentation. ... More »

Modern Art and Mass Culture, Spring 2004

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Subject: Arts
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: Examines significant episodes in the history of modern art from the end of the enlightenment to the early twentieth-century in relation to emerging visual technologies (lithography, photography, the poster, photomontage), urban audiences, and consumer culture. Major artistic movements (Romanticism, Realism, ... More »

Theory of City Form, Spring 2004

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Subject: Arts, Social Sciences
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: Theories about cities and the form that settlements should take will be discussed. Attempts will be made at a distinction between descriptive and normative theory, by examining examples of various theories of city form over time. The class will concentrate on the origins of the modern city and theories ... More »

Topics in the Avant-Garde in Literature and Cinema, Spring 2003

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Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: 21F.031 examines the terms "avant garde" and "Kulturindustrie" in French and German culture of the early twentieth century. Considering the origins of these concepts in surrealist and dadaist literature, art, and cinema, the course then expands to engage parallel formations across Europe, particularly ... More »

Urban Housing: Paris, London, New York, Fall 2004

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Subject: Arts
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: This class presents an analysis of the development of housing models and their urban implications in Paris, London, and New York City from the seventeenth century to the present. The focus will be on three models: the French hotel, the London row house, and the New York City tenement and apartment building. ... More »

Visual Histories: German Cinema 1945 to Present, Fall 2003

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Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: This course is an invitation to German film-making since the end of the Second World War. We investigate how German cinema captured the atmosphere of the immediate post-war years and discuss extensively major works of the "New German Cinema" of the Sixties and Seventies. We also look at examples of East ... More »