MOOC developed by Otis College of Art and Design examines key issues surrounding the making, viewing, and interpretation of modern art
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 15, 2013
Otis College of Art and Design will offer its first massive online open course (MOOC) in Art History, entitled “The Modern Genius: Art and Culture in the 19th Century,” starting June 17, 2013.
“The Modern Genius” focuses on key issues surrounding the making, viewing, and interpretation of art in the late 19th century, when radical artists subverted tradition and permanently changed not only visual culture but society itself. Beyond style, technique, and fine art, the course will engage participants in the critical issues of modernity from Realism through Post-Impressionism, and address the larger world of visual culture that made this period so fascinating and complex. Participants will have an opportunity to explore a revolutionary moment in time when the very
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