Call Number | 00093 |
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Day & Time Location |
MW 4:10pm-5:25pm To be announced |
Points | 4 |
Grading Mode | Standard |
Approvals Required | None |
Instructor | Anne Higonnet |
Type | LECTURE |
Course Description | Human beings create second, social, skins for themselves. Across history and around the world, everyone designs interfaces between their bodies and the world around them. From pre-historic ornaments to global industry, clothing has been a crucial feature of people’s survival, desires, and identity. This course studies theories of clothing from the perspectives of art history, anthropology, psychology, economics, sociology, design, and sustainability. Issues to be studied include gender roles, craft traditions, global textile trade, royal sumptuary law, the history of European fashion, dissident or disruptive styles, blockbuster museum costume exhibitions, and the environmental consequences of what we wear today. Required 1 hour a week TA led section to be arranged. |
Web Site | Vergil |
Department | Art History @Barnard |
Enrollment | 168 students (190 max) as of 11:06AM Friday, April 25, 2025 |
Subject | Art History |
Number | BC3667 |
Section | 001 |
Division | Barnard College |
Section key | 20253AHIS3667X001 |