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Presentation used during the first day of class of LAHS 333: Approaches to Visual Culture, at Berklee College of Music.

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Page 1: Visual Culture

Dr. Lori Landay

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The Treason of ImagesRené Magritte1928-29

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Apollo and the Muses on Mount Helicon Claude Lorrain1680 Oil on canvas99.7 x 136.5 cm (39 1/4 x 53 3/4 in.)Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, John Singer Sargent, 1882

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Standing FigurePablo Picasso1908 Oil on canvas 150.2 x 100.3 cm (59 1/8 x 39 1/2 in.)Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Nude Descending A Staircase Marcel Duchamp1912

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Delta GammaMorris Louis, American, 1959Acrylic solution (Magna) on canvas262.3 x 382.6 cm (103 1/4 x 150 5/8 in.)Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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The Artist in His Loft George Segal, American, 1969 Plaster, wood, glass, porcelain, & metalOverall: 228.6 x 175.3 x 152.4 cm (90 x 69 x 60 in.)Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Self-PortraitChuck Close1997Oil on canvas102 x 84MoMA, NY

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Dale Chihuly, Lime Green Icicle Tower, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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VISUAL CULTURE & THE IMAGE DATABASE

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VISUAL CULTURE & MEDIA-MAKING

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VISUAL CULTURE & IDENTITY

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VISUAL CULTURE & INTERFACE

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How are we going to studyVisual Culture?

VISUAL CULTURE & COMPUTER-GENERATED ENVIRONMENTS

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How are we going to studyVisual Culture?

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creatively & critically

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from Understanding Comics,Scott McCloud

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Visual culture is

media culture.