ART 382 - Belle Ribicoff Seminar

Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)

[10 WAYS TO THINK ABOUT WHY WE DRESS] Human beings create second, social, skins for themselves. Everyone designs interfaces betweentheir bodies and the world around them. From pre-historic ornaments to global industry, clothing has always been a crucial feature of people’s survival, desires, and identity. This course presents ten methods to explain why and how we dress. They come from the fields of anthropology, architecture, art, craft, history, economics, literature, psychology, semiotics, and sociology.

Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Chair of the Art Department.

Second six-week course.

One 2-hour period.

Course Format: INT