Art and the Holocaust
This course will analyze the history of the genocide of the European Jews, and its connection to antisemitic art and cultural policy during the Nazi… Read More »Art and the Holocaust
This course will analyze the history of the genocide of the European Jews, and its connection to antisemitic art and cultural policy during the Nazi… Read More »Art and the Holocaust
Venice was a city unlike any in the world. Floating in the middle of a lagoon, the built and natural environments interlaced, making a magical… Read More »Venice as Urban Spectacle
This seminar explores the cultural and spatial history of the Ghetto. From its origins in Venice through the spread of ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe to… Read More »A Cultural Analysis of Ghettos
Surveys the history of pre-modern architecture, from prehistoric times to the French Revolution (1789). Introduces students to basic architectural vocabulary and visual analysis. as well… Read More »History of Pre-Modern Architecture
Building Duke is a research seminar and laboratory on the architectural history of Duke Campus based on original archival materials (photos, blueprints, contracts, letters, and… Read More »Building Duke: An Architectural History of Duke Campus from 1924 to Today
The Digital Durham seminar is based on the idea that understanding the past is a civic virtue. The course fosters awareness of the complexity of… Read More »Digital Durham
Given the needs for labor, materials, and legal permissions, architects in the modern period by definition intersect with interests of power. This course explores the… Read More »Politics and Modern Architecture
Venice was one of the wealthiest and most powerful states in the Early Modern world (1450-1600). A city whose curved urban form seemingly floated on… Read More »Visual Culture of Venice
History, theory, criticism, practice of creating digital places and spaces with maps, virtual worlds, and games. Links to “old,” analog media. Virtual environment and world-building… Read More »Digital Places and Spaces
Residents of Venice, both individually and collectively, fashioned an image of the city as unprecedented and exceptional, accomplishing this in great part through art and… Read More »Splendor of Renaissance Venice