4052 - A Tale of Three Cities: Art, Culture + History Revealed in Mapping a City

Course Description

E. Sachse & Co. View of Washington / drawn from nature and on stone by E. Sachse ; lith. and print in colors by E. Sachse & Comp. Baltimore, Md.: Published and sold by E. Sachse & Co. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/98515951.

What do Versailles, France, St. Petersburg, Russia and Washington, DC, have in common? As seen through maps of these grand cities, they all emanate from grand visions of a nation and the grand plans of the powerful and the creative. Two of these cities were the seats of all-powerful kings, emblems of their absolute rule. The third symbolizes the power of the people through its democratic institutions. This course will delve into the architectural splendor and genius for urban design embodied in these cities, and the cultural debate they spark about how a city may be both a work of art and an instrument of political identity.

This course is part of the "Mapping a City" series.

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Animation : Electives
• Graphic Design : Electives
• Interactive Design : Electives
• Natural Science Illustration : Electives
• Painting Studies : Electives
• Photography : Electives