Visual culture makes up a significant part of a particular national culture or civilisation and encodes the main values and attitudes of the people and state. For understanding Russia with her dramatic history this is particularly significant. The course aims at providing the students with knowledge of the Russian visual arts and contemporary visual environment with its semiotics and encoded social values.
Content of the course
Starting from the Russian icon and the 19th century painting, the course concentrates on Russian avant-garde art, the Soviet poster and Soviet/Russian art-photography with special attention to the following topics:
The final part of the course deals with the Post-modernist 'visual quotation' in Russian pop-culture.
The course is organized in cooperation with Aleksanteri Institute's Russian and East European Master's School.
Enrolment via NettiOpsu