Left: Metropolis
(Fritz Lang 1927); Right The Golem (Paul Wegener 1920)
Have you ever felt like a
robot or automaton: alienated,
mechanized, forced to complete repetitive tasks over and over again until
you’re ready to explode in a hysterical outburst?
If so, join me in exploring
the visual history of automatons, robots and cyborgs in the early twentieth
century! If not, come find out about the
future by exploring the past!
We will discuss examples by
artists such as Otto Dix, George Grosz,
Fernand Léger, Hans Bellmer, Oskar Schlemmer, playwright Karel Čapek,
and filmmaker Fritz Lang and more.
ARTH 479 – Topics in Twentieth Century
Art:
Automatons, Robots & Cyborgs
Tuesday/ Thursdays 11:00am-12:15pm, Montpelier 101
Professor Maureen G. Shanahan
NO PRE-REQUISITES NECESSARY. ALL ARE WELCOME!!!
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