课程包含了一个完整系列的课堂讲稿，以及在作业部分的关于论文主题的一些解释。

This class contains a complete set of lecture notes, along with descriptions of the paper topics in the assignments section.

这门课程对现代艺术以及现代主义和后现代主义的理论作了一番介绍。它的关注点在于艺术家如何运用精英美术和大众文化间的张力以达到对二者的批评。我们将涉及的视觉艺术对象包括了绘画、雕塑、建筑、摄影和视频图像。我们将观察这些对象和广告、讽刺画、漫画、涂鸦、电视、时尚、民俗文化以及所谓的“原始”艺术之间的互动。

This class provides an introduction to modern art and theories of modernism and postmodernism. It focuses on the way artists use the tension between fine art and mass culture to mobilize a critique of both. We will examine objects of visual art including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and video. These objects will be viewed in their interaction with advertising, caricature, comics, graffiti, television, fashion, folk art, and so-called "primitive" art.