Landscapes and Ecologies (VMS-0160)

Fall 2025 · VMS 0160 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Focusing on how artists have engaged with their environment from the eighteenth century through the twentieth, this class will subject the subject matter of landscape to close scrutiny. Through a series of case studies, we will examine how the rise in popularity of landscape art allowed artists to speak more broadly about social issues through the depiction of their surroundings, and we will consider how the evolution of the modern world impacted how artists regard the land and emerging urban contexts. Integrating contemporary and historical approaches, this class looks at parallel developments across Western art, and will consider how various stylistic movements in 18th, 19th and 20th century painting, as well as photography, graphic arts, sculpture, performance and environmental art have reacted to the significance of space and place, and humankind’s impact on the land.

Course codes: VMS-0160, VMS 0160, VMS0160, VMS-160, VMS 160, VMS160

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