Course curriculum

  • 1

    Day 1. Historical Examples

    • Oath of the Horatii (Jacques-Louis David, 1784)

    • Art and aesthetics in the Nazi state (1933-1945)
  • 2

    Day 2. Contemporary American Examples

    • Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1982)

    • World War II Memorial (2004)

    • National Museum of African American History and Culture (2016)

    • Executive Order (2020): Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture
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    Day 3. Discussion Prep

    • Points to ponder