ARTH-155 Copies, Forgeries, and Fakes
The class examines our obsession with originality by focusing upon what may be understood as its opposite: the copy. Copies play a pivotal part in the history of art, from Roman copies of Greek sculptures to the role of copying in artists’ training to reproductive art forms such as prints and photographs that are, in effect, "copies." Closely related to the concept of the copy are forgeries and fakes, which present themselves as "originals" yet destabilize the very foundations of the term. Ultimately, the class addresses how we establish notions of artistic value by looking at the overlooked.
Proseminar (16)
Credits
1
Offered
Fall