This course covers a range of aesthetic and cultural issues related to non-cinematic media, encompassing the study of photography, television, video art, video and online gaming, new media and more. Topics vary by semester. Topic for Fall 2025: Cinema in ArtWorld. Why is film "the seventh art"? What happens to ArtWorld when the movies come to town? This course explores connections, inspirations, conversations, and arguments between cinema and art, primarily painting and visual arts, but with detours elsewhere as needed. Effective Spring 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Digital/Multimedia Expression, Aesthetic Exploration, Creativity/Innovation.

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