Public Art class 1

Week 1 (Jan. 29)

introduction to the class, self-guided tour, discussion of lakefront public spaces and public art.

What is public art?

Introduction to mind map as a way to generate and organize concepts.

Discussion of Asn. 1.

Reading for next week:

Readings can be found in: All:

Eliade, Mircea. Excerpt from The Sacred and the Profane; undergrads, pp 20-29, grads 20-65

Resources:

• Ivan Mestrovic [[1]]
• Fountain of the Great Lakes [[2]] [[3]]
• Agora, Magdalena Abakanowicz [[4]] [[5]] [[6]] [[7]]
• Buckingham Fountain [[8]]
• General Logan [[9]] [[10]]
• Chicago Public Art Group [[11]]
• 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago [[12]]