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This course explores modernity as a revolution in vision and representation. Students will learn about a range of visual media and experiences that emerged between 1850 and 1930, including photography, posters, panoramas, electric lighting, world fairs, and cinema. We will also consider the evolution of painting in light of the larger political, economic, and technological changes of modernity. Our focus will be on Europe and North America in a global context, particularly as we consider how the international circulation of ideas and people resulted in uniquely modern ways of understanding and visualizing the world.