AHST 403 Political Cartoons

Division of Liberal Arts

3 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course

The course focuses on three pivotal moments in the development of the cartoon as a form of political satire: late 18th century England, where the first modern elections made it profitable for James Gillray to produce the first ‘attack ads’; mid-19th century Paris, where Daumier lampooned the pretensions of a new consumer class; and the late-19th century United States, where Thomas Nast set the moralizing tone of American political art. Use of historical models and theoretical texts to evaluate contemporary material.

Prerequisites COMP*102, COMP*102E, COMP*112, or COMP*112H

This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill an art history elective, liberal arts elective, or free elective requirement.