Location:

Paris, France

Program Type:

Study Abroad

Degree Level:

Undergraduate

Term:

Academic Year, Fall Semester, Spring Semester, Summer

Program Overview

Program Description:

Lexia’s visual culture is designed to make the most of what Paris has to offer in way of art collections, heritage monuments, and artistic innovation. Students consider the conditions for creating, collecting, and displaying works of art, and examine the interplay of culture and politics.

Lexia’s visual culture is designed to make the most of what Paris has to offer in way of art collections, heritage monuments, and artistic innovation. Students consider the conditions for creating, collecting, and displaying works of art, and examine the interplay of culture and politics.

Students will synthesize their research from their Visual Culture Seminar into an original inquiry cultivated in their research methods Seminar course. Their inquiry will culminate in their Visual Research Project. Students will research and produce a body of work ranging from painting, photography, video, and architecture. Students pursue their independent self-designed project with a faculty member, professional, artist, architect, or other mentor who serves as advisor for the project.

Setting Description:

Paris has long caught the eye of the world’s intellectual elite, from religious tolerance and the Edict of Nantes to the American émigrés population of the 1920s. Modern Paris is attempting to resolve its new identity with the old, with the population rise of blacks, Arabs, Roma, and other minority groups. The backdrop for this modern cultural shift is several centuries worth of art, architecture, and literature, as well as the stories of the struggling artists who produced them.

Cost:

Summer Total: $6,495 Semester Total: $16,950 Academic Year: $31,550