Readings and Materials

Aesthetic Experience

Csikszentmihalyi The Art of Seeing

Moma

Opera

What is Opera and When and Where Did It Start?

“Musical? Opera? Please Respect the Difference” by Anthony Tommasini

HADESTOWN

Review: The Metamorphosis of ‘Hadestown, From Cool to Gorgeous

NY Earth Room

Michael Kimmelman, The Art of the Pilgrimmage

Julie Reiss, The Spaces of Installation Art

Sound Art

“Sound Art – Focus and Hear the Arts” by Elena Martinique

“Sound Art in America: Cage and Beyond” by Christoph Cox

Janet Cardiff

The Walk Book – Janet Cardiff (excerpts)

Whitney

Gilda Williams How to Write about Contemporary Art