Potsdamer Platz by Ludwig
Kirchner
The Art and Architecture of Berlin
Berlin is a city of dynamic tension, alive with fresh impulses and
bursting with new culture. Tension is the hallmark of its history and has given
rise to its uniquely creative and distinctive spirit. Through arts and architecture,
this course examines Berlin's evolution from medieval beginnings to a dynamic,
modern city. The art and culture of Berlin changed as the city did: imperial
pretensions clashing with urges for modernity during the Weimar Republic; the
perversion of culture during the Nazi years; and its emergence as the battleground
of competing cold war ideologies divided by its famous wall. Now, a vital,
modern Berlin is the capital of a reunified Germany, with ongoing reconstruction
creating islands of ambitious contemporary art and architecture.
Birgit Urmson was born and educated in Germany, studied
art-history and classical archeology at the universities of Munich, Vienna
and Paris. After moving to California she finished her studies with an
MA in art-history and an MA in environmental design from the University
of California iat Berkeley. She worked in the field of independent film,
produced and directed among others, a documentary on her family during
the Nazi period for German TV and co-directed an international Women-in
Film film festival.
Saturdays, Sep 24 -Oct 22, 10.30
am- 1.30 pm
95 Third Street, San Francisco, the new South of Market UC extension center
near SFMoMA.
To enroll call (510) 642 4111 or via the web www.unex.berkeley.edu/enroll
