Context & Continuity

You will get a clear, non-sentimental account of what art does that image generation alone does not, based on how critics and historians define the function of art. You will be able to explain this distinction without relying on vague appeals to human creativity.

You will learn how painters, critics, and institutions responded when photography was first accused of making painting obsolete, and how that debate actually resolved. You will be able to draw specific, sourced parallels to the current AI debate rather than loose analogies.