Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | HISTORY OF ART IV/CULTURAL STUDIES IV | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | AART225 | ||||||||
Course Unit Details | Dip Graphic Design (Required) - | ||||||||
Number of ECTS credits allocated | 3 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | AART112 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||
Course Contents | HISTORY OF ART Introduction to 20th Century Art History Contexts: Modernism and the first movements of the century. Introduction to Cubism, Picasso, Braque and the Puteaux Cycle. Scientific experiments and discoveries. Einstein’s relativity theory and the Space-Time continuum. Futurism and Early 20th Century Politics in Europe:Socio-political Analysis and Art developments in Europe. The Russian Avant Garde- Early 20th Century utopias. Marxism and art. Dada and Surrealism: Development of artistic movements in Europe, art and anti-art, dreams and archetypes, Jungian perceptions of reality. CULTURAL STUDIES The Aesthetics of Silence: Modern Art/ Anti-Art as a form of self-annihilation/ spiritual/ ascetic quest. Irony as a position in today’s reality. Towards a Concept of Postmodernism: Efforts of a philosophical and literary definition in distinguishing modernism and postmodernism. Answering the Question: What is Postmodernism?: The Post-modern as the moment of rupture giving birth to the modern philosophy, art and sociology. Postmodernism and Consumer Society: Sociological, literary and psychoanalytic interpretation of the post-modern pastiche as the product of global capitalism. | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of illustrated lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations. Students’ museum, exhibition and gallery visits are also performed. Illustrated lectures Oral and written exercises, personal historical research, art essay writing, critical discussions and group critiques complement the course. | ||||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |