BA in Interior Design / Бакалавр мистецтв в Області Дизайну Інтер’єру

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Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleHISTORY OF ART III/ CULTURAL STUDIES III
Course Unit CodeAART215
Course Unit DetailsDip Graphic Design (Required) -
Number of ECTS credits allocated3
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Create an understanding of the main developments in the history of art during the first half of the 20th century.
  2. Explore the study of specific movements in modern art through research.
  3. Acquire skills in specialised scientific research and methodology.
  4. Combine analysis and synthesis to develop critical thinking
  5. Analyse in depth the work of important 20th century artists and their period as well as social, political and economic structures.
  6. Create an understanding of the historical development of modernism
  7. Identify the relevance of modernism at the present situation
  8. Express a stand towards the issue of modernism.
  9. Analyse in depth the work of the most important theorists of modernity and the social, political and cultural landscape of the specific period.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesAART112Co-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
Course ContentsHISTORY OF ART
Introduction to Art History Concepts: Analysis of form, symbol and sign in Art theory. Formalism, Semiotics, Iconography and Iconology.
Introduction to 20th Century’s social, political and cultural landscape: Political movements and upheavals in Europe and the Globe, scientific developments and their relation to Art.
Introduction to 20th Century Art History Contexts: Transition from the 19th to the 20th century. Analysis and development of Impressionism and transition to Post-Impressionism.
Introduction to Modernism: Concepts of Modernism, Grand Narratives, Psychology and Perception in Art. Introduction to Fauvism and Expressionism.
CULTURAL STUDIES
Transformation of the Synthesis of Medieval Europe to Modern Europe:  The Dynamics that Transformed the Face of Europe, from the Renaissance to the Main Revolutions.
Towards a Concept of modernism:  Efforts of a philosophical and literary definition of modernism.
Introduction to Modernism: Concepts of Modernism, Grand Narratives, Psychology, Sociology and Philosophy. Introduction to theorists like Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud and Friedrich Nietzsche.
Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • STANGOS, N. Concepts of modern art: from fauvism to postmodernism. World of art, [1974], New York, N.Y., Thames and Hudson, 2006.
References
  • GOMBRICH, E. H., The story of art. London, Phaidon Press. New York, Thames & Hudson, 1995
  • GREER, T. A brief history of the Western world. Michigan State University, USA, 1968.
Planned learning activities and teaching methodsThe 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.
Assessment methods and criteria
Assignments30%
Midterm test.20%
Final Test50%
Language of instructionEnglish
Work placement(s)NO

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