Subject 'Art Theory and Criticism I'

Year:   2013/2014    2014/2015    2015/2016    2016/2017    2017/2018    

• the object of art theories and the various ways to articulate it;
• essentialist and functionalist visual culture theories;
• the interpretive operations of art analysis;
• the interpretive methods of art analysis;
• poly-, inter- and dedisciplinary methods of analysis in art communication;
• the limits and specificity of art communication.

On successful completion of this course the students should be able to:
• understand the fundamentals of how the general cultural and art-specific theories can be applied to the analysis of artworks and art communication;
• know the significant contexts necessary for the theorization of art;
• knowledgeably choose between different methods of analysis;
• combine different methods of analysis and theorization;
• analyze reflexively;
• know the significant ways and methods of theorization used in separate domains of art (e.g. manugraphy, cinema, advertising, journalism, photography)

2014: 2271  

2013: 2271