AH 399 - Theory/Criticism/Aesthetics

Institution:

Moore College of Art and Design

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Theory, Criticism and Aesthetics traces the development of art history as a discipline, while also providing an overview of the significant philosophical and critical theories that have influenced aesthetic debates in relation to the field. Kant ? ideas of the Beautiful and the Sublime, Hege l? s dialectic, Winckelma nn ? promotion of the Antique, Marxism, Ado rn o? critique of the Culture Industry, Gomb ri ch? approach to art and illusion, and La can? notion of the Gaze will be explored. Students will also engage actively with various methodologies that influence the interpretation of works of art and past cultural history, including biography, formalism, iconography, semiotics, structuralism, post-structuralism, deconstruction, colonialism/postcolonialism, and feminism/postfeminism, through the work of Benjamin, Bryson, Derrida, Faludi, Foucault, Fry, Kristeva, Merleau-Ponty, Panofsky, Vasari, and Wollflin (among others). Satisfies: Art History Emphasis and Art History Minor requirements as well as Art History/Liberal Arts Elective require

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.moore.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 568-4515

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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