FAA 1080 - Introduction to Contemporary Art and Visual Culture

Institution:

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

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Description:

Students will engage in critical appraisal of examples of current art practice through review of carefully selected and critically acclaimed video series on art, with additional material from the context of visual culture. Critical appraisal will occur through class discussion and through written evaluations of the art under review. This course is designed to enable students to recognize that different critical perspectives pertain to the evaluation of any work of art, and that their own evaluations will gain credence from effectively articulated and justified arguments. By situating the critical analysis of art in the context of images that permeate our daily lives students will gain a deeper understanding of how art functions in contemporary society. This will be a comparative study where art is considered as embedded within an array of images, visual and textual, issuing from television, cinema, magazines, literature, theory, the internet, music, and other media.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uc.edu

Phone Number:

(513) 556-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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