ARTH325-19S2 (C) Semester Two 2019

Aesthetic Theory

This occurrence is not offered in 2019

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2019
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 26 July 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 27 September 2019

Description

This course examines some of the principal problems in the study of aesthetics, and their relevance to contemporary art and theory.

This is an issues-based course made up of ten topics. Each topic examines a principal problem in the study of aesthetics and is given a historical and theoretical grounding through leading texts. The ways in which the issues have been formulated and discussed in recent scholarship will be studied. Topics include: why fine art is dominated by the ‘aesthetic senses’ of the eye and the ear; differences between the way we experience beauty in nature and beauty in art; whether we can judge a morally repugnant work of art beautiful. Discussing these issues and others encourages students to question basic assumptions about art and aesthetic experience, and to develop a critical attitude towards theories of art and beauty.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will have developed:
1. Knowledge of key problems in the history of aesthetics and philosophy relating to the understanding of art and material culture
2. Acquisition of skills in advanced critical reading of art philosophical and aesthetic texts
3. Skills in presenting research outcomes in a range of formats including essays and an oral presentation

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

15 points at 200-level Art History and Theory and any 15 points at 200-level from the BA Schedule.

Course Coordinator

Richard Bullen

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Research Essay One 20%
Research Essay Two 25%
Student Presentation 15%
Examination 40%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,523.00

International fee $6,375.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

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