This biannual course is taught on years 2015-2016, 2017-2018, ....
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The course introduces students to the major artistic trends from the mid-19th century to today. It deals with general issues relating to the artist in society, the theoretical discourse, and the fonction of the artwork within its specific historical context.
During this course, students will learn a range of different methodologies intended to enable them to analyse a selection of key works of Western Art since the mid-19th century, encompassing painting and sculpture and other media as drawing, photography, and film.
They will also learn how to sythesise these analyses and develop a chronological and typological framework for the history of forms and themes in Art.
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
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This course uses case studies of major artworks to establish a chronological and/or thematic framework of forms and themes in Western Art since the mid-19th century. An emphasis is placed on the role of art within a specific theoretical and socio-cultural framework. Further are studied questions of the artworks conditions of production, presentation, and reception.
Among the addressed matters are:
- the evolution of forms and ideas through some of the most representative artistic movements (impressionism, post-impressionism, expressionism, futurism, cubism, Dadaism, constructivism, surrealism, abstraction, pop art conceptual art, minimal art, performance, etc.)
- autonomy of the artistic medium versus fusion of different media (intermediality)
- the concepts of modernism and postmodernism
- the relationship between art and popular culture
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