| Semester 1, 2022 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
| School or Department : | School of Creative Arts |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MSTA or MARA
Overview
This course is designed to encourage students new to the Masters Program to orientate their creative arts practice in terms of its aesthetic expression. Students will share aesthetic ideas and experiences across all creative arts disciplines.
Aesthetics, expression, imitation, beauty, form, style, content, context and genre are all key elements in creative praxis. The use of these may vary between artistic disciplines, however, these elements bind together to engage how we describe, prescribe and inscribe the practice of art-making. The ways in which art is used to express perceptions of phenomenon from ancient to Marxist aesthetic lenses will be explored. Enrolment is restricted to Masters students, and cross-disciplinary enrolments are encouraged.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- articulate and express how aesthetic philosophies/theories can analyse the art-making process;
- analyse and evaluate various theories to reveal artistic discipline-specific and cross-disciplinary aesthetic contrasts and comparisons;
- apply aesthetic theories and reflect upon their use in practice of art-making.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Imitation, mimesis, and facsimile: what is art | 40.00 |
| 2. | Affective versus cognitive: sense and thought | 40.00 |
| 3. | Object, subject, abject: the gaze, morals and ethics | 20.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Weighting (%) |
|---|---|
| AESTHETIC REVIEW | 30 |
| AESTHETIC RESPONSE | 30 |
| MAJOR ESSAY - MANIFESTO | 40 |