COURSE NUMBER: | ARTS 399 | ||||||||||||||||||
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COURSE TITLE: | Special Topics in History - 2018/19 Winter - Art Appreciation/Seeing is Believing: Helping Thoughtful Christians Look at Visual Art | ||||||||||||||||||
NAME OF INSTRUCTOR: | Daniel vanHeyst | ||||||||||||||||||
CREDIT WEIGHT AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION: | credits 3(hrs lect 3 - hrs sem 0 - hrs lab 1) | ||||||||||||||||||
COURSE DESCRIPTION: | A course on a topic of figure of special interest to a
member of the studio arts faculty and offered on a non-recurring basis.
Prerequisites: Three credits of ARTS at the introductory level; some topics may have more specific prerequisites 2018/19 Winter What is art for? Is there such a thing as Christian visual art? If so, how can you tell? How do we determine excellence when viewing visual art and design? Can visual art and design serve the coming Kingdom of Jesus Christ? How does visual art function in our society? Which thinkers in contemporary Western Christianity is offering the most helpful answers to some of these questions? What do some of the working visual artists in our community have to say about these questions? Learn to see art with new appreciation and talk about it with insight. |
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REQUIRED TEXTS: | Course pack of selected readings for sale in King’s Bookstore. | ||||||||||||||||||
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COURSE OUTLINE: |
Jan. 8: Expressiveness
in visual art: Representation and Abstraction, symbol and sign, form and
function, medium and message. Art as communicative transaction involving Artist
and intention, Viewer and interpretation, Object and value. Questions to ask of
a work of art: building a vocabulary and our critical faculties Set
assignment: Reflective Essay, Visual Art in My Life 5% Set assignment: bring a work of art from
home (ungraded)
Reflective Essay due.
Visual
art in entertainment: reading visual art and design on TV, in movies, on the
web, and in live performance events such as theatre, dance, and concerts. Reading
visual art criticism or analysis in the professional and popular press. Set assignment: written review of an
art exhibition or an art publication.
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Required texts, assignments, and grade distributions
may vary
from one offering of this course to the next. Please consult
the course instructor for up to date details.
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