Modern art aesthetic problems Field of study: Creative management in new media
Programme code: W8-S2CM20.2022

Module name: Modern art aesthetic problems
Module code: W8-ZN-S2-PSW
Programme code: W8-S2CM20.2022
Semester:
  • winter semester 2024/2025
  • winter semester 2023/2024
  • winter semester 2022/2023
Language of instruction: English
Form of verification: exam
ECTS credits: 2
Description:
The program aims at introducing students to the fundamental issues present in contemporary art, which are based not only on the problem of intermediality but, above all, on the dialogue with the existing visual tradition. Students will gain knowledge about the categories and notions characteristic of the philosophy of culture and art, which have been redefined or expanded, such as work of art (artistic object, aesthetic object) - anti-art; relation of art to reality; aesthetic experience; artistic value - aesthetic value (beauty and other aesthetic values); concepts of creativity; defining the role of the artist; cultural conditions of art and aesthetic experience. In addition, students will become acquainted with the leading directions in the field of visual arts in the 20th and 21st century, with the works and works of the most representative artists, and they will get to know opinion-forming centers, galleries, and museums.
Prerequisites:
The student knows the genres, forms, and styles of film, photography, and new media.
Key reading:
A. C. Donto, L. Goehr: After the End of Art: Contemporary Art and the Pale of History - Updated Edition, Princeton University Press; Revised edition, 2014. S. Hodge: Why Your Five-Year-Old Could Not Have Done That: From Slashed Canvas to Unmade Bed, Modern Art Explained, Prestel; Illustrated edition, 2012. R. L. Herbert, Modern Artists on Art, Second Enlarged Edition, Dover Publications Inc. 1999. A. Chatterjee: The Aesthetic Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art, Oxford University Press, 2015.
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
The student will distinguish trends in the art of the second half of the XXth century and the beginning of the XXIst century. [PSW_1]
 K_W05 [5/5]
The student will indicate and explain various phenomena in contemporary art, such as events, video art, new media art, happening, performance, and others. [PSW_2]
 K_W01 [4/5]
The student recognizes the works of the most important representatives of contemporary art in Poland and the world. [PSW_3]
 K_U05 [5/5]
The student can interpret and evaluate works of contemporary art in the context of the history of art and contemporary culture. [PSW_4]
 K_U03 [3/5]
The student shows the attitude of active participation in contemporary visual culture. [PSW_5]
 K_K06 [4/5]
The student can think critically and indicate relations between forms of artistic expression, historical context, and contemporary culture. [PSW_6]
 K_K01 [4/5]
Type Description Codes of the learning outcomes of the module to which assessment is related
Test [PSW_w_1]
Verification of knowledge in oral or written form, following the description of the verification method included in the syllabus, verifying students' knowledge competencies.
 PSW_1 PSW_2
Continuous evaluation [PSW_w_2]
Ongoing assessment of individual student work. The student prepares an analysis of a contemporary work of art and makes their photographic series inspired by an aesthetic problem or a specific creative theory.
 PSW_3 PSW_4 PSW_5 PSW_6
Form of teaching Student's own work Assessment of the learning outcomes
Type Description (including teaching methods) Number of hours Description Number of hours
lecture [PSW_fs_1]
Lecture and analysis of styles, genres, and forms of contemporary art.
 15
Analysis of the subject literature, analysis of the lecture content, and an independent realization of the indicated parts of the material, taking into account the subject literature.
 15 Test [PSW_w_1]
practical classes [PSW_fs_2]
Conversation classes are based on analyzing styles, genres, and forms of contemporary art—discussion lecturer with the students.
 15
The individual preparation for each class, systematizing the material presented in class. Independent realization of the parts of the material indicated in the syllabus and the analysis of examples selected by the lecturer, repetition, and consolidation of knowledge and skills acquired during the classes.
 15 Continuous evaluation [PSW_w_2]
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