Art 100: Art Appreciation, Spring 2014, Syllabus

INTRODUCTION
1.	222222	Introduction to the course
WAYS OF THINKING, LIFE THE UNIVERSE & EVERYTHING
2.		The Hidden Paradigms Plinia’s Secret History of Art, thought systems & their structures
NATURE AND FUNCTIONS OF ART
3.	11-42	Personal Function of Art
4.	43-71	Social Function of Art
5.	72-105	Environmental function of art
6.	251-66	Aesthetic Function of art - posing the problems; identifying the assumption Art
TOOLS OF THE TRADE: VISUAL AND FORMAL ANALYSIS
7.		Plinia’s Secret History of Art, Composition - recognition and interpretation
8.		Plinia’s Secret History of Art, Truth Types - clustered signals and interpretation Art
9.	205-33	Burke Feldman's "grammar" - a dialogue
10.	234-50	Burke Feldman's "design" - another dialogue Art
11.		Film part 1: Pollock
12.		Film part 2: Pollock
13.		QUIZ no. 1; recap, clarifications, discussion (time permitting)
STYLE AS COMMUNICATION
14.		Plinia’s Secret History of Art, Classicism: the system, Classical Beauty, linear perspective, the Idealization, greatness
SPRING BREAK
15.		Plinia’s Secret History of Art, Sensualism: the system, Sensual Beauty, the Romanticization
16.		Plinia’s Secret History of Art (use link on left-hand navigation bar), Sensualism continued: confrontation, taste, dangerous beauty
17.		Plinia’s Secret History of Art (use link on left-hand navigation bar), Quietism: the system, Temporal Plainness, the Objectification, paradox
18.	123-42	Identifying Burke Feldman's "Objective Accuracy" (Note: this "style" is similar to our "visual truth", except where the technique refers to the biology of sight (e.g. Impressionism) or the psychology of reconstructing the image in our minds (e.g. Cubism). Those works are more like our "essential truth"); filling the gaps
19.	143-63	Identifying Burke Feldman's "Formal Order" (Note: this "style" is basically our Classical paradigm, except where confusion or paradox are introduced. Then the works belong to our Quietist paradigm); more dialogue
20.	164-85	Identifying Burke Feldman's "Emotion" (Note: this "style" is really our Sensual paradigm, except where the texture tends to demand at least as much attention as the object itself. Then the works belong to our Quietist paradigm); remembering the pioneers
21.		QUIZ no 2 (cumulative)
INTERACTION BETWEEN MEDIUM AND MEANING
22.	267-90	Painting - measures of quality: drawing & line, spontaneity & colour
	291-22	Painting (continued) - expanding the concept: environment making
23.		Film part 1: Frida
24.		Film part 2: Frida
25.	325-50	Sculpture - measures of consciousness: carving & permanence; modelling/constructing and change
	351-79	Sculpture - expanding the concept: multiple, limp, kinetic and environmental form
26.	380-02	Architecture - measures of society: durability, versatility, structure to veneer
	402-28	Architecture (continued) - arches, vaults & shells; environment of visual instability
ART CRITICISM
27.	467-86	Theory (putting all these analyses together, thus allowing informed and relevant criticism)