Undergraduate - UnitAHT2530 - Neo-Baroque aesthetics: history and theory

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational Unit	Department of Fine Art
Offered	Not offered in 2015
Coordinator(s)	Dr Luke Morgan

Notes

This unit was formerly coded TAD2530

Synopsis

This unit focuses on Neo-Baroque aesthetics in contemporary culture and their historical antecedents. The Baroque themes of spectacle, trompe l'oeil excess, and incorporeal experience will be examined with reference to the visual arts from Caravaggio to Borromini. The return of these preoccupations in contemporary art and media will also be explored. Key historical and theoretical topics, such as the status of illusionism and narrative in art, the representation of spirituality, sexuality and death, and the recent 'remediation'of earlier visual forms and ideas will be emphasized.

Outcomes

On the successful completion of this unit students will be able to:

Identify the main characteristics of Baroque and Neo-Baroque visual culture.
Understand the historical, cultural, and social contexts of Baroque and Neo-Baroque art and media.
Understand key aesthetic and theoretical concepts in Baroque and Neo-Baroque visual culture
Perform critical analyses of historical and contemporary works of visual art and architecture.
Demonstrate their awareness of the historical and recent precedents for, and dimensions of, their own practice.

Assessment

Assignment 1,500 words (40%)
Research essay 2,500 words (60%)

Workload requirements

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours and 9 hours of independent study or equivalent.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Luke Morgan

Prerequisites

12 credit points at first year level in Art History and Theory, or Theory of Art and Design, or Visual Culture, or permission from Unit Coordinator

Prohibitions

VSA2530, VSA3530, TAD2530, TAD3530, AHT3530