MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Art & Design Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


CFT1462

History and theory of the crafts

2 points + One 1-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week + Second semester + Peninsula + Prerequisites: CFT1461, CER1721 or equivalent

Objectives On successful completion of this subject the student will be able to express aesthetic intuitions confidently; using analysis and argument, gain skills in linking visual observation to cultural values; and to represent knowledge of the historical, ideological and spiritual discourses in art and design as integral to the effective representation of intuitive ideas.

Synopsis Ideally following `Art design and culture' this subject follows the history and theory of art and design from the industrial revolution to the present time. Examining the paradigm of western progress, the subject identifies various critiques of modernity and modernism. Reactions in art and design to technological change are compared to spiritual or ideological developments, particularly (i) the romantic rejection of the rationalist enlightenment, (ii) the modernist rejection of the authority of ornament and narrative and (iii) the postmodern rejection of modernist assumptions.

Assessment One assignment (1500 words): 30% + One assignment (2500 words): 50% + One test : 20%

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