MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Art & Design Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


CFT2462

History and theory of the crafts

2 points + One 1-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week + Second semester + Peninsula + Prerequisites: CFT2461, CER2721 or equivalent

Objectives Assisting students to develop an elementary understanding of theories and criticism from the sixteenth century onwards and enabling them to articulate this understanding through research and communication, as a means of making sense of recent developments in art, craft and design.

Synopsis We look at the development of perception from two sides: we explore instinctual, sensory, emotional and spiritual levels of perception and we look at ways in which materials, processes, techniques and gestures of making awaken and train our perceptions on those different levels. Apart from visual examples through slides, there will be some work with legends and myths, archetypal images and the notion of `play' as primeval source of culture.

Assessment Subject record: 50% + 2000-word essay or equivalent presentation: 50%

Recommended texts

Dormer P The Art of the Maker Thames and Hudson, 1994


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