CER2722

Perception in the making

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

Objectives On successful completion of this subject students should be able to develop an elementary understanding of theories and criticism from the 16th 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: exploring instinctual, sensory, emotional and spiritual levels of perception and looking 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

Bachelard G Water and dreams: An essay on the imagination of matter Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, 1982
Focillon H The life of forms in art Zone Books, 1989
Gombrich E H The sense of order: A study in the psychology of decorative art Phaidon, 1979
Needleman C The work of craft: An enquiry into the nature of craft and craftmanship Arkana, 1986
Pye D The nature and aesthetics of design Herbert Press, 1988
Dormer P The art of the maker Thames and Hudson, 1994