TAD2402

Art, images and emotion

6 points
* One 2-hour lecture, one 1-hour tutorial and 3 independent study hours per week
* Second semester
* Caulfield
* Prerequisites: TAD1101 and TAD1102

Objectives On successful completion of this subject, students should understand the role that emotional expression plays in the generation of art and design activities and consider the emotional component in works in a critical light; be able to explore the processes of communication used by a range of art and design areas; consider emotional enthusiasms across a range of art and design styles and perceive connexions between a given emotional emphasis and the epoch which produced it.

Synopsis This subject explores the relationship between ideas and emotional expression in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century art and design. The rise of anti-art activities is considered through futurism and dada, the expression of the unconscious in Surrealism and the conceptual and formal factors underlying cubism and art deco. The motivation of feeling as a force in creativity is discussed in the work of expressionist artists and designers. Emphasis is placed on the tradition of expressionist film and also expressionist elements in photography. Poster design forms a major area of exploration, considering how it reflects major art movements and important ideas in the early part of the century, particularly the techniques of persuasion that war posters have employed.

Assessment Research essay: 50%
* Seminar presentation: 50%

Prescribed texts

Hoffert B Art notes Longman Cheshire 1993
Hoffert B and others Art in diversity Longman Cheshire, 1989
Meggs P A history of graphic design Van Nostrand, 1983