ART 4430 Art Criticism

A course designed to introduce the student to various issues involving the analysis and evaluation of works of art.

Registration Name

Art Criticism

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Prerequisite

6 hours art history and Junior/Senior standing

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

1. Awareness of art historical context that expands knowledge from introductory studio courses (3.2).
2. Knowledge of and ability to use appropriate terminology when discussing and writing about art (3.1, 3.2).
3. Knowledge of and ability to employ basic methodological approaches in art criticism and history (3.1, 3.2).
4. Knowledge of the history of art criticism from the seventeenth century to the present (3.2); 
5. Basic awareness of the contribution of major philosophers to the field of aesthetics from antiquity to the present (3.1, 3.2).
6. Awareness of the key figures in contemporary art criticism (3.2).
7. Practical experience curating and hanging an exhibition in a gallery (1.1, 2.1).
8. Ability to express his or her personal aesthetic philosophy in oral and/or written form (3.1, 3.2).