VIS2013 Philosophies of Visual Aesthetics (FOART)

Units 1.0 (Visual Arts and Crafts) Band 1

Pre-requisite: VIS2012

Synopsis

This course explores the role of philosophical thought and the significance of its influence on the visual arts. Theories of art and aesthetics from early Greece provide a foundation for the further introduction of the ideas suggested by the key philosophers of the great ages of human development from the middle ages through to twenty-first century cultural theory. The course offers active integration of philosophy with contemporary practice.