AHT3530 · Neo-Baroque aesthetics: History and theory

Overview

This unit focuses on Neo-Baroque aesthetics in contemporary culture and their historical antecedents. The Baroque themes of spectacle, trompe l'oeil excess, and incorporeal experience will be examined with reference to the visual arts from Caravaggio to Borromini. The return of these preoccupations in contemporary art and media will also be explored. Key historical and theoretical topics, such as the status of illusionism and narrative in art, the representation of spirituality, sexuality and death, and the recent 'remediation' of earlier visual forms and ideas will be emphasised.

Offerings

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Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

100% in-semester assessment

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Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Identify the main characteristics of Baroque and Neo-Baroque visual culture;
2. Understand the historical, cultural, and social contexts of Baroque and Neo-Baroque art and media;
3. Understand key aesthetic and theoretical concepts in Baroque and Neo-Baroque visual culture;
4. Perform critical analyses of historical and contemporary works of visual art and architecture;
5. Demonstrate your awareness of the historical and recent precedents for, and dimensions of, your own practice.

Workload

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study, or equivalent.

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