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Course title(Chinese)
Course title(English)
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Purpose
From the aspects of the production of artworks, cultural history and western modern art forms,students are guided to analyze and evaluate Western art, and their artistic appreciation ability and artistic theory will be improved.
About this course
Main content
1.Art is the whole (from the totem worship to the process of postmodernism to explain the totality of art)
2.The nature of artistic work
①The theory of imitation; ②Relational theory; ③feature theory
3. Production of artworks (basic law of artwork production)
①The “natural elimination” effect of spiritual climate on art works;
②The role of spiritual climate in the concept of the artist;
③The role of spiritual climate in aesthetic taste;
④Different spiritual climates produce corresponding art forms
4.The change of western art from the perspective of culture and history（The change and evolution of the three major art types in Western art）：
①The art of imitation; ②The art of representation; ③The art of performing.
5、On western modern art forms
6、Individual enlightenment and artistic autonomy and western modern art
①From instrumentality to autonomy; ②individual enlightenment; ③the uniqueness, negation, and salvation of modern art.
7、Reflections on Modernism
① The end of modernism - minimalism; ②Thinking about modernism.
8.Postmodernist artistic features and their creative methods
①Uncertainty; ② Deconstruction: ③Consciousness and method; ④Compatibility or radical compromise.
Bibliography
"Philosophy of art"Dana,FuLlei.
The art of postmodernism.Birko.
