Subject

Aesthetics I

  • code 12301
  • course 3
  • term Semester 1
  • type OB
  • credits 3

Main language of instruction: Catalan

Teaching staff

Head instructor

Dra. Eulalia TORT - etort@uic.es

Office hours

To make an appointment with the professor, please write an email.

Introduction

This subject aims for the student to acquire specific knowledge about the origin, evolution and different fields of Aesthetics history; as well as the topics, vocabulary and classical debates of the discipline. The student will go through the main authors and their texts to articulate the thought on the main ideas of the discipline.

This methodology aims for the student to have a good knowledge of critical tools to understand and build Aesthetics history and think over fundamental categories transversely.

 

Pre-course requirements

There are no previous requisites

Objectives

 

The subject's goals are:

  1. To know the history of the school of thought and culture.

  2. To know the fundamental periods of the Art and Philosphy confluence, as well as the affinities with other kinds of thinking.

  3. To understand the human dimension in the aesthetical experience

  4. To gain knowledge out of texts' analysis

Competences / Learning outcomes of the degree programme

  • E02 - Ability to use methods and techniques specific to human sciences.
  • G02 - To lead, cooordinate and form part of interdisciplinary work teams.
  • E03 - Ability to appropriately use key concepts in the area of culture.
  • E13 - To acquire knowlege of the general diachronic framework of the past.
  • E24 - Ability to present the results of research project in accordance with the standards of each subject area.
  • E25 - Ability to communicate orally in one's own language and other languages using the terminology and resources accepted in the cultural framework of each language
  • E26 - Ability to read and write texts in one's own language and other languages, as well as transcribe, summarise and categorise pertinent information.
  • G01 - To analyse and interpret social and cultural environments to identify need, opportunities, weaknesses and strenghts..
  • G03 - To search for and/or administer economic resources within the framework of an institution or company, or a cultural programmes, project or service.

Learning outcomes of the subject

  • To recognize fundamental ideas of the authors learnt in class and to be able to make a powerful introduction.

  • To understand Aesthetics' origin in the frame of its cultural context.

  • To build connections between different artistical disciplines in the frame of philosophical thought.

  • To know about the main debate on Beauty and Art carried out by the authors, artists, academics, philosophers and Art critics.

  • To recognize humanistical references from the past to understand their actual influence.



Syllabus

1. Introduction. Definition of the concept.

2. Historical itinerary

2.1 Classical landscape (Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus)

2.2 Dark century Aesthetics

2.3 Renaissance and Baroque aesthetics

2.4 Origin of a new era

3. The concept of Art through History

3.1 Ancient times

3.2 Trying Classification attempt

3.3 Relationship to Poetry

4. Beauty

4.1 History of the concept

4.2 Objectivism and subjectivism

5. Creativity

6. Mimesis

6.1 History of the concept

6.1 Art and Truth

6.2 Art and Nature

7. Aesthetics experience

 

 

Teaching and learning activities

In person

a)      Reading of some key texts

b)      Text commentary

c)      Discussion of some examples

d)      Practical exercises of analysis and reflexion

Evaluation systems and criteria

In person

The evaluation system will consist on a written exam based on the theory and an individual project that will have to be written and presented in class. This project is mandatory and essential to pass the course. The percentage is 60% for the written exam and 40% for the project.

Taking into account the practical nature of the course, attendance to classes will be welcomed, as well as active participation. 80% of attendance is required.

ADVICE NOTES

1. In this course it is very important to make proper use of language in written tests, essays and oral presentations, both from the point of view of grammar and spelling and punctuation and wording. A proper use of terms specific to the discipline is also particularly relevant. The criteria to be followed before any of these errors is as follows: 0.25 will be lowered for misspelling or incorrect words in essays and exams.

2. Advice on plagiarism

Plagiarism is the use of material appropriated from another source or from other sources with the intention of passing it off as one’s own work. Plagiarism may take the form of unacknowledged quotes or substantial paraphrasing. Sources of material include all printed and electronically-available publications in English or other languages, or unpublished materials, including theses, written by others.

To avoid plagiarism, you must quote the source whenever ideas written by another person are used and even if the quote is not direct and is paraphrasing or summarising someone else’s ideas. In direct quotes, one must use quotation marks and quote the source. In an academic essay, it is not enough to generally record the literature used, but it is necessary to explicitly mention the source where ideas written by someone else come from.

Plagiarism in written essays for this course is unacceptable and, therefore, any work in which plagiarism is committed will be evaluated with a zero.

Bibliography and resources

BRUYNE, E.; La estética de la edad media. Madrid: Visor, 1994.

ECO, U. Art i bellesa en l'estètica medieval. Barcelona: Destino, 1990. 

PLAZAOLA, Juan; Introducción a la estética: historia, teoría y textos. Bilbao: Universidad de Deusto, 1991

TATARKIEWICZ, w.; Historia de seis ideas. Madrid: Tecnos, 1992.

TATARKIEWICZ, W.; Historia de la estética I. La estética antigua. Madrid: Ediciones Akal, 1987.

TATARKIEWICZ, W.; Historia de la estética II. La estética medieval. Madrid: Ediciones Akal, 1989.

VALVERDE,  J.M.; Breve historia y antología de la estética. Madrid: Ariel, 2011.

YARZA, I.; Introducción a la estética. Navarra: EUNSA, 2004.

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