93-835 Aesthetic Critical Judgement

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

In this course we will examine the question of how one judges a work of art. The course will provide an overview of the history of aesthetics in the Western tradition and in the process we will examine the central questions of defining beauty evaluating the artistic object determining what external factors are relevant to aesthetic judgments time culture biography and analyzing the interrelationships between artist audience and artistic object. Beyond the knowledge gained course objectives will include the cultivation of analytical skills in evaluating artistic expression and aesthetic theory and the development of expository writing and speech skills in aesthetic analysis. a hrefhttpwww.heinz.cmu.eduacademicresourcescourseresultscoursedetailsindex.aspxcid377...Read Morea

Prerequisites: none listed

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