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Week - 1
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Introduction to Art Literacy: Concepts of art literacy, visual culture, artist, artwork, viewer, and interpretation. |
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Week - 2
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Looking at Art and the Basics of Visual Language: Line, color, form, texture, space, composition, balance, rhythm, and emphasis. |
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Week - 3
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Methods of Reading Artworks: Introduction to description, formal analysis, iconography, iconology, symbol, sign, and context. |
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Week - 4
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A Brief Overview of Art History I: Selected examples from prehistoric art, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Ancient Greece, and Roman art. |
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Week - 5
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A Brief Overview of Art History II: Selected examples from Medieval, Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance art. |
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Week - 6
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A Brief Overview of Art History III: Changing modes of artistic expression through Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism. |
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Week - 7
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Midterm Exam |
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Week - 8
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Modernism and Avant-Garde Art: Cubism, Futurism, Dada, Surrealism, abstract art, and the departure of modern art from traditional artistic conventions. |
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Week - 9
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Introduction to Postmodernism and Contemporary Art: Pop art, conceptual art, performance, installation, video art, and new media practices. |
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Week - 10
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Material, Technique, and Space in Art: Painting, sculpture, photography, graphic arts, architecture, digital art, and interdisciplinary art practices. |
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Week - 11
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Museum, Gallery, and Exhibition Culture: Museum, gallery, collection, artwork label, curatorial text, exhibition design, and viewer experience. |
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Week - 12
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Public Space and Art: Monument, sculpture, mural, public art, urban memory, space, and the relationship with the viewer. |
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Week - 13
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Practice in Reading Exhibitions and Visual Culture: Guided visual reading through selected examples of artworks, exhibitions, museums, or digital collections. |
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Week - 14
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Contemporary Visual Culture and General Evaluation: Advertising, social media, digital images, AI-generated visuals, visual manipulation, and the role of art literacy in everyday life. |
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