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Program Type: 
Thesis
Course Code: 
ART527
Course Type: 
Elective
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
15
Course Language: 
English
Course Content: 

First step springs from the journey of autonomy/emancipation of art, from artisanat towards philosophy of aesthetics, survey 20th century’s artistic movements. Then through transversal lectures it aims to establish a multidisciplinary discourse and debate the possibilities of ethical and political aesthetics.

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Course Flow

WEEK TOPICS
1 Methodology
2 Autonomy and Emancipation of Art 1, Birth of Art Critic and “Belles Sciences”. Vasari – Diderot – Baumgarten 
3 Autonomy and Emancipation of Art 2. -Hegel: Philosophy of Aesthetics -Kant: Subject and Sublime
4 Baudelaire and Modern Times.
5 Avant Garde and Abstract Art. Malevitch, Kandinsy, Mondrian
6 Duchamp and Ready Made, On colors – and Monochrome
7 From Greenberg’s critics of modernity to Pop Art
8 Midterm
9 The Frankfourt School. Benjamin and Adorno  
10 1968 movement in France. Guy Debord and Situationists
11 Foucault. Critics of Power. Bio-politics
12 Deleuze and Guattari: Transcendental Empirism and Subjectivity
13 Rancière: Policy and Politics. Political Aesthetics
14 FINAL EXAM

Recommended Sources

Textbook “Art in Theory I & II”, Harrison&Wood, Blackwell Publishing, 2003

20. yy Batı Sanatında Akımlar, Ahu Antmen

“Sanatın Tüm Öyküsü”, Hayalperest Yayınları, 2012

Additional Resources  

Leppert, Richard, “Sanatta Anlamın Görüntüsü”, Ayrıntı Yayınları, 2002

Beta Yayınları

Berger, John, “Ways of Seeing”