Aesthetics AWN6073

Course content:meaning of "techne" and "ars", theory of art by Plato and Aristotle (role of art and the status of artists). Horacy and limits of artists invention. Vitruvius and his treatise on architecture. Description of art objects. History of art by Pliny the Elder. Early medieval iconoclasm. Discussions on the church interiors (St.Bernard vs. Suger of St. Denis) Renaissance texts on art: Alberti. Leonardo, Durer. History of Italian art by Vasari. Posttridentinum art theory. Theory in 17th c. and new categories in the texts of the 18th c. Winckelmann

Learning outcomes: Knowledge of history of European art theories enablin understanding contemp.artistic communication