AHT1102 Modernism and the avant-garde

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Interpret the cultural significance of works of art and design by placing them in the appropriate social, cultural and artistic climate;

2. 2

   Chart the aesthetic and semantic origins of works and identify their social role, engaging a structured combination of historical information and imaginative conjecture;

3. 3

   Cultivate theoretical curiosity for the increasing alienation of design, art and craft in the industrial period;

4. 4

   Produce a perceptive description of works and imaginatively connect such description with critical awareness;

5. 5

   Present a combination of factual and subjective arguments in an articulate, critical and written manner;

6. 6

   Recognise and champion critical values when conducting visual analysis and purposefully identify subjective habits and assumptions underlying attempts at historical or objective observation.