The course aims to introduce to the fundamental concepts of aesthetics with particular attention to the aesthetics of design. Topics of the course will be: an overview of history of aesthetics; aesthetics and design; the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction.
Course Content - Part B
Aestethics: an overview; aesthetics and design; Bruno Munari
1) A. Mecacci, Estetica e design, il Mulino 2012;
2).W. Benjamin, L’opera d’arte nell’epoca della sua riproducibilità, Donzelli 2012 (ONLY THIS EDITION).
1) A. Mecacci, Estetica e design, il Mulino 2012;
2) choose from:
a) B. Munari, Fantasia, Laterza 2006 + Artista e designer, Laterza 2005;
b) B. Munari, Arte come mestiere, Laterza 2006;
c) B. Munari, Da cosa nasce cosa, Laterza 2010.
Learning Objectives - Part A
KNOWLEDGE: Acquisition of the basic notions of aesthetics, with a particular attention to the modern and contemporary scenery.
COMPETENCES Development of conceptual skills about the issues of the discipline and its operative implications.
BEHAVIORAL GOALS: stimulating the conscious use of the university structure, the CdS, the orientation and management tools of student learning; encouragement of intellectual participation and a correct and profitable teaching-learning relationship;
Learning Objectives - Part B
Achievement of a critical orientation to the problems of aesthetics
Prerequisites - Part A
None
Prerequisites - Part B
None
Teaching Methods - Part A
Lectures, using slides and with particular attention to the development of
an interactive discussion.
Teaching Methods - Part B
Lecture
Further information - Part A
Course attendance is not mandatory, but is It is recommended in any case.
Further information - Part B
None
Type of Assessment - Part A
The examination will be oral. The oral exam will aim to verify the acquisition by the student of the fundamental notions of aesthetics, with a particular attention to the relationship between aesthetics and design. With the assessment of basic knowledge of the discipline, the oral exam also aims to verify the development of conceptual and critical skills.
Type of Assessment - Part B
Oral
Course program - Part A
The course aims, in its first part, to address the most relevant historical and theoretical issues of the discipline (ancient aesthetics, the beautiful, the birth of modern aesthetics, the judgment). A second part will focus on the relationship between aesthetics and design (the problem of the goods, the link between form and function, aesthetic theories on the design). In particular it will be analyzed the seminal essay by Walter Benjamin “The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction”.
Course program - Part B
The course aims, in its first part, to address the most relevant historical and theoretical issues of the discipline (ancient aesthetics, the beautiful, the birth of modern aesthetics, the judgment). A second part will focus on the relationship between aesthetics and design (the problem of the goods, the link between form and function, aesthetic theories on the design). A final part has a monographic character and has as its theme the aesthetics of Bruno Munari.