MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY GREEK ART
| Title | Η ΝΕΟΤΕΡΗ ΚΑΙ ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΤΕΧΝΗ / MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY GREEK ART |
| Code | ΑΙΤ653 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | History and Archaeology |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600019213 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Istorías kai Archaiologías 2020-2021
Registered students: 105
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCΗAIOLOGIAS KAI ISTORIAS TĪS TECΗNĪS | Specialization Core Courses | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| ISTORIAS | Elective Courses belonging to the selected specialization | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2022 – 2023 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Class ID | 600226845
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Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600226845
- eLearning:
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
ΝΟΝΕ
Learning Outcomes
1. Students will have acquired specialized knowledge on the trends of modern and contemporary Greek art [MCGA] in painting, sculpture, architecture
2. Analyse and assess formal, typological and ideological parameters of MCGA
3. Correlate MCGA with its international counterparts of the same period
4. Answer specialized questions within the specific topic, which call for a combination of critical thinking and knowledge
General Competences
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The Greek version of modernism in painting, sculpture and architecture from the early decades to the present. Postwar and contemporary developments in Greek art within the pale of conventional media and through the appropriation of space.
The aim is to investigate the relationship of Greek painting, sculpture, architecture to the priorities of Greek society (cultural, social, economic, political) within the historical horizon of prevalent worldviews that define Greek cultural identity
Week #1.What is the meaning of Greek art in the context of globalization
Week #2. The myth of predestined choice. Identity and destination of Greek art in early 20th century
Week #3. “The Moderns”, be it impressionists or communists, were our great-grandfathers
Week #4. Metropolitan and regional reception of modernism. Greek dilemmas
Week #5. Metropolitan and regional reception of modernism. Art of public commissions
Week#6. Metropolitan and regional reception of modernism. Freelance art for the market
Week #7. The happy ending of a great controversy. Post war artistic hegemonies
Week #8. Local post-modernism. The first and last “patricide” in Greek art
Week #9.Local versions of the international canon. From the fall of the dictatorship to the end of state communism
Week #10.The social dimension of art
Week #11.Identity and transformation: national art in the international arena
Week #12.From the 2004 Olympics to the Memoranda [debt crisis]
Week #13.The unclear present and ambiguous prospects of 21st century art
Keywords
Greek art, aesthetics, ideology, reception, modern, contemporary
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Audio
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Power-Point and the AUTH e-leaning platform will be used. Communication through emails
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 65 | 2.2 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Reading Assigment | ✓ | ||||
| Exams | 2.5 | 0.1 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Total | 67.5 | 2.3 |
Student Assessment
Description
Written exams, excepting students entitled to oral exams, mostly involving critical thinking
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
- Oral Exams (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Α. Κωτίδης, Μοντερνισμός και «Παράδοση» στην ελληνική τέχνη του μεσοπολέμου
Α.Κωτίδης, Μοντερνισμός και «παράδοση» στην ελληνική μεταπολεμική και σύγχρονη τέχνη
Additional bibliography for study
πλήρης ε.α.
Last Update
27-04-2020
