Semiotics and Art History
| Title | Σημειωτική και ιστορία της τέχνης / Semiotics and Art History |
| Code | ΕΜ-1 |
| Interdepartmental Programme | Semiotics, Culture and Communication |
| Collaborating Schools | French Language and Literature Italian Language and Literature Journalism and Mass Communications Architecture |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600014984 |
Programme of Study: Semiotics, Culture and Communication
Registered students: 13
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 7.5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600294185
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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/1/600294185
- At the Website of the School: https://dpms-semiotics.frl.auth.gr/index.php/el/plirofories/mathimata-2/prosferomena-mathimata
- eLearning (Moodle):
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
This is an introductory course
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to discuss concepts, arguments and texts related to semiotic approaches to the history of art, to the theory of images, to cultural history
General Competences
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course examines semiotic approaches to art history, image theory, cultural history
Keywords
cultural semiotis, semiotics of the image, semiotics in art history
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 20 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Seminars | 10 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Laboratory Work | |||||
| Reading Assigment | 50 | ||||
| Project | 8 | ||||
| Written assigments | 100 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Total | 188 |
Student Assessment
Description
Uninterrupted attendance
Participation in classroom discussions
Presentation in class
Written essay
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Oral Exams (Formative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
- Report (Formative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
1. Barthes, R. (1972 [1957]). Mythologies: The Complete Edition, in a New Translation (translated by Αnnette Lavers). New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
2. Berger, John (1972). Ways of Seeing. London: Penguin Books.
3. Sonesson, Gοran (2004). "The globalization of ego and alter: An essay in cultural semiotics", Semiotica 148(1): 153–173.
4. Manovich, Lev (2015). "Data Science and Digital Art History". DAH-Journal 1: 13-35.
5. Theodor Adorno and Max Horkneimer "The Culture Industry". Aπόσπασμα από το Dialectic of Enlightenment, Νέα Υόρκη 1993, (α' έκδοση στα γερμανικά Dialektik der Aufklaerung, 1944)
6. Krauss, Rosalind (1981). "In the Name of Picasso". Art World Follies: 5-22.
7. Bal, Mieke& Norman Bryson (1991). "Semiotics and Art History". The Art Bulletin 73(2): 174-208.
8. Mulvey, Laura (1975). "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema". Screen 16(3): 6–18.
9. Sarapik, Virve (2013). Semiotics at the crossroads of art". Semiótica 195: 69-95.
10. Sontag, Susan (2003). Regarding the Pain of Others. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Last Update
29-11-2023
