ART APPRECIATION
Art Appreciation: An Introduction
SPRING AN230
Friday
Tutor: Karina O’Neill
Learn to engage with the creative beauty in the world around you. This course serves as an introduction to art appreciation and draws on the wealth of material housed in art and cultural institutions in Dublin.
Divided equally between class-based learning and site/gallery visits, learners will be guided in an evaluation of a variety of media, techniques and styles, and will learn to interpret subjects and themes in works of art.
Direct engagement with works of art, sculpture and architecture is a key element to this course and brings the information discussed in class to life.
Discussion and personal response is encouraged and no previous knowledge of the History of Art is required.
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| 8 Fridays | Feb 1,8,15,22, Mar 1, 8, 15, 22 | 2.00pm - 4.00pm |
| FEE €155 | Print Open Learning Application Form 2012.13 or ring (01) 716-7123 for Laser/credit card payment | |
Tutor Bio:
Karina O’Neill (MA) is the Marketing Manager in the UCD College of Engineering & Architecture. A freelance art historian she has worked at the National Gallery of Ireland and the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland and for the Irish Georgian Society. She is co-editor of ‘Studies in the Gothic Revival’, Four Courts Press, 2008 and is a member of the Irish Association of Art Historians.
Who is the course for?
Anyone who has an interest in learning more about the creative, visual world around them will enjoy this course. If you want to know more about art, architecture and sculpture but don’t know where to start, ‘Art Appreciation: An Introduction’ is an overview of the artistic evidence of the creative mind at work throughout history.
Provisional list of key topics to be covered
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· Subjects and themes in art
· Painting
· Sculpture
· Architecture
· Site/gallery visits
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Reading List:
The following is a selection of recommended texts for those interested in reading further around the course content. We advise that you do not buy books in advance of the course as your tutor will discuss the list and suggest the most relevant reading for particular interests.
James Hall, Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art, 2008
Cenino d’Andrea Cennini, The Craftman’s Handbook, 1960
E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art, 1995
Hugh Honour, John Fleming & Nikolaus Pevsner, The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 2000
