APS325
The Avant-garde and Pop
Dr. Ken Tallman
September 30, 2013
AGO Field Trip: October 9, 4-6pm
Avant-garde
The avant-garde poet or artist tries in effect to imitate
God by creating something valid solely on its own terms,
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APS325
Sculpture
Dr. Ken Tallman
October 7, 2013
AGO Field Trip: October 9, 4:30pm-6:00pm
Bowie + Trip: October 9, 4:30pm-6:00pm
AGO FieldPermanent Collection = $17.00
Ai Weiwei + Permanent Collection = $13.00
Both exhibits + Permanent Collection = $27.00
APS325
Engineering & Science in the Arts
Dr. Ken Tallman
September 9, 2013
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Contact and Ofce Hours
Ofce: SF B670
Ofce Hours: Tuesdays, 12-1pm; Fridays, 3-5pm
Email: [email protected]
Course Objectives
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APS325
Art Forgery and Attribution
Dr. Ken Tallman
Sept. 23, 2013
He who knows a thousand works of art, knows a
thousand frauds.
- Horace, c. 100 B.C.
Actions for a Good Presentation
1. Prepare carefully based on an audience analysis
2. Connect with and m
Against Interpretation
by Susan Sontag
Content is a glimpse of something, an encounter like a flash. Its very tiny - very tiny,
content.
- Willem De Kooning, in an interview
It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The mystery of the wor
Questions for September 30 Readings
Susan Sontag, "Against Interpretation," Against Interpretation and Other
Essays, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1969, pp. 3-14.
1. What does Sontag think of the mimetic theory
Questions for September 23 Reading
Clement Greenberg, "The Avant-Garde and Kitsch," first published in the
Partisan Review, Volume 6, No. 5, 1939, pp. 34-49.
1. Greenberg connects the avant-garde to art for arts s
Avant-Garde and Kitsch
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things s a poem by T. S. Eliot and a Tin Pan Alley song, or a painting by
Braque and a Saturday Evening Post cover. All four a
Questions for September 16 Readings
Plato, Republic X
1. Why does Plato call the painter an imitator?
2. According to Plato, is a painting the imitation of a phantasm or of the truth?
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APS325: Engineering and Science in the Arts
Field Trip 2 Critique Assignment
Due: No later than December 6, 2013
Submit: Turnitin.com
Field Trip Critique (10%): Evaluates your ability to analyze a work of art.
This course requires two field trips. Each st
It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.
The mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
- Oscar Wilde, in a letter
APS325
Aesthetic Theory
Dr. Ken Tallman
Sept. 16, 2013
APS325: Engineering and Science in the Arts
Project Pr
APS325 Seminar Grading Rubric
Exceeds Requirements
Context
o
o
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Connection to Engineering
or Science
o
o
Connection to art/aesthetic
theory
o
Presentation
o
o
o
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Research Sources
o
o
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Meets Requirements
Excellent positioning of topic
within the fi
APS325: Engineering and Science in the Arts
Seminar Assignment
Seminar Presentation (20%): Evaluates your ability to introduce a work of art or
selected works of art to your class of peers.
Each student will make one seminar presentation during the term.
APS325: Engineering and Science in the Arts
Project Proposal Assignment
Due: September 30, 2013
Submit: Turnitin.com
Project Proposal (15%): Evaluates your ability to write a clear, well-reasoned
proposal to create a work of art.
Students will submit a 45
APS325: Engineering and Science in the Arts
AGO Field Trip Critique
Due: No later than 11:59pm, October 21, 2013
Submit: Turnitin.com
Field Trip Critique (10%): Evaluates your ability to analyze a work or works of art.
This course has two field trips. Eac
September 5, 2013
APS325: Engineering and Science in the Arts
Syllabus 2013
Instructor:
Dr. Ken Tallman
Engineering Communication Program
Office: Sandford Fleming B670
Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 12-1pm; Fridays, 3-4pm
Lecture: Mo
