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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

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• Unit Title

  Cultural Critique

• Unit Code

  ADM2435

• Year

  2016

• Enrolment Period

  2

• Version

  2

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

Description

This unit is designed to develop the skill of critical analysis. The aim is to build up a critical lexis that will enable students to appreciate, interpret and comment on the arts. Culture will be approached on a topical basis so as to develop an understanding of both historical perspective and contemporary practice. The unit will include a WAAPA Front of House practicum that will involve engagement with cultural critique.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from ADM1325, ADM1340

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Apply the principles of critical analysis to a diverse range of artistic products.
2. Appreciate, describe and discuss an arts event.
3. Demonstrate an awareness of historical and cultural precedent on contemporary style.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the work and its cultural context.

Unit Content

1. A recognition of the cultural (social, political, economic and religious) forces that shape development of a production.
2. A study of the evolution of each aspect from historical antecedents to the present day.
3. A topical examination of selected important aspects of the arts.
4. The acquisition of the necessary language and the tools of criticism.
5. The practise of the skill of critical appreciation in written analysis and discussion of the arts.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

• Blayney-Brown, D. (2001). Romanticism art and ideas. New York: Phaidon.
• Camille, M. (2007). Gothic art, visions and revelations of the medieval world. Chicago: University Press.
• Willard, B. (2002). The rise of surrealism: Cubism, Dada and the pursuit of the marvellous. New York: New York State University Press.
• Wilcox, R.T. (1958). The mode in costume. New York: Charles Scribner & Sons.
• Potter, D.S. & Mattingly D.J. (Eds.). (1999). Life, death and entertainment in the Roman Empire. Ann Arbor: Univeristy of Michigan.
• Honour, H. & Fleming, J. (2005). A world history of art. London: Laurence King.
• Harwood, R.H. (1989). All the world's a stage. London: Methuen.
• Gombrich, E.H. (2006). The story of art. New York: Phaidon.
• Gale, M. (1997). Dada and surrealism. London: Phaidon.
• Frommel, C.L. (2007). The architecture of the Italian Renaissance. London: Thames and Hudson.
• Fleming, W., & Marien, M.W. (1996). Fleming's art and ideas. (Vol 1&2).
• Daly, K. (2009). Greek and Roman mythology A to Z. New York: Infobase.
• Csapo, E. (2010). Actors and icons of the ancient world. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons.
• Cox, N. (2000). Cubism. London: Phaidon.
• Bowra, C.M. (1996). The Greek experience. London: Barnes and Noble.