Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2016-2017
HART 353 - ART AND EMOTION
Long Title: ART AND EMOTION
Department: Art History
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Description: This seminar will examine the role played by emotion in our response to works of art. What is the relationship of emotion to the specific formal properties of a given work of art, such as color, texture, shape, line quality, sound, and so on? What role does our cognitive faculties play in determining our emotional response to art? Are there political stakes to emotional affect? These and other questions will be examined. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: HART 653. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for HART 353 if student has credit for HART 653.