Critical Analysis of Art Module II
Rico Franses
Online via Zoom
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1 - 23 February 2023
Wednesdays and Thursdays
1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23 February
INR 7,500 Participation
INR 10,000 Participation + Writing/Final Project
6:30 PM IST - 8:30 PM IST
Worldwide Registration Open
About the Course
For most people, Modern art “means” Abstract art, and Abstract art “means” Modern art. Yet, for all its fame as the signature style of Modern art, abstraction remains almost impossible to understand for most who encounter it. This course provides a key to the world of Abstract art. Through close analysis of the images themselves, we will see that most abstract artworks have a specific, defined content that can be surprisingly accessible. In this respect, we will demonstrate how some of the most widely-held beliefs concerning Abstract art, such as, “it can mean anything you want it to,” are not true. As with almost all other art, whether representational or not, the images are proposing a close examination of whatever subject they are engaging with. Our task as viewers is to learn to follow abstraction into the world it creates.
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About the Professor
Rico Franses was for many years Founding Director of the University Art Galleries at the American University of Beirut. He has also held teaching positions at The Australian National University (Canberra), Pratt Institute (New York), and a fellowship at Harvard University. He has a BA in Philosophy (McGill University, Montreal), an MA in Art History (McGill) and a PhD in Art History (Courtauld Institute of Art, London). Among his publications are a book, Donor Portraits in Byzantine Art. On the Vicissitudes of Contact between Human and Divine (Cambridge University Press, 2018), and several articles including 'Lacan and Byzantium. In the Beginning was the Image', 'The Deleuzian Spatiality of Byzantine Art', and 'Untime in the Unconscious. On the Dislocations of Time in Freud, Lacan, Laurie Anderson and Walid Sadek'.
Certificate
Students will receive a Certificate of Completion upon successful attendance of a course or a Certificate of Completion and Letter of Evaluation if they successfully attend and complete the final assignment. Those who complete three courses (attendance and writing) in the Critical Analysis of Art over two calendar years are eligible for a BICAR Diploma in Critical Analysis of Art.
Refund Policy
We will refund your mode of payment — minus a 25% processing fee — if you choose not to take this course after the first session. Or, you can ‘roll over’ your balance to another or future BICAR course without a fee deduction.
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