World Art Studies 2324-S1
College 1 Introduc/on lecture
BA-1 Syllabus World Art Studies 2023-2024
Stephanie Noah
Travelling object/artwork (for exposi/ons and the globaliza/on)
Different viewpoints (Dutch ar/st who has lived outside of Holland makes his art has different
viewpoints)
We will work on 9 artworksà exemplify this travelling, ideas, views of the artworks.
Art history is not 1 story but many stories all together, ideas, concepts, iden/ty.
Book: James Elkin
Rela/onship Contemporary/The global
ContemporaryàLiterally being with /me
Felix Gonzales Torres Un5tled (perfect lovers)
Clocks represent his partner and him, partner had aids
Part I: Art and World Views
Nr 1-5 lectures
How do ar/sts imagine the world? What kind of images emerge from their perspec/ve of the
world?
Part II: Iden/ty
Nr 6-8 lectures
That which makes an en/ty definable and recognizable. Iden/ty forma/on is the process of
the development of the dis/nct personality of an individual.
However, we have many ‘iden//es’: personal, psychological, gender, social, cultural, religious,
na/onal.
Part III: Art's Agency
Nr 9-10 lectures
Agency: the assump/on that works/objects of art have the power to affect people strongly.
The works/objects have the power to affect people strongly.
Nr 11 lecture Closing session 5th December
Exam
1st exam Essay ques/ons about the book and the lectures
2nd assignment
College 1 Introduc/on lecture
BA-1 Syllabus World Art Studies 2023-2024
Stephanie Noah
Travelling object/artwork (for exposi/ons and the globaliza/on)
Different viewpoints (Dutch ar/st who has lived outside of Holland makes his art has different
viewpoints)
We will work on 9 artworksà exemplify this travelling, ideas, views of the artworks.
Art history is not 1 story but many stories all together, ideas, concepts, iden/ty.
Book: James Elkin
Rela/onship Contemporary/The global
ContemporaryàLiterally being with /me
Felix Gonzales Torres Un5tled (perfect lovers)
Clocks represent his partner and him, partner had aids
Part I: Art and World Views
Nr 1-5 lectures
How do ar/sts imagine the world? What kind of images emerge from their perspec/ve of the
world?
Part II: Iden/ty
Nr 6-8 lectures
That which makes an en/ty definable and recognizable. Iden/ty forma/on is the process of
the development of the dis/nct personality of an individual.
However, we have many ‘iden//es’: personal, psychological, gender, social, cultural, religious,
na/onal.
Part III: Art's Agency
Nr 9-10 lectures
Agency: the assump/on that works/objects of art have the power to affect people strongly.
The works/objects have the power to affect people strongly.
Nr 11 lecture Closing session 5th December
Exam
1st exam Essay ques/ons about the book and the lectures
2nd assignment
