Fine Art - Eesti Kunstiakadeemia / Estonian Academy of Arts

ealism - up to the end of 19. century. Overview of principles of art and architecture of mentioned periods
and their realisation: teaching of composition and form peculiarities of styles, coloristics and ornaments.
Method: lecture, seminar (1)
Assessment: examination (knowledge test)
WORLD ART HISTORY III
Study load: 1CP / 1.5 ECTS
Location in curriculum: I half of III semester
Objective: To give overview of more essential stages of development, trends and problems of modern art
from the moment of birth of modernism in the middle of 19. century to World War II.
Content: The course provides introduction paradigmatic change in art processes in the middle of 19.
century, analyse of art and social background of these changes. Example of the creation of E. Manet’ opens
the essence of pre-impressionist transition period and content of radical changes. Observation of alternation
of art trends, mechanism of this alternation, form characteristics and their mutual relations from
impressionism to surrealism. Treatment of the problems of avant-garde, with more thorough concentration
on life and creation of the most original creators in the history of modern art.
Method: Lecture, independent work with literature, seminars.
Assessment: Grade will be formed in result of following activities:
1.Participation in seminar.
2.Examination including three parts:
1) Recognition of authors or style of paintings presented on 25 slides;
2) test in order to control acquisition of more essential concepts and facts;
3) essay on one of following topics:
Birth of modernism. Role of Edouard Manet in pre-impressionist art.
Impressionism: method, events, problems.
Different faces of postimpressionism.
Jugendstil as idea of synthesis.
Fauvism and expressionism. Similarities and differences.
Surrealism, successor of dada?
Searches of abstract art in pre-war Europe.
WORLD ART HISTORY IV
Study load: 1CP / 1.5 ECTS
Objective: For art students of II year, to give broad overview of development and problems of art after
World War II in Europe and USA, in order to orient in complicated art processes and be able to take
intelligent standpoint.
Content: As this is primary course of art history, the treatment proceeds from linear time axis - sequence of
art styles, their logical similarities or contradictions, relations with earlier art history, influences, deadlocks.
Among general tendencies attention is focused on some key persons - Jackson Pollock, Clement
Greenberg, Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys and his student Anselm Kiefer, Bruce Nauman, Dennis
Oppenheimer, historically Marcel Duchamp.
Constant observation of alteration of assessments of art phenomena and their reasons, in order to realise
facts from one side and from the other side assessment, which should not be taken as final.
Political background of important major exhibitions: Venice Biennial, Kassel documenta, Manifesta.
Finnish ARS exhibitions.
Between Western art history, Estonian art is constantly referred to.
Method: Lectures with slides, pushing of students to independent work (elaboration of Estonian literature +
writing of more profound paper on the basis of foreign literature).
Assessment:
a)Paper on freely chosen theme, using unconditionally foreign literature.
b)Written examination: slide test (10 works) and more profound answer to 2 questions, using lecture
material and Estonian literature: