AHH05101 Aesthetics and Art Culture Studies

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences

Lecture Code AHH05101 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 美学・芸術文化論

Subject Name
（Katakana）ビガク・ゲイジュツブンカロン

Subject Name in
English Aesthetics and Art Culture Studies

Instructor KUWAJIMA HIDEKI

Instructor
(Katakana) クワジマ　ヒデキ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  First Semester,  1Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Thur5-8：IAS K109

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

Basically: Onsite Class (Lectures on Campus）：
★Mainly Handouts and Blackboard, sometimes DVD and VTR-projection.Video Projection and B/W Boards.
★In case of re-spread of covid-19, or severe weather such as heavily snowing, or lecturer's difficulties to get to campus, this class will be held in Online by Microsoft Teams.

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 01 : Philosophy

Eligible Students 2nd Grade Students at Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences or Faculty of Letters, or the higher.

Keywords Aesthetics, Art Science,Art Philosophy, Art History, Taste, KANSEI, Sensibility, the Sublime, Beauty, Grace, Proportion, Harmony, Technology, Creation, Imagination, Genius, Imitation, Painting, Drama, Music etc.

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) the introductory subject to our course
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Integrated Arts and Sciences
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework.
・The knowledge and understanding  to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Understanding a history of  the classical thoughts in Europe, or the formation of key-terms of Aesthetics and Art Science from the Ancient to the Modern Era(Mid and Late 18th Century), at which the Modern Aesthetics had theoretically been established.

Class Schedule lesson1: Introduction; History of "Aesthetics" and "Art Scinece" 1
lesson2: Introduction; History of "Aesthetics" and "Art Science" 2
lesson3: Plato and Aristotle(Ancient Greek): Idea and Imitation 1
lesson4: Plato and Aristotle: Idea and Imitation 2
lesson5: Plato and Aristotle: Idea and Imitation 3
lesson6: Leonard da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli(Renaissance): Genius and Venus 1
lesson7: Leonard da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli: Genius and Venus 2
lesson8: Leonard da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli: Genius and Venus 3
lesson9:  william Hogarth and English Landscape Garden(Early Modern-Modern): the Grace 1
lesson10: william Hogarth and English Landscape Garden: the Grace 2
lesson11: william Hogarth and English Landscape Garden: the Grace 3
lesson12: Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant(Modern: the 2nd half of the 18th Century): Aesthetics of the Sublime/das Erhabene 1
lesson13: Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant: Aesthetics of the Sublime/das Erhabene 2
lesson14: Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant: Aesthetics of the Sublime/das Erhabene 2
lesson15: Conclusion(or, Final Examination)

Text/Reference
Books,etc. ・Takehiko Tozu (ed.), "Bi no Hembo", Kyoto: Sekaishiso-sha, 1988.
・Tsunemichi Kambayashi (ed. ), "Geijutugaku Handobukku", Tokyo: Keiso-shobo, 1988.
・Hideki Kuwajima, "Suko no Bigaku", Tokyo: Kodan-sha, 2008.
・Hideki Kuwajima, "Sei to Shi no Keruto Bigaku", Tokyo: Hosei University Press, 2016. etc.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) Mainly Handouts and Blackboard, ocassionally DVD-projection.

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Read the designated textbooks and handouts which will be provided before/after each lesson.

Requirements

Grading Method Participation and Attitude for the Class: about 50%
Final Examination: about 50%

Practical Experience Experienced

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it Chief of the Council of Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art, and A Member of the Committee of Social Education in Higashihiroshima etc.

Message

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code	AHH05101	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	美学・芸術文化論
Subject Name （Katakana）	ビガク・ゲイジュツブンカロン
Subject Name in English	Aesthetics and Art Culture Studies
Instructor	KUWAJIMA HIDEKI
Instructor (Katakana)	クワジマ　ヒデキ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, First Semester, 1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1T) Thur5-8：IAS K109
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
Basically: Onsite Class (Lectures on Campus）： ★Mainly Handouts and Blackboard, sometimes DVD and VTR-projection.Video Projection and B/W Boards. ★In case of re-spread of covid-19, or severe weather such as heavily snowing, or lecturer's difficulties to get to campus, this class will be held in Online by Microsoft Teams.
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	01 : Philosophy
Eligible Students	2nd Grade Students at Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences or Faculty of Letters, or the higher.
Keywords	Aesthetics, Art Science,Art Philosophy, Art History, Taste, KANSEI, Sensibility, the Sublime, Beauty, Grace, Proportion, Harmony, Technology, Creation, Imagination, Genius, Imitation, Painting, Drama, Music etc.
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	the introductory subject to our course
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Integrated Arts and Sciences （Knowledge and Understanding）・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework. ・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Understanding a history of the classical thoughts in Europe, or the formation of key-terms of Aesthetics and Art Science from the Ancient to the Modern Era(Mid and Late 18th Century), at which the Modern Aesthetics had theoretically been established.
Class Schedule	lesson1: Introduction; History of "Aesthetics" and "Art Scinece" 1 lesson2: Introduction; History of "Aesthetics" and "Art Science" 2 lesson3: Plato and Aristotle(Ancient Greek): Idea and Imitation 1 lesson4: Plato and Aristotle: Idea and Imitation 2 lesson5: Plato and Aristotle: Idea and Imitation 3 lesson6: Leonard da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli(Renaissance): Genius and Venus 1 lesson7: Leonard da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli: Genius and Venus 2 lesson8: Leonard da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli: Genius and Venus 3 lesson9: william Hogarth and English Landscape Garden(Early Modern-Modern): the Grace 1 lesson10: william Hogarth and English Landscape Garden: the Grace 2 lesson11: william Hogarth and English Landscape Garden: the Grace 3 lesson12: Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant(Modern: the 2nd half of the 18th Century): Aesthetics of the Sublime/das Erhabene 1 lesson13: Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant: Aesthetics of the Sublime/das Erhabene 2 lesson14: Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant: Aesthetics of the Sublime/das Erhabene 2 lesson15: Conclusion(or, Final Examination)
Text/Reference Books,etc.	・Takehiko Tozu (ed.), "Bi no Hembo", Kyoto: Sekaishiso-sha, 1988. ・Tsunemichi Kambayashi (ed. ), "Geijutugaku Handobukku", Tokyo: Keiso-shobo, 1988. ・Hideki Kuwajima, "Suko no Bigaku", Tokyo: Kodan-sha, 2008. ・Hideki Kuwajima, "Sei to Shi no Keruto Bigaku", Tokyo: Hosei University Press, 2016. etc.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	Mainly Handouts and Blackboard, ocassionally DVD-projection.
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Read the designated textbooks and handouts which will be provided before/after each lesson.
Requirements
Grading Method	Participation and Attitude for the Class: about 50% Final Examination: about 50%
Practical Experience	Experienced
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it	Chief of the Council of Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art, and A Member of the Committee of Social Education in Higashihiroshima etc.
Message
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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