Thursdays, August 28 - December 11, 6-9 pm
Instructor: Marilyn Bauman (Assisted by Christine Stoughton)

In the fall of 2008, West Chester University will present the de Mazia Foundation’s course: “Informed Perception: An Objective Approach to Aesthetic Appreciation.”  The course will introduce participants to an objective method for the appreciation of the art in art.  The course will explore visual expression and its relation to daily life.  Students will be guided to experience works of art directly, encouraged to make aesthetic discoveries, and enabled to undertake personal and independent analyses of works of art.  Readings, group discussion, individual projects, and lively classroom activities will be employed.

Inspired by the writings of Albert Barnes, John Dewey, and Violette de Mazia, and based on Violette de Mazia’s 1920’s to 1980’s program of study at The Barnes Foundation, this seminar reinterprets their work and represents their concepts for 21st century students.

Students may earn three undergraduate or graduate credits.

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Application must be filed by August 21, 2008