Methodological inquiries for a plural teaching of contemporary art: three cornerstones and an erotic of art

Contemporary art, while human activity, reflects the human condition of plurality. Thinking and teaching the art in these terms requires distance of one of the main ways we address it: the interpretation. Interpreting is always a work of translation of facts and values through codes, which means tha...

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Main Author: Guillermo Cano Rojas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Granada 2011-12-01
Series:Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers
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Online Access:http://www.ugr.es/~jett/pdf/vol02_08_jett_guillermo_cano.pdf
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description Contemporary art, while human activity, reflects the human condition of plurality. Thinking and teaching the art in these terms requires distance of one of the main ways we address it: the interpretation. Interpreting is always a work of translation of facts and values through codes, which means that an activity is more involved with the language of ideology than with the thought that generates understanding and comprehension. Starting from the case study of Viennese Actionism movement, this article explores the development of methods of ensuring compliance transverse heterogeneity of contemporary art and broaden our understanding of it.
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spelling doaj.art-8ba54632da3f420680439ade4164e0c02022-12-21T18:25:07ZengUniversidad de GranadaJournal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers1989-95722011-12-0127483Methodological inquiries for a plural teaching of contemporary art: three cornerstones and an erotic of artGuillermo Cano RojasContemporary art, while human activity, reflects the human condition of plurality. Thinking and teaching the art in these terms requires distance of one of the main ways we address it: the interpretation. Interpreting is always a work of translation of facts and values through codes, which means that an activity is more involved with the language of ideology than with the thought that generates understanding and comprehension. Starting from the case study of Viennese Actionism movement, this article explores the development of methods of ensuring compliance transverse heterogeneity of contemporary art and broaden our understanding of it.http://www.ugr.es/~jett/pdf/vol02_08_jett_guillermo_cano.pdfContemporary arthistorymethodologypedagogy.
spellingShingle Guillermo Cano Rojas
Methodological inquiries for a plural teaching of contemporary art: three cornerstones and an erotic of art
Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers
Contemporary art
history
methodology
pedagogy.
title Methodological inquiries for a plural teaching of contemporary art: three cornerstones and an erotic of art
title_full Methodological inquiries for a plural teaching of contemporary art: three cornerstones and an erotic of art
title_fullStr Methodological inquiries for a plural teaching of contemporary art: three cornerstones and an erotic of art
title_full_unstemmed Methodological inquiries for a plural teaching of contemporary art: three cornerstones and an erotic of art
title_short Methodological inquiries for a plural teaching of contemporary art: three cornerstones and an erotic of art
title_sort methodological inquiries for a plural teaching of contemporary art three cornerstones and an erotic of art
topic Contemporary art
history
methodology
pedagogy.
url http://www.ugr.es/~jett/pdf/vol02_08_jett_guillermo_cano.pdf
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