This course will introduce students to the following theories.

Theory of Art, Philosophy of Art, Aesthetics, Analysis of Form, Representational and non-Representational, Iconographical, Critical Theory: non-Artistic Frameworks for Critique. Psychoanalytic Theory. Archetypes. Ideology. Marxism. Feminism. Semiotics. Design Theories for Art: Gestalt theory, Semantics, Affordances, Brain Theory, and Pattern Recognition.