Overview
What compels artists to create and provokes their desire to break new artistic ground? In this unit you will consider the concept of creativity and its history; what it is and how it has been employed by great artistic minds from the medieval era to the present day. You will consider the nature of innovation and outcomes of the many different forms of creative process. You will examine how creative pioneers have harnessed creative energy and applied it to their artistic practice.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
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Assessment Overview
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This year there were ongoing issues with the technical delivery of the course this semester, largely owing to the fact that lectures were delivered via zoom; technical issues would not manifest until the start of the meeting/tutorial. This could easily be fixed by reverting to the previous delivery method where tutorials were directly linked and recorded by TASAC.
- Evaluate and explain artistic approaches to creativity from the medieval era to the present day
- Describe and contextualise the concept of the avant-garde and its social and artistic implications
- Discuss ways various creative pioneers have harnessed creative energy and applied it to their creative practice.
N/A
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Essay - 40% | |||
| 2 - In-class Test(s) - 60% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||
| 5 - Team Work | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Essay - 40% | ||||||||||
| 2 - In-class Test(s) - 60% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
g.gartner@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Course Introduction
- Defining creativity and innovation
- What compels us to create?
- The creative imperative
Chapter
Kaufman, J. (2016). Creativity 101 (2nd ed.) pp. 3-20. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Heavenly Bodies
- What makes an idea dangerous?
- Humanism
- Cosmology
Chapter
Burkholder, J.P., Grout, D. J., Palisca, C.V (2010) A History of Western Music (8th ed., international student ed.) pp. 146-154. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Creative Obsession
- Creativity and mental health
- The compositional process
- The concept of perfectionism
Chapter
Ehrenzweig, A. (2000). Chapter 3 Unconscious Scanning. In The Hidden Order of Art: A Study on the Psychology of Artistic Imagination. London: Phoenix.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The Most Dangerous Ballet Ever Written
- The Rite of Spring
- The Ballets Russes
Chapter
Stravinsky, I. (2011). Chapter III. In An Autobiography. Retrieved from www.gutenberg.org.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Orlando
- Modernist literature
- Gender studies
- Queer studies
Chapter
Woolf, V. (2013). Chapter 2. In A Room of One's Own (pp. 27-42). Australia: Penguin Group.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Art, Politics and Protest
- Banksy
- Soviet Propaganda posters
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Music, Politics and Protest
- Socialist realism
- Entartete (Degenerate) music
Chapter
Ross, A. (2007). Chapter 7 The Art of Fear: Music in Stalin's Russia. In The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (pp. 235-258). New York: Picador.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The Art of Life
- Dada
- The ready-made
- The blurring between art and life
Chapter
Kimmelman, M. (2006). The Art of Making Art Without Lifting a Finger (pp. 71-91). In The Accidental Masterpiece: On The Art of Life and Vice Versa. USA: Penguin Books.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chance Innovations
- American experimentalism
- The creativity of chance and improvisation
Chapter
Ehrenzweig, A. (2000). Chapter 7 The Three Phases of Creativity. In The Hidden Order of Art: A Study on the Psychology of Artistic Imagination. London: Phoenix.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Danger Music
- The Fluxus Ethos
Chapter
Higgins, D. (1998) A Child’s History of Fluxus. In Horizons (pp. 87-93). Ubu editions 2007. Retrieved from http://www.ubu.com/ubu/pdf/higgins_horizons.pdf
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Flawed Masterpieces
- Modernist architecture
- The creation of the Sydney Opera House
Chapter
O'Neill, H. (2013). Chapter 13. In A Singular Vision: Harry Seidler (pp. 214-225). Australia: HarperCollins.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Revision
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Musical Chameleon
- Invention and re-invention
Chapter
Bowie, A. (2000). Backstage Passes: Life on the Wild Side with David Bowie, pp.148-173. New York: Cooper Square Press.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Essay
Present a case study on a great artistic innovator. You may choose
one of the innovators mentioned in the tutorials whose work was not
studied in depth, or you may choose your own (you must verify your subject choice with the lecturer first).
- Describe their unique creative processes and influences
- Give an account of the social and cultural factors that influenced them
- What made their work truly innovative or avant-garde?
- How did their work affect society and subsequent artistic practices?
Presentation:
- This assignment is to be saved as a Word document and submitted online through the course website.
- Use 12 point Times New Roman font.
- Essays must be double-spaced.
- Sub-headings may be used as appropriate.
- All direct quotes, diagrams and images should include an in-text reference, and full details included in the Reference List.
- Do not cite from Wikipedia, blogs or other similar websites where there is no acknowledged author
- Include citations from books, e-books, refereed journal articles and other scholarly sources.
Word Count:
- The word count is considered from the first word of the introduction to the last word of the conclusion.
- It excludes the cover page, abstract, contents page, reference page and appendices.
- It includes in-text references and direct quotations.
Week 7 Friday (6 Sept 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 9 Friday (20 Sept 2019)
- Content (25%)
- Evidence (25%)
- Conforms to APA Style Guide (20%)
- Spelling, Grammar, Overall Presentation (15%)
- Essay Structure (15%)
- Evaluate and explain artistic approaches to creativity from the medieval era to the present day
- Describe and contextualise the concept of the avant-garde and its social and artistic implications
- Discuss ways various creative pioneers have harnessed creative energy and applied it to their creative practice.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
2 In-class Test(s)
- The quiz will consist of thirty questions from Weeks 1-11 of the 2019 CART11002 Creative Pioneers unit
- This is an ‘open book’ test. Students are allowed to directly refer to the PowerPoint slides uploaded to Moodle
- This assessment will take place in regular class time on Monday, 14 October 2019 and will ONLY be open 9.30-11.00am (AEST)
- The quiz can be accessed through the CART11002 Moodle page
- Students may only attempt the quiz ONCE
- Students are strongly urged to complete the quiz at a CQU campus. Students who choose to complete the quiz off campus are wholly responsible for internet connection and any technical issues which may arise
- N.B. it is not possible to re-sit the quiz because of issues with off-campus technical issues or internet connectivity
- Extension deadlines will be governed by the Assessment Policy and Procedure Policy
Review/Exam Week Monday (14 Oct 2019) 11:00 am AEST
Exam Week Friday (25 Oct 2019)
- Questions will be randomly generated from a larger question bank
- Individual questions will be worth between 1-4 marks
- Questions will be in both multiple choice and short answer format
- Students must accurately complete short answer questions
- Evaluate and explain artistic approaches to creativity from the medieval era to the present day
- Describe and contextualise the concept of the avant-garde and its social and artistic implications
- Discuss ways various creative pioneers have harnessed creative energy and applied it to their creative practice.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
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