Art History 280 - COLQ: TOPICS-GAME AESTHETICS

Topics course. Students may take up to four semesters of ARH 280 Art Historical Studies, as long as the topics are different.: This course examines the intersection between the visual arts and games in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. We examine theories of play and their relationship with both visual art and game design. We approach this topic from two directions. First, by asking how the visual arts have represented games and game playing and how they have utilized the mechanics of game play. Second, by asking how games function as works of art, and how game aesthetics touch on mechanics, narrative and visual representation. Case studies include modern art and sport; war games; video art, video games. Group B