1960 年代以來的藝術潮流形成一種多元文化的狀態，其內涵反應與探討社會文化，並且與科學、哲學、生活美學，皆有不同層次的相互依存關係。本課程將依不同的創作媒材，從時代風格探討藝術創作與人文精神，介紹導覽當代重要藝術作品，並討論藝術哲學、美學概念，與當代藝術的藝術的社會機制。

Art trends since the 1960s formed a multicultural state, which reflected and explored social culture, and had different levels of interdependent relationships with science, philosophy, and life aesthetics. This course will explore artistic creation and humanistic spirit from the contemporary style based on different creative media, introduce important contemporary art works, and discuss the social mechanisms of artistic philosophy and aesthetic concepts and contemporary art.

介紹西方思想史中的「美學」與當代文化及藝術研究之理論基礎概念，作為大學部學生創作的理論參考架構，以及理論研究進階發展的基礎。

Introducing the theoretical basic concepts of "aesthetics" and contemporary cultural and artistic research in the history of Western thought, it serves as a theoretical reference structure for university students' creations, as well as the basis for advanced theoretical research development.

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Doherty, Claire, Contemporary Art: From Studio to Situation, London: Black Dog, c2004.
Kocur, Zoya & Leung, Simon (eds), Theory in Contemporary Art Since 1985, Malden: Blackwell, 2005.
Smith, Terry, What Is Contemporary Art?, Chicago; London: The University of Chicago, 2009.
Stalabrass, Julian, Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford Universityr, 2006.
Taylor, Brandon, Art Today, London: Laurence King, 2005.
John Berg, (2010), "The Vision of View", Taipei: Maitian.
John Berg, (2010), "How to Watch", Taipei: Maitian.
Xie Bi'e, "The Extension of Du Xiang's Poems - The Disintegration and Transformation of Modern Western Art", Taipei: Xiu Wei, 2008.
Pam Meecham, The Latest Modern Art Criticism, Taipei, Voeber, 2006.
Herschel B. Chipp, Modern Artist Proposition I, Taipei, Far, 2004.
Herschel B. Chipp, Modern Artist Proposition II, Taipei, Far, 2004.