? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : ACE-P-P00264

This course provides an introduction to a range of important aspects of the built environment of Scotland, ranging from country houses (Bowhill, Gosford, Dalkeith, Dalmeny and Pollock) to museums (the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh) to urban plans (the old and New Towns of Edinburgh) to royal palaces (Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh) and the New Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood. Teaching will be carried out primarily by staff in the School of Arts, Culture and Environment, with contributions, where practicable, from staff from the sites visited. The course is based almost entirely around site visits, continuing the pattern set by Scottish art in the British and European Context in semester one. This will not only provide students with first hand experience of their objects of study, but in this case, move beyond the normal art historical treatment of architecture as a series of flat facades to a consideration of space and context. Students will be encouraged to develop a critical approach to the subject they study. The course, being very rich in subject material, not all of it in the public realm, will provide ample opportunity for developing research subjects at dissertation level.

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Home subject area

History of Art, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

? Additional Class Information : Semester 1 or 2, Th at times to be arranged

This course provides an introduction to a range of important aspects of the built environment of Scotland, ranging from country houses (Bowhill, Gosford, Dalkeith, Dalmeny and Pollock) to museums (the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh) to urban plans (the old and New Towns of Edinburgh) to royal palaces (Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh) and the New Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood. Teaching will be carried out primarily by staff in the School of Arts, Culture and Environment, with contributions, where practicable, from staff from the sites visited. The course is based almost entirely around site visits, continuing the pattern set by Scottish art in the British and European Context in semester one. This will not only provide students with first hand experience of their objects of study, but in this case, move beyond the normal art historical treatment of architecture as a series of flat facades to a consideration of space and context. Students will be encouraged to develop a critical approach to the subject they study. The course, being very rich in subject material, not all of it in the public realm, will provide ample opportunity for developing research subjects at dissertation level.

Principal means of assessment is a 4,000 word essay. In addition each candidate's performance will be monitored through the presentation of seminar material.

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Lucy Hawkins
Tel : (0131 6)51 3212
Email : Lucy.Hawkins@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Viccy Coltman
Tel : (0131 6)50 8426
Email : Viccy.Coltman@ed.ac.uk

Course Website : http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/fineart

School Website : http://www.ace.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/