Late Antique Visual Culture (P01647)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-P01647

This course deliberately takes a broad approach to consider the theme of 'Late Antique Visual Culture', drawing on the disciplines of art history, archaeology, history and literary criticism. Students in this way will move beyond traditional stylistic approaches to late antique art in order to consider issues of continuity and change in the visual culture of Late Antiquity. Students will consider a range of diverse phenomena: as well as studying late antique sculpture, painting and "minor arts" they will also examine how literary texts constructed visual culture as well as exploring broader material and topographical contexts. This course is designed to appeal to students with a range of interests, including those for whom the late antique period constitutes a new field of study.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : PGs only

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics), (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 11 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of this course the student will have:
- knowledge of major developments in late antique art and architecture, including the development of Christian art
- familiarity with ancient literary texts focusing on visual culture
- understanding of the late antique historical context
- an ability to engage critically with the relevant late antique material
- familiarity with a wide range of secondary literature reflecting a welath of different methodological and theoretical positions