Postgraduate Course: Expanding the Book: Image and Literacy in Valois France (HIAR11040)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Arts, Culture and Environment |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
History of Art |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.arthistory.ed.ac.uk |
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| Course description |
This course examines the development of illustrated books in France from the fourteenth to the early sixteenth centuries, exploring ways in which illuminated manuscripts and early printed books were designed to function visually and aesthetically, as well as textually. Particular attention is given to programmes of illustration for which textual expositions of the pictures have survived, permitting clear assessments of the aims of the artists, their supervisors and their patrons. Several kinds of book are considered, including Books of Hours, new translations into French of works by classical authors, and late medieval romances and collections of poetry. A special focus is how the demands of audiences for new forms of book illustration expanded considerably during this period, challenging artists to devise evermore imaginative decorative schemes and pictorial possibilities. The interplay of sacred and secular themes is one topic that characterises the whole period. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | 11:10 - 13:00 | | | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
Location will be confirmed in Handbook |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
! To introduce students to a selection of texts widely read in late medieval France and the illustrative programmes developed for them.
! To introduce students to the principle forms of manuscript illumination practised and developed during this period and to the chief artists responsible for them.
! To gain an understanding of how the visual aspects of books became a fitting topic for intellectual inquiry during the later Middle Ages.
! To develop the ability to ask questions about the uses of images in society and discover appropriate evidence to answer them.
! By the end of the course, having examined a number of select manuscripts (making use of rare facsimiles of key works and manuscript collections within Edinburgh), students will have an understanding of the key features of French painting in manuscripts of the period in question. Students will be able to assess the contribution of this episode to the broader development of visual culture in the West.
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Assessment Information
| 3,000 word essay |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Tom Tolley
Tel: (0131 6)50 4115
Email: Tom.Tolley@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Lucy Hawkins
Tel: (0131 6)51 3212
Email: Lucy.Hawkins@ed.ac.uk |
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