Postgraduate Course: Russian Modernism: Theory and Practice 1908-1932 (HIAR11061)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Arts, Culture and Environment |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
History of Art |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course will focus on the formation of an independent and innovative avant-garde in Russia in the early Twentieth Century, concentrating particularly on the factors that conditioned the development of constructed sculpture and the emergence of abstraction in painting within such movements as Neoprimitivism, Rayism, Cubo-Futurism, Alogism, Suprematism and Constructivism. These formal innovations will be examined within the context of Russia&Šs distinctive artistic cultural heritage, and the impact of Western ideas, as well as the profound technical and social changes (including the revolutions of 1905 and 1917) that transformed Russia at this time, and the philosophical and theoretical debates that accompanied these upheavals and which provided vital underpinnings for the aesthetic developments. The study of contemporary texts in translation will be an essential component of the course, supplementing the study of the visual material. |
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 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
Week 1, Friday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. Seminar room 5, Minto House, 20 Chambers Street |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
&ˇ An understanding of the theory and practice of the principal artists and movements as they developed in Russia 1908-1932 and some knowledge of the social, political and cultural contexts within which they occurred.
&ˇ Some insight into the complexities of the relationship between social and political developments and artistic production
&ˇ Equipped with this essential visual and intellectual knowledge, students should be able to identify, date and analyze paintings, sculptures and drawings produced during the period.
&ˇ A familiarity with the concepts, methods and debates inherent in current art-historical research
&ˇ An ability to approach methodological issues and intellectual content of the course constructively and critically. |
Assessment Information
| 3-4000 word essay |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Mr Martin Hammer
Tel: (0131 6)50 4119
Email: Martin.Hammer@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Lucy Hawkins
Tel: (0131 6)51 3212
Email: Lucy.Hawkins@ed.ac.uk |
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