Undergraduate Course: Visual Languages: Form, Function, Meaning (ARTX08010)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Art |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
This module aims to introduce students to a way of considering art objects in a broad visual context where great emphasis will be placed on the ability to draw comparisons, and arrive at personally determined choices and judgements.
Aims of course
1 To develop students understanding of the disparate nature of visual languages, and how these are affected by external agencies of time, space, location, culture etc.
2 To enhance students&© confidence in applying a personally framed critique to objects which may be drawn from a wide range of cultural sources
3 To develop students&© ability to draw comparisons in an interdisciplinary way so as to understand a cultural object in its contextual framework
Mode of delivery
Gallery based study day consisting of lecture, discussion, visit and supporting materials |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
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| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: 150 |
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Weeks |
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Show a clear understanding of and an ability to analyse the ways in which art works are produced within a socially, culturally and historically determined framework
2. Demonstrate an ability to describe and analyse using a critical vocabulary informed by an understanding of art theory
3. Demonstrate confidence and fluency in written critical discussion, with confident use of references and quotations |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Core bibliography available on eportal. Subject specific bibliography attached to project brief for this module. Chris Murray (ed) Key Writers on Art: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century (2002) Jonathan Harris Writing Back to Modern Art (2005) |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 30 hours
Directed study 30 hours
Self-directed study 40 hours
Total 100 hours |
| Keywords | VISUAL CONTEXT, COMPARISONS, WESTERN/NON WESTERN |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Joan Smith
Tel: 0131 221 6031
Email: joan.smith@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Claire Davies
Tel:
Email: claire.davies@ed.ac.uk |
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