Postgraduate Course: Late Antique Visual Culture (PGHC11180)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
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 | Postgraduate (School of History and Classics) |
Other subject area | None |
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None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | 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 (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
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Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
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Friday |
| Central | Seminar | Rm 1M.20, Doorway 4, Teviot Place | 1-11 | | | 10:00 - 12:00 | | |
| First Class |
Week 18, Wednesday, 10:00 - 12:00, Zone: Central. Rm 1M.20, Doorway 4, Teviot Place |
| Additional information |
Class time TBA in agreement with Dr. Grig (lucy.grig@ed.ac.uk) |
| No Exam Information |
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 |
Assessment Information
| 1 essay of min. 3,500 words |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Lucy Grig
Tel: (0131 6)50 3579
Email: Lucy.Grig@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Lindsay.Scott@ed.ac.uk |
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