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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Edinburgh College of Art : Lifelong Learning (ECA)

Undergraduate Course: The Portrait in the Modern World 1790 - 2004 (LLLA07055)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaLifelong Learning (ECA) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionTHIS IS A FOR-CREDIT ONLY COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED.

This course examines the development of the portrait in an era of rapid artistic change. Follow the changing conceptions of character and personality from the classical portrait to the fragmented self of the postmodern era. Considering the place of the portrait in relation to history and events will be a key theme.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Lifelong Learning - Session 3, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  20
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 14/04/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 78 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
Identify, describe and analyse portraits.
Identify, understand and use the appropriate terminology and concepts for these works.
Discourse on and discuss the meanings of the works.
Identify and understand the underlying theoretical, scientific, social and political contexts which underlie the production of this form of art.
Place portrait styles and types in a historical framework and context.
Assessment Information
Open Studies 10 credit courses have one assessment. Normally, the assessment is a 2000 word essay, worth 100% of the total mark, submitted by week 12. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 40%. There are a small number of exceptions to this model which are identified in the Studying for Credit Guide.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Woodall, J (ed.).1997. Portraiture: Facing the Subject, Manchester, MUP.
Pointon, M.1993.Hanging the Head: Portraiture and Social Formation in Eighteenth-Century England, New Haven; London : Yale University Press for The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
Scottish National Portrait Gallery.1999.The Companion Guide to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, The National Galleries of Scotland.
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Caroline Bamford
Tel: (0131 6)50 4322
Email: Caroline.Bamford@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Sabine Murdoch
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Sabine.Murdoch@ed.ac.uk
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