Undergraduate Course: How Art Works (Credit Plus) (LLLA07121)
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 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Lifelong Learning (ECA) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will provide an introduction to the academic discipline of art history and the skills needed to interpret visual culture and produce work for assessments. It will be a primer for people interested in other history of art classes or students of other disciplines such as History or Literature, and provide a good grounding in Humanities scholarship for Credit for Entry students. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Lifelong Learning - Session 3, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 20 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
14/04/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
68 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Objectively analyse material, form and content in works of art produced in western Europe between 650 BCE and the present
2. Understand, analyse and interpret secondary material both in terms of content, and just as importantly, methodology
3. Present arguments and visual analysis in coherent, well balanced well structured and well presented form |
Assessment Information
| Formative Essay proforma, 2000 word Essay |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Week 1
The ¿unruly discipline¿ What do art historians do?
Week 2
What is Art made of?
Week 3
What makes Art Different?
Week 4
IS a picture worth 1,000 words?
Week 5
The Rise of the ISMS
Practice Essay due
Week 6
Classicism
Week 7
Gothicism
Week 8
Classicism again
Week 9
Revolutionism
Week10
Modernism / Postmodernism
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| Transferable skills |
Intellectual skills:
¿ Analyzing and engaging critically with a wide range of visual material
¿ Comparing and contrasting art works
¿ Compiling and combining data for interpretation
¿ Assimilating new knowledge
¿ Reading independently
Communication skills:
¿ Discussing within a group
¿ Expressing ideas and thoughts
¿ Listening actively
¿ Taking part in a seminar course
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| Reading list |
Essential
Fernie, E. 1995. Art History and its Methods, London: Phaidon.
Honour, H. and J. Fleming. 1995. A World History of Art. 4th ed. London: Laurence King.
Gombrich, E. H. 2000. The Story of Art. 4th ed. London: Phaidon.
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Web sources
Metropolitan Museum of Art (2000) Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. [Online]. Available at: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm [Accessed: 2 February 2009].
Delahunt, M. (1996) Artlex Art Dictionary. [Online]. Available at: http://www.artlex.com/ [Accessed: 2 February 2009].
Tate. The Tate Glossary. [Online]. Available at: http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/ [Accessed: 2 February 2009].
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Lecture based with weekly skills seminar |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Caroline Bamford
Tel: (0131 6)50 4322
Email: Caroline.Bamford@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Sabine Murdoch
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Sabine.Murdoch@ed.ac.uk |
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