Undergraduate Course: Art and Design Practice in Context (ARTX07018)
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 | Art |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
This module will enable students to explore not only individual works of art but the social and cultural contexts in which they are produced. Using appropriate methodologies students will look at a range of objects produced within a defined time-frame. Although the module will focus on western art, students will have the opportunity to consider the relationship with artefacts from other cultures.
Aims of course
1 To introduce students to the broader cultural, economic, social and political context in which works of art and designed objects are made and received.
2 To provide students with appropriate methodologies for analysing and interpreting cultural practices in context
3 To develop skills in critical analysis using appropriate vocabularies and skills in expression
Mode of delivery
Gallery based study days consisting of lecture, discussion, visit and supporting materials |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to the School of Art. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Describe and analyse a range of works of art and designed objects in different media, and further critically appraise and interrogate the social, cultural, political and historical context in which they are produced
2. Show skills in the use of appropriate means for explaining ideas both verbally and in writing.
3. Demonstrate confidence and fluency in written critical discussion of works of art and designed objects and the environment in which they are produced. |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
Not entered |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Core bibliography available on eportal. Subject specific bibliography attached to project brief for this module. Grant Pooke Contemporary British Art (2008) Mary Acton Learning to Look at Modern Art (2004) Jonathan Harris The New Art History (2001) |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 30 hours
Directed study 30 hours
Self-directed study 40 hours
Total 100 hours |
| Keywords | SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT, CHRONOLOGY, FAITH, GENDER, WESTERN/ NON WESTERN |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Joan Smith
Tel: (0131 6)51 5917
Email: joan.smith@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Annabelle Evans
Tel: (0131 6)51 5763
Email: Annabelle.Evans@ed.ac.uk |
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