Postgraduate Course: Scottish Art and Architectural History (HIAR11002)
Course Outline
School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
Summary | This course provides an introduction to a range of important aspects of the built environment of Scotland, ranging from country houses (Bowhill, Gosford, Dalkeith, Dalmeny and Pollock) to museums (the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh) to urban plans (the old and New Towns of Edinburgh) to royal palaces (Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh) and the New Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood. Teaching will be carried out primarily by staff in the School of Arts, Culture and Environment, with contributions, where practicable, from staff from the sites visited. The course is based almost entirely around site visits, continuing the pattern set by Scottish art in the British and European Context in semester one. This will not only provide students with first hand experience of their objects of study, but in this case, move beyond the normal art historical treatment of architecture as a series of flat facades to a consideration of space and context. Students will be encouraged to develop a critical approach to the subject they study. The course, being very rich in subject material, not all of it in the public realm, will provide ample opportunity for developing research subjects at dissertation level. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
This course provides an introduction to a range of important aspects of the built environment of Scotland, ranging from country houses (Bowhill, Gosford, Dalkeith, Dalmeny and Pollock) to museums (the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh) to urban plans (the old and New Towns of Edinburgh) to royal palaces (Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh) and the New Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood. Teaching will be carried out primarily by staff in the School of Arts, Culture and Environment, with contributions, where practicable, from staff from the sites visited. The course is based almost entirely around site visits, continuing the pattern set by Scottish art in the British and European Context in semester one. This will not only provide students with first hand experience of their objects of study, but in this case, move beyond the normal art historical treatment of architecture as a series of flat facades to a consideration of space and context. Students will be encouraged to develop a critical approach to the subject they study. The course, being very rich in subject material, not all of it in the public realm, will provide ample opportunity for developing research subjects at dissertation level.
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Additional Information
Course URL |
http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/fineart |
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Additional Class Delivery Information |
Semester 1 or 2, Th at times to be arranged |
Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Viccy Coltman
Tel: (0131 6)50 8426
Email: Viccy.Coltman@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lizzie Robertson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5852
Email: lizzie.robertson@ed.ac.uk |
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