Postgraduate Course: Global Encounters in Medieval Art (HIAR11045)
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 | For centuries before the modern era, distant civilisations had engaged in the exchange of goods, artistic styles and ideas across vast expanses of land and sea. The multiple dialogues that thereby arose led to rich creative processes of transformation and appropriation. This course explores the global dimension of art in the Middle Ages, with a geographical scope spanning Europe, the Islamic world and China. It follows a broad chronological sequence and focuses on key moments and patterns of interaction, such as the role of pilgrimage as an artistic vector, the extensive commercial links that spanned the Indian Ocean in the 9th century, or the political unification of China with the eastern Islamic world under Mongol rule. The course thus offers a uniquely broad perspective on the visual culture of the Middle Ages. |
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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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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
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Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
3,000 word essay |
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be expected to have gained knowledge of decisive moments in the history of artistic exchange between Europe, the Middle East and Asia before 1500, and to have engaged in critical reflection on the factors that led to such interactions. The course will also feed into the historical options chosen by each student to help them achieve more focused knowledge of specific areas.
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Additional Information
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http://www.arthistory.ed.ac.uk |
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Location will be confirmed in Handbook |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Chia-Ling Yang
Tel: (0131 6)51 1370
Email: c.yang@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lizzie Robertson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5852
Email: lizzie.robertson@ed.ac.uk |
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