Postgraduate Course: Medieval and Renaissance Italy: Texts, Objects and Practices (HIAR11058)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is designed for postgraduate students interested in research in Medieval and Renaissance Europe in general, and Italy in particular.
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| Course description |
The course will be taught intensively (approximately four hours a day) over one week, normally in the middle of semester 2. There will be one class with the Course Directors in Edinburgh before the course starts, and one after for additional work. Classroom sessions will take place in the Monash University Centre in Prato (when visiting Florence), or in the Centro Don Orione in Venice (near the Accademia). The majority of teaching, though will take place on site in archives, museums, and galleries of Florence and Venice.
The emphasis during the course will be to study in detail and at first hand a range of texts and artefacts written during the later medieval and renaissance periods in Italy. Some may be canonical in medieval and renaissance studies generally - for instance Dante's Divine Comedy, Machiavelli's The Prince, or Botticelli's Birth of Venus; others may be less well known - vernacular letters, diaries and sermons for example, or renaissance costume, furniture and scientific instruments in institutions such as the museum of domestic life in the Palazzo Davanzati or Museum of the History of Science. As well as the major Florentine and Venetian museums, this unit will also include an introduction to archival work, and an opportunity for students to study original archival documents if they wish to.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Students are responsible for making their own travel and accommodation arrangements, and this cost should also be considered when choosing the course |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 20 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 19,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Placement Study Abroad Hours 20,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
136 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
You will write an independent research essay of 4,000 words on an object or text of their choice, in agreement with the Course Director. This will enable you to demonstrate your knowledge of the period, your acquisition of research skills in this area of study, your ability to analyse and contextualise your object of study within a larger historical understanding of the period, and your ability to synthesise and contribute to major historical debates of the period as appropriate. |
| Feedback |
You will receive oral formative feedback on an oral presentation delivered to the group.
You will receive summative written assessment on your research essay.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- develop a thorough knowledge of the historical text(s) or artefact(s) chosen for study from the Renaissance / Early Modern period.
- gain an understanding of different genres of text and object circulating in Medieval and Renaissance Italy.
- acquire an introduction in core skills for Medieval and Renaissance research with respect to archives, manuscripts, museums and palaeography.
- develop a capacity to analyse the historical processes that underpinned the construction of particular texts and objects from the period.
- engage in critical discussion of texts and objects in relation to the urban context of Italian Medieval and Renaissance Society.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Genevieve Warwick
Tel: (0131 6)50 4111
Email: G.Warwick@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Jennifer Watson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5744
Email: Jennifer.A.Watson@ed.ac.uk |
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