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Undergraduate Course: Arts and Architecture in Europe III: the Early Modern to the Contemporary (LLLA07066)

Course Outline
SchoolCentre for Open Learning CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryTHIS IS A FOR-CREDIT ONLY COURSE OFFERED BY THE CENTRE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING (COL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH COL SHOULD BE ENROLLED.

Acquire a good grasp of the skills and knowledge used in history of art with this stimulating introductory course. We will examine a variety of works in painting, sculpture, architecture and beyond, created in this crucial period for the history of European arts and architecture.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  16
Course Start Lifelong Learning - Session 3
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 78 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Open Studies 10 credit courses have one assessment. Normally, the assessment is a 2000 word essay, worth 100% of the total mark, submitted by week 12. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 40%.

There are a small number of exceptions to this model which are identified in the Studying for Credit Guide.
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No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Discuss complex issues that are particular to each period;
  2. State and justify what period and what geographical area a work of art could belong to;
  3. Understand stylistic differences in Western art and outline the evolution of Western art from the 17th century to the present day.
Reading List
Essential

Eisenman, Stephen F. 1994. Nineteenth Century Art: A Critical History, London: Thames and Hudson

Honour, H. and Fleming, J., 2001. A World History of Art, 5th ed., London: Laurence King

Gombrich, E. H. 2000. The Story of Art, 4th ed., London: Phaidon
Minor, Vernon Hyde 1999. Baroque & Rococo: Art & Culture, London: Laurence King

Recommended

Edwards, S. (ed) 1999. Art and its Histories: A Reader, Open University / Yale University Press, London

Stangos, N. (ed) 1988. Concepts of Modern Art, Thames and Hudson, London.

Waldberg, P. 1978. Surrealism, Thames and Hudson, London.

Lippard, L. 1970. Pop Art, Thames and Hudson, London.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Sally Crumplin
Tel:
Email: Sally.Crumplin@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Benjamin Mcnab
Tel: (0131 6)51 4832
Email: Benjamin.Mcnab@ed.ac.uk
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