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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Edinburgh College of Art : History of Art

Undergraduate Course: History of Art 1B (VS2) (HIAR08011)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityPart-year visiting students only
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryHistory of Art 1B is not a chronological survey course and does not pretend to provide comprehensive coverage of this vast and complex subject. Instead the work of prominent artists, important types, key periods and diverse geographies of art are selected to provide representative examples for study. All our teaching considers the visual arts as a reflection of the societies in which they were produced.

VISITING STUDENTS WHO ARE HERE FOR THE FULL YEAR ARE PERMITTED TO TAKE ONE OF THE HALF COURSES HISTORY OF ART 1A OR 1B. IF THEY WANT TO DO THE FULL COURSE THEY MUST BE ENROLLED ONTO HIAR08009 TO INCLUDE THE EXAM. THE HALF COURSES ARE ONLY OPEN TO VISITING STUDENTS.
Course description Under the collective title, Art at the Crossroads of World Cultures (c.600 ¿ c.1700), the lectures in semester 2 begin by examining art in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe, including the emerging colonial powers of Hapsburg Spain, Elizabethan England and the Dutch Republic. We look at how early modern Europeans viewed the world within and beyond their borders. The course then expands past Europe to consider art in the Middle East, South Asia and Japan from the early medieval to the early modern. By combining a far-reaching geographical scope with this long time span, you will gain a broad perspective on global artistic developments, exchanges and connections. We explore how different religions, power structures and intercultural relations impacted upon artists, objects and audiences.
Students begin the course with very different levels of knowledge, and our intention is that, by the end, all will have acquired an overview of certain specific areas in the history of art. By building up art historical skills, through lectures, ALGs [Autonomous Learning Groups] and tutorials, students develop an understanding of the crucial issues raised by the subject and of the methods used to deal with them. Whenever appropriate the weekly tutorials are conducted in the museums, galleries and public spaces of Edinburgh, which has world-renowned art collections.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
History of Art 1 consists of two semester units but each semester unit is also designed so that it can be taken as an independent course by visiting students who are in Edinburgh for only one semester. Students who take this course come with very different levels of knowledge of art history. Our intention is that by the end all will have acquired an understanding of the important issues raised by the subject and of the methods used to deal with them; they will also have a command of the basic concepts and vocabulary of the discipline. In the lecture units and seminar courses students will learn the methods of art history through the study of the work of selected artists, types of objects, and periods of art. Emphasis will be placed on the critical analysis and interpretation of visual and historical materials, both in the lectures and in seminars. Seminars will make use of material in museums and galleries in Edinburgh.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/fineart
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Plus one seminar per week at a time to be arranged
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Andrew Horn
Tel:
Email: ahorn2@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Hannah Morrison
Tel: (0131 6)51 5763
Email: hmorris4@ed.ac.uk
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