Undergraduate Course: Elective: sculpture in the landscape (ARCH09013)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
An interdisciplinary investigation into the expanding fields of sculpture and landscape architecture. Students are asked to design, construct and document an intervention in the environs of Edinburgh. Students work on an individual basis but will attend a series of joint lectures, site visits and critiques.
Aims of course
1 To explore shared ideas, common ground and essential differences between the disciplines of sculpture and landscape architecture.
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Mode of delivery
Lectures and seminars. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
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Other requirements | Pre-requisites
none
Co-requisites
none
Prohibited combinations
none |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 35 |
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. be able to demonstrate an understanding of both contextual and conceptual attitudes towards interventions in the landscape.
2. be able to make connections between the art of Nature and the nature of Art.
3. be able to test ideas and intentions in an in-situ project. |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
Not entered |
Special Arrangements
| Landscape Institute criteria: social, economic and cultural context. |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Corner, J (1990) Recovering Landscape. Princeton Arch. Press. Kastner J (1998) Land and Environmental Art. Phaidon, London. Weilacher, U (1996) Between Landscape Architecture and Landscape Art. Birhauser, Basel. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 12 hours
Directed study 0 hours
Self-directed study 88 hours
Total 100 hours |
| Keywords | ART, SCULPTURE, NATURE |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Donald Urquhart
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Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 221 6091
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