Postgraduate Course: Figuration and Disfiguration in European Art, C.1905-1950 (HIAR11013)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | History of Art |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/fineart |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course investigates ways in which European artists during the first half of the 20th century radically reinterpreted the traditional theme of the human figure, often through a process of subversion, often through appropriating new sources or using new materials and techniques. The relationship between theory and practice is analysed, and particular emphasis is placed on Dada and Surrealism because the Edinburgh collections and archival sources are especially strong in those areas. Other seminars focus on Expressionism, Primitivism, Cubism, the 'Return to order' and the effect of Fascism and the Holocaust. One seminar is conducted in the Dean Gallery. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| It is intended that students acquire a good knowledge and understanding of the material studied through preparing a series of short seminar presentations on selected topics, reading the texts recommended in the bibliography, week by week, and engaging actively in general discussion during seminars. The students are urged to use the archive as well as the library and collections of the Dean Gallery, and thus get used to documentary research and the analysis of primary sources from the beginning of their MSc degree. One-to-one tutorials are used to help them select the subject of the course essay and to monitor the progress of their research and thinking. The other purpose of these tutorials is to aid them make the transition from undergraduate to postgraduate study and to develop their self-confidence and sense of their potential contribution as art historians. |
Assessment Information
| Principal means of assessment is a 4,000 word essay. In addition each candidate's performance will be monitored through the presentation of seminar material. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Elizabeth Cowling
Tel: (0131 6)50 4112
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Course secretary | Mrs Lucy Hawkins
Tel: 0131 221 6026
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