Postgraduate Course: SCOTTISH ART IN THE AGE OF CRITICAL THEORY 1945-2000 (HIAR11049)
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.arthistory.ed.ac.uk |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The central focus of this course will be to examine and assess the complex and shifting theoretical relationship between the work of the major post-war Scottish artists and the development of modern and post-modern critical discourse. In art historical terms the course will be broadly chronological and the main figures for individual study will include- Eduardo Paolozzi, William Turnbull, Joan Eardley, Alan Davie, Boyle Family, Ian Hamilton Finlay, John Bellany, Steven Campbell, Jenny Saville, Alison Watt, Christine Borland, Douglas Gordon and Martin Creed (the last two being winners of the prestigious Turner Prize). The work of each of these artists will be studied within the context of their historical and cultural period. This methodology will include a range of critical and philosophical theories drawn from the writings of Marx, Nietzsche, Saussure, Freud, Jung, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Levi-Strauss, Barthes, Laing, Greenberg, Baudrillard, Derrida, Jameson, Lacan and Kristiva ? see Key Writers on Art: The Twentieth Century ed. Chris Murray (Routledge2003). For this aspect of the course a core text will be, The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory ed. David Macey (2000).It is hoped that some of the seminars will take place in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and other appropriate venues. |
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
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
A number of artists, exhibitions and/or forms of post-war Scottish visual art within the context of their historical and cultural period.
A full range of key critical and philosophical theories from the 19thC to the present of relevance to Scottish post-war art.
The complex relationship between the work of major post-war Scottish visual artists and the development of modern and post-modern critical discourse
Analyse a complex body of Scottish and international material (particularly artworks, theoretical texts and the relationships between them) and highlighting significant features.
Synthesise evidence, arguments or ideas from different sources productively in a self-directed manner.
Reason critically and offer judgements based on argument that can be communicated effectively to specialist (tutors and peers) or non-specialist audiences.
Think independently and self-reflectively, sometimes making connections between familiar and new ideas or material.
Able to employ:
Visual Skills; including observation, description, interpretation, and presentation
Research Skills: including use of appropriate methods to locate primary and secondary sources and works of visual art, but also forming research questions and pursuing them autonomously.
Critical Skills: including selection of relevant material, and appraisal of other people's arguments on the basis of familiarity with source materials and current literature.
Writing Skills: including use of proper academic conventions, creating logical and structured narratives, and effective use of language to convey particular and general responses of readers or viewers to works of visual art, and to articulate complex conceptual issues and create frameworks for understanding them.
To work to briefs and deadlines; take responsibility for your own work; reflect on your own learning and performance and make constructive use of feedback.
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Assessment Information
| 4,000 word essay |
Special Arrangements
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr William Hare
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Course secretary | Mrs Lucy Hawkins
Tel: 0131 221 6026
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