Undergraduate Course: Painting: contemporary concerns 1 (LLLA07053)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Lifelong Learning (ECA) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | THIS IS A FOR-CREDIT ONLY COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED.
This course, designed for those who want to challenge their own position as artists who use paint, will examine a range of strategies in contemporary painting through a series of projects leading to the development of a more personal and challenging body of work. The course will consider the changing position of painting in western art in the 20th Century as notions of image, illusion and pictorial space were challenged by spatial ambiguity, abstract expression and conceptual concerns. Students will engage with painting as a medium for expression and visual ideas in the context of the way in which artists have redefined the medium and abandoned many preconceptions as photography, the printed image, film and television took hold of visual culture. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, through attending classes and engaging in directed and independent study, students should be able to:
RESEARCH
understand how to initiate and develop personally motivated research in relation to painting
PRACTICE
develop a range of visual and conceptual ideas through an exploration of contemporary painting methods and processes;
PRESENT
Select, edit and present a coherent body of art works
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Assessment Information
This course will be assessed by the submission of a portfolio of visual design works within the discipline studied. This will include a selection of resolved design works, preparatory studies, visual research and evidence of a contextual awareness through a completed sketchbook and/or visual journal. The work must be presented in a clear and professional manner appropriate to the discipline. The submission should include work undertaken within the class as well as directed and independent study out with the class. Typically, this will comprise:
- Class Contact hours: 27.5 (work undertaken during the class)
- Directed hours: 27.5 (work the tutor has set students to each week in their own time)
- Independent Study Hours: 45 (work students set themselves to do, relevant to the discipline studied)
The combined submission will be assessed against the three learning outcomes for this course. These are equally weighted and each will be given a percentage grade. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 30% in each learning outcome and an overall combined mark of 40% minimum.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
- ability to make effective use of research and development of ideas
- practical skills in drawing and painting, composition and design
- independent and self-motivated learning
- ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of painting within visual culture
- selection and presentation skills
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| Reading list |
Recommended
ELKINS, J., 2000, What Painting Is: How to Think about Oil Painting Using the Language of Alchemy, London: Routledge
ABTS, T., 2002, Vitamin P : new perspectives in painting, London: Phaidon
MAYER R., 1973 The artist¿s handbook of materials and techniques, London: Faber
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
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Course secretary | Ms Sherrey Landles
Tel: (0131 6)50 3003
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