Undergraduate Course: Painting: contemporary concerns 1 (LLLA07053)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | 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. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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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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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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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and 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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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
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Course secretary | Ms Sherrey Landles
Tel: (0131 6)50 4400
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