Undergraduate Course: City as a Work of Art: Western Urbanism 1960 to the Present Day (HIAR10087)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course provides a broadly chronological history of the relationships between the postmodern city and the visual arts in western Europe and the United States from c.1960 to the present day. The primary concerns are the following: how was the city represented in art (painting, photography and film) in the period? How did architects represent the city? How did artists inhabit and use the city? What city institutions and spaces did they depend on? What was the subject position adopted by these creative people vis-a-vis the city? Key moments in this history include: the critique of the modernist city by Jane Jacobs; LA and Las Vegas in the writings of Reyner Banham and Robert Venturi; Robert Smithson's interventions in 1960s New York; Fredric Jameson and utopianism; gentrification and art in contemporary London; the city and the art museum; Tati's Playtime and the loss of faith in the modernist city. The course is interdisciplinary, making use of source material from the fields of art criticism, art history, architecture, urban theory, and film studies. No previous knowledge of the field is required, however. The course is primarily taught through image and texts available through university resources, but there will be a number of visits to sites in Edinburgh and Glasgow. |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 History of Art courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
** as numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Office directly for admission to this course ** |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 24 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Revision Session Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
173 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1 x 2 hour examination (50%) and 1 x extended essay - 2000 words (50%) |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | City as a Work of Art: Western Urbanism 1960 to the Present Day (HIAR10087) | 2:00 | |
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| Academic year 2015/16, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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Quota: 3 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
(
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1 x 2 hour examination (50%) and 1 x extended essay - 2000 words (50%) |
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Learning Outcomes
After completion of the course, students will have
(1) a good understanding of the terms 'postmodern', 'postmodernity' and 'postmodernist' in relation to the Western city;
(2) a good grasp of the literature around the postmodernist city in the West;
(3) an understanding of a wide range of artistically produced images of Western cities;
(4) an understanding of the way the Western city has been represented on film;
(5) developed good critical skills in analysing
images of cities in contemporary art and film;
(6) developed a good sense of the disciplinary relationships between art history and other disciplines concerned with the built environment (architecture, urbanism etc.);
(7) developed a sense of the city as a critical discourse as much as a material object;
(8) developed essay writing techniques appropriate to the subject area.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Richard Williams
Tel: (0131 6)51 6792
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Course secretary | Mrs Sue Cavanagh
Tel: (0131 6)51 1460
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