Undergraduate Course: History of Art 2 (HIAR08012)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | History of Art 2 builds on History of Art 1 in providing an introduction to Art History at university level. Continuing the chronological approach, this course examines aspects of the visual arts from c.1700 to the 21st century. All our teaching considers the visual arts as a part of a wider culture. Students begin the course with very different levels of knowledge, and our intention is that, by the end, all will have acquired an overview of certain specific areas in the history of art, and an understanding of the crucial issues raised by the subject and of the methods used to deal with them. They will also have a command of the appropriate specialised vocabulary. Students are expected to read widely from the bibliographies provided by the lecturers and tutors in order to extend and deepen their knowledge of the topics addressed in lectures and tutorials and also to fill in the gaps in their knowledge of the continuous history of art.
Semester A covers art from the year 1700 to World War One (1914). The institutions of art, portraiture and a variety of style labels (Neo-classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Expressionism among others) are all covered. Semester B is called Modernism, the Avant-Gardes and Postmodernism. It looks at major Western avant-garde movements from Dada and Surrealism to the break-up of styles and unitary movements that took place from the 1960s onwards. It concludes with the effects of globalisation and radical new conceptions of art that are current in today¿s world. Course content also addresses cross-cutting themes and issues, from feminism, economics, display, the environment and aesthetic awareness that are all core to ¿thinking like an art historian¿ in the 21st century.
History of Art 2 consists of two semester units but each semester unit is also designed so that it can be taken as an independent course (BY VISITING STUDENTS WHO ARE VISITING FOR ONE SEMESTER ONLY). Visiting students who are here for only one semester are permitted to take either semester as an independent course. All other students must take both semesters of this course.
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| Course description |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should usually have at least 1 introductory level History of Art course at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 152 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Lecture Hours 66,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 18,
Summative Assessment Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
305 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Two essays, one in each semester (50%), and one three-hour degree examination in the May diet (50%). |
| Feedback |
Tutors will introduce a formative feedback exercise of their own choice within their tutorial groups (complying with the UoE feedforward guidance). This will take place between Weeks 4-6.
Summative Feedback:
Students will receive detailed written feedback on their coursework essays from their tutor. The tutor will also provide broad feedback to their groups as a whole.
The Course Organiser will also provide general feedback on strengths and weaknesses in the essays in the concluding lecture of the course (end of Semester B).
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | History of Art 2 | 3:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | History of Art 2 | 3:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a knowledge and basic familiarity with the discipline of art history covering the period 1700 to the present.
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the broader contextual, social and political dimensions of Western art.
- Seek out and study a range of textual commentaries as well as critically examine the visual nature of the art itself in the period 1700 to the present.
- Discuss in the seminars and write in essays about art historical concepts that support a critical understanding of the course material.
- Demonstrate scholarly attributes and art historical skills, specifically writing in art historically appropriate ways, locating images and texts within the discipline through the competent use of libraries (analogue, image and online), and understanding display contexts (e.g. artworks held within museums and galleries).
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/fineart |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Plus one seminar per week at a time to be arranged. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Andrew Patrizio
Tel: (0131 6)51 1782
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Sue Cavanagh
Tel: (0131 6)51 1460
Email: |
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