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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Edinburgh College of Art : Lifelong Learning (ECA)

Undergraduate Course: How Art Works (Credit Plus) (LLLA07121)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course will provide an introduction to the academic discipline of art history and the skills needed to interpret visual culture and produce work for assessments. It will be a primer for people interested in other history of art classes or students of other disciplines such as History or Literature, and provide a good grounding in Humanities scholarship for Credit for Entry students.
Course description Week 1
The 'unruly discipline' What do art historians do?
Week 2
What is Art made of?
Week 3
What makes Art Different?
Week 4
IS a picture worth 1,000 words?
Week 5
The Rise of the ISMS
Practice Essay due
Week 6
Classicism
Week 7
Gothicism
Week 8
Classicism again
Week 9
Revolutionism
Week10
Modernism / Postmodernism
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS2) Quota:  16
Course Start Lifelong Learning - Session 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 98 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Formative Essay proforma, 2000 word Essay
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No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Objectively analyse material, form and content in works of art produced in western Europe between 650 BCE and the present
  2. Understand, analyse and interpret secondary material both in terms of content, and just as importantly, methodology
  3. Present arguments and visual analysis in coherent, well balanced well structured and well presented form
Reading List
Essential

Fernie, E. 1995. Art History and its Methods, London: Phaidon.

Honour, H. and J. Fleming. 1995. A World History of Art. 4th ed. London: Laurence King.

Gombrich, E. H. 2000. The Story of Art. 4th ed. London: Phaidon.

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Web sources
Metropolitan Museum of Art (2000) Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. [Online]. Available at: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm [Accessed: 2 February 2009].

Delahunt, M. (1996) Artlex Art Dictionary. [Online]. Available at: http://www.artlex.com/ [Accessed: 2 February 2009].

Tate. The Tate Glossary. [Online]. Available at: http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/ [Accessed: 2 February 2009].

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Intellectual skills:
Analyzing and engaging critically with a wide range of visual material
Comparing and contrasting art works
Compiling and combining data for interpretation
Assimilating new knowledge
Reading independently

Communication skills:
Discussing within a group
Expressing ideas and thoughts
Listening actively
Taking part in a seminar course

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Contacts
Course organiserDr Sally Crumplin
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Course secretaryMiss Zofia Guertin
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