Undergraduate Course: How Art Works (Credit Plus) (LLLA07121)
Course Outline
| School | Centre for Open Learning |
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 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
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS2)
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Quota: 16 |
| Course Start |
Lifelong Learning - Session 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Formative Essay Plan: The essay plan is voluntary and does not count towards the final course mark. It is designed to give you feedback and help prepare you for the credit essay.
Credit Essay: 2000 word essay. Credit Essay will be submitted, marked and feedback provided anonymously. |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Objectively analyse material, form and content in works of art produced in western Europe between 650 BCE and the present
- Understand, analyse and interpret secondary material both in terms of content, and just as importantly, methodology
- Present arguments and visual analysis in coherent, well balanced well structured and well presented form
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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].
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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 organiser | Dr Sally Crumplin
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Course secretary | Mr Benjamin Mcnab
Tel: (0131 6)51 4832
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