Undergraduate Course: Form and Space 1 (ARTX07010)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Art |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
Students will explore a personal and individual response to three dimensional form using a range of sources and approaches including modelling, carving, installation and assemblage. Students will investigate three dimensional form, considering the creation of objects and their placing within a space or context.
Aims of course
1 To encourage the use of a research notebook, sketch books and maquettes to develop individual responses.
2 To encourage students to explore the boundaries of form and the inter-relationships of forms within the studio or other designated space.
3 To develop familiarity with appropriate means of presentation and display of work made using media covered in this module
Mode of delivery
Studio-Based, Demonstration, Email Assistance, Group Crit, Individual Mentoring, Tutorial, Project
This course is only available to students on BA Combined Studies (School of Art). |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to the School of Art. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Display evidence of originality and the beginnings of a personal language in finished work and the research which supports it.
2. Demonstrate basic skills in the handling of a range of mixed media materials to explore individual responses to geometry, volume and surface.
3. Show an understanding of the requirements of professional practice and appropriate presentation and selection skills at this level |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
| This course is only available to students on BA Combined Studies (School of Art). |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Jan Butterfield Abbeville The art of light and space 1993 Stephen Bann Ian Hamilton Finlay A visual primer by Yves Abrioux 1992; Reaktion Books ISBN 0948462353 Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966 Kunsthalle Vienna 1996 and SNGMA 1996 published by SNGMA ISBN 0 903598 61 2 text by Alberto Fiz Anthony Gormley published by Electa Milan 2007 Athena T Spear Brancusi's Birds published by NY University Press 1969 |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 70 hours
Directed study 10 hours
Self-directed study 20 hours
Total 100 hours |
| Keywords | THREE DIMENSIONAL FORM, MODELLING, ASSEMBLAGE, INSTALLATION |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Joan Smith
Tel: (0131 6)51 5917
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Course secretary | Ms Claire Davies
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