AR220-5-SP-CO:
Art and Ideas II: More Art, More Ideas - Critique and Historiography in the History of Art

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The details
2023/24
Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies (School of)
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 5
Inactive
Monday 17 January 2022
Friday 25 March 2022
15
27 September 2023

 

Requisites for this module
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Key module for

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Module description

New, exciting, and unconventional practices call for new, exciting and unconventional theories. This module will look at how art history has developed in the twentieth century, expanding the discipline to include visual culture, cultural studies of mass culture, performance, material culture, design history and digital culture.


These new ways of seeing are often driven by a critical impetus, and allow us to look in new ways at social and political issues of activism and social change, sex, technology, memes, police violence, migration, austerity and crisis, state surveillance, and our relation to animals and the environment.

Module aims

The aims of this module are:



  • To equip students with a range of the latest methodologies in art history, visual and material culture, performance studies and the digital humanities;

  • To provoke critical reflection on the social role, meaning and purpose of art and culture.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:



  1. Have a sound understanding of recent methodological turns beyond art history.

  2. Be able to articulate and critically evaluate a number of central issues in visual and material culture.

  3. Be able to evaluate the success of theoretical discussions of these issues with regard to a range of case studies.

  4. Be able to demonstrate all these competences through seminar presentations and discussions combining theoretical and primary source material and in written work.

Module information

No additional information available.

Learning and teaching methods

This module will be delivered via:

  • One 2-hour combined lecture and seminar per week.

Week 8 is Reading Week.

Following the formal lecture, one group of students will present a short talk (c. 15 minutes) on the week`s main topic and its related readings. Afterwards, the entire class will be expected to participate in a sustained, careful discussion of the key issues raised in the lecture and student presentation.

Bibliography

The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's reading list.

Assessment items, weightings and deadlines

Coursework / exam Description Deadline Coursework weighting

Exam format definitions

  • Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
  • In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
  • In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
  • In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary, for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.

Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.

Overall assessment

Coursework Exam
100% 0%

Reassessment

Coursework Exam
100% 0%
Module supervisor and teaching staff
PHAIS General Office - 6.130; arugadmin@essex.ac.uk. artquery@essex.ac.uk

 

Availability
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External examiner

Dr Dominic Paterson
University of Glasgow
Senior Lecturer in History of Art / Curator of Contemporary Art
Resources
Available via Moodle
Of 363 hours, 18 (5%) hours available to students:
345 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).

 

Further information
Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies (School of)

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