AR113-4-AU-CO:
Art and Ideas: I(A)
2015/16
Art History and Theory
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
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Requisites for this module
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BA V314 Art History,
BA V350 Art History (Including Foundation Year),
BA V35A Art History (Including Year Abroad),
BA VV31 Art History and History,
BA VV3C Art History and History (Including Year Abroad),
BA VR39 Art History and Modern Languages,
BA V3R9 Art History with Modern Languages,
BA PV33 Film Studies and Art History (Including Year Abroad),
BA VW36 Film Studies and Art History,
BA QV23 Literature and Art History,
BA QV2H Literature and Art History (Including Foundation Year),
BA QV32 Literature and Art History (Including Year Abroad),
BA VV53 Philosophy and Art History,
BA VV5H Philosophy and Art History (Including Year Abroad),
BA V351 Curating,
BA V352 Curating (Including Year Abroad),
BA V359 Curating (Including Foundation Year),
BA V35B Curating (Including Foundation Year and Year Abroad)
Module Outline
This module aims to provide an overview of the varied ways in which art historians, philosophers, artists and critics have thought and written about art from the Antiquity to the twentieth century.It is organised around four major themes: Experiencing Art, Writing Art History, Art and Non-Art, and Art and Philosophy. The module's first part considers different ways the subject perceives, and reacts to, artworks. We will study texts by David Hume, Immanuel Kant and Laura Mulvey to discuss the role of knowledge and emotions in experiencing art, the aesthetic judgement, and the gaze.The second part focuses on different methodological approaches to writing on, and thinking about, art history, from Giorgio Vasari to Erwin Panofsky, Rosalind Krauss and T. J. Clark. In the third part of the module, we will reflect upon the specific, (or non-specific) nature of art, and ask what, if anything, differentiates art from non-art.Through reading William Morris, we will consider artistic movements that have sought to bridge the gap between art and life (Arts and Crafts, Bauhaus, Fluxus, etc). We will also reflect upon the impact of mechanical reproduction upon the notion of singularity and authenticity, from early photography to postmodern artistic practices of appropriation. The fourth part of this module, in which we will read texts by Hegel, Arthur Danto and Lucy Lippard, considers instances in which ideas have either sought to account for, or directly impacted upon, artistic creation. In each weekly session, we will discuss the set text in detail, and take the theoretical problems that arise as a starting point to foster a wider discussion about specific artworks.
Aims
The aims of this module are to:
provide students with knowledge of some of the key theoretical issues relating to the history of art;
encourage students to interact and to engage critically with theoretical texts relating to the study of art history;
develop student skills of analysis and interpretation of works of art and architecture;
stimulate students to develop skills in oral and written communication through debates, essays and examinations;
introduce students to original works of art and architecture in galleries and museums, in addition to their classroom studies.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module students should be able to:
demonstrate a sound knowledge and grasp of a number of key theoretical texts relating to the study of the history of art;
speak and write articulately about theoretical issues relating to the study of the history of art;
analyse and interpret works of art and architecture;
relate their analyses and interpretations of works of art to theoretical literature;
approach theoretical literature in a critical fashion.
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Also available as an outside option and to students on an international exchange programme.
10 x 2 hour seminars (comprising of a one-hour lecture, followed by a one-hour seminar).
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Autumn Term Essay |
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50% |
| Coursework |
Take Home Research Paper |
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50% |
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
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Aline Guillermet
Barbara Brickman, First Year Administrator
Email: bbrick@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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