AR119-4-SP-CO:
Art and Ideas: I(B)
2016/17
Art History and Theory
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
15
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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 V3RB Art History and Modern Languages (Including Foundation Year and 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 investigates issues that are crucial for the understanding of works of art. Organised thematically, rather than chronologically, the module focuses on seminal texts that relate to the study of art, as well as on works of art and architecture themselves. After a consideration of the relationship between art, culture, and art history, we will begin with an examination of the two fundamental actors in the creation of artistic meaning: the artist and the viewer. We will then shift to broader questions of methodology, considering style, context, and representation. The final section of the module explores more theoretical approaches to the question of how art creates meaning, focusing on semiotics, materiality, display, and difference. The module considers some of the great questions that have preoccupied artists, viewers, and intellectuals throughout history. It aims to provide a sound theoretical foundation for the study of the history of art.
Aims
* to provide students with knowledge of some of the key theoretical issues relating to the history of art;
* to encourage students to interact and to engage critically with theoretical texts relating to the study of art history;
* to develop students' skills of analysis and interpretation of works of art and architecture;
* to stimulate students to develop skills in oral and written communication through debates and essays;
* to 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;
* to speak and write articulately about theoretical issues relating to the study of the history of art;
* to analyse and interpret works of art and architecture;
* to relate their analyses and interpretations of works of art to theoretical literature;
* to approach theoretical literature in a critical fashion.
By the end of the module, students should also have acquired a set of transferable skills, and in particular be able to:
* define the task in which they are engaged and exclude what is irrelevant;
* seek and organise the most relevant discussions and sources of information;
* process a large volume of diverse and sometimes conflicting arguments;
* compare and evaluate different arguments and assess the limitations of their own position or procedure;
* write and present verbally a succinct and precise account of positions, arguments, and their presuppositions and implications;
* be sensitive to the positions of others and communicate their own views in ways that are accessible to them;
* think 'laterally' and creatively (i.e., to explore interesting connections and possibilities, and to present these clearly rather than as vague hunches);
* maintain intellectual flexibility and revise their own position based on feedback;
* think critically and constructively.
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;
to encourage students to interact and to engage critically with theoretical texts relating to the study of art history;
to develop students' skills of analysis and interpretation of works of art and architecture;
to stimulate students to develop skills in oral and written communication through debates and essays;
to 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;
to speak and write articulately about theoretical issues relating to the study of the history of art;
to analyse and interpret works of art and architecture;
to relate their analyses and interpretations of works of art to theoretical literature;
to approach theoretical literature in a critical fashion.
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11 x one hour lectures
11 x one hour seminars
1 x Gallery visit
Week 31 is a Revision session.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Weekly reading summaries |
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20% |
| Coursework |
Spring Term Essay 1 |
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80% |
| Exam |
Main exam: 120 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
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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 Diana Bullen Presciutti, Ian Dudley (GTA)
Barbara Brickman, First Year Administrator
Email: bbrick@essex.ac.uk
Dr Diana Bullen Presciutti, Office No: 6.141, email: dbpres@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
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Of 32 hours, 21 (65.6%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
11 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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