AR323-6-AU-CO:
Art and Ideas III
2017/18
Art History and Theory
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 05 October 2017
Friday 15 December 2017
15
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Requisites for this module
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BA V314 Art History,
BA V315 Art History (Including Placement Year),
BA V31B Art History (Including Foundation Year and Year Abroad),
BA V350 Art History (Including Foundation Year),
BA V35A Art History (Including Year Abroad),
BA VV53 Philosophy and Art History,
BA VV54 Philosophy and Art History (Including Foundation Year),
BA VV5H Philosophy and Art History (Including Year Abroad),
BA VVHP Philosophy and Art History (Including Foundation Year and Year Abroad)
(Updated September 2017)
This module builds upon first year module AR113 'Art & Ideas' and the second year module AR220 ‘Art & Ideas II’, which ensure that students have a thematic and historiographical formation. This third year module focuses on several post-1970s ways of understanding and writing about art which move outside of the purview of ‘art history’, but which all have something to say about what we call ‘art’ or to widen the scope of study to more ‘everyday’ or mass culture: cultural studies, visual and material culture, design history and so on. We will look at these approaches to find new ways to understand art, culture and society. 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.
Students will be encouraged to give class presentations working between the theories studied and objects of visual and material culture.
Aims:
• to introduce students to some basic--but highly demanding--problems in modern aesthetics and philosophy of art;
• to provoke critical reflection on the relationship between philosophy and the visual arts.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of the module students will have:
• have a sound understanding of recent methodological turns beyond art history.
• be able to articulate and critically evaluate a number of central issues in visual and material culture;
• be able to evaluate the success of theoretical discussions of these issues with regard to a range of case studies;
• be able to demonstrate all these competences through seminar presentations combining theoretical and primary source material, one coursework essay 3,000 words and an exam.
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Also available as an outside option to students on other courses with the Module Supervisor`s permission.
10 x 2 hour seminars
Week 8 is Reading Week
Week 30 is a Revision Session
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
3000 word essay |
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80% |
| Practical |
Presentation |
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20% |
| Exam |
Main exam: 120 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
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Additional coursework information
1 x 2hr exam in the summer examination period
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 Gavin Grindon, email: ggrindon@essex.ac.uk.
Gavin Grindon
spahinfo@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
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Of 22 hours, 22 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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