Module Details

Module Code: ARTS7049
Title: Art and Ideas
Long Title: Art and Ideas
NFQ Level: Intermediate
Valid From: Semester 1 - 2017/18 ( September 2017 )
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits: 5
Field of Study: 2110 - Visual Arts
Module Delivered in: 2 programme(s)
Module Description: Thematic lecture and seminar programme covering Space & Place, Body & Mind and their relationship to fine art practice.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Discuss a range of aesthetic and philosophical themes and their relevance to the history and practice of fine art and film.
LO2 Discuss the role of materials and media in art production.
LO3 Construct and develop a critical argument that shows awareness of written sources on space and place; body and mind.
LO4 Select, and study, one practitioner or thinker and situate them within cultural and historical contexts.
LO5 Prepare a group visual presentation on a chosen practitioner or thinker.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list.
No incompatible modules listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Requirements

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
No requirements listed
 
Indicative Content
Seminars
These will provide an opportunity for lecturer-led discussion within smaller groups and closer examination of key texts and works.
Lectures
Series which is thematically and conceptually designed to examine key movements in contemporary and historical practice. The semester is divided into two distinct strands which examine the themes of Space and Place and Mind and Body through the examples of key artists and thinkers.
Space and Place
Cinematic and literary Expressionism; rural, urban and suburban spaces; globalization and nomadism; nature versus culture.
Mind and Body
Existentialism, Psychoanalysis, Abjection, the Uncanny, Post-Structuralism, Re-Enchantment and performance.
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework100.00%

Assessments

Coursework
Assessment Type Essay % of Total Mark 60
Timing Week 10 Learning Outcomes 1,2,3
Assessment Description
Student selects, researches and writes an essay on one given topic.
Assessment Type Presentation % of Total Mark 40
Timing Week 13 Learning Outcomes 1,2,4,5
Assessment Description
Group presentation of focused analysis of chosen practitioner or thinker.
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.

The University reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Thematic lecture series examining ideas and practitioners key to contemporary practice. Every Week 2.00 2
Lecturer-Supervised Learning (Contact) Contact Seminar-based examination and discussion of critical ideas and texts, practitioners and works Every Week 1.00 1
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Research of historical and contemporary practice related to themes and concepts discussed in lectures and seminars. Every Week 4.00 4
Total Hours 7.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
This module has no Part Time workload.
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Rose, Gillian. (2012), Visual Methodologies, 3rd ed.. Sage, London, p.386, [ISBN: 9780857028884].
  • Friedman, Avi. (2011), The Nature of Place: a search for authenticity, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, p.191, [ISBN: 161689038X].
  • Eisner, Lotte. (2008), The Haunted Screen, 2nd.. University of California Press, p.360, [ISBN: 0520257901].
  • Rybczynski, Witold. (2001), Home: A Short History of an Idea, Pocket Books, London, p.256, [ISBN: 0743404432].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Busch, Akiko. (1999), Geography of Home: Writings About Where we Live, Princeton, New York, p.163, [ISBN: 1568981724].
  • Bordwell, David et al. (1988), The Classical Hollywood Cinema, [ISBN: 0415003830].
  • AugĂ©, Marc. (2008), Non Places: an introduction to super modernity, Verso, London, p.98, [ISBN: 9781844673117].
  • Kwon, Miwon. (2004), One place after another: site specific art and locational identity, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., p.218, [ISBN: 026261202X].
  • Bachelard, Gaston. (1994), The Poetics of Space (orig. published 1957), Beacon Press, New York, p.241, [ISBN: 9780807064733].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources
 
Module Delivered in
Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CR_AFAFA_8 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Fine Art 3 Mandatory
CR_AFINA_7 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art 3 Mandatory