Module Details
| Module Code: |
ARTS6001 |
| Title: |
Art History: Introduction
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Long Title:
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Art History: Introduction
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| NFQ Level: |
Fundamental |
| Valid From: |
Semester 1 - 2017/18 ( September 2017 ) |
| Field of Study: |
2110 - Visual Arts
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| Module Description: |
This module will incorporate a series of introductory sessions in three separate but related strands; Lecture courses: Themes and Subjects in Western Art; Modernity and visual culture; and regular seminars including site visits.
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| Learning Outcomes |
| On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
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Learning Outcome Description |
| LO1 |
Discuss and evaluate the chronology, key figures & movements in art, thought, or design of the period. |
| LO2 |
Discuss and evaluate the art, architecture or design a key producer in context |
| LO3 |
Structure and present their thinking and knowledge clearly through written assignments. |
| LO4 |
Analyse a work of art, an art movement, a key thinker, or an example of architecture, film or design. |
| LO5 |
Developing an informed critical voice and a knowledge of relevant local venues. |
| 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).
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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.
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| No incompatible modules listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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| 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.
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| No requirements listed |
| Indicative Content |
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Themes and Subjects in Western Art
Introduction to the themes and subjects in Western Art from Antiquity to 1850: focusing on classical and religious themes, landscape, portraiture, still life and the representation of daily life.
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Modernity and visual culture
The birth of the modern in Europe: art, politics, philosophy, design.
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Seminars
Visits to local sites of artistic & architectural significance; St Finbarre’s Cathedral, The Crawford Art Gallery, The Glucksman etc. Object handling seminars; Screenings and discussion of documentaries, discussion of readings.
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Module Content & Assessment
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Coursework | 100.00% |
Assessments
| 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.
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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 |
Introduction to Art Histories |
Every Week |
2.00 |
2 |
| Lecturer-Supervised Learning (Contact) |
Contact |
Seminar |
Every Week |
1.00 |
1 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Non Contact |
non-contact |
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. |
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Module Resources
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| Recommended Book Resources |
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Bell, Julian. (2010), Mirror of the World: A New History of Art, Thames and Hudson, London, [ISBN: 978-050028754].
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Rose, Gillian. (2011), Visual Methodologies, [ISBN: 9781412921916].
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Snodin, Michael and John Styles. (2001), Design and the Decorative Arts, [ISBN: : 978-1851773381].
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Brettell, R.. (1999), Modern Art 1851-1929, Oxford History of Art, [ISBN: [978019284220].
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Forty, Adrian. (1992), Objects of desire, Thames and Hudson, New York, N.Y., [ISBN: 978-0500274125].
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Frascina, Francis and Charles Harris. (1992), Art in Modern Culture, Phaidon, [ISBN: 978-071482840].
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Frampton, K. (2007), Modern Architecture, Thames & Hudson, [ISBN: 978-05002039].
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Greenhalgh. P. (ed). (1990), Modernism in Design, Reaktion Books, [ISBN: 9780948462115].
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Here, Charlotte and Michael Whiteway. (1993), Nineteenth-century design, [ISBN: 0297830686].
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Hughes, R.. (1991), The Shock of the New, Knopf, [ISBN: 978-067972876].
| | This module does not have any article/paper resources |
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| This module does not have any other resources |
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