Module Details
| Module Code: |
ARTS8043 |
| Title: |
Drawing: Communication
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Long Title:
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Drawing: Communication
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| NFQ Level: |
Advanced |
| Valid From: |
Semester 1 - 2017/18 ( September 2017 ) |
| Field of Study: |
2110 - Visual Arts
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| Module Description: |
This module further explores drawing concepts in Fine Art practice as a means of extending the learner's awareness of visual vocabulary.
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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 |
Utilise observational and non-observational drawing methodologies in the life room with a life model displaying critical awareness of process and media choice. |
| LO2 |
Identify and select appropriate drawing responses to complex visual and experiential challenges, understanding the varied restrictions and disciplines required to resolve a drawing. |
| LO3 |
Diversify and improvise with processes that generate coincidence and contradiction to enhance discovery. |
| LO4 |
Evaluate critical and practical links from research with a developed autonomy. |
| LO5 |
Apply correctly etiquette and health and safety requirements when working in a life room with a life model. |
| 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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Research
Compile and record documentation of class based visual experiments. Collect relevant sources of contemporary exhibition and critical reviews.
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Group Critique
Critical and contextual group discussions centred on a range of traditional and non-traditional fine art drawing practices. Analyse and develop an understanding of drawings varied function within a multifarious media artscape. Engage in collaborative and individual presentations.
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Practical
Observational drawing techniques that develop accuracy of analyses with a life model and/or other sources, exploring traditional and non-traditional processes, pictorial structure and surface. Peer collaborative experimentation. An enquiry of the art work's physical and perceptual values, methods of display, interaction with the environment.
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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 |
| Lecturer-Supervised Learning (Contact) |
Contact |
Drawing workshop |
Every Week |
3.00 |
3 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Non Contact |
Application |
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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Dexter E 2005, New Perspectives in Drawing, Phaidon Press, n/a. New perspectives in Drawing, [ISBN: 10: 071484545].
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Butler C, De Zegher C 2012, On Line: Drawing through the Twentieth Century, Moma New York, n/a. On Line Drawing Through the twentieth Century, [ISBN: 0870707825].
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[John Berger]; edited by Jim Savage 2005, Berger on drawing, Occasional Press Aghabullogue, Ireland [ISBN: 0-9548976-0-9], n/a. Berger On Drawing.
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Sarah Simblet, 2004, The Drawing Book, Dorling Kindersley Ltd London [ISBN: 9781405341233], n/a. The drawing Book.
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Louise Gordon 1989, The figure in action, B.T. Batsford London [ISBN: 0713459468], n/a. The Figure In Action.
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Mick Maslen, Jack Southern. (2011), The Drawing Projects, Black Dog Publishing, London, p.240, [ISBN: 9781907317255].
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| Other Resources |
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website, Tracey, drawing and visualisation
research, Loughborough University, UK,
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website, The Drawing Room. The drawing Room,
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