Module Details

Module Code: ARTS8004
Title: Applied Art: Critique
Long Title: Applied Art: Critique
NFQ Level: Advanced
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: Methodological approaches to the critical analysis of both fine art and applied art practice, based on recent theory and practice. The course culminates in the presentation of a seminar paper.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Identify and discuss major issues and debates that have informed art and applied art practice within the chosen topic
LO2 Construct and develop a coherent analytical and critical opinion, guided by examples in the module lecture programme, and practised in seminar sessions; present research informally within the seminar group
LO3 Structure the seminar paper in accordance with seminar paper guidelines, to best reflect their argument.
LO4 Apply research methodologies through references in the text to sources listed in the bibliography
LO5 Write a first draft, fully referenced and accompanied by a full draft of the bibliography.
LO6 Submit a finished seminar paper, fully referenced and illustrated and in accordance with the CIT Crawford College of Art & Design Guidelines
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.
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Co-requisite Modules
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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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Indicative Content
Applied art: from modernism to post modernism
This lecture programme maps the shift from modernist to postmodernist concerns in the context of 20th and 21st century debates about art, craft and technology. There is an emphasis on historiography and critical thinking.
Reading art; writing art
This strand will identify key theorists and texts in art theory, critical theory and cultural studies and relate these to specific artworks that preceded or followed them in recent art practice
Seminar
Research and writing skills, drafting and writing up seminar paper, work-in-progress presentation of seminar paper research to seminar group; Visits to relevent local and national sites, museums and galleries
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework100.00%

Assessments

Coursework
Assessment Type Written Report % of Total Mark 80
Timing Sem End Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4,6
Assessment Description
Seminar paper, in accordance with all Seminar Paper Guidelines.
Assessment Type Written Report % of Total Mark 20
Timing Week 7 Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4,5
Assessment Description
Submit a full Seminar Paper draft, plus complete draft of bibliography, in accordance with Seminar Paper Guidelines.
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 Applied art: from modernism to post modernism Every Week 1.00 1
Lecture Contact Reading art; writing art Every Week 1.00 1
Lecturer-Supervised Learning (Contact) Contact Seminar Every Week 0.33 0.330000013113022
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact independent learning Every Week 4.67 4.67000007629395
Total Hours 7.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 2.33
This module has no Part Time workload.
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Adamson, Glenn. (2007), Thinking Through Craft, Berg, Oxford, [ISBN: 9781845206468].
  • Adamson, Glenn (Editor). (2010), The Craft Reader, Berg, Oxford, [ISBN: 9781847883049].
  • Adamson, Glenn. (2013), The invention of craft, London; Bloomsbury Academic, p.xxv, 243 :, [ISBN: 9780857850645].
  • Coatts, M. (1997), Pioneers of Modern Craft, Manchester University Press, Manchester, [ISBN: 978-0719050596].
  • de Waal, Edmund. (2003), 20th century Ceramics, Thames & Hudson, London, [ISBN: 978-0500203712].
  • Dormer, P.. (1994), The art of the maker: skill and its meaning in art, craft and design, Thames & Hudson, London, [ISBN: 978-0500277782].
  • During, S. The Cultural Studies Reader, Routledge, London, [ISBN: 0415137543].
  • Frascina, F & Harris. (1992), Art in Modern Culture, [ISBN: 0714828408].
  • Fernie, E,. (1995), Art History and its methods, Phaidon, London, [ISBN: 0714829919].
  • Foster, H. (1996), The Return of the Real, CUP, Cambs, Mass, [ISBN: 0262561077].
  • Foster, Hal [et al.]. (2004), Art since 1900, Thames & Hudson, London, [ISBN: 0500238189].
  • Harrison & Wood. Art in Theory 1900 - 2000, [ISBN: 0631227075].
  • Hemmings, Jessica (Editor). (2012), The Textile Reader, Berg Publishers, p.512, [ISBN: 9781847886347].
  • Lees-Maffei, Grace (Editor), Rebecca Houze (Editor). (2010), The Design History Reader, Berg Publishers, p.544, [ISBN: 9781847883896].
  • Mirzoeff, Nicholas. (1999), An introduction to visual culture, [ISBN: 0415158753].
  • Poynor, Rick. (2003), No More Rules: Graphic Design and Postmodernism, Laurence King, London, [ISBN: 978-1856692298].
  • Preziosi, D. (1998), the art of art history: a critical anthology, OUP, NY; London, [ISBN: 192842420].
  • Svašek, Maruška. (2007), Anthropology, art and cultural production, Pluto Press, London, [ISBN: 9780745317946].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Greenberg, C. (1984), ART and Culture, [ISBN: 0807066818].
  • Krauss, R. The Originality of the Avant-Garde and other Modernist Myths, [ISBN: 0262610469].
  • Krauss, R, Bois, Y-A. (1997), Formless: A User's Guide, Zone Books, and MIT press, NY,, [ISBN: 0942299442].
  • Kristeva, J. (1982), Pouvoirs de l"horreur: An essay in Abjection (trans Leon S Roudiez), CUP, Columbia, NY, [ISBN: 0231053479].
  • Kristeva, Julia; edited by Toril Moi. (1986), The Kristeva reader, Blackwell, Oxford, [ISBN: 0631149317].
  • Phillips, A. (2006), The Penguin Freud Reader, Penguin, London, [ISBN: 0141187433].
  • Sennett, Richard. (2008), The Craftsman, Allen Lane, London, [ISBN: 978-0500277782].
  • Williams, Gareth. (2009), Telling Tales, V&A Museum, London, [ISBN: 9781851775606].
 
Recommended Article/Paper Resources
  • OUP. Journal of Design History, to date.
  • Crafts, to date.
  • Things, to date.
  • Crawford College of Art & Design. Seminar Paper Guidelines, updated annually.
This module does not have any other resources
 
Module Delivered in
Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CR_AACER_8 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Contemporary Applied Art (Ceramics, Glass, Textiles) 6 Mandatory
CR_AACER_7 Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Applied Art (Ceramics, Glass, Textiles) 6 Mandatory