Module Details
| Module Code: |
ARTS7059 |
| Title: |
Painting: Constructing Colour
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Long Title:
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Painting: Constructing Colour
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| NFQ Level: |
Intermediate |
| Valid From: |
Semester 1 - 2023/24 ( September 2023 ) |
| Field of Study: |
2110 - Visual Arts
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| Module Description: |
This module aims to provide a practical foundation in colour theory through painting. This will be done through practical workshops exploring multiple methods of constructing colour. This module's focus is to provide a framework for students to apply colour theory to their own painting practice.
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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 |
Investigate and explore a range of colour theory processes through their own painting practice. |
| LO2 |
Analyse and critically reflect on the historical, contemporary and theoretical contexts of their own and other painters' explorations of colour theory. |
| LO3 |
Combine traditional and contemporary approaches to colour theory within their own painting practice. |
| LO4 |
Develop a wide range of paintings that demonstrate a competent integration of colour theory research and practice that is proficiently independent. |
| LO5 |
Use and maintain equipment and workspace in a safe and environmentally sensitive fashion. |
| 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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Practical
Introduction to the analysis and application of colour theory, colour mixing, colour bias and temperature, chromatic greys and the atomic, layered and optical construction of colour to one's own painting practice.
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Research
Record and document workshops, demonstrations and independent painting experiments. Collect and annotate relevant literature on colour theory as a means of situating one's use of colour within the broad field of contemporary painting.
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Group Critique
Group discussions exploring the historical, contemporary and theoretical approach to colour mixing in contemporary painting.
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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 |
Painting Workshop |
Every Week |
4.00 |
4 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Non Contact |
Independent Learning |
Every Week |
3.00 |
3 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
4.00 |
| Workload: Part Time |
| Workload Type |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
| Lecturer-Supervised Learning (Contact) |
Contact |
Painting Workshop |
Every Week |
2.50 |
2.5 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Non Contact |
Independent Learning |
Every Week |
4.50 |
4.5 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
2.50 |
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Module Resources
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| Recommended Book Resources |
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Albers, Josef. (2009), Interaction of color, All, Yale University Press, New Haven [Conn.], [ISBN: 0300146930].
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Batchelor, David. (2000), Chromophobia, Reaktion Books, London, [ISBN: 1861890745].
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Mayer, Ralph. (1982), The artist's handbook of materials and techniques, Faber & Faber, London, [ISBN: 978057118033].
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Itten, Johannes. (1970), The elements of color, Chapman & Hall, London, [ISBN: 041238390X].
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Hornung, David. (2005), Colour: a workshop for artists and designers, Laurence King, London, [ISBN: 1856694194].
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Feisner, Edith Anderson. (2006), Colour: how to use colour in art and design, Laurence King, London, [ISBN: 978185669441].
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Batchelor, David. (2008), Colour. Documents of contemporary art, Whitechapel, London, [ISBN: 262524813].
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Schwabsky, Barry. (2011), Vitamin P: new perspectives in painting, Phaidon, London, [ISBN: 978071486160].
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Farthing, Stephen. (2019), On Color, Yale University Press, [ISBN: 9780300248463].
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St Clair, Kassia. (2018), The Secret Lives of Colour, John Murray, [ISBN: 1473630835].
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Jarman, Derek. (2010), Chroma: A Book of Colour, University of Minnesota Press, [ISBN: 0816665931].
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Fox, James. (2021), The World According to Color: A Cultural History, Allen Lane, [ISBN: 1846148243].
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| Other Resources |
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E Book, Chris Horrocks. (2012), Cultures of Colour : Visual, Material,
Textual, Berghahn Books,
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E Book, Batchelor, David. (2014), The luminous and the grey, Reaktion Books,
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Online Lecture, Anya Hurlbert. (2021), 'Colour and Vision by Anya Hurlbert, Darwin College (Cambridge),
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Online Lecture, Carinna Parraman. (2020), Professorial Lecture by Carinna
Parraman: Colour by Numbers, UWE Bristol,
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