Module Details
| Module Code: |
ARTS8042 |
| Title: |
Drawing: A Visual Language
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Long Title:
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Drawing: A Visual Language
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| NFQ Level: |
Advanced |
| Valid From: |
Semester 2 - 2024/25 ( January 2025 ) |
| 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 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 |
Accurately draft and check a life figure in space. |
| LO2 |
Display critical and conceptual awareness within the exploration and experimentation of drawing media. |
| LO3 |
Interpret the perceptual value that drawing processes and media can communicate. |
| LO4 |
Begin to evaluate critical and practical links from research. |
| 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 drawing’s 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. 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 workshops |
Every Week |
3.00 |
3 |
| Independent Learning |
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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Cornelia H. Butler, M. Catherine de Zegher. (2010), On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century, The Museum of Modern Art, p.225, [ISBN: 0870707825].
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Sarah Simblet. (2009), The Drawing Book, Dorling Kindersley Ltd, London, [ISBN: 9781405341233].
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Louise Gordon. (1989), The Figure in Action, Batsford, [ISBN: 0713459468].
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Mick Maslen, Jack Southern. (2011), The Drawing Projects, Black Dog Publishing, London, p.240, [ISBN: 9781907317255].
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Roger Malbert. (2015), Drawing People, Distributed Art Pub Incorporated, p.256, [ISBN: 9781938922688].
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Phil Sawdon, Russell Marshall (Eds.). (2012), Hyperdrawing : Beyond the Lines of Contemporary Art, I.B. Tauris, [ISBN: 9781780762548].
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Jodi Hauptman, Jordan Kantor. (2005), Drawing from the Modern, 1975 - 2005, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, p.240, [ISBN: 0870706659].
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Deanna Petherbridge. (2010), The Primacy of Drawing, Yale University Press, [ISBN: 9780300126464].
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John Berger. (2005), Berger on Drawing, Occasional Press, [ISBN: 0954897609].
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| Other Resources |
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website, Tracey, Drawing and Visualisation
Research, Loughborough University,
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website, Drawing Research Network,
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Website, Drawbridge - Drawing Research Hub, MTU CCAD,
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Journal Website, Drawing: Research Theory Practice,
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