Module Information
Course Delivery
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Research essay engaging critically with theories and practices encountered in one of the lectures, negotiated in tutorials. 2500 words plus Works Cited and appendix with captioned figures (illustrations), MLA. | 60% |
| Semester Exam | 1) Literature review with bibliography (15 sources) 2000 word review of critical literature, including a bibliography of secondary sources relevant to one of the lecture topics/themes, to be shared with fellow students (in class and via Blackboard) | 40% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Research Essay engaging critically with theories and practices encountered in one of the lectures, negotiated in tutorials. 2500 words plus Works Cited and appendix with captioned figures (illustrations), MLA. | 60% |
| Supplementary Exam | 1) Literature review with bibliography (15 sources) 2000 word review of critical literature, including a bibliography of secondary sources relevant to one of the lecture topics/themes, to be used as a foundation for the research essay | 40% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Define and describe postmodern art practices and concerns using relevant examples;
Distinguish between Modernism and Postmodernism;
Debate the role and status of women and/or minority artists in Western art from the 1960s to the present day;
Debate the impact of new media in Western art from the 1960s to the present day;
Access, assess, document and engage critically with a range of academically viable primary and secondary sources in print and on line.
Brief description
• Modernism to Post-Modernism
• Post-modernism to contemporary art
• the impact of new media on the production, distribution and reception of art
• the role of identity politics and activism in challenging the canon
• Socially engaged practice
• the formative and mediating roles of art criticism and cultural institutions (museum collections, galleries and exhibitions)
Each lecture is followed up by a seminar in which students examine examples of artist statements and manifestos, as well as contemporary art criticism and theory in their historical context.
Content
This module will be taught though a series of lectures and seminars to introduce or look again at key moments in 20th century and 21st century art production and dissemination. Topics considered will include the shift Post-Modernism; to conceptual art, the relationship between art, audience and socio/political contexts1
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Communication | Articulating ideas through seminar discussions as well as academic writing; entering the discourse by reviewing the literature |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Independent study through research on a tutor-negotiated topic |
| Information Technology | Information retrieval from academic research portals and online databases |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Emphasis on professionalism in research, citation and documentation of sources |
| Problem solving | Interpreting and negotiating writing assignments; retrieving and assessing primary and secondary sources |
| Research skills | Bibliography and essay research; gathering and assessment of primary and secondary sources |
| Subject Specific Skills | Critical engagement with artistic practices and theories on art in historical contexts. |
| Team work | Seminar group discussion and feedback |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5