Delivery Type	Delivery length / details
Seminars / Tutorials	10 Seminars x 2 hr
Seminars / Tutorials	Tutorials 5 x 1 hr

Assessment Type	Assessment length / details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Discussion Paper of 1000 words	20%
Semester Assessment	Class presentation to be written up as an essay. 2500 words	30%
Semester Assessment	Extended essay 5000 words	50%
Supplementary Assessment	Only failed components are submitted/re-presented for resit examination.	100%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

At the end of the course the student will be able to situate their own work, whether in Art History or Art Practice, in the wider context of contemporary culture.
understand the concept of visual culture and its implications for the study of fine art and art history
understand and discuss theoretical texts within a group context, and present ideas about art and visual culture formally to the class and in writing.

Brief description

The module provides an overview of the expansion and redefinition of visual study, theory, and history that has taken place in the last two decades. It sets the practice of art and writing about art in the context of a broader concept of visual culture. It enables students to consider debates in cultural theory in relation to aspects of visual art. Some of the classes will consider the work of selected artists, for example Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, Joseph Kosuth, Barbara Kruger, Jimmy Durham, Yinka Shonibare. Key topics include the concepts of visual culture, material culture, personal and national identity, production and consumption, new technology, and institutional structures. The Discussion paper and class presentation and essay are based on work undretaken in the classes. The extended essay uses some of the approaches studied in relation to a subject chosen by the student.

Aims

examine the practice of art and art writing within the broader context of visual culture
examine recent debates in cultural theory in relation to visual art
provide a core module for all MA students in the School of Art whether their primary focus was Art History or Art Practice (MA in Art, and MA in Art & Art History) take the AHM0410 Art & Visual Culture (B) version of this module.)
allow students to examine the interface between Art practice, Art Theory and the concept of visual culture and would give them the opportunity to situate their own practice within the wider context of contemporary culture.
enable students to examine the interface between studio practice, art theory and the concept of visual culture. It would also give them the opportunity to situate their own practice within the wider context of contemporary culture.
Provide a theoretical grounding for the stated aims of postgraduate degree schemes in the School of Art where students study Art Practice, Art History or Museum Studies.
exercise the student's capacity for critical reading, discussion, presentation and writing
provide a module option accessible to students on other MA degree schemes in the humanities.

Objectives

situate their own work, whether in Art History or Art Practice, in the wider context of contemporary culture.
understand the concept of visual culture and ints implications for the study of fine art and art history
understand and discuss theoretical text within a group context, and present ideans about art and visual culture formally to the class and in writing.

Course Delivery

Assessment

Learning Outcomes

Brief description

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