AH10120 - CURRENT ISSUES IN ART HISTORY+VISUAL CULTURE

Module Identifier

AH10120

Module Title

CURRENT ISSUES IN ART HISTORY+VISUAL CULTURE

Academic Year

2007/2008

Co-ordinator

Ms Moira M Vincentelli

Semester

Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters)

Other staff

Mr Julian Ruddock, Mr Christopher P Webster, Mr Simon J Pierse, Professor John Harvey

Course delivery

Lecture

22 Hours.

Seminars / Tutorials

Tutorials x 2

Other

Workshops x 2

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	4 x Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) tests	50%
Semester Assessment	Exhibition review exercise (2000 words)	25%
Semester Assessment	2500 word Essay	25%

Brief description

The course is delivered through one lecture a week in four 5-week sections based on themes that span World Art and make links between the past and very recent work.
The module is initiated by a lecture introducing the problem of periods and style categorisation in art history. These issues will be followed up in the four main themes: the Artist, the Body, Landscape and Environment and the Art of the `Other'. Each lecture will focus on a specific issue and each of the four sections will cover a range of historical periods coming up to contemporary art. Each block will be tested at the end of the 5-lecture section by a Computer test.

Aims

Provide the foundation for all art history modules in the degree scheme and offer a framework of theoretical and historical context for course in studio studies.
Introduce the basic principles of art history and visual culture through a syllabus that deals with the general issues through case study and specific subjects.
Consider how the notion of art and artist has been constructed through specific practices, through institutions such as academies of art, and through writing about art.
Develop an awareness of other models of visual culture outside that of western art traditions.
Develop a critical understanding of the way periodisation and classification are used in the study of art
Develop an awareness of different styles of writing on art including popular art history, academic writing and art criticism in newspapers and journals of contemporary art.

Reading Lists

Books
Andrews, M (1999) Landscape and Western Art Oxford University Press
Berger, John (1972) Ways of Seeing London: BBC Books
Blazwick, I & Wilson, S (2000) Tate Modern: the Handbook London: Tate Publishing
Brennan, M (1987) Wordsworth, Turner and the Romantic Landscape: A Study of the Traditions of the Picturesque and the Sublime SC, Camden House
Buck, L & Dodd, P (1991) Relative Values London: BBC Books
Chadwick, W (1990) Women, Art and Society London: Thames and Hudson
Fernie, E (1995) Art History and its Methods, a critical anthology London: Phaidon
Godfrey, T (1998) Conceptual Art London: Phaidon
Hill, Susan (ed) (1991) The Myth of Primitivism, Perspectives on Art London: Routledge
Honour, H & Fleming (1982) A World History of Art London: Mcamillan
Licht, F (1980) The Origins of the Modern Temper in Art London: J Murray
Martin, PW & Jarvis, R (1992) Reviewing Romanticism Basingstoke: Macmillan
Meecham, P & Sheldon, J (2000) Modern Art: A Critical Introduction London: Routledge
Schneider Adams, L (1996) Methodologies of Art, and Introduction Oxford: Boulder and Westview
Thompson, K (1991) Angels and Aliens: UFOs and the Mythic Imagination New York: Fawcett Columbine
Vasari, Georgio (ed Bull) (1965) Lives of Artists London: Penguin Books

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 4