History of Art: Modern to Contemporary

Code

HART1035

School

Cultural, Media and Visual Studies

Level

1

Credits

20

Semesters

Spring UK

Summary

This module surveys a broad range of art (across different media) and architecture from c.1800 to the contemporary world. The module will discuss individual artists, movements, styles, works and associated art-critical and art-historical literature and set them within their respective historical contexts. The module will address the interplay of individual and collective ideas, practices, and institutions. The module will involve thinking about how contextual study can be married to visual analysis. The module will raise questions about changing forms of art and their relation to their social, political and philosophical contexts.

A single coursework assessment will replace all failed assessment components at the reassessment stage.

Target Students

Only available to History of Art students, Film and Television Studies students, Liberal Arts students and Exchange students

Classes

• One 1-hour workshop each week for 11 weeks
• One 1-hour seminar each week for 11 weeks
• One 2-hour lecture each week for 11 weeks

Assessment

• 100% Coursework: 3,000 words portfolio of written work and equivalent

Assessed by end of spring semester

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding:

• Ability to explain and interpret different art-historical points of view and methods as related to art in Western societies from the early modern period to the present
• Ability to distinguish between different kinds of material examined, whether visual or textual, and be able to distinguish between primary and secondary sources
• Ability to engage with different kinds of material, both visual and textual

Intellectual Skills:

• Ability to engage with unfamiliar artefacts, issues and ideas
• Ability to identify key arguments
• Ability to identify and address key problems in art history
• Ability to construct coherent and independent historical arguments

Professional/Practical Skills:

• Ability to plan, research and write assignments
• Ability to select, sift and synthesize information from a wide range of sources
• Ability to identify and compare key arguments in primary and/or secondary source materials
• Ability to demonstrate independence of judgement

Transferable (Key) Skills:

• Ability to work independently and with others
• Ability to express ideas orally and to contribute to group discussion
• Ability to construct and articulate an argument
• Ability to use IT for research purposes
• Ability to manage and take responsibility for learning

Conveners

• Dr Mark Rawlinson