AH3196 Modern Art beyond the West

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Module coordinator

Dr Y L Huang

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Module Staff

Dr S Rose

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Module description

Prompted by decolonization, postcolonialism, globalisation, and the globalised contemporary art world of the present day, many have suggested that narratives of modern art focused on Western cities such as Paris and New York are now provincial or inadequate. This course examines the rise of early- to mid-twentieth century 'modern' art in a range of countries not usually considered in Western survey courses. With the 1900-1960 date range setting its boundaries, the course will involve both close examinations of individual works by key figures, and broad comparative examination of movements and styles across times and places. As well as introducing students to some of the figures and movements that have been taken to show the distinctive nature of modernisms around the world, it will ask broader theoretical questions about the status of art history and the study of modernism.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS AH2002 AND PASS AH2001

Assessment pattern

5000 words of assessment in total, consisting of the following pieces of assessments: Reading Journal (35% 2000 words); Research Essay (60%, 3000 words); and 5% class participation.

Re-assessment

1 x 3000-word essay = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 x 2-hour lecture and related contact time (x 11 weeks), 1 x 1-hour tutorial (x 11 weeks), 2 x office hour (x 12 weeks).

Scheduled learning hours

33

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

267

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • assess the work of major artists and movements associated with modern art of Asia
  • consider the possibilities and shortcomings of the ‘global’ and its alternatives as a framework not just for the study of modernism, but for the discipline of art history as a whole
  • understand a range of approaches developed to meet the challenge of the global, from colonialism to postcolonialism and transnational art studies
  • engage closely with individual works of art, both visually and theoretically
  • develop an original argument based on both visual analysis and independent research
  • understand different methodological approaches in art history