AH1001 Art in Europe and Beyond to 1600

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

20

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SCQF level

SCQF level 7

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Planned timetable

2.00 pm Mon, Tue, Thu (lectures)

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Module Staff

Team taught

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Module description

This 20 credit module provides a survey of painting, sculpture and architecture in Europe and beyond from c. 1280 to c.1580. It follows a roughly chronological course, from Giotto at the beginning of the fourteenth century, to Dürer, Michelangelo and Titian in the sixteenth century. Attention will also be paid to the issues relating to the wider artistic situation of the Late Medieval and Renaissance periods, including those of patronage, iconography, materials, technique and types of commission. Although the primary focus of the module is on Western Europe, lectures also address how European art formed alongside non-Western traditions, including the important role played by global trade.

Assessment pattern

100% continuous: 40% mid-term visual analysis paper 1500 words - 50% take-home paper, 2500 words - 10% participation mark

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

3 x 1-hour lectures and related contact time (x 10 weeks), 1 x 1-hour tutorial (x 10 weeks), 2 x office hour (x 10 weeks).

Scheduled learning hours

40

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

Guided independent study hours

160

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

Intended learning outcomes

  • build a repertoire of images which will serve as a vocabulary for the understanding and discussion of this and subsequent periods in the history of western art and architecture
  • think critically about the making and meaning of works of art and architecture
  • develop an awareness of critical, theoretical and historical issues relating to this period in the history of art
  • distinguish between primary and secondary sources and to use them appropriately in research essays
  • research a topic making intelligent use of library and electronic resources
  • exchange ideas in a group context