AH2002 Art, Culture and Politics, from 1900 to Now

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

20

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 8

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Planned timetable

2.00 pm Mon, Tue, Thu (lectures)

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module Staff

Team taught

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Module description

This module examines the relationship between art and political struggle in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, exploring how practitioners around the globe have contributed to socio-cultural change and forged new ways of seeing. It addresses how artists, architects, photographers and designers have responded to the increasingly industrialised and fast-paced nature of modern and contemporary experience, and how this has led to a constant re-evaluation of what might be expected of art. Each week is devoted to a specific theme, including modernism, the metropolis, materiality, protest, dissent, and globalisation.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS AH1001 OR PASS AH1003

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 11 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

  • Be confident in their knowledge of the history of art and architecture in the twentieth century, which is crucial to understanding the art produced today
  • Understand the essential critical, theoretical, social, political, and cultural issues relating to this period in the history of art
  • Use skills of observation and analysis to critically discuss works of art from this period, speak and write clearly about related concepts, issues and contexts
  • Research a topic, making intelligent use of the resources provided by the Visual Resources Library, the University Library and Moodle
  • Present information, ideas and arguments clearly in both written and spoken form, using visual aids, working to deadlines and participate constructively in group discussion
  • Evaluate and interpret evidence from a range of primary and secondary sources