2015/16 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
ARTF1015 Elements of Visual Culture II
20 creditsClass Size: 180
Module manager: Dr Gail Day
Email: G.A.Day@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2015/16
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
On completion of this module students:- should be able to recognise and be cognisant of a range of contested ideas about the artist, art, and the history of art;
- will have been introduced to various ways in which the history and theory of art connect with the actual practice of art;
- should also have developed skills of close-reading texts (visual and verbal) and of theorising visual art and culture with a view to enhancing their own self-directed learning.
Skills outcomes
- Verbal and written fluency in constructing a logical and coherent argument
- Participation in group discussions
- Co-ordination and dissemination of a range of historical, contextual visual information
- Using bibliographies and databases.
Syllabus
This module develops students' understanding of the ways in which visual culture conveys and constructs social values, and how visual images are wrapped-up with verbal representations and prior conceptualisations. Students encounter and explore further ways in which 'seeing' is thought.
The module further develops important issues and skills, which include:
- Key themes and concepts: ideology and visual 'rhetoric'; vocabulary of visual description and analysis; theory-dependence of observation, and relation of word and image;
- Analysis of visual, textual and narrative sources;
- Written articulation and conceptual focus.
Teaching methods
Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
Seminar | 10 | 1.50 | 15.00 |
Private study hours | 185.00 | ||
Total Contact hours | 15.00 | ||
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 |
Private study
185 hours directed reading, exercises and preparation of portfolio of writings.Opportunities for Formative Feedback
- Regular written exercises and projects which form the basis of seminar workshops- Registers taken
- Attendance at seminars.
Methods of assessment
Coursework
Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
Portfolio | Portfolio of short written and analytical exercises | 100.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 |
Portfolio of short written and analytical exercises: these exercises are produced over the course of the module, and form the basis of discussion for weekly seminar workshops. See EVC 2 Handbook for details of individual deadlines.
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 04/11/2015
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