2019/20 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
ARTF5016M MA History of Art Core Course
30 creditsClass Size: 30
Module manager: Dr Richard Checketts
Email: r.s.checketts@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2019/20
This module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
By the end of this module students will have been taken through a programme of talks and guided close reading of theoretical and practical work in the history of art. They will have considered the relation of "art" and "aesthetics" to "history" and "history" to "art" and "aesthetics," and come to grips with their conjoining as "history of art." They will have been introduced to the foundations of the history of art as they were laid in the first half of the twentieth century (by Max Dvorak, Erwin Panofsky, Alois Riegl, Meyer Schapiro, Aby Warburg, Heinrich Wolfflin, and others) and have gained a critical understanding of how the history of art developed as an academic discipline in the United Kingdom and USA between c1945 and c1968. They will also have been introduced to examples of innovative work in the social history of art and the inauguration of feminist work in the history of art, not least work that has been done at the University of Leeds since 1973 (by T. J. Clark, Fred Orton, Griselda Pollock, and others). Over and above that, students will have become acquainted with new ways of thinking about the history of the "art" of non-western countries. At the end of this module, students should be able to link various theories and methods of the history of art to research in history of art, to interpretation and explanation, in such a way that they should be well prepared to undertake innovative, self-directed research at both taught graduate level and PhD level.Skills outcomes
- Skills necessary to undertake higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in an area of professional practice.
- Evaluating own achievement and that of others.
- Self-direction and effective decision-making.
- Independent learning.
- Use of methodologies and theoretical resources.
Syllabus
By the end of this module students will have been taken through a programme of talks and guided close reading of theoretical and practical work in the history of art. They will have considered the relation of "art" and "aesthetics" to "history" and "history" to "art" and "aesthetics," and come to grips with their conjoining as "history of art." They will have been introduced to the foundations of the history of art as they were laid in the first half of the twentieth century (by Max Dvorak, Erwin Panofsky, Alois Riegl, Meyer Schapiro, Aby Warburg, Heinrich Wolfflin, and others) and have gained a critical understanding of how the history of art developed as an academic discipline in the United Kingdom and USA between c1945 and c1968. They will also have been introduced to examples of innovative work in the social history of art and the inauguration of feminist work in the history of art, not least work that has been done at the University of Leeds since 1973 (by T. J. Clark, Fred Orton, Griselda Pollock, and others). Over and above that, students will have become acquainted with new ways of thinking about the history of the "art" of non-western countries. At the end of this module, students should be able to link various theories and methods of the history of art to research in history of art, to interpretation and explanation, in such a way that they should be well prepared to undertake innovative, self-directed research at both taught graduate level and PhD level.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Seminar | 10 | 3.00 | 30.00 |
| Private study hours | 270.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 30.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 300.00 | ||
Private study
Seminar preparation & reading: 125 hours;Essay preparation & reading: 125 hours;
Presentation preparation: 20 hours.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Participation in class discussion;Group/individual presentations.
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Essay | 7,000 word essay (inc footnotes and bibliography) | 100.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 13/11/2019
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