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| Unit name |
The City (Level C Special Topic) |
| Unit code |
HART10210 |
| Credit points |
20 |
| Level of study |
C/4
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
|
| Unit director |
Dr. Hunt |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None
|
| Co-requisites |
None
|
| School/department |
Department of History of Art (Historical Studies) |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Arts |
Description including Unit Aims
Cities function as webs of power relations, centres of social development and technological innovation, expressions of cultural identities, sites of protest and anxiety, centres of migration; and as playgrounds and canvasses for artistic expression. Representations of the city in the visual arts chart the rapid social, political and cultural development of society accompanying the development of the urban environment. From depictions of the city in medieval times, to the French Impressionists, to today’s street artists, representation of the city fluctuates between a drive to map the networks and geographies of the city, and a desire to evoke the experiences and emotions of living in the urban metropolis. This unit will explore the development and picturing of the city in art from a trans-historical and transcultural stand-point.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of current art historical study and research
- work with both visual and textual sources
- articulate their knowledge of current art historical debates concerning the emergence of the modern city within visual representation.
Teaching Information
1 x 2 hour seminar per week
1 x 1 hour workshop per week
Assessment Information
One 2000-word summative essay (75%) [ILOs 1-3]
One 1-hour exam (25%) [ILOs 1-3]
Reading and References
- Goudeau, Jeroen, Mariette Verhoeven, and Wouter Weijers, Imagined and Real Jerusalem in Art and Architecture. Brill, 2014
- Mitchell, Timothy, 'The World as Exhibition,' Comparative Studies in Society and History, vol. 31, no. 2, 1989, pp. 217–236.
- Mundy, Barbara E., 'Moteuczoma Reborn: Biombo Paintings and Collective Memory in Colonial Mexico City,' Winterthur Portfolio, vol. 45, no. 2/3, 2011, pp. 161–176.
- Nevola, Fabrizio, 'Review Essay: Street Life in Early Modern Europe,' Renaissance Quarterly, vol. 66, no. 4, 2013, pp. 1332–1345.
- Norman, Diana, 'Pisa, Siena, and the Maremma: a neglected aspect of Ambrogio Lorenzetti's paintings in the Sala dei Nove', Renaissance Studies, Vol. 11 (1997), pp. 310–342
- Young, James E. 'Memory/Monument' in Critical Terms for Art History, ed. by R Nelson and R Schiff (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003), pp. 234-247
- Dixon, Laurinda, Perilous Chastity: Women and Illness in Pre-Enlightenment Art and Medicine. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1995
