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Landscape (Level C Special Topic)
Unit information: Landscape (Level C Special Topic) in 2013/14
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| Unit name |
Landscape (Level C Special Topic) |
| Unit code |
HART10208 |
| Credit points |
20 |
| Level of study |
C/4
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| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
|
| Unit director |
Dr. Donkin |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
none
|
| Co-requisites |
none
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| School/department |
Department of History of Art (Historical Studies) |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Arts |
Description including Unit Aims
The unit will examine the difference between 'land' (the natural phenomena of the world) and 'landscape' (their representation in art). With the latter, the concentration will be on significant examples of landscape art from a wide chronological and geographical range rather than coverage of all periods. The concentration will be on painted representations but more modern conceptualisations, particularly Land Art, will also be considered.
Aims:
- To introduce students to a broad theme within art history and to explore this theme in a broad chronological context.
- To introduce students to working with visual and textual sources
- To introduce students to issues relating to setting visual and textual sources in their wider context
- To introduce students to the practice of learning independently within a small-group context
- To give students a sound general understanding of the significance of landscape art and to examine the range of debates that this has generated.
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the unit students should have:
- deepened their understanding of current art historical study and research
- learned how to work with both visual and textual sources
- developed their skills in contributing to and learning from a small-group environment
- an understanding of the range of landscape in western art and the ability to differentiate between the more significant traditions of the genre.
Teaching Information
- Tutorial feedback on essay
- Access to tutorial consultation with unit tutor in office hours
Assessment Information
1 x 2 hour exam
Reading and References
- S. Adams/A. Robins Gendering Landscape Art
- S. Kemal/I. Gaskell Landscape, Natural Beauty and the Arts
- S. Pugh Reading Landscape
- M. Roskill The Language of Landscape
- S. Schama Landscape and Memory
- M. Warnke Political Landscape: The Art History of Nature
