University of Essex

AR323-6-SP-CO:
Art and Ideas III

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The details

Year: 2023/24

Department: Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies (School of)

Campus: Colchester Campus

Term: Spring

Level: Undergraduate: Level 6

Status: Inactive

Start date: Monday 15 January 2024

End date: Friday 22 March 2024

Credits: 15

Last updated: 03 October 2023

Requisites for this module

Pre-requisites: (none)

Co-requisites: (none)

Pre and / or co-requisites: (none)

Prohibited modules: (none)

Key module (requisite for): (none)

Key module for

(none)

Module description

More art! More ideas! This module deepens your existing thematic and historiographical knowledge building on Art and Ideas 2.

This module will be looking back at both `the history of art history` before the twentieth century, and new theoretical approaches to new kinds of art and ideas such as performance and queer art.

Module aims

The aims of this module are:

To equip students with a range of the latest methodologies in art history, visual and material culture, performance studies and the digital humanities.

To provoke critical reflection on the social role, meaning and purpose of art and culture.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:

Have a sound understanding of recent methodological turns beyond art history.

Be able to articulate and critically evaluate a number of central issues in visual and material culture.

Be able to evaluate the success of theoretical discussions of these issues with regard to a range of case studies.

Be able to demonstrate all these competences through seminar presentations and discussions combining theoretical and primary source material and in written work.

Module information

Also available as an outside option to students on other courses with the Module Supervisor`s permission.

Learning and teaching methods

This module will be delivered via:

One 2-hour combined lecture and seminar per week.

There will also be a Reading Week when no teaching will take place, exact week to be confirmed.

Bibliography

Shiner, L.E. (2001) The invention of art: a cultural history. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Tate, C.E. (1992) ‘Public Art: Aesthetics and Artists’, in Yaxchilan: the design of a Maya ceremonial city. Austin: University of Texas Press, pp. 29–31.
Marlaux, A. (1978) ‘Museum Without Walls’, in The voices of silence. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, pp. 13–16.
Vasari, G. et al. (1998) The lives of the artists. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=363605.
Preziosi, D. (ed.) (2014b) Art of Art History. 2nd edn. Oxford University Press, USA. Available at: https://app.kortext.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login?entityID=https://idp0.essex.ac.uk/shibboleth&target=https://app.kortext.com/borrow/638035.
Panofsky, E. and Panofsky, G.S. (1972) Studies In Iconology. Taylor & Francis Inc. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429497063.
Frascina, F., Harrison, C. and Deirdre, P. (1988b) Modern art and modernism: a critical anthology. London: Paul Chapman. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429498909.
Horkheimer, M., Adorno, T.W. and Schmid Noerr, G. (2002) Dialectic of enlightenment: philosophical fragments. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press. Available at: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1055340.
Rancière, J. (2004) The politics of aesthetics: the distribution of the sensible. London: Continuum. Available at: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5309787.
Terry Eagleton (1988) ‘The Ideology of the Aesthetic’, Poetics Today, 9(2). Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1772692?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents.
Stallybrass, P. and White, A. (1986b) The politics and poetics of transgression. London: Methuen.
Bruner, M.L. (2005) ‘Carnivalesque Protest and the Humorless State’, Text and Performance Quarterly, 25(2), pp. 136–155. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/10462930500122773.
Hooks, B. (1994) ‘Critical Reflections’, Artforum, 33(3).

The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's reading list.

Assessment items, weightings and deadlines

Coursework / exam	Description	Deadline	Coursework weighting

Exam format definitions

Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary, for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.

Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.

Overall assessment

Coursework	Exam
100%	0%

Reassessment

Coursework	Exam
100%	0%

Module supervisor and teaching staff

Supervisor: Dr Gavin Grindon, email: ggrindon@essex.ac.uk.

Teaching staff:

Contact details: artquery@essex.ac.uk

Availability

Available to incoming Essex Abroad / Exchange students: Yes

Available to Outside Option: Yes

Available to Audit: No

External examiner

Name: Dr Dominic Paterson

Institution: University of Glasgow

Academic role: Senior Lecturer in History of Art / Curator of Contemporary Art

Resources

Teaching materials: Available via Moodle

Lecture recording: Of 473 hours, 18 (3.8%) hours available to students:
455 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).

Further information

Department website: Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies (School of)

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