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HA2511: ART MATTERS: MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES (2023-2024)

Last modified: 19 Dec 2023 14:16


Course Overview

This course focuses on how artworks are made. Students will be introduced to a wide range of materials, techniques and processes over the centuries relating to paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, photography and more. Each method and material will be examined using case-study examples, with discussion opening out to issues of the agency of materials and media and their cultural logics. In doing so, students will learn how artistic intentions are shaped and determined by material qualities.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Karl Kinsella

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Programme Level 2

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

  • HA2011 Art Matters: Materials and Techniques (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course focuses on how artworks are made. Students will be introduced to a wide range of materials, techniques and processes over the centuries relating to paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, photography and more. Each method and material will be examined using case-study examples, with discussion opening out to issues of the agency of materials and media and their cultural logics. In doing so, students will learn how artistic intentions are shaped and determined by material qualities.

Course content will include artworks from local collections, including the University of Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 60
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

Written individual feedback, oral feedback on request. Indicative assessment: week 11 of the course, feedback in week 14. 

Word Count 2500
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualEvaluateWill demonstrate an understanding of the agency of material qualities on artistic intentions as applied in various cultural contexts, through class discussion and written assessment.
FactualAnalyseWill develop and demonstrate skills of visual analysis by comparing and contrasting works of art in class discussions and written assessments

Oral Presentation: Individual

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 10
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

5 minute presentation on Poster exercise. Written individual feedback, oral feedback on request. Indicative assessment: week 5 of the course, feedback in week 5.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Poster Presentation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 30
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

Written individual feedback, oral feedback on request. Indicative assessment: week 6 of the course, feedback in week 8   

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

Visual based exam.

Written feedback will be provided with verbal feedback if required.

 

Word Count 3500
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualAnalyseWill develop and demonstrate skills of visual analysis by comparing and contrasting works of art in class discussions and written assessments
ConceptualEvaluateWill demonstrate an understanding of the agency of material qualities on artistic intentions as applied in various cultural contexts, through class discussion and written assessment.
ProceduralUnderstandWill demonstrate an understanding of the material choices and technical processes by which a range of art is created. Will be developed in class and measured through written an visual-based assessment

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