AH10070 Dublin: Its Museums and Collections

Academic Year 2024/2025

This module will be team-taught by lecturers in the School of Art History & Cultural Policy. Dublin is home to a rich variety of museums; its collections survey the entire history of Irish art but also include outstanding examples of European and non-Western art. The city and its environs is itself renowned for its architecture and sculpture. Over the course of two lectures per week, this module will foster an enhanced appreciation of, and a direct engagement with, local art works and monuments among students who are not majoring in art history. Although short readings will be assigned, the principal demand made upon students outside of class hours will be to visit local sites/ collections relevant to material discussed in class. Assessment will be in the form of a mid-term written assignment and an end-of-term visual test. Please note: this module is introductory in nature, and aimed at students with no previous experience of art history.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to demonstrate:
1. A basic familiarity with the city's principal museums.
2. A critical awareness of the history of these institutions, and the way in which their architecture and display strategies colour the experience of works often made and originally shown in very different settings.
3. A basic understanding of several different periods of art across several media.

Indicative Module Content:

The exact content of this module varies each year as the works addressed must be on public view in Dublin's museums. It generally runs from the pre-historic gold on view in the National Museum through the architecture of recent additions to the city's museum buildings. Although much of the art addressed is Irish, European painting and Asian art are also always included.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

40
Autonomous Student Learning

40
Lectures

20
Total

100
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This is primarily a lecture class, although there are frequent opportunities for class discussion. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
AH10120 - The Art of Renaissance, AH10130 - Ancient & Medieval World, AH10140 - The Baroque to Romanticism, AH10150 - The Modern World, AH10160 - Art History in the Making, AH1025 - Antiquity to Renaissance, AH10250 - Antiquity to Renaissance, AH1025E - Antiquity to Renaissance, AH20200 - The Modern to the Contemporary, AH20230 - European Architecture, AH30010 - Writings on Art, AH30080 - Art History Dissertation Modul


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment(Including Essay): Mid-term essay n/a Graded No

40
Exam (In-person): This is a visual test that will take place in the last teaching slot of the term. n/a Graded No

60

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students have the opportunity to discuss the written feedback on their essays

Name Role
Ms Carla Briggs Lecturer / Co-Lecturer