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AH10160

Academic Year 2024/2025

Art History in the Making (AH10160)

Subject:
Art History
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
Art History & Cultural Policy
Level:
1 (Introductory)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Assoc Professor Conor Lucey
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module's aims are twofold:

1. To give students grounding in the fundamental techniques and principles used in the production of works of art, from antiquity to the modern day.
2. To explore the theories and ideas that form the foundation of art history as a discipline, including writing on art, principles of stylistic and historical analysis, and ways of seeing.

The course will include lectures on different media and techniques involved in painting, sculpture, printmaking, performance and time-based works of art. It will also examine how the analysis of a work of art is structured and written; and reflect on changing theories of art history, viewership and the object.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:
• understand and apply the basic terminology relevant to painting, prints, photography, architecture, sculpture and time-based media
• correctly identify media in examples of paintings, both historical and contemporary
• demonstrate knowledge of sculptural techniques and materials
• read an architectural drawing
• identify different printmaking media
• identify and discuss the use of photography, performance and time-based media within art practice
• compare and contrast different modes of art-writing and art historical practice

Indicative Module Content:

What is art history?
Elements of the image
Introduction to painting: techniques & media
Genre and the hierarchies of painting
Writing about art: from ekphrasis to formal analysis
Introduction to printmaking: techniques
Time-based media 1: film and video
Time-based media 2: installation and performance
Introduction to sculpture: techniques
Sculpture: elements and qualities
Analysing art: iconography
Analysing art: biographical art history
Analysing art: the social context of art
The history of art history

(Please note that content is subject to change.)

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

20
Specified Learning Activities

40
Autonomous Student Learning

40
Total

100

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures; critical writing; essay; examination.

All submitted written work should be original, non-plagiarised work in line with university academic integrity guidelines and undertaken without recourse to generative AI.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
AH10070 - Dublin: Its Museums


 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Visual Analysis essay of 1,500 words. Week 7 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
40
 No
Exam (In-person): End of trimester exam. End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
60
 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring Yes - 2 Hour
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?

Not yet recorded.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Mon 09:00 - 09:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Wed 09:00 - 09:50
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