HIST06016 2019 Visual and Material Culture 3: (The Contemporary World)
Full Title
Visual and Material Culture 3: (The Contemporary World)
Transcript Title
Visual and Material Culture 3:
Code
HIST06016
Attendance
80 %
Subject Area
HIST - History / Theory of Art
Department
YADA - Yeats Academy Art Dsgn & Arch
Level
06 - NFQ Level 6
Credit
05 - 05 Credits
Duration
Semester
Fee
€
Start Term
2019 - Full Academic Year 2019-20
End Term
9999 - The End of Time
Author(s)
Angela Mehegan, Louis McManus
Programme Membership
SG_DINTE_B07 201900 Bachelor of Arts in Design in Interior Architecture and Design
SG_DINTE_B07 201900 Bachelor of Arts in Interior Architecture and Design
SG_DCRDS_B07 201900 Bachelor of Arts in Creative Design
SG_DCRDS_H08 201900 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Creative Design
SG_AARTT_B07 201900 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art
SG_AARTT_H08 201900 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Fine Art
SG_VINTE_B07 201900 Bachelor of Arts in Interior Architecture and Design
SG_D3INT_H08 201900 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in 3Interior Architecture and Design
SG_VINTE_B07 202200 Bachelor of Arts in Interior Architecture and Design
SG_AARTT_H08 202200 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Fine Art
SG_DCREA_B07 202300 Bachelor of Arts in Creative Design
SG_DCRDS_B07 202400 Bachelor of Arts in Creative Design
SG_DCRDS_H08 202400 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Creative Design
SG_DCREA_H08 202300 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Creative Design
SG_DINAD_H08 202300 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Interior Architecture and Design
Description
Visual and Material Culture in Semester 3 addresses the themes and issues that inform Modernism, Postmodernism and issues and trends in contemporary art and design practice. The student will be introduced to the theoretical frameworks that underpin context, time, historical perspectives, cultural meaning, ideas and other issues relevant to Art and Design Practice. The ideas, themes, works and other phenomena generated by Modernism and Postmodernism will also be positioned within contemporary debates.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module the learner will/should be able to;
1.
Identify the major themes and issues that inform Modernism and Postmodernism.
2.
Research and assess the social and cultural context of art and design production.
3.
Evaluate the theoretical framework that underpins Modernist and Postmodernist art and design practice.
4.
Critically communicate ideas and findings through written submissions, peer-led seminars and presentations.
5.
Analyse texts, documents, bodies of work and artefacts that inform the study of Modernism and Postmodernism
Teaching and Learning Strategies
Teaching and Learning Strategies are Lecture, Seminar and Workshop based. Lectures supported by images and texts, provide the context and background to area under discussion. Seminars offer opportunities for more detailed thematic textual analysis and group discussion. Workshops allow for focused interaction, research methodologies, oral communication and structured debate.
Module Assessment Strategies
Assignments and coursework are assessed using the following criteria:
The assessment strategy focuses on the student's evaluation of Visual and Material Culture through:
- Application of Visual Research Methodologies
- Written submissions
- Individual and Group Presentations
- Discipline-based research
- Interaction with studio practice
Repeat Assessments
Repeat Assessments are based on existing assessment briefs which allow the student to repeat Continuous Assessment assignments in Autumn Exam Board
Indicative Syllabus
Module Outline-Core Lecture Series: (1 Hour)
- Post War/Cold War themes and issues in Art and Design
- Production, Consumption and Popular Culture: The object and meaning
- The Everyday: Style , Subversion and Kitsch
- The Body in Art and Design Practice
- Art, Design and Cross Cultural Practice
- Anti-Art and Design
- Art, Design and Activism
- Defining Postmodernism
- Postmodern Theories and Practices
- Processes,New Media and Photography
- Land, Landscape and Sustainability
Seminars (2 Hours) are disciplined-based and address a broad range of Fine Art and Design themes and perspectives generated from lecture programmes. Also included are:
- Research methodologies
- Textual Analysis
- Contextual Studies
- Approaches to Critical Writing
- Studio interaction
Coursework & Assessment Breakdown
Coursework & Continuous Assessment
100 %
Coursework Assessment
| Title | Type | Form | Percent | Week | Learning Outcomes Assessed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essay Document-based Research | Coursework Assessment | Essay | 40 % | Week 6 | 1,2,3,5 |
| 2 | Thematic Essay | Coursework Assessment | Essay | 60 % | Week 12 | 1,2,3,4,5 |
Full Time Mode Workload
| Type | Location | Description | Hours | Frequency | Avg Workload |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | Lecture Theatre | Core Lectures | 1 | Weekly | 1.00 |
| Workshop / Seminar | Flat Classroom | Contextual Studies | 2 | Weekly | 2.00 |
Total Full Time Average Weekly Learner Contact Time 3.00 Hours
Required & Recommended Book List
Required Reading
1991-06-28 The Post-Modern and the Post-Industrial Cambridge University Press
ISBN 0521409527 ISBN-13 9780521409520
1991-06-28 The Post-Modern and the Post-Industrial Cambridge University Press
ISBN 0521409527 ISBN-13 9780521409520
The first book to provide a critical survey of the many different uses made of the term post-modern across a number of different disciplines.
Required Reading
1997-01-01 Redressing Cathleen
ISBN UOM:39015042166242
1997-01-01 Redressing Cathleen
ISBN UOM:39015042166242
Required Reading
1999-02-03 Consumer Culture and Modernity Polity
ISBN 0745603041 ISBN-13 9780745603049
1999-02-03 Consumer Culture and Modernity Polity
ISBN 0745603041 ISBN-13 9780745603049
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the issues, concepts and theories through which people have tried to understand consumer culture throughout the modern period, and puts the current state of thinking into a broader context. Thematically organized, the book shows how the central aspects of consumer culture - such as needs, choice, identity, status, alienation, objects, culture - have been debated within modern theories, from those of earlier thinkers such as Marx and Simmel to contemporary forms of post-structuralism and postmodernism. This approach introduces consumer culture as a subject which - far from being of narrow or recent interest - is intimately tied to the central issues of modern times and modern social thought. With its reviews of major theorists set within a full account of the development of the subject, this book should be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the many disciplines which now study consumer culture, including communications and cultural studies, anthropology and history.
Required Reading
2006 In the Bubble Mit Press
ISBN 0262701154 ISBN-13 9780262701150
2006 In the Bubble Mit Press
ISBN 0262701154 ISBN-13 9780262701150
How to design a world in which we rely less on stuff, and more on people.
Required Reading
From Beyond the Pale Art and Artists at the edge of Consensus IMMA
From Beyond the Pale Art and Artists at the edge of Consensus IMMA
Required Reading
2008-10-01 Modernism Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN 1851774777 ISBN-13 9781851774777
2008-10-01 Modernism Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN 1851774777 ISBN-13 9781851774777
Modernism flourished from 1914 to 1939 and it was a key point of reference for 20th century architecture, design and art. This work explores Modernism and design from an international perspective and reveals the ways in which it has shaped our world and its visual culture.
Required Reading
2011 The Moderns Irish Museum Of Modern Art
ISBN 1907020497 ISBN-13 9781907020490
2011 The Moderns Irish Museum Of Modern Art
ISBN 1907020497 ISBN-13 9781907020490
Subtitle on colophon and dust jacket: The arts in Ireland from the 1900s to the 1970s.
Module Resources
Non ISBN Literary Resources
Attfield, J. & Kirkham, P, (1989) A View from the Interior: Feminism, Women and Design, The Women's Press
Attfield, Judy, (2007) Bringing Modernity Home : Writings on Popular Design and Material Culture, Manchester University Press
Banham, R. (1967) Theory and Design in the First Machine Age, The Architectural Press.
Barthes, R. (2001) Mythologies, Collins.
Geczy, A. (2008) Art: Histories, Theories and Exceptions, Berg
Chipp, Herschel B. (1968) Theories of Modern Art, University of California Press.
Compagnon, A. (1990) The 5 Paradoxes of Modernity, Columbia University Press.
Duncombe, S. (2002) The Cultural Resistance Reader, Verso.
Evens & Hall, eds. (1999) Visual Culture: the Reader, Sage: Open University.
Frascina, F., ed.(2000) Pollock and After: The Critical Debate, Harper and Row.
Frascina, F. and Harrison, C., eds. (1982) Modern Art and Modernism: A Critical Anthology.
Foster, Hal, Krauss, R, Bois Y-A, Buchloh, B. (2004) Art Since 1900 Modernism, Antimodernism Postmodernism, Thames & Hudson.
Frascina, F. & Harrison, J., (1992) Art in Modern Culture : An Anthology of Critical Texts, The Open University: Phaidon.
Geczy, A. (2008) Art: Histories, Theories and Exceptions, Berg.
Harrison & Wood, (1996) Art in Theory, 1900-1990: An Anthology of Changing Ideas, Blackwell.
Hughes, R. (2000) The Shock of the New, Art and the Century of Change, Thames and Hudson.
Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin H. D. Bucholch, (2005) Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, Thames and Hudson.
Rose, Margaret, A. (1991) The Post-Modern & the Post-Industrial: a Critical Analysis, Cambridge University Press.
Sparke, P. (1995) An Introduction to Design and Culture in the Twentieth Century, Routledge.
Sparke, P., (1996), As Long as It's Pink: The Sexual Politics of Taste, Pandora
Synnott, S. (1999) ‘The Author after Modernism', in O'Brien, P., ed. Thoughtlines: an Anthology of Research, NCAD.
Wilk, C., ed. (2008) Modernism: Designing a New World, 1914-1939, V & A.
Woodham, J.M. (1997) Twentieth Century Design, Oxford University Press.
Foster, Hal, Krauss, R, Bois Y-A, Buchloh, B. (2004) Art Since 1900 Modernism, Antimodernism Postmodernism, Thames & Hudson.
Journal Resources
AD Architectural Digest
Art in America
Art Forum
Art News
Art Reveal Magazine
Frame Magazine
URL Resources
Modernist Cultures https://www.euppublishing.com/loi/mod
Postmodernism:https: //www.vam.ac.uk/collections/postmodernism
Circa Art Magazine: https://circaartmagazine.net/
Art Reveal : https://www.artrevealmagazine.com/
Creative Boom: https://www.creativeboom.com/