| CODE | DGA5012 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | 20th Century Art and Design | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Digital Arts | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Art, design and visual communication are central to the modern world, and the study of their history, structure and culture is one of the most stimulating and rewarding ways to understand our society. The study-unit covers the ways society has shaped art, design and culture over the last century and vice versa, and consequentially the role art and design play today. It investigates the key ideas, technologies, cultural and socio-political contexts in western Europe and America that shaped art and design from the late nineteenth century to today. The study-unit helps students to develop a range of critical approaches to visual language and its importance both historically and at the present time. Study-unit Aims - Emphasise the connection between past ideologies and contemporary issues; - Review modernist principles in art, design and visual communication; - Provide the opportunity to students to strengthen their own art and design methodology through relevant historical information. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - be familiar with the art and design movements and ideologies of the 20th century; - be familiar with and critically evaluate different art and design movements of the era; - understand the complex relationships of culture, history and politics within 20th century art and design. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - identify and critically debate upon the major art and design movements of the 20th century; - feed his/her practice through historical underpinning. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings - Ascott, Roy. (2001) Reframing Consciousness : Art, Mind and Technology. Intellect. - Foster, H., Krauss, R., Bois, Y.A., Buchloch, B. (2005). Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, Vol. 1 & 2. Thames and Hudson. - Frampton, K. (2007). The Evolution of 20th Century Architecture: A Synoptic Account. Springer. - Gaiger, J. (2004). Frameworks for Modern Art (Art of the Twentieth Century). Yale University Press. - Haraway, Donna J. (2003). Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature. Routledge. - Harrison, C., Wood, P.J. (eds). (2002). Art in Theory 1900 - 2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas. Blackwell. - Heller, S. (2011). Iron Fists: Branding the 20th Century Totalitarian State. Phaidon. - Kennedy, Barbara R. & Bell, David. (2008). The Cybercultures Reader. Routledge. - Plant, Sadie. (1992). The Most Radical Gesture: The Situationist International in a Postmodern Age. Routledge. - Rushkoff, Douglas. (2010). Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital. OR Books. Other journal articles related to the topic will be made available on the Study Unit e-Learning website |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study & Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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