| CODE | AAH2300 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Contemporary Perspectives in Landscape Painting | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Art and Art History | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | In this practice-based study-unit, students are expected to engage with the rich theme of landscape and visually explore the processes and the many components which constitute it: composition and massing, value and tone, light and shadow, form and space, perspective, atmosphere, colour, contrasts, and brushwork. The student is encouraged to explore the coherent application of these elements and to better understand the various relationships between them. Working both outside and inside the studio, students will have the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the challenges and difficulties of this important genre in contemporary painting. Starting off from disciplined observation, students are gradually encouraged towards greater experimentation, synthesis and abstraction, developing their own, personal interpretation of the subject. The study-unit will assist the student to better structure their works based on studies and direct interaction with the varied elements present in the natural and built environment. Study-Unit Aims: This study- unit aims at: - familiarising students with constructing well-structured and coherent interpretations of the theme of landscape through painting and its various processes; - exploring the artistic and visual potential of this time-honoured theme through continued observation, study, interpretation and experimentation; - critically engaging with diverse technical and conceptual possibilities inspired by the landscape through contemporary artistic processes. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - describe the components that make up a good landscape painting; - engage with various typologies of landscape in the natural and built environment; - discuss different processes, techniques and applications in the interpretation of the subject. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - convincingly react to the landscape through a correct application of studied composition, massing, contrast, light and colour; - develop a technical and analytical sensitivity to the elements inherent in the landscape and their relationships; - successfully synthesise sources to produce works which are structured, bold and dynamic; - create captivating works which result from a bold application painting processes. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Todd Bradway (ed.), Landscape Painting Now: from Pop Abstraction to New Romanticism, Distributed Art Publishers, New York 2019. - Gareth Edwards, Kate Reeve-Edwards, Painting Abstract Landscapes, The Crowood Press Ltd, United Kingdom 2021. - Mitchell Albala, The Landscape Painter’s Workbook, Essential Studies in Shape, Composition and Colour, Rockport Publishers, London 2022. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Mark Sagona |
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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 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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