HAU11007 Works in Focus 1
This module provides students with the expertise to gain in-depth of knowledge of specific works of art and architecture.
- Module Organisers:
- Team taught
- Duration:
- Semester 1
- Contact Hours:
- 1 lecture per week
- Weighting:
- 5 ECTS
- Assessment:
- Presentations and course work.
- Course open to:
[M=mandatory; O= optional]- Single Honors (M), Columbia dual degree (M)
Complementing the survey lecture course HAU11005 both chronologically and geographically, each week students will examine a different artwork or building from multiple perspectives. Aspects such as materiality, artistic techniques, agency and iconography will be considered across a broad sample of canonical artworks including manuscripts, sculptures, mosaics, wall paintings and buildings.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon the successful completion of this module students should be able to:
- exhibit an in-depth knowledge of a number of key works of art and architecture from the period c.500BC to the end of the seventeenth century
- undertake informed analysis of comparable works using a variety of perspectives
- engage in close visual observation and to analyse and interpret visual material
- apply knowledge of the history of reception and the ways in which works have been designed for viewers, audiences and consumers