University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 10

Semester: 2

Availability restrictions: Not automatically available to General Degree students

Focusing on the years 1910-1960, this module will examine the ways that artists in England have developed a range of approaches to the idea of modern art.It will examine artists' responses to developments in modernism in Europe and elsewhere, but also their efforts to draw on national and pre-modernist tradition. Other aspects covered will include craft and architecture, mass 'visual' culture, and the onset of the end of modernism in England.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): Students must have gained Entry to the Art History Honours Programme

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 1 x 1-hour lecture (x 11 weeks) and 1 x 2 hour seminar (x 11 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours: 34

Guided independent study hours: 270

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 0%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 100%

Re-assessment: Coursework = 100%

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr S P H Rose
Module teaching staff: Dr Sam Rose
Module coordinator email sper@st-andrews.ac.uk

Intended learning outcomes

• to consider the distinctive nature of modern art in England, as well as to question the art-historical value of the nation as a category
• understand the work of major artists and movements associated with modern art in England
• discuss debates around modernism and modernity, as well as how changing views of these have continually reshaped histories of English modernism
• develop an original argument based on both visual analysis and independent research
• engage closely with individual works of art, both visually and theoretically