Modern & Contemporary Art: Research Skills & Methods - HOA00092M
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- Department: History of Art
- Credit value: 10 credits
- Credit level: M
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Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
Module will run
| Occurrence |
Teaching period |
| A |
Autumn Term 2022-23 to Spring Term 2022-23 |
Module aims
- To provide guidance regarding expectations for MA work and
advanced scholarly research specialising in Modern and Contemporary
Art
- To help students make the transition from undergraduate
to MA and (potentially) PhD work
- To familiarize students
with principal archival, bibliographic and art-historical resources
for Modern and Contemporary Art
- To introduce a range of
significant methodologies and insights from the forefront of Modern
and Contemporary Art
- To encourage students to adopt and
adapt methodologies to suit their own developing intellectual
interests and specialism
- To demonstrate how art and
architectural historical knowledge and methodology develop within a
community of scholars
Module learning outcomes
- To be familiar with archival, bibliographic and art-historical
resources relevant to their own Modern and Contemporary Art
specialism
- To be able to deploy appropriate scholarly
conventions in their own work
- To be familiar with a range
of methodologies significant for the art historical study of Modern
and Contemporary Art
- To know how to apply and adapt
methodologies appropriate to their specialism
- To be able
to develop independent research within the context of previous
scholarship
Indicative assessment
| Task |
% of module mark |
| Essay/coursework |
100.0 |
Special assessment rules
Non-compensatable
Indicative reassessment
| Task |
% of module mark |
| Essay/coursework |
100.0 |
Module feedback
Feedback on summative assessment within 20 working days.
Indicative reading
- Hal Foster et al (eds) Art Since 1900: Modernism,
Antimodernism, Postmodernism (2004)
- Kristine Stiles
and Peter Selz (eds) Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art:
A Sourcebook of Artist's Writings (2012)
- Amelia
Jones (ed) A Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945
(2006)
- Donald Preziosi, ed., The Art of Art History: A
Critical Anthology, 2nd ed. 2009
- Michael
Hatt and Charlotte Klonk, Art History: A Critical Introduction
to its Methods, 2006
