Stories of Art II: What Can Art Do? (V4139)

15 credits, Level 4

Spring teaching

Stories of Art II is a twelve-week lecture-based module. It continues from Stories of Art I in forming part of the First Year teaching for the Art History single-honours module and all joint honours modules with Art History. The module provides a first experience of the study of the history of art at undergraduate level.

It aims to introduce you to a wide range of works of visual art across time and across cultures. It considers many different kinds of works of art - paintings, sculptures, architecture, prints, drawings, and the so-called decorative and applied arts - and acknowledges that such objects raise a wide range of questions that can be answered in many different ways. The module is based on the principle that there are multiple Stories - rather than one single Story - of Art.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 22 hours of contact time and about 128 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2023/24. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses:

• Art History (with a professional placement year) BA
• Art History BA
• Art History and Film Studies BA
• English and Art History (with a study abroad year) BA
• English and Art History BA