| Unit name | Landscape (Level C Special Topic) |
|---|---|
| Unit code | HART10208 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | C/4 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Arends |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of History of Art (Historical Studies) |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Artists have always been fascinated by man's relationship to nature, depicting pastoral idylls on the one hand, and wild untamed nature on the other. Landscape art can be meticulously realistic, a result of a mapping instinct as we see in some early modern art; or it can be wildly imaginative, fantastical or exotic, such as that produced by the artists of the Romantic Movement. It can inspire studies of light and colour, and formal experimentation as in the work of the French Impressionists or German Expressionists. Landscape has been used to project national consciousness or aspirations from the early modern period to the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries. Landscapes can often be highly symbolic, aspects of which may represent good or evil, paradise or hell. Positive and negative representations may also be used to portray the impact of industrialisation or the devastation of war, as in artworks by J.M.W. Turner or Paul Nash. In more recent decades artists have turned their attention to earthworks and land art. These are some of the issues we will be exploring in this unit, which will be thematically structured, and which will cover a wide geographical and chronological range.
By the end of the unit, students will be able to:
Classes will involve a combination of class discussion, investigative activities, and practical activities. Students will be expected to engage with readings and participate on a weekly basis. This will be further supported with drop-in sessions and self-directed exercises with tutor and peer feedback.
One 2000-word summative essay (75%) [ILOs 1-3]
One timed assessment (25%) [ILOs 1-3]
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
