Art in Theory

HART20431 Art in Theory 20 Semester 1 Undergraduate Level 2 Charles Miller Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Middle part of Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 10.0 Art in Theory aims to provide a toolkit of concepts or discursive operations for contemporary students of art history. These concepts or operations might include: mimesis; iconography; space; biography/autobiography; the author; beauty/taste; the sublime; dialectic; the fetish; animism; the uncanny; aura; the sign; coloniality; race; gender; sexuality; globalisation; neoliberalism; ecology. At every level of the course, but in particular in seminar work, our thinking will respond to the urgent imperative to decolonise art historical practice.  Art in Theory aims to provide a toolkit of concepts or discursive operations for contemporary students of art history. These concepts might include: mimesis; iconography; space; biography/autobiography; the author; beauty/taste; the sublime; dialectic; the fetish; animism; the uncanny; aura; the sign; coloniality; race; gender; sexuality; globalisation; neoliberalism; ecology. At every level of the course, but in particular in seminar work, our thinking will respond to the urgent imperative to decolonise art historical practice.  Art in Theory aims to provide a toolkit of concepts or discursive operations for contemporary students of art history. These concepts might include: mimesis; iconography; space; biography/autobiography; the author; beauty/taste; the sublime; dialectic; the fetish; animism; the uncanny; aura; the sign; coloniality; race; gender; sexuality; globalisation; neoliberalism; ecology. At every level of the course, but in particular in seminar work, our thinking will respond to the urgent imperative to decolonise art historical practice.  1. Introduction  2. Mimesis  3. Iconography  4. Space  5. Biography/ Autobiography  6. Author  7. Beauty/Taste  8. The Sublime  9. Dialectic  10. Fetish  11. Animism  12. The Uncanny  13. Aura  14. Sign  15. Coloniality  16. Race  17. Gender  18. Sexuality  19. Globalisation  20. Neoliberalism  21. Ecology  22. Revision   2 x 1 hour weekly lecture 1 x 2 hour fortnightly seminar 0 Other 100% <figure class="table"><table style="width:500px;" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"><thead><tr><th scope="col">Assignment</th><th scope="col">Weighting</th><th scope="col">Wordcount</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Essay Plan</td><td> 0%</td><td> 500 words</td></tr><tr><td>Essay 1 </td><td> 40%</td><td> 1500 words</td></tr><tr><td>Essay 2</td><td> 60%</td><td> 2500 words</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>  Formative feedback on the essay plan.Written feedback on the essay BA (Hons) History of Art BA (Hons) History of Art Second Year Mandatory Y TEXTS FOR THE COURSEIn addition to the books and articles recommended for each lecture you should consult recent publications concerned with art history as a discipline and its history (* especially recommended): M. Baxandall. Patterns of Intention. On the Historical Interpretation of Pictures, 1985. M. Cheetham, M. Holly, and K. Moxey (eds), The Subjects of Art History, 1998 *Eric Fernie. Art History and its Methods. A Critical Anthology, 1995. *Jonathan Harris, The New Art History - A Critical Introduction, 2001 Jonathan Harris. Writing Back to Modern Art, 2005 C. Harrison et al (eds.), Art in Theory (3 vols.) 1648-1815, 1800-1900, 1900-1990 M. Hatt and C. Klonk, Art History, 2006 W. J. T. Mitchell, Picture Theory, 1994 W. J. T. Mitchell, What do Pictures Want?, 2005 K. Moxey. The Practice of Theory, 1994. * R. Nelson and R. Shiff (eds). Critical Terms for Art History, 1996. F. Orton and G. Pollock. Avant-gardes and Partisans Reviewed. The Social History of Art, 1996 R. Parker and G. Pollock. Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology, 1981. M. Podro. The Critical Historians of Art, 1982. M. Pointon. History of Art: A Students' Handbook, 1994. D. Preziosi. Rethinking Art History. Meditations on a Coy Science, 1989. *D. Preziosi, The Art of Art History. A Critical Anthology, 1998. Lectures 22 Seminars 11 0 167