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HAU11007 Works in Focus 1

This module provides students with the expertise to gain in-depth of knowledge of specific works of art and architecture.
  • Module Organisers:
    • Team taught
  • Duration:
    • Semester 1
  • Contact Hours:
    • 1 lecture per week
  • Weighting:
    • 5 ECTS
  • Assessment:
    • Presentations and course work.
  • Course open to:
    [M=mandatory; O= optional]
    • Single Honors (M), Columbia dual degree (M)

Complementing the survey lecture course HAU11005 both chronologically and geographically, each week students will examine a different artwork or building from multiple perspectives. Aspects such as materiality, artistic techniques, agency and iconography will be considered across a broad sample of canonical artworks including manuscripts, sculptures, mosaics, wall paintings and buildings.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon the successful completion of this module students should be able to:

  • exhibit an in-depth knowledge of a number of key works of art and architecture from the period c.500BC to the end of the seventeenth century
  • undertake informed analysis of comparable works using a variety of perspectives
  • engage in close visual observation and to analyse and interpret visual material
  • apply knowledge of the history of reception and the ways in which works have been designed for viewers, audiences and consumers