HA1A6-15 Prints
Introductory description
This module will introduce students to a range of printmaking techniques and practices used from the early Renaissance onwards.
Module aims
As well as providing an understanding of the physical construction of the print, the module will familiarise students with the vast generic range of engraved images, spanning “high” and “low” culture, and will introduce the social, political and aesthetic meanings of such objects. Students will have the opportunity to look at prints in local collections and will develop skills in close looking.
Outline syllabus
This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.
Durer’s Printmaking
Rembrandt's Etchings
Hogarth: High Art and Satire
Gillray and the Art of Caricature
The aesthetics of printmaking in the late nineteenth century
German Expressionist printmaking
Japanese Printmaking
Pop Art and Print
Learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
- Distinguish between different types of prints, and show an understanding of the historical development of print-making techniques
- Analyse prints in their historical context, and show an understanding of their social, political and aesthetic meanings
- Demonstrate awareness of cultural and theoretical issues pertaining to reproduction, and the distinctions between “high” and “low” culture.
- Present an argument, initiate and sustain group discussion through intelligent questioning and debate at an appropriate level
- Ability to undertake research and to write up the results in the form of a well-structured argument at an appropriate level
- Familiarity with essential ICT skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively with others
- Show understanding of diverse viewpoints
- Ability to find, select, organize and synthesize evidence
- Ability to formulate a sustained argument
- Think conceptually and independently at an appropriate level
- Demonstrate critical analysis of cultural artefacts in their context
- Demonstrate sophisticated visual analysis
- Demonstrate bibliographical skills at an appropriate level
Indicative reading list
Giulia Bartrum, German Renaissance Prints, 1490-1550 (London, 1995)
Holm Bevers, Rembrandt: The Master and his Workshop: Drawings and Etchings (New Haven and London, 1991)
Tim Clayton, The English Print, 1688-1802 (New Haven and London, 1997)
Diana Donald, The Age of Caricature: Satirical Prints in the Reign of George III (New Haven and London, 1996)
Gustave Doré, London: A Pilgrimage (various editions)
Anthony Griffiths, Prints and Printmaking: an Introduction to the History and Techniques (London, 1996)
Anthony Griffiths, The Print in Stuart Britain, 1603-1689 (London, 1998)
Mark Hallett, The Spectacle of Difference: Graphic Satire in the Age of Hogarth (New Haven and London, 1999)
William Ivins, Prints and Visual Communication (London, 1953)
Susan Lambert, Prints: Art and Techniques (London, 2001)
Erwin Panofsky, The Life and Art of Albrecht Durer (New York, 1955)
Peter Sinnema, Dynamics of the Printed Page: Representing the Nation in the Illustrated London News (Aldershot, 1998)
View reading list on Talis Aspire
Subject specific skills
- distinguish between different types of prints, and show an understanding of the historical development of print-making techniques
- analyse prints in their historical context, and show an understanding of their social, political and aesthetic meanings
- demonstrate awareness of cultural and theoretical issues pertaining to reproduction, and the distinctions between “high” and “low” culture.
- Demonstrate sophisticated visual analysis
- Demonstrate critical analysis of cultural artefacts in their context
Transferable skills
- present an argument, initiate and sustain group discussion through intelligent questioning and debate at an appropriate level
- ability to undertake research and to write up the results in the form of a well-structured argument at an appropriate level
- familiarity with essential ICT skills
- ability to collaborate effectively with others
- show understanding of diverse viewpoints
- ability to find, select, organize and synthesize evidence
- ability to formulate a sustained argument
- think conceptually and independently at an appropriate level
- Demonstrate bibliographical skills at an appropriate level
Study time
Type | Required |
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Seminars | 10 sessions of 2 hours (13%) |
Fieldwork | 1 session of 2 hours (1%) |
Private study | 128 hours (85%) |
Total | 150 hours |
Private study description
Required and recommended reading for seminar preparation, research for written assessments and revision for examinations.
Costs
No further costs have been identified for this module.
You do not need to pass all assessment components to pass the module.
Assessment group D
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Assessed Essay | 40% | No | |
1500 word essay |
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Engagement | 20% | No | |
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Online Examination | 40% | No | |
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Feedback on assessment
Written feedback and dedicated feedback tutorials.
Courses
This module is Option list A for:
- Year 1 of UHAA-V401 Undergraduate History of Art
- Year 1 of UHAA-V41P Undergraduate History of Art
This module is Option list B for:
- Year 1 of UHAA-V3R3 Undergraduate History of Art with Italian