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  2. AA3020 - Principles and Techniques in Archaeology
    Year
    2022-2023
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    3000
    Timetable
    To be arranged
    Assessment
    Coursework = 100%
    Coordinator
    Dr J C N Coulston

    This module, which draws on archaeological material from around the world, is divided into two sections. The first is a series of seminars and lectures on the central practical…

  3. AA4004 - The Archaeology of Identities in the First Millennium BCE Mediterranean World
    Year
    2022-2023
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    4000
    Timetable
    Tuesday 9am and Wednesday 12pm
    Assessment
    Coursework = 100%
    Coordinator
    Dr E M O'Donoghue

    This module considers the theme of identity from an archaeological perspective. Chronologically and geographically, it focuses on case studies and evidence from the Mediterranean…

  4. AA4005 - Sanctuaries and the Sacred in the Greek World
    Year
    2022-2023
    Semester
    2
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    4000
    Timetable
    To be confirmed
    Assessment
    Coursework = 100%
    Coordinator
    Prof T E H Harrison

    The gods are encountered at every turn in the Greek world: in monumentalized sanctuaries, and in household, rural and roadside shrines; in the hyperreal form of the cult images of …

  5. AA4121 - The Ancient City of Rome
    Year
    2022-2023
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    4000
    Timetable
    TBC
    Assessment
    3-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%
    Coordinator
    Dr J C N Coulston

    This module examines the history and archaeology of the city of Rome from its earliest beginnings to the fifth century CE. Several themes are pursued, in particular the view of…

  6. AH1001 - Art in Europe and Beyond to 1600
    Year
    2022-2023
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    20
    Level
    1000
    Timetable
    2.00 pm Mon, Tue, Thu (lectures)
    Assessment
    100% continuous: 40% mid-term visual analysis paper 1500 words - 50% take-home paper, 2500 words - 10% participation mark

    This 20 credit module provides a survey of painting, sculpture and architecture in Europe and beyond from c. 1280 to c.1580. It follows a roughly chronological course, from Giotto …

  7. AH1003 - Art in Europe and Beyond 1600-1800
    Year
    2022-2023
    Semester
    2
    SCOTCAT credits
    20
    Level
    1000
    Timetable
    2.00 pm Mon, Tue, Thu (lectures)
    Assessment
    100% continuous: 40% mid-term visual analysis paper 1500 words - 50% take-home paper, 2500 words - 10% participation mark

    This 20-credit module provides a survey of Baroque, Rococo and Enlightenment art in Europe and beyond. We begin with a study of seventeenth-century Italian art and architecture,…

  8. AH1801 - Scotland and its Visual Culture
    Year
    2022-2023
    Semester
    Summer after graduation
    SCOTCAT credits
    12
    Level
    1000
    Timetable
    To be confirmed
    Assessment
    100% coursework (continuous assessment)
    Coordinator
    Dr W W Rough

    This 12-credit module provides a survey of Scottish painting, sculpture, architecture, design and photography, from the late medieval period through to the present day. It will…

  9. AH1901 - Western Art from Renaissance to Baroque
    Year
    2022-2023
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    20
    Level
    1000
    Timetable
    Tue 6.30 - 9.30 pm
    Assessment
    Coursework = 100% (10%: Tutorial Participation; 35%: 1,500-word VAT; 55%: 2,500-word Research Essay)
    Coordinator
    Dr W W Rough

    The module will provide a survey of western European art from the late Middle Ages to the end of the eighteenth century. Each lecture will focus on a particular work of art or…

  10. AH2001 - Modernity, Empire, and Revolution: Art from 1789-1900
    Year
    2022-2023
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    20
    Level
    2000
    Timetable
    2.00 pm Mon, Tue, Thu (lectures)
    Assessment
    100% continuous: 40% mid-term visual analysis paper 1500 words - 50% take-home paper, 2500 words - 10% participation mark

    This module explores the intersection of visual culture with modernity, empire and revolution in the long nineteenth century, predominantly but not exclusively in Europe. Students …

  11. AH2002 - Art, Culture and Politics, from 1900 to Now
    Year
    2022-2023
    Semester
    2
    SCOTCAT credits
    20
    Level
    2000
    Timetable
    2.00 pm Mon, Tue, Thu (lectures)
    Assessment
    100% continuous: 40% mid-term visual analysis paper 1500 words - 50% take-home paper, 2500 words - 10% participation mark

    This module examines the relationship between art and political struggle in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, exploring how practitioners around the globe have contributed …