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Semester 1
Sinners, Saints and Seers: Scottish, Irish and English art from 600-900 (HIAR10068)
Subject
History of Art
College
CAHSS
Credits
20
Normal Year Taken
3
Delivery Session Year
2023/2024
Pre-requisites
Visiting students must have completed 3 History of Art courses at grade B or above, and please note that we will not consider History courses unrelated to Art, or practical Art courses, towards these pre-requisites. We will only consider University/College level courses. Please see Additional Restrictions below.
Course Summary
Umberto Eco has described the Book of Kells as 'the product of a cold-blooded hallucination' while James Joyce advised aspiring writers to pour over the intricacies of its pages. This course explores Insular artworks such as the Book of Kells, Lindisfarne Gospels, Ruthwell Cross, Pictish Symbol Stones and the great Irish High Crosses. Made in the isles of Britain and Ireland between 600-900, these objects reflect the merging of Celtic, Germanic and Mediterranean cultures. We will visit a number of nearby collections of monumental stone sculpture, metalwork and manuscripts, discussing materiality, performance and iconography as well as aspects of heritage management such as questions of display, conservation and relations with local communities. The course focuses upon the role of vision: metaphorical, mystical and actual.
Course Description
Assessment Information
Written Exam 50%, Coursework 50%, Practical Exam 0%
Additional Restrictions
Unless you are nominated on a History of Art exchange agreement, visiting students are only permitted to enrol in one 3rd year History of Art course each, per semester, before the start of the relevant semester’s welcome period – and spaces on each course are limited so cannot be guaranteed for any student. Enrolment in a second course from this group will depend on whether there are still spaces available in the September Welcome Period, and cannot be guaranteed. It is NOT appropriate for students to contact staff within this subject area to ask for an exception to be made; all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. This is due to the extremely limited number of spaces available in this very popular subject area.
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