Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Arts and Humanities

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• Unit Title

  Pre-Modernism

• Unit Code

  CCC2101

• Year

  2016

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

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Description

This unit explores selected historic periods in Western arts and culture, from the Greeks to the Victorians, covering the Medieval era, the Gothic awakening, the Renaissance, Baroque and the Enlightenment. It will focus on the historic context and the cultural products that emerged from the selected periods including art, design, architecture, communications technology, theatre and literature. The influence of key works and their relevance to contemporary arts and culture is investigated in student activities.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 60 credit points

Equivalent Rule

CCC2100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Identify aspects of creative arts practice from the Greeks to the Victorians.
2. Understand the influence of historical and cultural precedents on contemporary arts and cultural products.
3. Explore and critically evaluate the relationship between creative arts practice and historic context.
4. Synthesise relationships between the history of ideas and selected cultural products that emerged in art, design, architecture, theatre, literature and communication technology.

Unit Content

1. Introduction to the central preoccupations and styles of selected historic periods from Western arts and culture.
2. Relevance of the selected periods and their cultural products and practices to contemporary arts and culture.
3. Relationships between forms of art, design, architecture, communications technology, theatre, literature and the ideas of their time.
4. Investigation of arts movements and styles associated with particular historic periods and critical study of some specific works in each of these.
5. Production of creative works utilising the theories and practices of historic figures and movements from the Ancient Greeks to the Victorians through workshop activities.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, audio-visual presentations.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Text References

• Bishop, P. E. (2011). Adventures in the human spirit. (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Janaro, R. P. & Altshuler, T. C. (2012). The art of being human: The humanities as a technique for living. (10th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education.
• Kishlansky, M. (Ed.). (2008). Sources of the West: Readings in Western civilization Vol. 1. (7th ed.). New York & London: Pearson Education.
• Matthews, R. T., Platt, F. D., Noble, T. F. X. (2011). The Western humanities Vol. 1. (7th ed.). New York: Mcraw-Hill.
• Sayre, H. M. (2010). Discovering the humanities. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Website References

• British Museum www.britishmuseum.org
• Fine Art Search Engine www.artycyclopedia.com
• Gutenberg Project www.gutenberg.net.au
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York www.metmuseum.org/home.asp

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